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Could Steve Sarkisian go back to Georgia Tech for his running back coach position? That was a possibility that was passed along to me on Sunday. Norval McKenzie is a name to know in the Longhorns' RB Coach search. McKenzie is currently the running backs coach and run-game coordinator at Georgia Tech. He had previous stops at Vanderbilt (2021-2022), Louisville (2019-2020) and spent three seasons prior at Arkansas State (2016-2018) as the running backs coach and special teams coordinator. On top of that, OTF believes current Nebraska RB Coach EJ Barthel is worth monitoring as well. Of course, there are likely additional candidates in the market vying for th…

Prospects to Follow in March *** Spring football is back in 13 days on the 40 Acres. Not only does a semblance of Texas Football return to campus, but the world of high school recruiting will resume as well. The dead period wraps up in six days as we turn the calendar to March. With that said, there are already a number of key prospects in both the 2027 and 2028 classes to keep an eye on for when Texas begins moving forward with its on-campus recruiting efforts. Official visits have taken the priority, but there are plenty of prospects who will be appearing on campus for the first time in March. A few names to keep an eye on for when they pop up i…

Eight new additions have joined the Texas program for the beginning of the summer conditioning. While the Texas fall roster has yet to be updated for the fall, we do have numbers for what the newest Longhorns will be wearing. *** Transfer Portal Additions #11 – WR Silas Bolden #13 – CB Jay'Vion Cole #15 – DL Bill Norton TBA – DL Jermayne Lole Freshman Class #28 – CB Santana Wilson #39 – P Michael Kern #55 – DL Melvin Hills #70 – OL Nate Kibble View full news story

Texas is hosting Yale OL Mikey Bennett for a visit that began last night and will extend into today. Bennett, a 6-foot-5-inch senior, is originally from Atlanta, Georgia. Was a All-Ivy First Team selection and AP FCS All-America Honorable Mention in 2025. View full news story

The Longhorns and OL coach Kyle Flood has offered the No. 1 ranked OL in the State of Ohio for the class of 2026.

Texas safety coach Blake Gideon offered Mansfield Timberview Nathan Tilmon a scholarship earlier today. Tilmon is 6-0, 185 and is currently committed to SMU. Tilmon had eight pass breakups a year ago and has recorded a personal best of 10.71 seconds in the 100-meter. View full news story

Texas Offers 2027 Gunter (TX) OL Caleb Siler *** Kyle Flood and the Texas staff extended an offer late Sunday evening up in the north DFW area. 6-foot-8-inch Gunter High OL Caleb Siler reported an offer from The University of Texas, the 29th of his recruitment. Siler originally visited the Longhorns on April 3rd and Texas circles back with an offer about five weeks after. In regards to an official visit, it appears likely. However, Siler did say they are awaiting finalization of dates when discussing the offer late Sunday night. Will update in the coming days, but it’s looking like a new name will be added to the June OV window. View…

New offers by the Texas staff Monday Members of the Texas staff were in Arizona and California Monday, as well as beginning to make their way east into the SEC states. With the staff on the road, that means there were going to be new offers made. OnTexasFootball begins your Tuesday with a rundown of the new offers extended May 5. 2026 and 2027 OT's offered in Arizona ... Kyle Flood stopped by a few schools in the Phoenix area on Monday to check out top offensive line prospects. Flood extended an offer to Mountain Pointe High (Christian Clark's high school) 2026 OT Aaron Thomas. Thomas, 6-foot-6.5, 305-pounds, is one of the faster rising tackle prospe…

With more offers out in Alabama and North Carolina in the past two days, it's clear to me that Texas coaches are "broadening" their recruiting map. Texas is getting ready to be a true national recruiting school IMO.

2027 Don Bosco Prep (NJ) LB Sets Texas Official Visit *** Texas has a new linebacker on the books for the Official Visit weekends in June. Mikahi Allen, a 6-foot-1-inch, 220-pound linebacker out of Ramsey, New Jersey told OTF this morning he has locked in an official visit to Texas for the weekend of June 19. The Longhorns have been in communication with Allen for well over a month and come to an agreement on the OV date. Texas offered back in January while the coaching staff was out on the road. According to the Composite, Allen is the No. 15 linebacker in the country and a top-200 prospect for the class of 2027. Official Visit Schedu…

The calendar is changing for Gunter OT Caleb Siler. Originally scheduled to officially visit Texas the June 19-21 weekend, the 6-foot-8, 295 pounder will now see Austin the June 12-14 weekend. With the move, official visits to South Carolina (June 12-14) and Texas Tech (June 16-18) have also been canceled. Siler has already taken OVs to Northwestern (May 8-10), TCU (May 19-31), and Arkansas (June 5-7). The original plan was to make a decision on June 21st, but a commitment is now expected shortly after Siler makes his way to Austin this weekend. A source expects the decision to come down Texas and Northwestern. Arkansas is also hanging around. An inte…

Arizona interior defensive lineman Bill Norton has entered the NCAA Transfer Portal according to a report from 247Sports' Matt Zenitz. Norton, who played under new Texas LB coach Johnny Nansen a year ago, started his career at Georgia and will be on the move again for his college career in 2024. The 6-foot-6, 325-pound defensive lineman split his snaps between the A-gap (170) and B-gap (179) in 2023 according to PFF. He wound up recording 32 tackles, two forced fumbles and three pass deflections. As Texas pursues options on the defensive line, Norton will be one to keep an eye on. Watch for Washington in this one as well. View full news story

Texas has hired James Madison Assistant Special Teams Coach and Specialists Coach Matt Moran to the staff as a Special Teams Analyst. Moran spent 2024 at James Madison and 2023 at Boston College. Before then, Moran was the Assistant Special Teams Coordinator at Stanford from 2015–2022. Moran and new Texas defensive backs coach Duane Akina overlapped from 2015–2022 at Stanford. As we move into the spring, Texas will be looking to bounce back in the special forces part of the game and Moran's addition can certainly provide some assurances for a bounce back season Bert Auburn, and the return game. View full news story

On Texas Football coverage of SEC Media Days is brought to you by Vonlane, Flat Creek Estate Winery, Advanced Pain Care and South Point Dodge. *** ATLANTA – The updated Texas Football roster included 36 new faces, from true freshmen set for their first ever action at the college level, to fifth year seniors looking for one final go-round in the SEC. At SEC Media Days here in Atlanta, Georgia, the three Longhorn representatives provide a look behind the offseason curtains with recognition for the now-Longhorns set to make their debut in 46 days. Starting on the defensive side of the ball, linebacker Anthony Hill Jr. spoke about the brand new crop of def…

NCAA Passes New Targeting Rules for 2026 *** The NCAA New targeting ruling approved for 2026: For a player ejected due to target — after 1st offense of the season: able to play fully in next game after 2nd offense: 1st half suspension after 3rd offense: full game suspension Per the NCAA: "If the call is overturned on appeal, the player will be able to play without sitting out the first half of the next game." View full news story

The Texas One Fund has made history with a new brand partnership announced Thursday. Texas One Fund announced a collaboration with the Passes, a creator monetization platform, for 40 of the top male and female athletes currently residing on The 40 Acres. Passes made headlines earlier this spring with the signing for LSU gymnast and social media star Livvy Dunne to a reported multi-million dollar and now The University of Texas joins the fold as the first collective to join the platform. So far, members of the football, both men's and women's basketball, softball, volleyball and baseball have all signed up for the platform. Passes provides an opportunity for…

New Linebacker Target on Campus *** Texas is hosting former Florida State linebacker Justin Cryer for a visit Friday morning, On Texas Football has learned. Cryer, listed at 6-foot-1 and 238 pounds, started eight games for Noles and appeared in all 12 in 2025. For his career, Cryer has over 730 snaps ranging over three seasons. Cryer attended Royal High School in Brookshire, Texas right outside of Houston. His brother, LJ Cryer, was a star hooper at Houston and is now on the Golden State Warriors. View full news story

NEW: Four more defensive line prospects added to the June OV list Texas is now up to 40 known official visitors in the 2027 cycle with the breaking news of four more defensive linemen locking in June visits. OnTexasFootball can report that the Longhorns are up to seven defensive line visitors with the addition of a top out of state target and three in state prospects. The new additions to the OV list on the defensive line: Ben'Jarvius Shumaker, DL, Ackerman (Miss.) Choctaw County Texas OV: June 19-21 Note: Ole Miss is the team to beat early, and is doing their best to shut down this recruitment prior to the June OV's to other SEC programs. G…

New report from our @Bobby Burton on Coffee & Football this morning: – Texas tight end Jack Endries WILL play in the Citrus Bowl for the Longhorns on December 31st. Following the bowl game, Endries will make a decision regarding his future – NFL or returning to Texas. Endries met with Steve Sarkisian and the Texas staff on Thursday and opted for this course of action regarding his future. No ultimate decision regarding his future has been made just yet, that will come in early January. View full news story

Arizona portal defensive lineman Bill Norton will be visiting Texas this weekend for the spring game. Norton entered the NCAA Transfer Portal April 12 after spending 2023 with Arizona, following four years at Georgia. The former top-100 recruit in the class of 2019 is coming off of his best and most productive season at the college level, in large part due to then-defensive coordinator and now-Texas LB coach Johnny Nansen. It is no secret Texas is looking to add to its interior defensive line room and Norton visiting this weekend shows interest. In 2023, Norton recorded 32 combined tackles, two forced fumbles and three passes deflected at the line of scrimm…

2026 Klein OL Nicolas Robertson Discusses Commitment Decision Texas picked up its fourth commitment in the 2026 class on Saturday after Klein OL Nicolas Robertson pulled the trigger and joined the class on his visit to Austin. OnTexasFootball caught up with Robertson after his commitment to discuss why he made the decision and what it was about Kyle Flood and the Texas Longhorns that earned his verbal pledge. Robertson said he saw the intensity of practice and the way Coach Flood was able to instruct his room and thought that was something he wanted to be a part of. About an hour later, and he was in the office at Moncrief making his commitment known to the…

Let’s start with an awkward comment from former Texas basketball coach Rick Barnes.

Starting a new daily thread for folks to publish tweets or news of the day that relates to Texas, football as a whole, etc. Feel free to add lists of rankings, etc. This is to get us started. Yesterday, The Athletic reported that LSU was sent a letter of inquiry by the College Sports Commission, the new enforcement arm of the NCAA for NIL. Well, it sounded interesting and possibly consequential. Until some Baton Rouge reporters dug in. 1. The inquiry was not about football. 2. LSU says they expect to resolve the matter soon. In other words, the scoop of the CSC going after LSU was really no scoop at all.

NEWS: Texas to host multiple out of state visitors in March The Texas staff is beginning to lock in out of state unofficial visitors in the month of March around spring practice. The news broke last week that OTF 4-styar linebacker Joakim Gouda (Douglasville, Ga./South Paulding) will be on campus March 10 for a first visit to Texas, and take in a spring practice. OnTexasFootball can now break the news that multiple others are scheduled to do the same. Sunshine State DT ... Texas offered defensive lineman Tyler Alexander (Wellington, Fla./Palm Beach Central) in January. The 6-5, 300-pound fast riser that will end up a 4-star in the 2027 cycle infor…

Wanted to get some thoughts out here for y'all two days into the 2025 NFL Combine. By now, defensive linemen, edge rushers, cornerbacks, safeties and tight ends have all completed their in-person meetings with team, time on the podium and on-field drills in front of NFL scouts, head coaches and front office executives. Some big winners from the Texas bunch include Jahdae Barron and Barryn Sorrell. But I wanted to share full thoughts on the six participants thus far. I will do the same post Monday morning following the quarterbacks, receivers, running backs and offensive linemen take part in their on-field workouts. *** DL Vernon Broughton Will …