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Texas 2025 Best Class Scenario: February 5

By Gerry Hamilton

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Texas Best Class Scenario: February 5

The Texas Longhorns 2025 class is currently ranked inside the top 10 with a handful of commitments. 

Steve Sarkisian and staff hosted Junior Day January 20, and spent the month of January evaluating the 2025 class with more offers extended. 

With the calendar turning to February, OnTexasFootball takes a first look at the 2025 Best Class Scenario. The number of players listed at 28, with a combination of 22-24 of this group a lock to be a fourth straight top 10 class. 

Important to note, this list of prospects will change as Texas moves along in the 2025 cycle. 

Quarterback (1)

K.J. Lacey, Saraland (Ala.) High #AllGasNoBrakes
Recruiting Ranking: OnTexasFootball 4-star
Note: Steve Sarkisian and A.J. Milwee made a visit to Saraland High last Tuesday. 

Running back (1-2)

Jordon Davison, RB, Santa Ana (Calif.) Mater Dei
Recruiting Ranking: OnTexasFootball 4-star
Note: Attended Texas Junior Day January 20. 

Rickey Stewart, RB, Tyler (Texas) Chapel Hill
Recruiting Ranking: OnTexasFootball 4-star
Note: Texas offered at Junior Day January 20. Steve Sarkisian and Tashard Choice made a stop at Chapel Hill in January. 

Wide receiver (2-3)

Dakorien Moore, Duncanville (Texas) High - *LSU commit
Recruiting Ranking: OnTexasFootball 5-star
Note: Texas will recruiting the LSU commit through the whistle. 

Kelshaun Johnson, WR, Hitchcock (Texas) High
Recruiting Ranking: OnTexasFootball 4-star
Note: Attended Texas Junior Day January 20. Steve Sarkisian and Blake Gideon were by the school in January.

Marcus Harris, WR, Santa Ana (Calif.) Mater Dei
Recruiting Ranking: OnTexasFootball 4-star
Note: Scheduled to make official visit to Texas the last weekend in June. 

Tight end (2)

Kiotti Armstrong, TE, Jasper (Texas) High
Recruiting Ranking: OnTexasFootball 4-star
Note: Attended Texas Junior Day January 20. Scheduled to make visit around spring practice March 22.

Emaree Winston, TE, Calhoun (Ga.) High #AllGasNoBrakes
Recruiting Ranking: OnTexasFootball 4-star

Offensive line (5)

Michael Fasusi, OT, Lewisville (Texas) High
Recruiting Ranking: OnTexasFootball 5-star
Note: Steve Sarkisian, Kyle Flood and Tashard Choice made a school visit last week. An official visit the last weekend of June is tentatively scheduled.

Jonte Newman, OT, Cypress (Texas) Bridgeland
Recruiting Ranking: OnTexasFootball 4-star
Note: Attended Texas Junior Day January 20. Kyle Flood made a school visit last Thursday.

Tyler Thomas, IOL, Dickinson (Texas) High
Recruiting Ranking: OnTexasFootball 3-star
Note: Kyle Flood made a school visit in January. Planning last weekend in June official visit.

John Mills, IOL, San Francisco (Calif.) St. Ignatius
Recruiting Ranking: OnTexasFootball 4-star
Note: Attended Texas Junior Day January 20. Planning June official visit.

Jackson Christian, IOL, Port Niches (Texas) PN-G
Recruiting Ranking: OnTexasFootball 4-star
Note: Attended Texas Junior Day January 20. Steve Sarkisian stopped by PN-G in January. 

Defensive line (4)

Brandon Brown, DL, Melbourne (Fla.) Eau Gallie #AllGasNoBrakes
Recruiting Ranking: OnTexasFootball 4-star
Note: Brown is expected to visit Texas in March around a spring practice. 

Zion Williams, DL, Lufkin (Texas) high
Recruiting Ranking: OnTexasFootball 4-star
Note: New Texas defensive line coach Kenny Baker stopped by Lufkin last Wednesday.

Josiah Sharma, DL, Folsom (Calif.) Folsom
Recruiting Ranking: OnTexasFootball 4-star
Note: Texas offered last week. Has ties to state of Texas, and used to live in Arlington. 

Floyd Guidry, DL, Spring (Texas) High
Recruiting Ranking: OnTexasFootball 4-star
Note: Attended Texas Junior day January 20. Kenny Baker stopped by Cy-Fair last Tuesday.

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Landon Rink, DL, Cypress (Texas) Cy-Fair
Recruiting Ranking: OnTexasFootball 4-star
Note: Attended Texas Junior day January 20. Kenny Baker stopped by Cy-Fair last Tuesday.

EDGE (2-3)

Lance Jackson, Texarkana (Texas) Pleasant Grove #AllGasNoBrakes
Recruiting Ranking: OnTexasFootball 4-star

Kamauryn Morgan, Dallas (Texas) South Oak Cliff
Recruiting Ranking: OnTexasFootball 4-star
Note: Attended Texas Junior day January 20.

Linebacker (3-4)

Riley Pettijohn, McKinney (Texas) High
Recruiting Ranking: OnTexasFootball 4-star
Note: Attended Texas Junior Day January 20.

Elijah Barnes, Dallas (Texas) Skyline
Recruiting Ranking: OnTexasFootball 4-star
Note: Attended Texas Junior Day January 20. 

Anthony Williams, Pearland (Texas) Shadow Creek #AllGasNoBrakes
Recruiting Ranking: OnTexasFootball 3-star

Jonathan Cunningham, Fort Worth (Texas) North Crowley
Recruiting Ranking: OnTexasFootball 4-star
Note: Attended Junior Day January 20. Texas offered last week. A spring practice visit is expected. 

Defensive back (3-4)

Dorian Brew, CB, Conroe (Texas) High
Recruiting Ranking: OnTexasFootball 4-star
Note: Attended Texas Junior Day January 20. 

Jonah Williams, S, Galveston (Texas) Ball High
Recruiting Ranking: OnTexasFootball 4-star
Note: Oklahoma considered the team to beat due to football/baseball combination.

Cobey Sellers, CB, Pearland (Texas) Shadow Creek
Recruiting Ranking: OnTexasFootball 4-star
Note: Attended Texas Junior Day January 20. Oklahoma considered the team to beat. 

Athlete (1)

Nick Townsend, LB/EDGE, Houston (Texas) Dekaney
Recruiting Ranking: OnTexasFootball 4-star
Note: Not as publicized as others, but a player Texas likes a lot. 

 

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    51 minutes ago, Bwub60 said:

    Marsh has some issues. Also NIL recruitment. 

    what position you think michael terry plays in college?

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    51 minutes ago, SuckitKevin said:

    So you mentioned Jonah Williams is leaning OU because of football/baseball combo. Why would that not make Texas the strongest contender?

    Oklahoma has hit that hard with guys having success ... Kyler Murray and Cody Thomas. And OU has also been recruiting him at safety/athlete longer. 

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    1 hour ago, goathumper said:

    Think I would like to see Texas take 5 DL if they have the opportunity to not move very far down the board. Cant be light on the DL in the SEC.

    Guys like Sanders, Utley, Jyon Simon, Riles, Simpson, Battle, Okponu are all very good players. Of those mentioned, DJ Sanders and Dilan Battle probably fit what PK likes do on defense best

    To me, Ty Haywood seems more likely than Newman to be in the class and just as good if not better. There are a lot of good OT prospects in state but curious to see how Flood views each prospect. Texas could pitch 3 OTs in a single class after only taking one last cycle 

    Agree on Battle. Big fan.

    Malcolm Simpson is now at Hitchcock High. I think that move will give him an opportunity to get where he needs to be academically. 

     

    Haywood is behind some other, but spring eval period is going to be key on the OL. 

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    Bwub60

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    15 minutes ago, goathumper said:

    what position you think michael terry plays in college?

    Ive only seen him once and that was when he was a soph. Goodlooking athlete but he didnt do much that game but it was a blowout so hard to tell.

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    Great list, Gerry. Solid read.

    I am glad Marsh and Byron Washington aren't on the list. I am hoping we are hard pass on the former and play nice on the latter and fill up at OL without him.

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    Rickey Stewart 600 plus carries before his senior year is a lot of wear and tear on young RB body is concern

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    33 minutes ago, GoHorns1 said:

    Rickey Stewart 600 plus carries before his senior year is a lot of wear and tear on young RB body is concern

    Solid point, and will be 920'ish after 2024. 

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    Hi, Gerry! Always loved your work.

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    5 minutes ago, jay____l said:

    Hi, Gerry! Always loved your work.

    Thank you. G;lad you are part of OnTexasFootball

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    3 hours ago, Gerry Hamilton said:

    It's going to be a little different than other lists. Should be fun.

    Different type of grading based college potential not NFL projections?

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    HTXHorn

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    Stoked to see OTF recruiting rankings!

    I wonder how much Nansen will influence this list.  

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    48 minutes ago, HTXHorn said:

    Stoked to see OTF recruiting rankings!

    I wonder how much Nansen will influence this list.  

    Not at all! 
     

    Pure opinion on prospects

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    nmack99

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    Always loved these Gerry, glad it’s back!

    surprised the massive IOL out of De Soto isn’t in the best class scenario

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    Modern Day Warrior

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    4 hours ago, Gerry Hamilton said:

    Right now, yes. 

    But key on the OL ... Texas is going to evaluate in the spring prior to June OV's 

    So big he takes 2 scholarships

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    45 minutes ago, nmack99 said:

    Always loved these Gerry, glad it’s back!

    surprised the massive IOL out of De Soto isn’t in the best class scenario

    He’s behind some others headed into the spring, as of today. Not saying he can’t be in the class at some point

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    CoachBobbyFinstock

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    8 hours ago, GoHorns1 said:

    Rickey Stewart 600 plus carries before his senior year is a lot of wear and tear on young RB body is concern

    I’m not high on that move. I don’t say that really ever but I hope we go in another direction for RB2.

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    drwhitesaftb

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    Gerry do you think we have a shot at the #1 class in the country? If not when do you think that could happen for us? 

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    Quinncent McManning, Jr.

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    Saw we got a cb for Woodfork to Texas. Are we thinking 2 EDGE prospects or 3?  Wondering if Morgan or Woodfork is a better complement to Jackson 

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    On 2/5/2024 at 9:30 AM, Gerry Hamilton said:

    If y'all noticed ... I'm giving out some OnTexasFootball star rankings ... I will do more with that shortly. 

    Interested in your rankings for sure. Definitely will add to the site  

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    cottoncitysmooth

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    Wouldnt mind Tiger, Simeon or Dear for Rb2 to pair with davison. also was hoping you had chad woodfork on this list. I think he is a take for texas regardles. thoughts?

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    2 hours ago, drwhitesaftb said:

    Gerry do you think we have a shot at the #1 class in the country? If not when do you think that could happen for us? 

    I doubt it because I don't see Texas with a 27-29 man class (what Georgia has in 2024)... Texas would have to clean sweep in a 24 man class to have shot, but it's also very early to make declarations in 2025. 

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    1 hour ago, Quinncent McManning, Jr. said:

    Saw we got a cb for Woodfork to Texas. Are we thinking 2 EDGE prospects or 3?  Wondering if Morgan or Woodfork is a better complement to Jackson 

    I'm thinking two for now. And Lance Jackson is already in the boat. Of course, if anyone were to leave after the spring ... could bump the number. 

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