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We mentioned early last week that multiple offensive skill players were in New Orleans to workout together. That group included Arch Manning, Cam Coleman, Hollywood Smothers, Ryan Wingo, Emmett Mosley V, and Sterling Berkhalter. As Gerry reported last night, even Texas commit Easton Royal stopped by for one of the workouts. Well, the journey continues one final week for many Texas players. They are expected to report back to campus at the beginning of next week. So what are some of them doing? Colin Simmons, Ryan Wingo and Cam Coleman are all in Miami working out with personal trainers this week. Others will be working with trainers in Houston, Dallas,…

If I could sign five in 2027 Was thinking on morning walk about recruiting and the June official visits quickly approaching. My prevailing thought became what are the five prospects I would want to sign most in the Texas 2027 class that are currently not committed to Texas. 1. John Meredith, CB, North Crowley (Texas) High The first one was simple, 5-star cornerback John Meredith III. That was a very self-explanatory. So I'm going to list the four that followed in my thought process. 2. JaBarrius Garror, EDGE/LB, Prichard (Al.) Vigor The reason is simple. Pass rushers, pass rushers and more pass rushers. His 40+ career sacks speak for itself. And h…

Texas' top 2028 QB target to visit this weekend American Heritage High (Plantation, Fla.) 2028 quarterback Neimann Lawrence is scheduled to be in Austin this weekend for Texas camp per a source close to the 4-star++ prospect. The 6-0.5, 205-pound natural passer has risen to the top of the Texas quarterback board in the 2028 cycle following a standout sophomore campaign for Miami Northwestern High. Texas quarterbacks coach AJ Milwee was by American Heritage in May to make sure Lawrence understands Texas' level of interest. This will be a third known visit to Texas by Lawrence. Along with in-state schools, Notre Dame has also become a program to know i…

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…

- Volantis didn’t have the best game by any stretch of the imagination, but he was still good. Him giving up four lead off hits is not like him at all, but he didn’t get rattled. Not to mention he was in multiple high pressure situations and still delivered. - I thought it was interesting that Schloss and Max have had a tight leash on pitchers all season, but Volantis had an extremely long one all night, going 106 pitches and 5.1 innings. I think if that was anyone else they would have been gone much earlier. That just goes to show you the trust they have in Volantis. - The back half of lineup delivered tonight and that needs to continue. - As @Jeff Howe …

Notre Dame outfielder Bino Watters visited Texas A&M during the earlier part of this weekend, followed by visiting Texas yesterday through this morning. That visit is now wrapped up and Watters will head home. I’ve spoken to people on both sides of this recruitment and what I can tell you is that it went really well for the Longhorns. They did everything they needed to do. Despite reports from other national outlets, Georgia Tech and others are not thought to be the leader at this time… nor were they ever. The staff in College Station feels like Texas has the pole position here as well. Make of that what you will. — Texas will co…

The all-sport dominance by the University of Texas is truly something to behold… and cherish. With the comeback win last night, the Texas baseball team punched its ticket to Omaha. Texas has a chance to become the first school to ever win baseball and softball national titles in the same year. ** The baseball game didn’t end until about 11:30 last night. But the Horns made it worth staying up for. The finish included a two-out, bases-loaded, eighth-inning double from Adrian Rodriguez who knocked in two runs to give the Horns a 6-5 lead. Reliever Sam Cozart tossed the final two innings in dominating fashion, striking out four and never allowing an …

I mentioned last week that even though the pledge of cornerback John Meredith was a head-to-head recruiting win over Texas A&M that the Longhorns and Aggies really aren’t competing against one another for that many prospects. All of a sudden, another team has stepped into the fray. Multiple recruiting battles are shaping up as Texas vs LSU contests. Four of those recruits were on Texas’ campus this weekend. - WR Easton Royal - DL Jason Johnson - DB Brandon Sherrard - DB Greedy James James and Royal are committed to Texas but the Tigers are refusing to go away. Houston area product Johnson and Sherrard both visited LSU last weekend be…

Texas 2027 Recruiting Class Superlatives ...so far Was driving along I-10 and then south on I-95 on a long trip. Part of the mind racing on a long trip centered around the 2027 recruiting class so far, and handing out some class superlatives awards headed into senior seasons. Best Will Muschamp defensive scheme fit... Cameron Hall as a versatile defensive lineman will be 6-5, 280-285 pounds down the line (if not closer to 300). He will be that 5-tech defensive lineman playing the run in the SEC, that can also be a interior pass rusher with high-end athleticism. Highest upside recruit... Tie between Ismael Camara and John Meredith III. As an offensive ta…

Texas women's basketball made a big splash on the recruiting trail on Thursday, landing 6-foot-7 center Jayla Forbes out of Monteverde Academy in Florida, she announced on her social media. Forbes chose the Longhorns over a long list of offers that included Notre Dame, Vanderbilt, and UCLA, among others. The newest UT pledge has long been a top target of the Texas staff's, visiting earlier this year for a multi-day stay when the Longhorns faced Kentucky. Last season she averaged 10.4 points, 9.2 rebounds, and 1.5 blocks per game at the high school level. She helped Team USA to a Gold Medal finish this year at the FIBA 18U AmeriCup, averaging 7.4 points an…

Happy Friday! *** Texas placed second in the media's preseason SEC rankings. About what you would expect for many. But not all. It was funny earlier in the week in Tampa, there was a manufactured attempt to peg the Longhorns as the undisputed team to beat in the conference by media members in attendance. It happened so quickly into the week at Media Days, the ploy was exposed almost immediately outside of the typical Texas detractors. The question to Georgia LB Raylen Wilson added evidence to the ruse. Question by question, tweet by tweet, the idea that Georgia was distantly chasing Texas was being constructed like a pile of Lincoln L…

Update on 2028 WR Recruiting OnTexasFootball checked in with multiple sources on Thursday to get the latest on wide receiver recruiting in the 2028 cycle. The Longhorns have thrown out more than 15 offers to wide receivers in the 2028 class to date. As we always say, not all offers are the same. That is especially the case after the spring evaluation period, in which the Texas staff was on the road evaluating hundreds of players in the 2028 cycle. OTF provides the latest update on the position: Texas' top 3 WR targets in 2028 headed into the 2026 season (junior season)... 1. Brysen Wright, 6-3, 195 (Jacksonville, Fla./Mandarin) - Made unofficial vis…

Cole Hutson has been cleared and is expected to return to the Texas practice field, perhaps as soon as tomorrow. We’ll update this story as needed. ** Update: Friday 8:01am Cole Hutson officially rejoined the Longhorn football team this morning around 7:45am. It's unclear whether Hutson has to go through an NCAA-mandated acclimation period before being cleared for practice. But he will be with the team today. Practice begins at 6:30pm tonight. View full news story

Happy Friday! *** Football is being played in Austin, Texas again! Life is better than it was one week ago and it's only going to get better over the next five months. Texas will be practicing Friday evening, with full pads set to come on in the next couple of days. I don't need to fluff any more, by now folks know about the talent on campus and the expectations that follow. Texas has plenty of both. *** Instead, I wanted to focus a bit on the grind of summer conditioning. We have highlighted the competition in place over the last month at times throughout the summer. Texas had a grueling day in the sand pit before the 4th of July, and Colin …

For those wondering why the Texas offense wasn’t “better” in 2024 than 2023, I think it’s pretty clear that you have to look at the absence of a player like Xavier Worthy. Worthy led the Kansas City Chiefs in receiving in the AFC Championship last night with six catches for 85 yards and a touchdown. He also had two carries for 16 yards. Isaiah Bond was expected to be a reasonable facsimile of Worthy in the ‘24 Texas offense. Bond was exactly that at the start of the season, but his ankle injury lingered, and the Texas O lost some of its punch with it. Who can be that sort of speed merchant for the 2025 Texas offense? There are no obvious answers curren…

On Sunday, we talked about how Junior Day was just a starting place for recruiting for the Texas football staff, that it was just the beginning of the evaluation process for Texas. Well, this week, a time when Texas has extended double digit new scholarship offers, shows exactly what the Horns had planned. Texas coaches have been on the road, from California to Florida, Georgia, Alabama, Illinois, Virginia and more. It's abundantly clear that this recruiting class is going to take on a different construct. Rather than keying in on several elite players early and being forced to stay with those prospects throughout the recruiting process, the Texas staff is …

Sark's all 5-star recruiting class The Texas Longhorns under Steve Sarkisian have signed 18 5-star ranked prospects in the recruiting industry since the 2022 class. When spring practices begin, the Longhorns will have 15 5-stars in the program with 14 scheduled to take part in spring practice. OnTexasFootball takes a look at the 5-star ranked recruits in the program. Quarterback Arch Manning, 2023, New Orleans (La.) Isidore Newman Starter: 2025 Running back Cedric Baxter Jr., 2023, Orlando (Fla.) Edgewater Starter: 2023, injured 2024 Wide receiver Kaliq Lockett, 2025, Sachse (Texas) High Note: Early enrollee that will partic…

Monday AM Recruiting Notes There were some key additions to the Texas Longhorns June official visitor list over the weekend, including a pair of 5-stars. North Crowley offensive tackle John Turntine III and Mater Dei (Calif.) tight end Mark Bowman both locked in their June OV dates to Texas. Both are at the top of the board at their respective positions. Texas has been considered the favorite for the ultra athletic Turntine III for months, while recent 2026 re-class Bowman is expected to come down to Texas vs. Georgia with Oregon a key third player. OnTexasFootball provides the latest recruiting notes. Official visitors added over the weekend ... …

Wednesday recruiting notes OnTexasFootball provides some recruiting notes to start you guys and gals Wednesday. Two offensive lineman remaining to schedule official visits... Texas currently has eight offensive lineman scheduled for official visits, with one being committed. John Turntine III, OT, Fort Worth (Texas) North Crowley OnTexasFootball ranking: 5-star Samuel Roseborough, OT, Clearwater (Fla.) High OnTexasFootball ranking: 4-star++ Sam Utu, OT, Orange (Calif.) Lutheran OnTexasFootball ranking: 4-star++ Nicolas Robertson, IOL, Klein (Texas) High OnTexasFootball ranking: 4-star+ Max Wright, IOL/OT, Melissa (Texas) High #…

Yesterday is lesson one of why not to overreact when something bad happens UNTIL you hear the full story. As a community, let’s remember that next time something happens and we don’t have the full story quite yet. ** Rodney Terry likely coached his final game at Moody last night. A team that had the personnel and wherewithal to make the NCAA tourney clearly came up short this season. The season was littered with injuries to key players. Texas would have been a better team with a healthy Tramond Mark all season long. But injuries can be no excuse, especially not when your best player (Tre Johnson) was available all year. The team never really …

Football recruiting notes OnTexasFootball delivers a few football recruiting notes to go with your morning brew. Roseborough back on campus ... Clearwater (Fla.) High 4-star++ OT Samuel Roseborough was back on campus a few days ago, marking his second visit of the spring with another to come. Of course, his mom now lives and works in Austin, so the 6-foot-5, 275-pounder is around campus more than most prospects. OTF can report that Roseborough rated recent visits to Michigan and Texas A&M behind Texas. OTF believes the Horns hold a decent lead right now. OTF continues to believe the Longhorns lead for Roseborough, 4-star+ IOL Toa Katoa (Eul…

A week and a half into the spring and there has been a major theme on display amongst the offensive side of the ball – youth. Young cats, and hungry dogs are filing in the huddle next to QB Arch Manning to begin the spring practice session. Since Sarkisian took over, this projected offense is the youngest and most inexperienced we have seen in Austin. Especially with the absence of Ryan Wingo, DeAndre Moore and now Jordan Washington (for a bit), the youth is on full display. A few practices in, and it has been the largest conversation point so far. Texas does not have a player with a career catch running routes on the Denius practice fields currently. With …

Nuggets on the Recruiting Trail *** Portal Texas is hosting Stanford EDGE David Bailey on campus currently. Bailey was previously at Texas Tech this weekend and could potentially end up at UCLA for a visit closer to home as well. But where else could Texas go in the portal? An obvious answer is wide receiver, as the Longhorns are currently practicing with a group of receivers who have yet to catch a single pass in their career. While talented, experience is needed. One addition at wide receiver is expected, but a source indicated depending on what the scholarship count of the WR room looks like during the spring portal might actually dictate if t…

OTF takes a look at what would be the No. 1 class Yesterday, OnTexasFootball took at look at the 2026 Best Class Scenario entering May with all the options that Texas could mix and match to lock in a fifth straight top 5 class. Today, we go a step further and take a look at what could likely place Texas as the No. 1 ranked class two cycles in a row. There are 25 prospects in this scenario with this breakdown: Texas - 10 Florida - 6 Georgia - 4 California - 2 North Carolina - 1 Arizona - 1 New Jersey - 1 OTF believes that if Texas puts together 85% of every recruiting class from the states of Texas, Florida, Georgia and California; the …

Recruiting: Texas leads for 4-star++; new 4-star target Fort Myers, Fla. - The first thing I saw when walking onto the practice field at Fort Myers High Tuesday was 4-star++ Kendall Guervil wearing Texas shorts. He knew Kenny Baker was going to be at practice. But I'm not sure he knew Georgia and FSU were too. The result is the "X" is officially on the back of Texas in the recruitment of the powerful defensive tackle. Not only was Baker on hand, but area recruiter Keynodo Hudson also attended the last half of the practice. Guervil was all smiles and immediately walked over to both Texas coaches when they arrived to say hello. The 6-foot-4, 310-pounder tol…