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The official visit season has come and gone, which means we are full steam ahead to the football season with commitments scattered in between now and then! Each cycle the 4th of July brings fireworks in recruiting and this cycle will prove to be no different. Here is a quick look at updated decision dates for the top targets on the Texas board. *** Decision Date: June 26 Ezavier Crowell, RB, Jackson (Ala.) High OnTexasFootball ranking: 4-star++ Texas OV Date: June 6-8 Final 6: Georgia, Auburn, Alabama, Florida, Florida State, Texas Decision Date: June 27 Malakai Lee, OT, Honolulu (Hi.…

Top 5 class in the fold: What remains for the Longhorns Texas has a top 5 class committed with nine days remaining until the calendar turns to August. While the Longhorns have been on a monster run in the last two weeks to vault into said top 5, this class has a long runway remaining to make a run at a top 2 class. And there are position needs that still need to filled as well, meaning Texas is far from done. This morning, OTF takes a look at what remains for Texas in the 2026 cycle. Wide receiver ... Texas is expected to continue to hang around the rim with 4-star++ and Oregon pledge Jalen Lott (Frisco/Panther Creek). There is also the possibilit…

Let’s keep today’s column relatively simple and straight-forward. What are the primary position battles and questions expected during fall camp? - Back-up QB. Matthew Caldwell or Trey Owens? Word is, Caldwell very much looks the part But let’s see if Owens is prepared to defend the spot. - RB rotation and the timing of it. Trey Wisner is obviously going to play a lot. The questions are the health and timing of Ced Baxter, and the ability of Jerrick Gibson, Christian Clark and James Simon. Baxter is thought to be “ahead” in his recovery, but just how far exactly? Gibson has worked hard this off-season to re-shape his body. We’ll see if that helps his quickn…

First Day of Fall Camp Reactions *** First Team Offense QB – Arch Manning RB – Tre Wisner ... and CJ Baxter WR – Ryan Wingo WR – Parker Livingstone Slot – DeAndre Moore TE – Spencer Shannon LT – Trevor Goosby LG – Neto Umeozulu C – Cole Hutson RG – DJ Campbell RT – Brandon Baker ... and Andre Cojoe Second Team Offense QB – Trey Owens RB – Christian Clark and Jerrick Gibson WR – Kaliq Lockett WR – Jaime Ffrench Slot – Ryan Niblett TE – Jordan Washington ... and Jack Endries LT – Jaydon Chatman LG – Nate Kibble C – Connor Robert…

“I think we kind of shift the narrative,” Arch Manning said. “We’re going for everyone else. The target’s not on our back. The red dot is on everyone else.” Arch’s comment to the media yesterday should give us all perspective on exactly how the Horns are internalizing being the no. 1 ranked team in the land headed to Columbus. It’s a healthy view from Arch — equal parts aggression, confidence and smarts. ** I also loved Steve Sarkisian’s advice he said he would be giving Arch this week: ”Just go be yourself,” Sark said he would tell Arch. That’s a head coach instilling even more confidence in his young player. Don’t try to be something y…

Wanted to provide another conversation topic called Good Horn, Bad Horn – basically a spin of those good cop, bad cop interrogations. With this piece, I want to highlight some underrated aspects of the game that Texas can build off of, or needs to see immediate improvement on moving forward. *** Good Horn Forced Fumble Attempts Loved the punching at the football I saw on Saturday. Of course, the biggest blow of the day came from the right hand of Anthony Hill Jr. to the face mask of a SJSU wide receiver, but all day the Texas defense was scrapping at the football. TyAnthony Smith forced a fumble as well. Brad Spence, Trey Moore, Liona Lefau, Jelani McD…

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These were... something. *** Defensive Snap Counts Out of 66 possible snaps. 66 – Michael Taaffe 65 – Jaylon Guilbeau 64 – Anthony Hill Jr. 57 – Jelani McDonald 49 – Colin Simmons 42 – Graceson Littleton 40 – Hero Kanu, Liona Lefau 37 – Alex January 35 – Trey Moore 32 – Maraad Watson 27 – Kobe Black 25 – TyAnthony Smith 24 – Kade Phillips, Cole Brevard 19 – Travis Shaw 18 – Zina Umeozulu 16 – Lance Jackson 13 – Xavier Filsaime, Ethan Burke 9 – Warren Roberson 3 – Derek Williams Jr. 2 – Justus Terry – Pretty surprised by only 13 sn…

With Cole Hutson upgraded to probable, Texas should be healthy across the O-line for the Vandy game tomorrow. The only question is, will Hutson’s return push out Connor Robertson who has started the past couple of games at center, or does Texas move Hutson to a spot at left guard and that in turn move out either Connor Stroh or Nick Brooks? While Stroh and Brooks have given it their best shot, it seems like both have had their issues at guard to date. Perhaps it’d be smarter to get three seniors by class (Hutson, Robertson and DJ Campbell) on the interior. It might minimize some of the assignment busts we’ve seen this year. ** Both Arch Manning and Mic…

First College Football Playoff Rankings Released Tuesday *** The first College Football Playoff ranking has been released by the Playoff Committee. After its second top ten victory of the season, the Texas Longhorns come in ranked No. 11 in the initial poll. Here are the full rankings: Ohio State Indiana Texas A&M Alabama Georgia Ole Miss BYU Texas Tech Oregon Notre Dame Texas Oklahoma Utah Virginia Louisville Vanderbilt Georgia Tech Miami USC Iowa Michigan Missouri Washington Pitt Tennessee …

Portal Kombat: Hoops recruiting update The Texas Longhorns basketball program is closing in on three big decisions out of the NCAA Transfer portal. OnTexasFootball brings you guys and gals the latest. Jordan Pope, PG/CG, Napa (Calif.) Prolific Prep - *Oregon State transfer The Texas Longhorns have confidence on the 6-1.5, 170 pound point guard after making visits last week to Texas and Texas A&M. The big question here is if any other teams attempt to enter the race late (ie an Arkansas or someone similar). Pope averaged 15.1 points, 2.6 rebounds and 2.9 assists per game over 64 games (63 starts) in two seasons. He connected on 43.9% …

Arizona CB transfer Tacario Davis: What to know The news of starting cornerback Terrance Brooks hitting the transfer portal sent shock waves through the Texas fans base Tuesday. With the news officially out, OnTexasFootball provides a rundown of the top cornerback name to know in the NCAA Transfer Portal. Tacario Davis File High school: Long Beach (Calif.) Millikan Height: 6-3.5 Weight: 195 Recruitment: Chose Arizona over offers from Arizona State and Kansas as a three-star prospect in the 2022 cycle. Career at Arizona Davis appeared in five games as a freshman in 2022. He went on to start 11 of 13 games as a sophomore in 2023. He le…

Going into camp, we were wondering about several position battles: - The Wide receiver rotation - Possible OL rotation - Edge - Cornerback opposite Manny Muhammad ** Prior to the second and final scrimmage of fall camp on Saturday, most of these battles look like they’ve almost all been settled, except perhaps one: Wide receiver rotation Silas Bolden and DeAndre Moore seem to have solidified roles on this team. Bolden is a playmaker while Moore is on track to fill a role similar to Jordan Whittington. Isaiah Bond made some eye-opening plays in the scrimmage and you just can’t seem to keep his speed and big-play ability off the …

Running back Velton Gardner has announced via his Instagram that he will be joining Texas this season as a graduate transfer. Gardner spent his first two seasons with Kansas and last three with SMU, adding some much needed experience and depth to the Texas running back room. View full news story

Who are the big recruiting battles against in 2025? To begin your Thursday OnTexasFootball takes a look at who Texas is competing against for the final prospects in the 2025 cycle. Texas A&M Texas A&M pledge Kelshaun Johnson (Hitchcock, Texas/High) scheduled to be at Texas October 19 for the Georgia game. Will attend the Texas vs. Arkansas game Saturday in Jerry World. Texas A&M verbal and OnTexasFootball 4-star DL Chace Sims (Richmond, Texas/Randle). Sims isn't expected to make his OV this weekend. Will it happen October 19-20? We shall see. Texas A&M commitment Cobey Sellers (Pearland, Texas/Shadow Creek). Sellers talks with Te…

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Jaime Ffrench will be in Austin this weekend Texas Longhorns 4-star++ WR commit Jaime Ffrench (Jacksonville, Fla./Mandarin) tells OnTexasFootball that he will be making a visit this weekend for the Kentucky game. Ffrench, who will make this visit alone, will be returning to Texas for the third time this season. Ffrench made a visit to Florida last weekend, but the odds of the Gators flipping Ffrench haven't materialized in the last 48 hours. View full news story

At the end of the day, a win is a win. *** Texas and Kentucky will kickoff and begin the seventh SEC matchup of the season. Interesting start for the Longhorns, who lose a yard on the first two snaps, but that’s a great throw, in rhythm for Ewers on third down to move the chains. Texas finding something on this first drive. Run game has been good enough to start and Ewers is 4/4 passing to begin the contest. Really good start for the Longhorns. Really, really good start for the Texas offense and especially for Quinn Ewers who goes 6-7 passing for 58 yards and a touchdown on the opening drive. Texas needed to start strong in this game and they did …

Zachariah and Zion Branch, brothers who played wide receiver and safety for USC, respectively, are expected to visit Texas in the coming days. The Branches have already visited Georgia and Arizona State. They are expected to visit Miami and Texas before making a final decision. Tennessee is also attempting to receive a visit. 247Sports national reporter Matt Zenitz reported earlier today that Florida State defensive end Marvin Jones Jr. is expected to visit Texas today after visiting Oklahoma yesterday. We'll have more portal news as it comes out... View full news story

A lot of excitement continues to build in Austin, as Jim Schlossnagle and his staff get settled in on the Forty Acres. For those that may have missed it, here’s your coaching lineup, along with the behind the scenes hires that have been made. Nolan Cain – Associate Head Coach Troy Tulowitzki – Hitting/Infielders Coach Max Weiner – Pitching Coach Drew Bishop – Director of Baseball Operations Chuck Box – Director of Player Development Matt Couch – Head Athletic Performance Coach Tom Mendez – Assistant Athletic Trainer I spoke with a handful of coaches at the collegiate level to get a feel for what Texas is building and to get their thoughts. One c…

Jacksonville (Fla) Mandarin 5-star WR Jaime Ffrench tells OnTexasFootball that he is likely to make an OV to Georgia the last weekend of July. Texas remains in a very good spot over Tennessee right now. Miami and LSU very much on the peripheral.

Freshman running back Christian Clark landed awkwardly in yesterday afternoon's practice while coming down with a pass. According to sources, we are told that the injury is expected to be season-ending. Clark was unable to make it off the field by himself following the non-contact injury. ** If that's the case, Texas is now down to just three scholarship running backs for the 2024 football season after just the first two weeks in fall camp. ** So where do the Horns go from here? Derion Gullette, a redshirt freshman linebacker, saw action at running back in Saturday's scrimmage. Steve Sarkisian, who did not mention Clark's injury during y…

I'm still in Ann Arbor. I'm here relishing in the glow of victory! Some quick thoughts: - I felt like this game was decided in the first half. Look at these Halftime stats: 1st Downs - 15 to 4 3rd Down conversions - 8-10 to 1-5 Total Yards - 279 to 88 Time of Possession - 19:06 to 10:54 My friends, that is complete and utter domination for an entire half of football. ** Sark in the red zone. He has improved. So has Quinn. Texas was 4 of 4 overall on the day; three were touchdowns. If those scores are field goals like they were too often a year ago, then this is a different game in the fourth quarter. ** …

A brief update on 5-star ATH Michael Terry III after a conversation earlier this week. Following my trip to Alamo Heights a few weeks ago, it was clear the teams to beat in this race were Oregon, Nebraska and Texas. Right now, I believe that list has trimmed a bit to Nebraska and Texas with Oregon looming from behind just a bit. The distance to the pacific northwest is just a bit much. Also, on the side of Nebraska, I am told the early play of Dylan Raiola has been encouraging there. Of course, Matt Rhule has been the main contact as well, so the Cornhuskers are throwing the kitchen sink at Terry. Texas is very much in this one and in my eyes the team…

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