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Steve Sarkisian has made the hire of former Rutgers CB coach Mark Orphey to the staff as of Wednesday evening. What might that mean for the Longhorns moving forward other than a new body to coach defensive backs? Well, let's take a look. *** Coaching Resume Orphey has quickly ascended the coaching ranks and already in his tenure has experience in six bowl games, the FCS Playoffs and the College Football Playoff National Title game while at Alabama. Texas Southern (2011-2012): Cornerbacks coach South Carolina (2013-2016) Quality control assistant (2013) Defensive graduate assistant (2014-2016) Montana St…

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 #…

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 ... …

Texas Tech commit locks in Texas official visit Texas Tech linebacker commit Tieson Ejiawoko (Georgetown, Texas/East View) tells OnTexasFootball that he has locked in an official visit to Texas in June. The 6-foot-2, 220-pound versatile linebacker with some similarities physically to Brad Spence in high school told OTF that his official visit to Texas is locked in for June 13-15th. Ejiawoko will follow up the Texas official visit with his OV to Texas Tech June 20-22. The Longhorns offered the Central Texas prospect January 25 following attending junior day. Since that time, he has been in contact with Johnny Nansen consistently. June official…

Four-star RB Javian Osborne locks in Texas OV Forney (Texas) High 4-star++ running back Javian Osborne tells OnTexasFootball that he will be making his official visit to Texas June 13-15. Osborne, 5-9 and 192-pounds, has the Longhorns and Michigan at the top of his list with Notre Dame and Georgia in hot pursuit. Steve Sarkisian and Tashard Choice were by Forney High in mid-January. Osborne by the numbers: 2024: Rushed for 1,085 yards and 21 TD's, along with nine receptions for 168 yards and 3 TD's. 2023: Rushed for 2,231 yards and 39 TD’s, along with 15 receptions for 181 yards and 2 TD’s. 2022: Rushed for 1,064 yards and 8 TD’s …

Five-star Mark Bowman locks in Texas official visit Five-star tight end Mark Bowman (Santa Ana, Calif.) Mater Dei tells onTexasFootball that he has locked in his official visit to Texas. Bowman, 6-foot-4.5 and 225-pounds, will make his official visit to Texas June 6-8. The recent re-class to 2026 from 2027 is also expected to make official visits to Georgia and Oregon. OTF expects the Longhorns to be in the final two when Bowman comes down to making a decision. Bowman has 31 offers, including Texas, Georgia, Oregon, Alabama, USC, Ohio State, Penn State, Tennessee, Texas A&M, Auburn and Arizona State. June official visit dates ... The Lo…

Four-star+ linebacker locks in Texas OV Houston area 4-star+ linebacker Kosi Okpala tells OnTexasFootball that he has locked in his official visit to Texas June 20-22. Okpala, 6-foot-2 and 219-pounds, tells OTF he also has June official visits set for Penn State, Baylor and Houston. The Mayde Creek High standout has been considered a Texas lean since early in the 2024 season. His offer list includes Texas, Penn State, Alabama, Oklahoma, Michigan, Texas A&M, Tennessee, USC, North Carolina, Duke, SMU, TCU and Vanderbilt. He has posted 121 tackles, 29 tackles for loss and 7 sacks the last two seasons. June official visit dates ... The Lon…

There will be three Longhorns playing in tonight’s Super Bowl. I thought it would be interesting to recount how they arrived in Austin. Charles Omenihu, DL, Kansas City Chiefs - I first learned of Omenihu from my cousin, Doug Stephens. Stephens was the head football coach at Omenihu’s high school, Rowlett. My first memory of Omenihu’s name being brought up as a recruit came at the state coach’s convention, three years prior to him signing with Texas. My cousin and I were having lunch at Joe T Garcia’s in Fort Worth with members of his staff when I asked them if they had any young players in his program worthy of attention. Doug and his defensive coordinator ment…

All things considered, yesterday was a pretty darn good day for Longhorn fans. Xavier Worthy scored the first two touchdowns ever by a Longhorn in a Super Bowl, while also leading all receivers in catches (8) and yardage (157). Granted, it was in a losing effort. But the performance cements Worthy as a fixture in KC's future. From game 10 on, Worthy became the Chief's go-to weapon on offense. Then there's the Longhorn women's basketball team. Led by sophomore Maddie Booker, the Longhorns defeated no. 2 ranked South Carolina 66-62. I watched the game in its entirety. The win was no fluke. The Horns routinely beat South Carolina inside, playing better interio…

Hoops: Texas at Vanderbilt Game Thread The Texas Longhorns are back in must win mode, and they face the task of winning on the road at Vanderbilt today at noon central. Texas (15-8, 4-6) will take on an ascending Vanderbilt (16-6, 4-5) program without Tramon Mark, who is out of action Saturday. That leaves the Horns without two guard with Chendall Weaver still expected to be out one more week. The Commodores have already won seven more games this season than 2023-24, when they posted a 9-23 record and made a coaching change. First year coach Mark Byington is one of the rising coaches in the college ranks. Texas' NCAA NET ranking fell from No. 25 to …

The ultra-productive linebacker from Port Arthur Memorial will officially visit Texas during the June 13 weekend, OTF has learned.

Four-star from California locks in Texas OV One of the more intriguing prospect Texas is recruiting in the 2026 cycle tells OnTexasFootball that he has locked in an official visit date. Orange (Calif.) Lutheran offensive tackle and OTF 4-star++ ranked prospect Sam Utu is scheduled to make an official visit to Texas June 20-22. Utu, 6-4.5 and 295-pounds is an athletic offensive tackle in Southern California that doubles as a talented volleyball player. Utu currently holds 28 offers, including Texas, Georgia, Alabama, Auburn, Florida, Texas A&M, Tennessee and Ole Miss out of the SEC. Big 10 offers are USC, Oregon, Ohio State, Penn State, Michigan, …

OTF has learned that he’ll be on the Forty Acres for the June 20 weekend.

Another quarterback will be joining the Longhorns for the summer months. 2025 McCallum QB Luke Dunham has been offered a preferred walk-on spot with the Longhorns and has accepted. The offer came late Friday night and Dunham confirmed with OTF he would be accepting the PWO and joining the team after graduation. As a senior, Dunham started 9 games at McCallum, throwing for 2635 yards and 28 TD. He also added 678 rushing yards and 10 rushing touchdowns in those games as well. View full news story

Blake Gideon is off to Atlanta after taking the defensive coordinator role for Georgia Tech as it was announced Thursday morning. As a result, Steve Sarkisian is tasked with replacing yet another assistant on his staff. So far, we have seen Sarkisian take a strategic approach to filling out his assistant coaching staff with development being the forefront of each hiring. Where will Texas go with its vacancy? Here are some early options. *** Jimmy Lake (48 years old) Current Position: Free Agent Jimmy Lake and Pete Kwiatkowski have an obvious connection from their time together at the University of Washington, building o…

Four-star OOS DL locks in Texas OV Another out of state top target has locked in an official visit date to Texas. OnTexasFootball 4-star+ defensive lineman Dylan Berymon (Monroe, La./Ouachita Parish) tells OTF he has June 13-15th locked in for his official visit to Texas. Berymon, 6-2 and 320-pounds, also has Houston scheduled for June 6-8 and Texas A&M June 20-22 with schools such as LSU, Ole Miss, USC, Missouri and Mississippi State in the hunt for OV's. June official visit dates ... The Longhorns are up to 14 confirmed June official visitors with up to 50 expected in the most impactful month of a recruiting cycle. June 6 Ezavi…

Welcome back to the Friday Round Up, a wrap up of the week and a look ahead to the weekend with news on The 40 Acres and beyond. *** New Era of Leaders Winter conditioning is the first time you get a real look at who will be the vocal leaders for the next calendar year. Texas is losing a lot of veteran voices, many of which had established the culture that is so heavily praised today. But after checking in on the start of winter workouts, three names stood out. The first is a familiar one, DB Michael Taaffe. The 2nd team All-American has continued to be the standard for the Texas Football program. Taaffe was in the leadership committee and year a…

Yesterday was bittersweet for me. Blake Gideon is someone I consider a Lifetime Longhorn. From the very minute he stepped on campus 16 years ago as a freshman from nearby Leander, Gideon was determined to make a positive impact for the Longhorns. Despite other recruits being ranked higher and pundits like me not giving him much of a chance, Gideon was determined to succeed. And succeed he did. He simply would not be denied despite others possibly being more athletic, faster, etc. He started as a true freshman, and then all four years as a Longhorn, helping Texas become one of the best teams in all of college football. He even recorded an interception in the…

The Ramblin' Wreck of Georgia Tech has crashed into the Texas coaches office and taken off with associate head coach and safeties coach Blake Gideon. As first reported by Matt Zenitz, Georgia Tech will name Gideon their new defensive coordinator. Gideon was hired by Steve Sarkisian in 2021 from Ole Miss where he was the special teams coordinator. In the four years at Texas, he helped turn around a safeties room from a unit that allowed one of the highest bust percentage in the country to a back-to-back College Football Playoff Semifinal unit. Texas will look to make a new addition to the coaches staff, something Steve Sarkisian has done a tremendous job of …

2026 RB to know A 2026 running back inside the state line that has the full attention of the Texas Longhorns is Christian Rhodes (Richardson, Texas/Lake Highlands). Rhodes, 6-1 and 200-pounds, has been in contact with running backs coach Tashard Choice since mid-way through the 2024 season. He made a visit to Texas for the Florida game, and will be back for a junior day - whenever that is for Texas. Rhodes burst onto recruiting scene this season. Oklahoma State was the first to offer October 9. Houston, North Texas, Arizona and Ole Miss followed with October offers. The Miami Hurricanes, TCU Horned Frogs and Kansas Jayhawks are the most recent offers, all…

Top in-state target has Texas OV date Texas legacy and top in-state wide receiver target Kaydon Finley (Aledo, Texas/High) will make an official visit to Texas in June. OnTexasFootball has learned that the 4-star+ pass catcher is scheduled to make his official visit to Texas June 20-22. Texas and Notre Dame are at the top of the list for the 6-foot-0.5, 200-pound wide receiver. Finley attended Notre Dame JUnior Day January 20, and is expected to make an unofficial visit to Texas for a spring practice. Kaydon Finley by the numbers ... 2022 (freshman): 25 receptions for 417 yards and 6 TDs 2023 (sophomore): 42 receptions for 703 yards and 7 T…

4-Star Louisiana WR To Officially Visit Texas June 13-15 2026 Destrehan (La.) WR Jabari Mack has set an official visit for Texas the week of June 13–15. Mack has been a coveted target of Chris Jackson in the current cycle. Mack visited Austin for the Junior Day on January 20th and was then visited by Jackson and Terry Joseph on campus at Destrehan the Monday following. June 13 Official Visitors List Jabari Mack, WR, Destrehan (La.) High OnTexasFootball ranking: 4-star+ Heze Kent, TE/ATH, Brunswick (Ga.)High OnTexasFootball ranking: 4-star++ Felix Ojo, OT, Mansfield (Texas) Lake Ridge OnTexasFootball ranking: 4-star++ Toa Katoa…

Texas baseball will see the first pitch of the season in just nine days from the time of this article. The Longhorns will head to Arlington for the season opening tournament where they will face Louisville on Friday, Ole Miss on Saturday and Oklahoma State to wrap the trip up on Sunday. Arlington has not been friendly to Texas Baseball in the last – well, name a time – but the new era of Jim Schlossnagle could indicate a change of fortune at the home of the Texas Rangers. We will see. But until first pitch is thrown, there are plenty of thoughts leading the way for me about this upcoming season. Let's get to it. *** 1st Inning: Sticks Will Be Hot …

Texas has 10 official visits locked in for June The Texas Longhorns have 10 official visitors for June locked in with Buford (Ga.) High's Bryce Perry-Wright having been added to the June 13 list. The OnTexasFootball 4-star+ defensive lineman from the Peach State has been on campus prior, and received a school visit from Kenny Baker and Tashard Choice last week. Perry-Wright's official visits dates locked in are Auburn (May 16), Clemson (May 30), Georgia (June 6), Texas (June 13) and Texas A&M (June 20). OnTexasFootball provides the updated Texas official visit schedule with the number for June expected to go over 40 in time. June official …

Hoops: Texas vs. Arkansas Game Thread Rivalry game in Austin tonight with plenty of meaning. Texas (15-7, 4-5) plays host to Arkansas (13-8, 2-6) in a game that has become very meaningful for the Longhorns after winning three of the last four. The Horns are now a win tonight from squaring the SEC record at 5-5, and continuing to build an NCAA Tournament resume that currently has Texas at No. 25 in NCAA NET with three Quad 1 wins in conference play. Arkansas is coming off an 89-79 win at Kentucky over the weekend. The game ... Time: 8pm CST TV: ESPN2 Texas remaining schedule and NCAA NET ... Feb. 5 - Arkansas (Quad 2) Feb. 8 - at Van…