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Midland (TX) ATH McLane Mannix Becomes Vanderbilt's Fifth Commitment

With Derek Mason and staff conducting camps this week, the staff has been evaluating and extending offers to prospects they like. And that's led to a flood of verbal commitments. The latest one comes from Midland (TX) ATH McLane Mannix, whom 247 Sports reported as a commitment on Thursday.

He played last year at Midland Christian before transferring to Midland High, which is a 6A school. Here's a highlight tape from his junior season at Midland Christian, where he apparently lined up at RB and WR, and also played some defensive back and served as a return man:

Mannix is undersized to function as an every-down running back, but his speed -- he's been clocked as fast as 10.