Texas A&M Aggies

TYLER, Texas -- East Texas often is considered one of the nation’s most underrated areas in finding elite talent when it comes to college football recruiting. Sunday featured the inaugural East Texas Sports Network combine, which showcased more than 100 players from East Texas.

The event took place at the Accelerate Performance Enhancement Center (APEC) training facility, which has trained professionals such as quarterback Graham Harrell, running back Kendall Hunter and pro baseball pitchers Phillip Humber and Josh Tomlin.

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True to his word, Bossier City (La.) Parkway quarterback Brandon Harris named his top schools after spring practice concluded.

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"Introducing the class" is a series in which GigEmNation conducts a Q&A session with each of the incoming recruits in Texas A&M's 2013 class to give readers a closer look at each player individually. Today, we visit with Pearland (Texas) Dawson running back James White.

White, a 6-foot, 210-pound propect, was a three-star recruit who ranked 52nd nationally at his position. As a senior, he rushed for 2,185 yards and 28 touchdowns on 284 carries. That followed a junior season in which he amassed 1,840 yards and 23 touchdowns.

White was a first-team all-state selection and a first-team All-Greater Houston choice by the Houston Chronicle. Here's our Q&A with him:

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AUSTIN, Texas -- Deionte Thompson (Orange, Texas/West Orange-Stark) doesn’t feel any pressure when it comes to recruiting right now. And why should he?

The 2015 safety has been committed to Alabama since February. He’s perfectly content with that pledge. Recruiters aren’t backing off, but that doesn’t bother Thompson.

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