Now that the panic buzz for 2026 is dying down. Let’s talk about the future. As much as we want 2026 to be our year… we want continued success in the SEC; and that requires dominate trenches. I like where we are recruiting for DL. Early contributors, developmental guys, and depth. 
 

For OL.. feels like the last two years we wanted big names and big numbers. I think the community can agree we came up short of those goals despite great players like Turntine. 
 

is it a stretch to get 5 this cycle and do we land 2 top 100 guys? 
 

 

Good question. There plenty of pieces to work with when it comes to the younger players in the OL room. it's all about extracting the most out of the tools, and right now I think you see a good crop of toolsy players. This is where development and weight training come in to be the most important part of their development.

To your point, had Texas taken two top 100 guys from the in-state last year, Felix Ojo would have been the guy next to Turntine. 

I like the idea of finding the athletic guy you build over years of development. Kaden Scherer fits that. John Turntine fits that. Nic Robertson fits that.

Texas will continue to hunt big game on the OL, as we have seen in previous cycles, while also exploring the longer developing prospects. Five wouldn't be a surprise given the 3 in 2026, and growing scholarship numbers.

1 hour ago, SycoHorns2015 said:

we want continued success in the SEC; and that requires dominate trenches.

I see this a lot on several Message Boards. It's Dominant!

1 hour ago, SycoHorns2015 said:

Now that the panic buzz for 2026 is dying down. Let’s talk about the future. As much as we want 2026 to be our year… we want continued success in the SEC; and that requires dominate trenches. I like where we are recruiting for DL. Early contributors, developmental guys, and depth. 
 

For OL.. feels like the last two years we wanted big names and big numbers. I think the community can agree we came up short of those goals despite great players like Turntine. 
 

is it a stretch to get 5 this cycle and do we land 2 top 100 guys? 
 

 

We might start to see them take fewer offensive lineman out of the high school ranks and rely more on the portal for guys that are more experienced and have already developed. Unless they start to put more restrictions on transfer portal/NIL, it’s hard to see offensive lineman, sticking around in the same program and develop for three or four years to wait for an opportunity.

Can we just money whip whoever the heck Iowa's OL coach is?