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Two weeks ago I posted a Look Ahead to the 2027 Prospects for the offensive side of the ball. Today, we will focus on the defensive prospects in the class of 2027. Sure, plenty can, and will, change from now until the class really gets going with commitments and official visits. But with the season just a few weeks away, it is a great opportunity to start getting guys on the radar for all you recruiting aficionados. *** EDGE DJ Jacobs, EDGE, Roswell (Ga.) Blessed Trinity Catholic Zyron Forstall, EDGE, Bradenton (Fla.) IMG Academy KJ Green, EDGE, Stone Mountain (Ga.) Stephenson Kaden McCarty, EDGE, Cypress (Texas) Cy Falls …

2027 Targets to Know *** In case you wanted some new names to familiarize with as we inch closer and closer to the start of a new football season. A quick look at prospects to know for the 2027 cycle on the offensive side of the ball. *** Quarterback Kavian Bryant, QB, Palestine (Texas) Westwood High Peyton Houston, QB, Shreveport (La.) Evangel Christian Academy It is a two horse race at the moment for the Longhorns in the 2027 cycle. Of course, other names like Gunnar Rivers, Jerry Meyer III and Malachi Ziegler will be names to monitor as well, but the two quarterbacks listed above are the only '27 QBs to hold offers from the Long…

As Texas works on filling out its top five 2025 class, there will be a number of big time 2026 prospects that make it down to campus over the next few weeks. A quick run down of 2026 prospects I could see in the class way too early. Remember Texas has three commitments in the 2026 class already – QB Dia Bell, WR Chris Stewart and DB Zelus Hicks. *** RB Javian Osborne – Forney (TX) High To the surprise of no one, Texas and Osborne have been linked with one another for quite some time since the RB position lost a commitment in the class over the summer. Osborne was on campus over the weekend for the UTSA game and watched the Longhorns in person against M…

Texas added a talented wide receiver out of the portal yesterday with the news of Stanford WR Emmett Mosley V signing with the Longhorns. As a result, the projection of the room in 2025 feels a bit more steady with another playmaker who has accumulated some time on the field and roughly 50 receptions to their name. While the Mosley addition will help stabilize the WR in case of injury next fall, the Longhorn receivers room remains rather young. Though, you could argue, the room will remain one of the more talented groups in the SEC. The SEC is continuing to evolve into the modern game, meaning wide receiver rooms across the conference will look for facelifts eac…

It’s been a weekend to remember for Texas men’s basketball past and present. On Saturday night, the Longhorns advanced to the Sweet 16 in Sean Miller’s first year as head coach, upsetting Gonzaga in the Round of 32. On the same night, Texas legend Kevin Durant set a record of his own, surpassing Michael Jordan as the NBA’s fifth all-time leading scorer with 32,294 points, dropping 27 points as the Houston Rockets beat the Miami Heat. Here’s a look some of the most notable career highlights for the 37-year-old Durant. Fifth all-time leading scorer in NBA history. Only 8 players have surpassed 30,000 points in their career. 1.) LeBron James — 43,241 2.) …

OnTexasFootball’s 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. Media: Just talk about the weekend, what were the highlights for you? Turner: “The highlights for me, coach Muschamp, he broke down the defense to me real good. Showing me what I’m gonna be in the defense, what I’m gonna do. I’d say just being around the D-line group as well. Seeing those guys interact and h…

Texas extended an offer to 6-foot-2, 205-pound Louisville athlete commit Brooklyn Maxey on Tuesday afternoon, the Tampa (Fla.) Carrollwood Day product announced. "It felt great, not gonna lie," Maxey said. "Every offer feels amazing, but definitely out of all my offers it's one of the offers that felt best, like wow. Bama and Texas for sure." Mark Orphey extended the offer to Maxey after visiting him at school. The Longhorns like the rising senior at safety. "With my size I definitely can see myself playing in the SEC for sure," Maxey said. "So just that and obviously the SEC is the best conference you can play in. It's a big opportunity. I love Texas. W…

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LSU Excited to Welcome Texas to Death Valley in November *** For the first time in history, Texas and LSU will face off with one another in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, presumably under the lights in Death Valley. Both teams, and fanbases, will have to wait until November for the meeting to take place, but ultimately, it is hard to find a game on the Longhorns' schedule with higher expectations or noteworthy storylines set to lead the way. LSU linebacker Whit Weeks provided context into what is expected in the Texas-LSU meeting, which doubles as the return of Arch Manning to the state of Louisiana. "That is going to be a fun one for sure," Weeks said o…

The first piece of hardware has arrived for the 2024 Texas Longhorns! LT Kelvin Banks has won the 2024 Lombardi Award - awarded annually to the best lineman in the country. The legacy of Kelvin Banks is cemented. A 3-year starter will hopefully return for the College Football Playoff and then be off to the NFL Draft where he will be taken in the 1st round. Quite the career for Kelvin Banks, and still more to come! View full news story

Texas added a key commitment in three-star, five-tool offensive lineman Lucas Rhoa on Thursday morning. A priority target for the Longhorns staff throughout the cycle, the 6-foot-5, 305-pound Rhoa has upside galore that the UT staff hopes to tap into. Orange Lutheran (Calif.) head coach Ray Fenton spoke with OTF to give readers an inside look into the latest Longhorns pledge. “He has outstanding work ethic, along with leadership that is unmatched, as far as his maturity goes,” Fenton told OTF. “So what I'm trying to say is that he's a teacher to the young guys, and he's a crack-the-whip motivator to the old guys, whether it's on the field or the weight room. H…

Texas added its seventh member of the 2025 class late Monday evening with the commitment from Port Neches Groves OL Jackson Christian following his spring game. 4-star EDGE Lance Jackson 4-star LB Elijah Barnes 4-star TE Emaree Winston 4-star QB KJ Lacey 4-star RB Rickey Stewart 4-star DL Brandon Brown 3-star OL Jackson Christian The current class sits ranked 22nd in the 247Sports Composite ranking with an average recruit score of 91.014 on the On3 rankings which sits 12th. Needless to say, there is plenty of room to rise for the Texas recruiting class. No recruiting class is ranked above the Longhorns with fewer recr…

Luke Wafle's OV and more OnTexasFootball can report that Hun School (Princeton, N.J.) 4-star++ EDGE Luke Wafle is scheduled to make an official visit in June. The date we are hearing is June 20-22. The 6-foot-5, 245-pounder is trending toward an Ohio State vs. Texas battle with Penn State, Tennessee and Notre Dame being in the mix. Wafle is scheduled to make an official visit to Ohio State May 30-June 2. Wafle has made two unofficial visits to Texas since last spring, and is possibility to make an unofficial this spring as well prior to the June OV. A few notes ... Four-star++ EDGE Khamari Brooks (Bogart, Ga./North Oconee) tells OnTexasFootball…

Handful of Summer Team Notes **** The Longhorns have been on the field for about a week and a half for summer conditioning. We will learn much more as the month of June progresses, but a couple of things that have stood out to me in conversations recently surrounding the team: -- – The first returns on Western Kentucky OL Laurence Seymore are positive. Seymore has arrived hungry and ready to work. So far, all things have pointed in the right direction to be the contributor Texas hopes he will be from an on-field perspective. I will add this: one source I spoke to mentioned the height and size of Seymore as a surprise. Though he was listed at 6–2 o…

NFL Academy International Prospects Visit Texas on Wednesday *** The sport of football has continued to grow on an international scale, leading to highest level of prospects we have seen at the high school ranks. Of course, Texas has grown fond of recruiting prospects recently. DL Hero Kanu grew up a promising soccer player in Germany before moving to the States and turning to football. A few international prospects Texas has at the very least shown interest in over the last few years include: South Carolina OL Neff Giwa out of Ireland, 2027 TE Garrett Vitter out of Kaiserslautern, Germany, and 6-foot-7 EDGE Marvin Nguetsop from Germany as well. T…

A couple of nuggets ranging from 2025 official visitors to 2026 commit. *** First and foremost, one of the largest (literal) weekend official visitors is 2025 Lewisville OL Michael Fasusi. The five-star offensive lineman is coming off an official visit at Oklahoma where he received the Sooners' equivalent of the red carpet treatment. Fasusi and OL coach Bill Bedenbaugh have a strong relationship with one another and the history of OL development has been a talking point throughout his recruitment. Oklahoma brought out anyone and everyone on the staff with ties to this recruitment to put their best foot forward in this recruitment. The long thought in this r…

A few notes from late summer offseason workouts ahead of fall camp beginning next week. *** – I was able to get a look at Alfred Collins walking into the facility on Thursday afternoon. The recent Texas roster update has Collins listed at 320 pounds and let me tell you, even after being listed at 315 a year ago, his body looks significantly different. Collins looks wider than he ever has at Texas. He has always had a strong build, but now he appears to have the frame of someone who could play over the nose as a run-stopper if needed. – On the DL front, I continue to look back at a conversation about Bill Norton when he first arrived and checked back in on t…

Lunchtime Recruiting Juice The news is moving fast and furious right now headed into July decisions. OnTexasFootball has been digging for gold, and came away with some lunchtime nuggets. Nicholas Townsend, TE, Houston (Texas) Dekaney One college recruiting Townsend believes Texas will be the pick July 8. That college thinks Texas A&M is trying to make it a fight. Alabama is not likely to be the pick, and USC is more hopeful than confident. Dakorien Moore, WR, Duncanville (Texas) High Oregon more than impressed over the weekend. Their presentation was second-to-none, including Texas and Ohio State. The 5-star will now sit back an…

Lunchtime Recruiting Juice While you guys down Chick-fil-a, figured I would provide some juice to go with it. Dakorien Moore, WR, Duncanville (Texas) High Upping my percentage from 65% to 75% headed into the weekend OV to Oregon. Myron Charles, DL, Port Charlotte (Fla.) High The 6-4, 290 pounder and his mother had a positive call with Steve Sarkisian Monday. This one still sets up to be a FSU vs. Texas decision headed into the OV to Tallahassee this weekend. The Charles' have been in communication with Texas more since the OV than prior. Riley Pettijohn, LB, McKinney (Texas) High My percentage on the 6-2, 215 pound linebacker with a …

Lunchtime Recruiting Nuggets: Texas A&M commit and 2026 leans These lunchtime recruiting nuggets are being published from the Chick-fil-a in Baton Rouge on College Street. I'm en route to Florida, Georgia and maybe one more state for the next couple of weeks. Lets get started the latest on a Texas target from the Houston area. Chace Sims and Texas The Texas A&M defensive line commit out of Richmond (Texas) Randle and OnTexasFootball 4-star attended the Texas-Georgia game Saturday with his family. He had the opportunity to sit down with Kenny Baker and talk for a while on what Texas could do for him. The visit well, with the exception of not ge…

Madden Faraimo Update OnTexasFootball spoke with a family member of 4-star++ linebacker Madden Faraimo (San Juan Capistrano, Calif./JSerra Catholic). The 6-3, 235-pound linebacker is not likely to be in Austin this weekend, It's senior week, and JSerra Catholic plays host to Mater Dei Friday night. The Faraimo family is looking at the Kentucky game as a potential return visit to Texas. Notre Dame and USC are considered the favorites over Texas currently. Georgia 5-star commit OnTexasFootball spoke with Warner Robins (Ga.) High 5-star DL and Georghia commit Isaiah Gibsob. Gibson, 6-5 and 250-pounds, has spoken with Texas area recruiter Ta…

Texas Spring Roster Updates & Takeaways *** Biggest takeaways from the Texas Spring Roster updates as we begin spring football. Starting from the top of the positional chart – QB, RB, WR... and so on. *** – QB Arch Manning is exactly where you want him to be: 6–4 and 226 pounds. Dia Bell's first spring has him listed at 212 pounds. Somehow, and very surprisingly, KJ Lacey in year two is down three pounds from his playing weight in the fall. – Two really impressive takeaways from the RB room. The first is Derrek Cooper coming in with perhaps the most ideal frame for a running back you could build – 6-foot-1 and 210 pounds. …

Which Longhorns are Facing a Make Or Break Spring? *** This has often been a conversation shared on shows over the last couple of days, and I wanted to bring it over to the site as well for further discussions. There will be plenty of eyes on the Texas spring football practice for many reasons. Probably too many to list. But one of the conversation topics that may be rather bitter is the guys on the fringe this spring. Guys who desperately need a good showing to get into the rotation in year two, and to avoid the possibility of being passed up by portal players next winter or recruits in the 2027 class. Of course, we are looking are projecting much fur…

Malcolm Simpson post visit update Hitchcock (Texas) High defensive lineman and Nebraska commitment Malcolm Simpson made an unofficial visit to Texas for the Longhorns game vs. ULM Saturday. Simpson, 6-2 and 265'ish with natural strength, spoke briefly with Texas head coach Steve Sarkisian after the game. "Coach Sarkisian told me to make sure my grades are straight, and keep working and stay on track." Simpson told OTF. Simpson spent more time chatting with defensive line coach Kenny Baker. "Coach Baker told me they watch my game film every week. They want me to come back when they play Georgia." Simpson plans to return for the Georgia game, …

It is registration day here in Thibodaux, Louisiana for the 2024 Manning Passing Academy. Texas QB’s Quinn Ewers and Arch Manning will be participating in the weekend events. A live thread of camp details and highlights as the week progresses. View full news story