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Texas has a shot with this weekend’s official visitors because… Texas Longhorns June official visits are just two days away. As we close on on the visit weekend that is expected to have 14-15 visitors with Vanderbilt WR commitment Jeremiah Douglass telling OTF he's officially cancelled the weekend visit Tuesday, it's time to look at why Texas has a shot with the nine visitors not already committed to the Longhorns. Marcus Fakatou, EDGE/DL, Chatsworth (Calif.) Sierra Canyon The why: Fakatou has a real liking for LaAllan Clark and Will Muschamp, Muschamp's scheme usage for Fakatou's talent, Texas won't lose from NIL standpoint, and his agent is David Mulugheta.…

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2028 Five-Star DL Kellan Hall Reacts to Texas Camp + Offer *** One of the top players in the country for the 2028 class made his first visit to Austin on Sunday and left with an offer in hand, and some photos from a makeshift family reunion. The Longhorns hosted the No. 2 defensive lineman in the country on Sunday, Kellan Hall, out of Louisville, Kentucky. Hall attends the Christian Academy of Louisville and ended up performing well enough in the Horns big Elite Camp to walk away with an offer from the Texas staff. OTF caught up with Hall following his time on campus to get his immediate reactions, as well as to dig into what the recruiting pitch from …

Top Texas 2028 quarterback target Neimann Lawrence returned to Austin this weekend for the fourth time in his recruitment. The Fort Lauderdale (Fla.) American Heritage product worked out at UT’s Elite Camp for the second straight season. “My experience at Texas was really good,” Lawrence told OTF. “Get out there to build on those relationships, and being able to be coached by those guys was truly special. It was my second time around, so it was great.” Lawrence has experienced the Forty Acres in both a camp and a visit setting throughout his time as a rising prospect. “You can tell that they want me to get better as a player,” he said. “They are pushing m…

Freshman Class Trajectory at the Beginning of Summer Conditioning *** The Longhorns are back on campus for the beginning of the 2026 summer conditioning program. This is the first time that the entire roster is on campus, after four transfer portal additions and the three remaining high school signees each moved into San Jac. With the entirety of the freshman class now on campus, I wanted to take a moment to talk expectations for the individuals in the class. Which guys will see big time snaps, and who might be on a longer path to seeing the field in their Texas career. *** 2025 Freshman Contributions ≥300 snaps: 1 ... Graceson Little…

Yesterday was so embarrassing for Texas Tech, I’m not sure where to even start. They literally went to court to argue for a player on their team to maintain eligibility after he knowingly gambled on his own team (while suited up for the same team). All in the name of winning. So I have to ask all of you this question: What’s the worst thing you’ve witnessed of a program or team losing all morality in the name of winning? For me, this takes the cake because it speaks to a morality about winning and losing only, about what’s grossly wrong about the game and those who compete in it. It’s not akin to the Baylor and Art Briles era or anything clos…

OTF chat: Ask us anything Tuesday It's Texas' first official visit week and weekend. The Longhorns summer recruiting is condensed into three weekends. Ask away Easton Royal is down to three, well he already was. As OTF has been reporting for months now, Royal is Texas with Florida No. 2 and LSU No. 3. We shall see where it ends. Texas vs. Texas Tech for all the softball marbles again Men's Golf in final 8 for NCAA Title. Football team has begun summer workouts. Basketball team has reported and begins summer activities June 8 Ask away, and the OTF team will respond throughout the day. View full news story

Bo Ogden shines in the Iverson Classic Saturday night Texas top 50 ranked signee Bo Ogden shined Saturday night in the 10th annual Allen Iverson Classic in Hampton, Va. The 6-foot-6 guard/wing scored 14 points in 21 minutes for the winning Team Loyalty (142-138) squad, but his impact went way beyond points scored. The game rosters featured multiple 5-star's and numerous top 50-60 ranked prospects in the 2026 class. Ogden was the second leading rebounding guard in the game with 8 boards, finishing second to only Illinois 5-star signee Quentin Coleman, who took home MVP honors. The Texas High School Mr. Basketball in 2026 served as the offense initiat…

Texas Clinches Berth in National Championship Series *** Mike White and Texas Softball will have a chance to defend their 2025 National Championship after a double-header victory over Tennessee on Monday. The Longhorns needed to defeat the Volunteers twice coming into the morning, and they did exactly that. Game one went in favor of the Horns by the score of 5–2, and then Texas followed up with a shutout victory to survive the elimination and advance to the championship series. SP Citlaly Gutierrez had arguably the best performance of her career in the opening game of the day, throwing 6.2 IP and allowing just one earned run on the afternoon. Gutierrez…

AUSTIN, Texas — Lancaster (Texas) 2028 safety James Foster III was back in Austin over the weekend for Elite Camp. The consensus top 25 prospect and Texas assistant Blake Gideon continue to hit it off. “I got to learn how Coach BG operates as a secondary coach,” Foster told OTF after camp. “I learned some valuable things, valuable techniques. It was a pretty good day. We’ve really gotten pretty tight since the first time I met him. I’m getting to learn him a lot more. (I like) His humility. He’s a big honesty guy. That’s the one thing I’ve paid attention to. That’s kind of what I look for.” At 6-foot-1, 195 pounds, Foster has size and athleticism to move around…

Summer Conditioning is Here *** The Texas Football team is all here in Austin, Texas. Sunday evening consisted of a time-wide meeting inside of Moncrief around 7:00 p.m. The meeting covered the schedule for summer conditioning, the expectations and an opportunity for the newest Longhorns to get acquainted with the members of the roster who have called Austin home for the last five months. Now it is time for Torre Becton and his staff to get back to leading the charge and continuing to advance this group forward from a conditioning standpoint. There will be several different training sessions each day, all of which occurring in the morning. In fac…

The Texas Longhorns extended over two dozen offers at Sunday’s Elite Camp, and 26 scholarships to be exact. That’s the most new offers a Texas camp has ever produced during the Steve Sarkisian era. Here’s a quick breakdown of each prospect that picked up an offer. Jayshawn Mitchell, RB, San Antonio Brennan Likely the top running back in San Antonio now that Cibolo Steele’s Jonathan Hatton has departed for Oklahoma, Mitchell has a lot of similarities to Texas RB commit Noah Roberts as a legitimate pass catching threat out of the backfield that consistently runs sub-11. Mitchell might’ve only had 255 rushing yards, but he averaged 8.2 yards per carry and led…

AUSTIN, Texas — The OTF crew was on campus at Texas today for Elite Camp, gathering intel on some of the top underclassmen in the country. The Longhorns have offered close to two dozen prospects. This insider doesn’t hit on each of the new offers, but some of the most noteworthy nuggets coming out of the day. We’ll have more as the week goes on, including a breakdown of every new offer. Take a look! Hank’s notes: Neimann Lawrence, QB, Miami (Fla.) American Heritage Lawrence is Texas’ top priority at the quarterback position in the class of 2028 as things stand. And he hasn’t just rested on his laurels either, as he’s camped in DKR twice now d…

Texas official visit week is here The Texas Longhorns first official visit week of the 2027 cycle is here. There are at least 16 scheduled official visitors scheduled to be on campus this weekend. To start the week, OnTexasFootball takes a look at the current OV list. The list includes six players committed to Texas, and three committed elsewhere. RB Noah Roberts, RB, Chandler (Az.) Basha #AllGasNoBrakes WR Jeremiah Douglas, WR, Crandall (Texas) High - *Vanderbilt Of note: Texas has liked Douglas for over a year. Chris Jackson has been by the school as much as permissible. Ole Miss and Kansas State are also on the OV list in June. TE B…

Texas hosted approximately 100 high school underclassmen at their Elite Camp yesterday. About 20 of them walked away with a scholarship offer. We’ve compiled a complete list that we’ll be publishing in an hour or so for those interested. It was a heavy mix of in-state and out-of-state prospects. ** One thing to know: Texas did not offer any new quarterbacks immediately following the camp. While a new offer might be made in the week to come, right now it appears Texas is laser focused on Neimann Lawrence, the 6-1, 205-pound right-hander from American Heritage High School in South Florida. Lawrence attended yesterday’s camp and looked really go…

Back-to-back home runs happen all the time. At least a couple of times a season. But back-to-back-to-back? It's rare. And it's particularly rare in the post-season. But that's exactly what Aiden Robbins, Carson Tinney, and Anthony Pack Jr. pulled off in the second inning yesterday at the Disch. Texas bats have erupted in the post-season. The Longhorns have scored a combined 35 runs in just two games. During the contest, the Texas pitching staff also continued its strong campaign. Texas pitchers have now accounted for the most strikeouts in a single season in school history. Ace Dylan Volantis recorded 7 punch outs in 6 and 2/3 innings work yesterday. …

Sunday 2027 Recruiting Notes To say the Colorado Buffaloes are being aggressive on the defensive line recruiting front would be an understatement. OTF has been told that Colorado has made seven figure NIL offers to two of Texas' top targets. That is Tyler Alexander (Wellington, Fla./Palm Beach Central) and Ole Miss commit Ben'Jarvius Shumaker (Ackerman, Miss./Choctaw County). Alexander had Texas and Georgia as a top two, slight ahead of Notre Dame, prior to the May Colorado OV. He's scheduled to make OV's to Georgia, ND and Texas in June. Shumaker was considered an Ole Miss vs. Texas contest prior to Colorado's massive NIL offer in May. The Colorado offer…

Gird Up Your Loins: Texas targets on OV's this weekend And here we go! OTF will keep you updated on Texas targets making OV's this weekend. LSU WR Easton Royal #AllGasNoBrakes Ohio State DL Marcus Fakatou Texas A&M CB John Meredith III WR Briceson Thrower (maybe) LB Mikahi Allen CB Brandon Sherrard Alabama WR Monshun Sales DL Mitchell Turner Oklahoma OT Brian Swanson Oregon RB Landen Williams-Callis S Junior Tu’upo LB Toa Satele OT Lucas Rhoa Auburn EDGE Jabarrius Garror LB/EDGE Jhadyn Nelson K Noah Ash Georgia LB Joakim Gouda DL Kasi Currie Houston DL Ra…

After a few notable developments on the offensive line over the last week, OTF breaks down where things stand with targets at the position. The target list has trimmed in recent days as Texas has gone separate ways from Cincinnati (Ohio) Archbishop Moeller OT Kal-El Johnson and Oceanside (Calif.) IOL Lincoln Mageo. OFFENSIVE TACKLES Ismael Camara, Gilmer OVs: Cancelled all summer OVs OTF believes this one will come down to the Longhorns and the Ducks. Alabama and LSU are the other schools worth mentioning at this time. With summer official visits cancelled, this recruitment is expected to go into the season and possibly all the way to signing day.…

With Texas’ Elite Camp set for Sunday, OTF wanted to get a thread started so we can post updates throughout the week. * Indicates the prospect already holds an offer from Texas. 2027 *Mansfield Summit EDGE Cam Hall — AGNB27 Houston Westfield OLB Jaylin Jones Houston Westfield EDGE Jordin Jones Jackson (La.) East Feliciana ATH Darrian Hogan 2028 *Ft. Lauderdale (Fla.) American Heritage QB Neimann Lawrence *Graham Simpson, Martin (Tenn.) Timpview — Now camping Wed. June 3rd Coppell QB Carter Zingelmann Princeton (NJ) Hun School QB Lukas Prock Mililani (Hawaii) QB Hunter Fujikawa Waller QB Tristin Gaines …

Sources tell On Texas Football that the real roster NIL number for Texas in 2026 is somewhere between $35-$36mm. So many have prognosticated that the figure would reach well in to the $40 millions. That’s simply untrue. And here’s what those folks never, ever accounted for. No single player in college football is pushing more of his own school-based NIL to his teammates than Texas quarterback Arch Manning. And Manning is doing so to the tune of multiples of millions of dollars. Those folks also didn’t actually listen to Steve Sarkisian or take him at his word. As Sark has said many times publicly, Manning is taking a heavy NIL discount in order to…

2028 quarterback Graham Simpson tells OTF he'll be back in Austin next Wednesday, June 3, to workout for the Longhorns staff and visit the University. Simpson, a product of Martin (Tenn.) Westview, is the younger brother of former Alabama, now LA Rams quarterback Ty Simpson. He's also the son of UT-Martin head coach Jason Simpson. The rising junior signal caller earned an offer from Texas back in February. He holds additional offers from programs like Alabama, Ole Miss, Miami, Tennessee, and many others. As a sophomore, the 5-foot-11.5, 185-pound Simpson passed for 2,091 yards and 24 touchdowns to three interceptions. Simpson is one of severa…

For this week’s OTF Sideline Debate, the topic is: if this one word defines Texas football this fall, the Longhorns should reach their goals. Take a look at our answers! Bobby Burton — Manning Manning. I know that’s a proper noun but it’s also the proper answer. I think Texas will be good enough to win every game on the schedule if Arch Manning plays at a high level, particularly in key moments. Gerry Hamilton — Discipline Even Steve Sarkisian commented in a group of Texas fans that they need to cut out the “dumb ass penalties”. There is no way Texas can accomplish what they want to this season if they are anywhere close to last season in term…

2028 Composite Five-Star Visiting this Weekend *** Texas will host 2028 Thomas County Central (Ga.) DL Prince Che this weekend for the Elite Camp. The 6-foot-3-inch, 305-pound lineman resides in Thomasville, Georgia and has already earned 35 offers in his recruitment. Che tells OTF that he will be competing at the Elite Camp on Sunday, it will be his first trip to Austin. Che is currently ranked as the No. 19 player in the country in the 247Sports Composite, and the No. 2 defensive lineman per 247Sports. Che is the next addition to what is already a loaded weekend of defensive line visitors. Five-star Christian Academy of Louisville (Ky.) DL Kella…

War of Words *** Thursday was eventful, wasn't it? Texas Tech head coach Joey McGuire snapped back at Steve Sarkisian's comments about his backups going undefeated in a lesser conference with a feisty retort of his own. Playing right into the situation I wrote about last week when I said I wasn't a huge fan of Sark's comments regarding the scheduling of the former conference opponent. It was a no-win situation making the point about one specific school. Cody Campbell "upped the ante" – his words, not mine – by pitching to buy out the Texas-Texas State game, and the Texas Tech-ACU game on week one for this game to take place. Of course, no…