Texas Tech Adds CB To the '16 Class

Tech picked up another defensive commit. Demarcus Fields a CB from Taylor High School in Taylor, TX. He has nice size at 6'1, 180 pounds. He is unrated according to the four major  recruiting services, Rivals, 247, Scout and ESPN. 247 shows Texas State as his only other offer.

His junior highlights are below. The first thing that jumps out to me is his physicality. He is not the fastest CB, but trades some speed for height. He has good hips allowing him to adjust to routes quickly. He sheds blockers and sifts through picks by receivers very well. He will make a good man-to-man coverage cornerback. I think he will fit into exactly what Gibbs wants to do.

He makes the fifth defensive commit and fifteenth overall. He is also the second DB commit.

Current 2016 verbal commits:

Neiman Armstrong: DB, DeSoto

DeQuan Bowman: WR, Hutchinson CC (Kansas)

Antoine Cox-Wesley: WR, Cibolo Steele

Donte Coleman: TE, West Mesquite

Bryson Denley: RB, Cibolo Steele

Jett Duffey: QB, Mansfield Lake Ridge

Damarcus Fields: DB, Taylor

Emoree Giddens, OL, Lubbock Coronado

Ivory Jackson, DT, Amarillo High

Gio Pancotti: OL, Houston Episcopal

Brayden Stringer, Cypress Ranch

Mychealon Thomas: DT, Butler County CC (Kansas)

TJ Vasher: WR, Wichita Falls Rider

Da'Leon Ward: RB, Dallas Skyline

Derrick Willies: WR, Trinity Valley CC (Texas)