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Texas OL recruiting: Yes, maybe or work to do The Texas Longhorns are loading up on the offensive line in the 2026 cycle. It's a class that will for sure have five, with six n outside shot. With two commitments in the fold, the needs remain two pure offensive tackles and best available interior prospect. This morning, OTF plays the recruiting game of Yes (Texas leads), maybe (50-50 or close to that) and work to do (obvious). Commitments ... Nicolas Robertson, IOL, Klein (Texas) High #AllGasNoBrakes OnTexasFootball ranking: 4-star+ Max Wright, OT/IOL, Melissa (Texas) High #AllGasNoBrakes OnTexasFootball ranking: 4-star Yes ... S…

Interior offensive lineman Keyon Hemphill-Woods will announce his commitment on Friday, April 10, at 6p.m. CT. The Columbus (Texas) product will choose between Auburn, TCU, Texas, Texas A&M, and Texas Tech. The Longhorns offered the 6-foot-3, 275-pounder on the first day of spring ball last month. Texas added its first offensive line commitment last week in Austin Westlake's Jackson Cook, also an interior offensive lineman. Both Cook and Hemphill-Woods spent time together at UT's practice on Friday. The Longhorns currently have seven commitments in their 2027 class: Five-star WR Easton Royal (Louisiana) Four-star EDGE Cam Hall (Texas) …

Texas one of four schools for out of state 4-star DL Tuesday, OnTexasFootball broke the news that Greensboro (Ga.) Greene County 4-star defensive lineman Kevin Wynn had locked in an official visit to Texas June 14-16 following a school visit from Kenny Baker. OnTexasFootball spoke with someone close to the recruitment of Wynn at Greene County High Wednesday morning. The source said Wynn, 6-2 and 315, is down to four schools barring a the unforeseen. Those four schools are Florida State, South Carolina, Georgia and Texas. Kevin Wynn official visit schedule Georgia May 31-June 2 South Carolina June 7-9 Texas June 14-16 Florida Stat…

Texas opponents the week before playing the Longhorns To start your Friday morning, OnTexasFootball is taking a look at who the opponents of Texas play the week prior to the game vs. the Longhorns. And in a couple of instances, a look at a few weeks of games leading up to the contest against Texas. Colorado State, August 31 at 2:30 p.m. CT This is the season opener for the Rams. At Michigan, September 7 at 11 a.m. CT The Wolverines play host to Fresno State, August 31 at 6:30 p.m. The Bulldogs went 9-4 in 2023, including wins at Purdue and Arizona State. UTSA, September 14 at 6 p.m. CT UTSA plays at Texas State September 7 at 3 p.m. T…

Texas out of state signees under Sarkisian With the win of 4-star+ defensive back Graceson Littleton (Wesley Chapel, Fla./Wiregrass Ranch), OnTexasFootball thought it would be the perfect time to take a look at out of state recruiting under Steve Sarkisian and staff. Texas now has a combined 39 prospects signed and committed from out of state in the classes of 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025 and 2026. That list includes five prospects ranked as 5-stars by a company in the recruiting industry. Which state has Texas won the most recruitments? That would be Florida with the Thursday pledge of Graceson Littleton. * - denotes starter Florida (9) *Cedric B…

Texas OV List: Another 4-star++ added The Texas Longhorns continue to add official visitor to the list for June. The latest additions are from the Sunshine State, in 4-star++ EDGE Trenton Henderson (Pensacola/Catholic) and 4-star++ DL James Johnson (Miami/Northwestern). OTF expects at least five more prospects to be added to the list in the next week to ten days. The updated OV list: June 6-8 (4) ... Ezavier Crowell, RB, Jackson (Ala.) High OnTexasFootball ranking: 4-star++ Team to beat for Texas: Alabama K.J. Edwards, RB, Carthage (Texas) High OnTexasFootball ranking: 4-star+ Team to beat: Texas Mark Bowman, Santa Ana (Calif.) Ma…

Texas OV List: Another OOS OL added The Texas Longhorns continue to add official visitors to the list for June. The latest addition is recent offer and OT Aaron Thomas (Phenix/Mountain Pointe). Thomas immediately locked in an OV in the day after being offered. OTF expects at least four or five more prospects to be added to the list in the next week or so. That list is headlined by 5-star RB Derrek Cooper. The updated OV list: June 6-8 (4) ... Ezavier Crowell, RB, Jackson (Ala.) High OnTexasFootball ranking: 4-star++ Team to beat for Texas: Alabama K.J. Edwards, RB, Carthage (Texas) High OnTexasFootball ranking: 4-star+ Team to beat: Te…

Texas OV List: Over 50 June visits now scheduled The Texas Longhorns official visitor list for June is now at 51 with a few additions this week. OTF expects two or three more prospects to be added to the list in the next week as well. That list is headlined by 5-star RB Derrek Cooper. The updated OV list: June 6-8 (9) ... Ezavier Crowell, RB, Jackson (Ala.) High OnTexasFootball ranking: 4-star++ Team to beat for Texas: Alabama K.J. Edwards, RB, Carthage (Texas) High OnTexasFootball ranking: 4-star+ Team to beat: Texas Mark Bowman, TE, Santa Ana (Calif.) Mater Dei OnTexasFootball ranking: 5-star Teams to beat for Texas: Georgi…

Texas OV weekend Intel: Part II The Texas Longhorns had a positive OV weekend from talking to multiple sources, as expected. Here is rundown of what I heard about the weekend. Jalen Brewster, DL, Cedar Hill (Texas) High One source said Texas will stay in the fight for the 5-star defensive tackle, because the staff believes there is a fight. LSU and Florida are expected to push for the Texas Tech pledge, too. There is also the question if the 6-3, 300-pounder truly wants to play at Texas Tech. There is more at play than just the prospect’s opinion, but the level of the SEC is inviting. Texas currently feels like they are in the fight. Brewster gave Texas the i…

Player Availability | April 2 *** A handful of Longhorns will speak with the media on Thursday morning following practice No. 8 of the spring. We are more than halfway through the spring session and it's likely today will be the first time we hear from someone on the offensive side of the ball this morning. Notes and quotes in the comments down below. View full news story

Expected to have 5-6 Longhorns speaking today for the player availability. Starting with Cam Coleman. View full news story

Texas Pool Party/BBQ Visitor List The Texas Longhorns will host a number of visitors on Thursday at the annual Pool Party/BBQ recruiting event. This will be Steve Sarkisian and staff's final recruiting event prior to the start of the 2024 season. OnTexas Football provides an early list of visitors with the understanding that we will be adding to the list the next 2-3 days. Two elite targets scheduled to be on campus Texas will host to of the top prospects in the state Thursday. Athlete Michael Terry III (San Antonio, Texas/Alamo Heights) and Galveston (Texas) Ball High safety/athlete Jonah Williams are scheduled to be on campus. Both prospects have t…

Tracking Portal Entrants from the Texas Roster *** Ongoing thread of portal entrants from the 2026 roster. Latest update: RB Jerrick Gibson – 10/4/2025 K Will Stone – 10/4/2025 RB CJ Baxter – 12/8/2025 QB Trey Owens – 12/8/2025 DL Melvin Hills – 12/8/2025 WR Aaron Butler – 12/9/2025 DB Santana Wilson – 12/9/2025 OL Connor Stroh – 12/9/2025 LB Liona Lefau – 12/15/2025 RB Rickey Stewart – 12/18/2025 WR DeAndre Moore – 12/22/2025 RB Tre Wisner – 12/26/2025 WR Parker Livingstone — 1/1/2026 DL Lavon Johnson — 1/1/2026 OL Neto Umeozulu — 1/1/2026 CB Caleb Chester — 1…

Texas Portal Grade so far: A- The Texas Longhorns are off and truly running in the transfer portal with three players having joined the program for the spring and 2025 season. Steve Sarkisian and staff have added three impact winning level players from the portal thus far with a number that could grow to as many as ten long term. Texas is addressing needs in a big way with one of the nations top punters, a heavy handed zero tech to play over the ball and a fast rising playmaking linebacker. Two-time all-conference punter ... Make no mistake, there aren't many two-time and back-to-back all-conference selection players in the portal. And Texas got…

Texas Practice Thread: Day 2 The Longhorns will be back on the practice field at 2:45 today, and there is another scheduled media viewing window. We will report on day 2, and will take all you guys Q's here as well about team and day 1. View full news story

Tuesday’s Texas Pro Day was the most significant draft-related event on the Forty Acres since I shifted from exclusively covering recruiting to the team beat in 2011. Based on what the program released after Tuesday’s testing and drills, more than 120 coaches, executives and scouts made their way to campus to evaluate and meet with the Longhorn draft hopefuls. There were general managers (Nick Caserio of the Houston Texans, Brian Gutekunst of the Green Bay Packers, Omar Khan of the Pittsburgh Steelers, Darren Mougey of the New York Jets, Ryan Poles of the Chicago Bears and Les Snead of the Los Angeles Rams) and six head coaches (Aaron Glenn of the Jets, Ben Johnson o…

Texas softball will have a chance to defend its national title after defeating Arizona State on Sunday afternoon, 5-0, to advance to the Women's College World Series for the third straight season. The Longhorns will look to defend their title in Oklahoma City. Texas fell down 0-1 on Friday in the Austin Super Regional, but bounced back on Saturday in a come-from-behind win over the Sun Devils, and then closed out the series on Sunday. The Longhorns were led by ace Teagan Kavan on the mound, who pitched all seven innings, allowing five hits, and striking out five. Texas was paced by Katie Stewart's four RBIs, as well as a Viviana Martinez RBI after a wild…

Texas QB commits first game of the season The Texas Longhorns quarterback commitments in the classes of 2025 and 2026 played the first game of their 2024 season Friday. As expected, both K.J. Lacey and Dia Bell showed exactly why Steve Sarkisian and A.J. Milwee coveted them in each class. OnTexasFootball takes a look at game on for each. K.J. Lacey, Saraland (Ala.) High - 2025 Lacey completed 14 of 26 passes for 326 yards with 4 TD's with one INT in a 35-27 win over Jackson (Ala.) High. http://www.hudl.com/v/2PtUuT Lacey is now over 7,000 career passing yards with 87 TD's. Dia Bell, Plantation (Fla.) American Heritage - 2…

Steve Sarkisian Speaks on the Texas Quarterbacks *** We have reached the final week of practice for the 2026 spring session. There has been plenty of excitement as Steve Sarkisian boasted about the team speed and athleticism on Tuesday to the local media. This group of Longhorn playmakers can run fast, jump high, cut quickly and now – most importantly of all – throw accurately. Sarkisian spoke highly of the Texas quarterbacks today, starting with Arch Manning. "Come back in June 100% ready to rock & roll," Sarkisian said about the plan for Arch Manning. "He could probably be out there right now, there's no doubt about it. But I don't know what…

For the first time since 2008, the Texas Longhorns are the No. 1 team in the country per the AP Top 25. Poll after week three: Texas Georgia Ohio State Alabama Ole Miss Tennessee Missouri Miami Oregon Penn State USC Utah Kansas State Oklahoma State Oklahoma LSU Notre Dame Michigan Louisville Iowa State Clemson Nebraska Northern Illinois Illinois Texas A&M View full news story

OnTexasFootball’s Gerry Hamilton, Hank South, and CJ Vogel are at the Austin airport gathering feedback from official visitors as they depart the capital city to head home. I’ll be in Fort Worth the entire day writing up interviews as they come in from the airport crew. Stay tuned to OTF throughout the day as more official visit feedback continues to roll through. The first visitor to head home was Chandler (Ariz.) Basha RB and Texas commit Noah Roberts, who has been pledged to the Longhorns since May 1st. Media: How was the official visit? Roberts: “The visit was great, the visit was great. Great hospitality from everybody. All the coaches, it w…

Texas Recruiting Board (Feb. 19) The Texas staff is preparing for spring practice this month, while also setting up March and April unofficial visits along with locking in official visits. With more than 30 new offers made in January and a few more in February, the 2027 recruiting board is beginning to come into focus. This morning, we list the names that OTF believes are currently the key names on the recruiting board. This list is made with the understanding that the list will change over the next 2-3 months. Texas still has the spring evaluation period April 15-May 23 to see more prospects in padded spring practices, and make some key decisions. …

Texas Recruiting Board: Prior to spring evaluation period The spring evaluation period is here, and the Texas staff will be on the road seeing top 20264 targets and 2027 prospects the majority of the month of May. With the spring evaluation period having begun, and unofficial visitors streaming through Austin this month, OnTexasFootball brings you guys a look at the recruiting board. This board isn't in order, as the Texas staff is still in decision mode at a number of positions, but provides a good look at just how much talent is currently on the board for the Longhorns. Quarterback (1) Dia Bell, QB, Plantation (Fla.) American Heritage #AllGasNoBrak…

Texas Recruiting Nuggets: Offensive line board The Texas Longhorns staff will be on the road seeing top 2025 targets, and making 2026 evaluations beginning next week. That means offensive line coach Kyle Flood has a month on the road in front of him with at least 10 top targets in the cycle to see in person, plus seeing top 2026 prospects. This morning, OnTexasFootball takes a look at the offensive line recruiting board with the Longhorns expected to sign five or even six lineman in the class. June 14-16 Official Visits Nick Brooks, OT, Cedar Rapids (Ia.) John F. Kennedy OnTexasFootball ranking: 4-star Official visit schedule: Georgia May 31-June …

Texas recruiting the state of Georgia harder than ever The Texas Longhorns are recruiting the state of Georgia harder than ever. And they should be with the Atlanta metro area being the most talented in the country right now. After signing four prospects from the Peach State in the 2025 class headlined by by 5-star Justus Terry, the Longhorns have had five staff members making stops to see top 2026 prospects in the state the first half of the week. OnTexasFootball provides a rundown of the top targets and new offers. 2025 signees from Georgia ... Five-star DL Justus Terry (Manchester, Ga./High) Four-star++ S Zelus Hicks (Carrollton, Ga./High) …