Steve Sarkisian and the Texas Longhorns have granted their newest scholarship offer at today's Junior Day. The honor goes to Ryan Fodje, a 6-foot-5, 275-pound offensive lineman from Bridgeland HS in the Houston area.
Fodje also holds scholarship offers from Oklahoma, Texas A&M and others.
He is one of only a handful of in-state offensive linemen to be offered by Sarkisian and offensive line coach Kyle Flood for the class of 2025. Fodje is on the left in the tweet below.
UPDATE 1pm: The first new offer of the day has gone out to Ryan Fodje, a 6-foot-5, 275-pound offensive lineman from Bridgeland HS in the Houston area.
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The morning was quite chilly here in Austin. Recruits and their parents parked well off campus and were shuttled to DKR and the coaches offices.
On to the visitor notes:
Shadow Creek is well-represented on campus with prospects like Texas LB commit Anthony Williams, 2025 CB Cobey Sellers, and the expected arrival of 2025 WR Jacorey Watson.
On the linebacker front, Texas is pursuing two really important DFW area targets. The first is Dallas Skyline LB Elijah Bo Barnes who arrived in the first group of prospects. Barnes said Texas LB coach Johnny Nansen stopped by this week to watch him workout. Barnes will visit Texas A&M next week.
The other big LB prospect is 2025 McKinney LB Riley Pettijohn who was able to get to campus early this morning as well. Pettijohn certainly looks the part.
Bridgeland HS in the Houston area boasts two impressive offensive tackles, 2025 OT Ryan Fodje and 2025 OT Jonte Newman, both showing substantial interest in Texas. Fodje is a prime candidate to leave campus with an offer this afternoon.
Cy Fair DL Landon Rink arrived this morning, there was excitement about hearing from former teammate Trey Owens and getting insights into campus life. Rink told me Texas A&M coach Mike Elko stopped by Cy Fair this week to see him in person, added that it meant a lot to be on of the first prospects Elko went to see in person since taking over the head job.
An unexpected 2025 LB visitor from IMG Academy, Gavin Nix, has caught attention with Texas making quietly impressive strides. Nix spoke with our Blake Munroe prior to his campus trip about what he hoped to see on campus.
2025 DeSoto OL Byron Washington returned to campus. The #BigHuman has been a common name in Texas circles, he and Coach Flood have a strong relationship and he was eager to the next chapter of his Texas recruitment.
Also, 2027 DeSoto WR Boobie Feaster, aiming for a 10.5 100m time this spring, also made an appearance.
Jasper TE Kiotti Armstrong from the class of 2025 successfully made it to campus.
2025 Louisiana DB Jaboree Antoine is in attendance for the Texas-Baylor basketball game with his family. The Texas coaching staff will be in attendance with them there.
2026 Mater Dei LB Shaun Scott also made it to campus after a delayed flight last night. Scott holds 14 offers thus far.
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There are 250 seats designated specifically for Texas recruits and their families at the Texas-Baylor basketball game at the Moody Center this morning. The recruiting team escorted the prospects from Moncrief to Moody right after their arrivals.
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Texas portal WR Isaiah Bond is meeting and greeting with prospects inside the facility. He arrived to Moncrief around 10 a.m. and has been mingling with recruits and their families all morning. Pretty cool deal for the new Longhorn.
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We'll have more substantial updates after the Texas prospects wrap up their time on campus.
According to a source in Tucson, Texas is expected to host Tiaoalli Savea, a defensive tackle from Arizona, on a visit this weekend, possibly as soon as today.
Savea, who is 6-foot-4, 305 pounds, entered the transfer portal officially yesterday. From Las Vegas' Desert Pines High School, Savea originally signed with UCLA out of high school before transferring to Arizona.
He logged 22 tackles and six tackles for loss in 2023 for an Arizona defense coordinated by current Texas linebackers coach Johnny Nansen.
Texas already has seven commitments from the NCAA transfer portal - three receivers, one tight end, one pass rusher, one linebacker and a defensive back. But the Horns are sorely looking for more interior defensive line prospects to add to the rotation.
Savea appears to fit that bill.
Washington, where former Arizona head coach Jedd Fisch moved this off-season, is also expected to be under consideration.
Texas was set to host three Mater Dei (CA) prospects this weekend for the Junior Day festivities on Saturday.
As of 9:00 p.m. on Friday night, one of those prospects is no longer expected to make the trip to Austin – 2025 LB Nasir Wyatt.
2025 RB Jordon Davison made it to town earlier this evening around 5:00 p.m. and will be a complete participant tomorrow for the junior day fun. Texas RB coach Tashard Choice made the trip out to Mater Dei on Tuesday of this week, furthering the efforts to land the talented back.
2026 LB Shaun Scott is the other Mater Dei prospect expected to attend this weekend. Scott's flight to Austin was delayed Friday night, however he is still expected to make it to the 40 Acres tomorrow.
We will provide an update tomorrow morning when the fun begins.
Texas coach Steve Sarkisian and staff are set to host more than 100 prospects on Saturday for the football program's annual junior day.
CJ Vogel and Blake Munroe of On Texas Football will be on site prior to and following the event. Follow along for news and notes.
Here's a list of the more than 100 attendees:
The Longhorns offered Weldon, N.C. safety Enarri White, a class of 2026 prospect, on Friday. Safeties coach Blake Gideon is leading the charge on his recruitment and the 6-foot-1, 190 pound defender told On Texas Football that he plans to visit Austin around summer, along with his mother.
Of the schools who have offered, White says Texas, USC and Penn State are his current favorites.
Former Washington cornerback Jabbar Muhammad, a second-team All-Pac 12 selection in 2023, and his family made an official visit to Texas on Wednesday and Thursday.
Muhammad, who recorded three interceptions for the national runner-ups this season, is slated to visit Alabama today and Oregon next week.
If Muhammad plans on enrolling at Texas, he must make a decision no later than Jan. 30, which is the last day to enroll in classes at Texas for the spring term.
Texas is said to have made a favorable impression on the visit and is thought to be the front-runner, though Oregon could make things even more interesting. Of course, Muhammad also has a lot of familiarity with the new staff at Alabama given his time playing for Kalen DeBoer at Washington.
By last count, the Texas visitors list for the Junior Day on Saturday has reached north of 100 total prospects with the unofficial count by our records now sitting at 107 prospects.
Below is the updated count for the visit festivities.
Italics indicate a new addition to the list while the cross through means we no longer expect said prospect to attend the Junior Day.
2025 Offense
RB Jordon Davison – Mater Dei (CA)
RB Deondrae Riden – DeSoto (TX)
RB James Simon – Shreveport (LA)
RB Rickey Stewart – Chapel Hill (TX)
RB Riley Wormley – Southlake Carroll (TX)
RB Wesley Yarbrough – Crosby (TX)
WR Ashton Ansley – Tomball Memorial (TX)
WR Carterrius Brown – Arlington Seguin (TX)
WR Royal Capell – Cibolo Steele (TX)
WR Emmanuel Choice – Lancaster (TX)
WR Jalen Cooper – Cibolo Steele (TX)
WR Tanook Hines – Dekaney (TX)
WR Kelshaun Johnson – Hitchcock (TX)
WR Jaden Perez – SA Brandeis (TX)
WR Ed Small – Austin Anderson (TX)
WR Muizz Tounkara – Clear Springs (TX)
WR Jaden Perez – SA Brandeis (TX)
WR Jacorey Watson – Shadow Creek (TX)
TE Emaree Winston – Calhoun (GA)
TE Kiotti Armstrong – Jasper (TX)
TE Keiundre Johnson – Terrell (TX)
TE Bear Tenney – Lovejoy (TX)
TE Nick Townsend – Dekaney (TX)
OL Connor Carty – Prosper (TX)
OL Jackson Christian – Port Neches Grove (TX)
OL Jordan Coleman – Cedar Hill (TX)
OL Ryan Fodje – Bridgeland (TX)
OL Marcus Garcia – Denton Ryan (TX)
OL Ty Haywood – Denton Ryan (TX)
OL John Mills – San Francisco (CA)
OL Jonte Newman – Bridgeland (TX)
OL Lamont Rogers – Mesquite Horn (TX)
OL Tyler Thomas – Dickinson (TX)
OL Dantay Ward – Waco (TX)
OL Byron Washington – DeSoto (TX)
OL Ashden Wnetrzak – Sierra Canyon (CA)
2025 Defense
DL Brandon Brown – Eau Gallie (FL)
DL Carmello Brooks – Katy Paetow (TX)
DL Floyd Guidry – Spring (TX)
DL Christopher Johnson – Iowa Colony (TX)
DL Kevin Oatis – Hattiesburg (MS)
DL Landon Rink – Cy Fair (TX)
DL Xavier Ukponu – Denton Guyer (TX)
DL Zion Williams – Lufkin (TX)
EDGE Lance Jackson – Pleasant Grove (TX)
EDGE Kamauryn Morgan – Red Oak (TX)
EDGE Chad Woodfork – Summer Creek (TX)
LB Anthony Williams – Shadow Creek
LB Elijah Bo Barnes – Dallas Skyline (TX)
LB Riley Pettijohn – McKinney (TX)
LB Jayden Shelton – South Oak Cliff (TX)
LB Javar Thomas – Nimitz (TX)
LB Jonah Williams – Galveston Ball (TX)
LB Royce Wilson – Willowridge (TX)
LB Nasir Wyatt – Mater Dei (CA)
DB Michael Amey – Hightower (TX)
CB Jaboree Antoine – Westgate (LA)
CB Dorian Brew – Conroe (TX)
CB Hayden Cayson – Iowa Park (TX)
CB Caleb Chester – Fort Bend Marshall (TX)
CB Zay Gentry – McKinney (TX)
CB Zack Parish – Clear Springs (TX)
CB Kade Phillips – Hightower (TX)
CB Jayden Sanders – Kilgore (TX)
CB Cobey Sellers – Shadow Creek (TX)
DB Xavier Skowron – Texas City (TX)
DB Juan-Milleon Aguilar – Dallas Kimball (TX)
ATH Demetrius Brisbon – Chapel Hill (TX)
ATH Swayde Griffin – Lago Vista (TX)
ATH Michael Terry II – Alamo Heights (TX)
2026 Prospect List
QB Kyden Barker — Bastrop (TX)
QB Will Griffin – Tampa (FL)
QB Noah Schuback – Hoover (AL)
QB Romin Seymour — Ridge Point (TX)
QB Rees Wise – Westlake (TX)
RB Tradarian Bell – Texas High (TX)
RB KJ Edwards – Carthage (TX)
RB Racine Guillory — Aledo (TX)
RB Javian Osborne – Forney (TX)
WR Henry Harris – San Marcos (TX)
WR Hekma Harrison – Sachse (TX)
WR Jalen Lott – Lovejoy (TX)
WR Jaylen Moore — South Oak Cliff (TX)
WR Jaylen Pile – Trinity Christian Academy (TX)
WR Brayden Robinson — Red Oak (TX)
WR London Smith – University High (TX)
WR Christopher Stewart – Shadow Creek (TX)
WR Zachary Turner – Duncanville (TX)
OL Drew Evers – Flower Mound (TX)
OL Camden Goforth – Athens (TN)
OL Zaden Krempin – Prosper (TX)
OL Jerald Mays – Pflugerville Weiss (TX)
OL John Turntine – North Crowley (TX)
DL DeMorey Beasley — SW Christian (TX)
DL Jamarion Carlton – Temple (TX)
DL Kevin Ford Jr. — Duncanville (TX)
LB Shaun Scott – Mater Dei (CA)
LB Jamarion Phillips – South Oak Cliff (TX)
CB Braylon Edwards – Wilmur Hutchins (TX)
DB Brandon Ford — Crowley (TX)
DB Isaiah Williams – Fort Bend Marshall (TX)
DB Jadarius Isom – Denison (TX)
DB AJ Marks – IMG Academy (FL)
DB Zelus Hicks – Parkview (GA)
2027 Prospect List
QB Peyton Houston – Shreveport (LA)
QB Wesley Neilson — Bastrop (TX)
RB Jordan Smith – Groesbeck (TX)
WR Ethan ‘Boobie’ Feaster – DeSoto (TX)
DB Davontrae Kirkland – University High (TX)
ATH Zane Rowe — Denton Guyer (TX)
On Texas Football will be heading into the Junior Day expecting 107 prospects on campus at least. A loaded day for the Texas staff and a great opportunity to get out in front of the recruiting cycle for the 2025 and beyond.
One of the best to ever do it has decided to stay in Arizona rather than return to Texas, according to a social media post made by the coach.
Duane Akina, one of the architects of Texas' DBU in the 2000s, mulled a return to Texas this off-season in a role that would have made him an analyst and special assistant to head coach Steve Sarkisian. However, Akina was recently offered an on-field role with Arizona subsequent to the hiring of Brent Brennan as new head coach of the Wildcats.
Good luck to Coach Akina!
Hook'Em!
Alabama portal tight end Amari Niblack has made it official, he will be joining the Texas Longhorns for the 2024 season.
Niblack arrived for a visit in Austin early Thursday afternoon and it did not take long for the 6-foot-4, 240-pounder to join the boat and commit to Steve Sarkisian's Texas program.
During the 2023 season, Niblack caught 20 passes for 327 yards and four touchdowns, including a 39-yarder against the Longhorns.
Sark continues the trend of adding explosive speed via the portal this offseason with Niblack as the most recent example. Replacing Ja'Tavion Sanders will be no easy task, but the Longhorns will now be working with two veteran pieces in Niblack and Gunnar Helm in 2024.
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