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Thursday AM Recruiting Nuggets The Texas Longhorns staff is on the road seeing top 2025 targets, as well as evaluating and offering 2026 prospects. James Simon, RB, Shreveport (La.) Calvary Baptist Running backs coach Tashard Choice was at Calvary Baptist practice Wednesday. The 4-star running back told OnTexasFootball Wednesday night that Texas is the only June official visit he has scheduled right now. That date is June 21-23. The possibility remains that Simon moves off a late June/early July timeline and makes a decision in May. Josh Petty, OT, Roswell (Ga.) Fellowship Christian School The 4-star offensive tackle from the Peach State receive…

Thursday AM: Damonic Williams Texas is one of four teams awaiting the decision of TCU defensive line transfer Damonic Williams. And that decision could come this afternoon. The latest from late Wednesday night Texas did meet with the 6-1.5, 315 pound tackle yesterday evening. LSU didn't have a high level of confidence as of Wednesday night. OTF does not know if Oklahoma met with Williams late Wednesday night. Handicapping teams in order of confidence Wednesday night Texas Oklahoma LSU Missouri And now we wait to see what Damonic Williams decides, which could come as early as today (early afternoon possible). …

The latest availability report has been released for the Texas Longhorns. Malik Muhammad's status as been downgraded to Questionable. Meanwhile, Tre Wisner, Kobe Black and Emmett Mosley V have all been upgraded to Probable. View full news story

No change for the Texas Longhorns on their Thursday evening availability report. CB Malik Muhammad and WR Parker Livingstone remain PROBABLE. RB CJ Baxter remains DOUBTFUL. *** However, Oklahoma QB John Mateer has been upgraded to PROBABLE. View full news story

Texas has released its updated injury availability report for the SEC opener against Miss State. DB Derek Williams Jr. (hamstring) and RB Colin Page have been downgraded to OUT. Fortunately, DB Jelani McDonald and RB Tre Wisner have been upgraded to probable. EDGE Barryn Sorrell has been added to the injury report. View full news story

Thursday Lunchtime Recruiting Nuggets The Texas Longhorns coaching staff is preparing to hit the road next week for the spring evaluation period, along with hosting top portal targets. Here are some lunchtime nuggets for you guys and gals. John Mills The San Francisco (Calif.) St. Ignatius 4-star IOL remains a lean to Texas in OTF's opinion. Mills, 6-6 and 325 pounds, announced via social media last night that he was cancelling his OV to USC June 21-23. That falls in line with our intel ... the recruitment won't likely play out that long. Texas and Washington remain the two where OTF expects the decision to come from with confidence in Austin. O…

Spoke with some team sources this morning and was told that normal Friday night starter Jared Spencer will NOT be pitching this weekend. As I said yesterday, Spencer will see a specialist today and is expected to be out for the "foreseeable future" and no timetable has been given on his return. --- So who starts this weekend? As of Thursday morning, this is the expected lineup: Friday - Ruger Riojas Saturday - Luke Harrison Sunday - Jason Flores It's worth noting that Sunday could possibly change, but as of now I would pencil him in. --- Many of you have asked about Jonah Williams and if he'll play this weekend. As of right now that is st…

Happy Thursday to all who celebrate. *** Waxahachie Stop Texas were among a healthy group of coaches who made the stop on i35 Wednesday afternoon at Waxahachie. Jeff Banks and Pete Kwiatkowski were the representatives from the Longhorn staff. Waxahachie will be a school to keep an eye on in the 2026 and 2027 class. Starting off with 2027 QB Jerry Meyer, who visited Texas in early April for a spring practice. Meyer received an offer from Texas Tech and Purdue following Wednesday's practice session and is now up to six offers on the spring. Texas hosted 2027 EDGE Carmelo Clawson on a visit April 13. Though, the prospect at Waxahachie that is making…

Thursday morning recruiting nuggets The next nine days will tell the story if the Texas Longhorns will begin the 2024 season against Colorado State with a top 8 ranked class. There are three impactful decisions on August 23, 24 and the 30th that will tell the story of where the 2025 class will be sitting at the statr of the season. OnTexasFootball provides the latest nuggets from the recruiting trail. August 23 Nick Brooks, OT, Loganville (Ga.) Grayson OnTexasFootball ranking: 4-star+ The juice: Texas continues to trend over Georgia and USC ahead of the Friday announcement. Kyle Flood has been the most consistent with the recruitment of the 6-7, 365 p…

Wednesday Morning Recruiting Nuggets: DL and more DL How well the 2025 recruiting class finishes will be largely dependent on the defensive line position in the eyes of many Texas fans. This morning, OnTexasFootball provides the latest on the defensive line. Javion Hilson, EDGE, Cocoa (Fla.) High Those in Austin continue to feel good about where The Longhorns sit with 4-star++ EDGE Javion Hilson out of the Sunshine State. Hilson, 6-4.5 and 230-pounds, is expected to continue on with the recruiting process with a current decision date of December 4. An official visit to Syracuse November 2-3 weekend is on the books. Florida State hasn't given up. Flor…

Saturday is just a couple of sleeps away! A few team notes in preparation for the top-10 matchup in Ann Arbor for the weekend. *** The team will load up the planes and depart for Michigan on Friday morning. A final walkthrough will take place upon landing at the hotel near Ann Arbor. Sarkisian mentioned it earlier this week that the early morning kickoff bodes well for Texas who is a "morning operation" according to the head coach. *** As Texas continues to prepare for the Michigan offense, the topic of defending the quarterback has been one at the top of mind. While, the quarterbacks at Michigan stopped themselves more than anything during …

The Thursday night availability report has been updated for the Texas Longhorns ahead of their meeting with the Florida Gators. DB Andrew Mukuba has been upgraded to Probable. EDGE Colton Vasek has been downgraded to Doubtful. View full news story

The Thursday night SEC Availability Report has released ahead of the Texas-Arkansas game this weekend. The only notable change is EDGE Colton Vasek will miss his second consecutive game. LB Morice Blackwell Jr. remains doubtful. View full news story

No change on the Thursday night availability report for the Horns. View full news story

Some baseball notes to take you into the weekend…. With less than 25 days before the NCAA quiet period begins for baseball, the Texas coaches have been out on the road relentlessly recruiting. *** As you all know, five-star defender Jonah Williams was on campus today for football. Certain media outlets have reported that he met with Schlossnagle, but that’s impossible, as the Texas baseball staff is out recruiting. They did Facetime while he was on campus, however. The Texas baseball staff views Jonah as an athletic “freak” and he’s definitely a take for the Horns baseball program if Sark lands him. Obviously the MLB Draft will be a HUGE factor …

Thursday Recruiting Notes The Texas staff will be back in the office today and tomorrow as they get ready for a hectic month of June. OTF delivers some recruiting notes to begin the day. Xavier Griffin ... There are clearly two programs that have confidence in the recruitment of 5-star LB Xavier Griffin (Gainesville, Ga./High). That is Texas and Alabama. OTF spoke with a source close to the recruitment Wednesday night, and the source believes Texas remains in a very good spot headed into June OV's. Texas had a tremendous April UOV, and in-home visit in May. OTF does believe Texas leads headed into OV's. But as we will continue to say, the majority of rec…

Thursday recruiting thoughts on spring game visitors OnTexasFootball begins your Thursday morning with some thoughts on some of the prospects scheduled to visit for the spring game. Keelon Russell, QB, Duncanville (Texas) High - *SMU commit OnTexasFootball ranking: 4-star Thoughts on Russell: A Texas offer would serve as a dream offer. Russell is one of two QB's the Florida Gators are focused on in the 2025 cycle. SMU understands they are up against it in this recruitment. Alabama is hanging around. James Simon, RB, Shreveport (La.) Calvary Baptist OnTexasFootball ranking: 4-star Thoughts on Simon: LSU taking Alexandria (La.) High's JT Linsdey to …

Thursday recruiting: 5-star's Sales and Meredith III; and more The Texas staff had a huge day on Wednesday, and Thursday is scheduled to be more of the same. OTF provides the latest on the recruiting trail. 5-star Monshun Sales Texas knocked out the first day of a two day visit Wednesday. The 6-5, 205-pound Sales made his first ever visit to Texas Wednesday, along with his father. Sales spent time with Steve Sarkisian, Chris Jackson and a number of Texas players on the offensive side of the ball. Sales began the UOV with the thought of potentially setting up an official visit depending on how the visit went for both sides. Last night after dinner, Sale …

Thursday recruiting: Ismael Camara and more The Texas staff is back on the practice field this morning ahead of a scrimmage Saturday. Along with the more impactful practices building toward the April 18 spring game, the staff is hosting key recruits and scheduling official visits. OnTexasFootball brings the latest to begin your Thursday. OT Ismael Camara ... The Gilmer High 4-star++ offensive tackle is "scheduled" to visit Texas Friday. Texas has the 6-foot-6, 340-pound high-end upside athlete at the position scheduled for an official visit June 12-14, but Texas has been working to get him on campus prior to June. Camara has OV's scheduled to SMU …

Thursday Recruiting: Updates on some key defensive targets The Texas staff is on the road this week with stops both in-state and out of state. While each coach has a limited number of days on the road, the days will be spread out and used from this week through most of May. This morning, OTF provides the latest on two top defensive targets and an update on where cornerback recruiting is entering May. Defensive recruitments of note... Powder Springs (Ga.) McEachern 4-star inside linebacker Joakim Gouda is shaping up as a Texas vs. Georgia battle. Texas hosted the 6-1, 225-pounder twice this spring and has a June 12-14 OV on the books. The recruitment i…

A couple of nuggets I wanted to share as the team exits from the practice field on Thursday ahead of Kentucky coming to town for a 2:30 p.m. kickoff on Saturday. *** Steve Sarkisian spoke with media Thursday morning to which he dropped that Tuesday and Wednesday's practices were "feisty" and physical. Physical is a typical description used from head football coaches, but feisty is not. You can put two and two together on what that might entail, but according to Steve Sarkisian, the feistiness displayed in the practice sessions was something he enjoyed seeing. “In a weird way, I kind of enjoyed it," Sarkisian said. "In November, for so many teams it ca…

University of Texas president Jay Hartzell spoke to the media on Wednesday afternoon following all-day meetings with his conference peers at the SEC spring meetings. - Hartzell was very complimentary of the SEC. He called the event “highly organized” and said he appreciated the SEC’s willingness to bring in student athletes to talk to the university presidents, as well as a league-wide medical official. - Hartzell also talked about the decision to extend Steve Sarkisian’s contract, calling it a no-brainer of sorts. ”I’ve always said when you have someone who is excellent, you want to retain and reward that person.” - Hartzell stopped short of telling t…

Someone told me yesterday that Texas might be getting a couple of recruiting commitments over the next few days, not just one. We’ll see if that holds true. ** The Horns, of course, are hoping for a pledge from Libertyville, Ill., tight end Brock Williams on Friday. Williams is slated to announce his decision on the Pat McAfee show at 12:15 CT. Williams totaled 44 catches for 596 yards and 13 TDs in just 10 games as a junior. At 6-foot-4, he also returned a kick and punt for touchdowns. Texas already has a pledge from another TE, JT Geraci from New Jersey. Geraci projects as more of an inline TE long-term while Williams is a flex-guy. **…

Toto, we’re not in Kansas anymore. I’ve been here at SEC spring meetings for the past three days and there’s just a vastly different feeling here than any previous Big 12 meeting. For one, news is made at the SEC meetings. Whether it’s a grand discussion around the future of roster limits in football, an 8- or 9-game SEC schedule in the future, or the filing of NFL-like injury reports, it’s all happening here and within this conference. Then there’s the requisite media attention it gains. Yesterday, Chris Del Conte appeared on the Paul Finebaum Show and touted the Red River Shootout as the peer, if not superior, to other southern rivalries like the Iron Bow…

A quick rundown of the confirmed names attending the Longhorns' first event back on campus following the month long dead period ranging from the final week of June through July. The event is not designed to be a massive outing for recruits, more so an opportunity for a select number of 2025-2027's to get to meet with the coaching staff in a smaller setting. *** 2025 Uncommitted Prospects DL JJ Hanne – Santa Margarita Catholic HS (Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif.) DB Jonah Williams – Galveston Ball HS (Galveston, TX) ATH Michael Terry III – Alamo Heights HS (San Antonio, TX) 2025 Texas Commits QB KJ Lacey – Saraland HS (Saraland, Ala.)…