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A week from today, BYU football coaches will be putting the finishing touches on their 2015 recruiting class in preparation for Signing Day on Feb. 4.

By my count, they still have seven or eight scholarship openings to fill, after recruiting coordinator Geoff Martzen said last week they have 17 or 18 commitments and want to sign a full class of 25.

Seems like it will be tough for coaches to get to 25, because they've only got 7-8 offers out there, and chances are high they are not going to get every kid they want.

Don't be surprised if the class isn't finalized until after spring ball — which begins on March 2 as BYU starts earlier than almost any other school in the country.

I've already posted two segments of Martzen's teleconference with beat writers from last week.

Here's the third and final one:

Martzen said BYU is "definitely" targeting Texas more than ever before, trying to take advantage of some contacts that receivers coach Guy Holliday has in the Lone Star State, especially the Metroplex. BYU has commitments from receivers Micah Simon of Bishop Dunne High School and Akile Davis of DeSoto High and running back Charles West of Coppell High and is still pursuing a few others from Texas.

"Coach Holliday has really opened up a new pipeline for us that has been amazing," Martzen said. "I mean, the best high school football in the country is played in Dallas, Texas, and we expect to pull a handful of kids out of there this year, which will be huge for us."

None of the three of the aforementioned student-athletes are LDS, which also represents a recruiting shift for BYU, a widening of the pool, as it were.

"I think our class will still be a majority LDS, which is important to us, [so they] can fit into the atmosphere and everything that BYU is," Martzen said. "You know, we are still going to send up to 11 or 12 guys on a mission. We are going to have a handful of LDS kids come play first. I think when it comes down to it, maybe a third of our class will be non-LDS. I don't know if that is particularly high for BYU or not. I think it is higher than last year."

Five Utah prep products — Timpview's Devin Kaufusi, Box Elder's Riley Burt, Pine View's Kody Wilstead, Hurricane's Jeremiah Ieremia and Stansbury's Zayne Anderson — have committed to the Cougars, which is lower than in most classes.

"In Utah, these instate classes these next few years are outstanding," Martzen said. "So there is definitely still a huge focus instate. We have four coaches who have instate responsibilities when it comes to recruiting, so it is a huge focus for us, and we need to make sure that we comb the state and get through every school and see every kid before we move out of Utah.

I think the difference has been that we found that we can go other places and still attract and pull some kids in that maybe in the past we didn't think we could have success with, players from outside of Utah. I think we are still going to focus on Utah, and try to get the best kids in the state. It is just we know that that if that doesn't happen, we have other options."

More comments from Martzen:

On the speculation that former Utah native Gary Andersen will draw players away from BYU and Utah and to Oregon State:

"For this class, it hasn't effected us yet. I don't think he has taken anybody from us yet. I do expect him to be huge in Utah going forward. it is going to be a fun challenge for us. I mean, he was big in Utah when he was at Wisconsin, so with him on the West Coast, I know that he will hit it hard. I still expect us to be the draw for the instate LDS kids, the guys who have natural BYU attractions.

I think Oregon State will do a good job of attracting the upper tier Pac-12 guys who are maybe deciding between a Utah, an Oregon or a UCLA. I think those guys may have a slight lean toward Oregon State with that staff and everything they are doing."

On the consistency of BYU's coaching staff and if that makes a difference with his job:

"Oh, it is huge, especially late. I think you will see a little less decommits for us than you will for schools who have a lot of coaching turnaround and who are having to hire new coordinators and all that. It is big in solidifying the class and knowing, OK, so we have been recruiting you for months and sometimes even years, and we are getting down to the wire now and it is still the same coach who has been recruiting you the whole time. You know, you don't have to get used to a new coordinator, or a whole new position coach a week before you sign. It has been huge."

On Bronco taking over the defensive play calling and its effect on recruiting:

"I think if anything, that should help us. Bronco has proven year after year that he is a top-five defensive coordinator in the country with our defensive ranking. So if I am a a defensive recruit and I hear that Bronco is taking over the defense, I am fired up that we are going to be playing really good defensive football for as long as he's doing it."

On how fun it is for him to get to this point:

"Oh, it is my favorite time of the year, probably a day or two after signing day where you can actually talk about these kids. We have been using code to talk about how excited we are about these prospects. I want to be able to use their names and tell everything about them and why we are so excited about them. We have been working for this for two or three years with some of these kids. To finally be able to come out and tell the public why we are excited about them, that is probably my favorite part."