FWST: TCU’s recruiting class may provide immediate starters, planned or not

By Carlos Mendez
cmendez@star-telegram.com

As he looked at it on paper, TCU coach Gary Patterson evaluated his highly rated 2016 football signing class quickly.

“We were able to go out and fill needs,” he said.

Perhaps with walk-in starters.

That’s not necessarily been the approach for the veteran head coach over the years in Fort Worth. Sure, he and every other coach is more than happy with a player they can plug in and play.

But Patterson tends to take a measured approach. …