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Christopher Vizzina of Clemson

Drew Mestemaker of OkState

Kamario Taylor looks like an athlete. I think he’s in for a monster year.

Maryland and Mississippi State QB’s … Kamario Taylor looks tremendous physically

Kansas, Purdue and Illinois QB’s

He’s attended every year I’ve been here, so the last four at least. Hasn’t always thrown, but he’s always here.

He attends every year.

Arch arrives with Drew Mestemaker

Great write up Jeff enjoyed reading it

It feels like Texas is taking its strategy for recruiting interior defensive linemen and applying it to the offensive line. Target one or two true blue-chip prospects and then trust your evaluations to fill out the class, all while reserving the right to go into the portal if you need experience or an immediate impact guy as a stop-gap measure.

Unlike other positions within the program, Texas is still trying to find the sweet spot in balancing transfer portal acquisitions and high school recruits along the offensive line. The Longhorns didn’t go into the portal for trench help until last season’s results, or lack thereof, forced Steve Sarkisian’s hand. Still, while Texas came out of the most recent portal cycle with a plug-and-play tackle (Melvin Siani), a likely starter at guard (Laurence Seymore), a potential future starter on the interior (Dylan Sikorski), a developmental swing player (Jonte Newman) and a projected depth piece (Paris Patterson), Lucas Rhoa (Orange, Calif./Lutheran) committing to the Longhorns on Wednesday reinforces Sarkisian’s commitment to making high school recruiting the foundation of the offensive line on his watch. With Rhoa in the fold, the class Sarkisian and Kyle Flood have assembled from the 2027 high school ranks added a true swing player who can potentially manufacture depth at multiple positions. Rhoa joining a true tackle prospect (Dallas South Oak Cliff’s Brian Swanson) and two interior line recruits (Keyon Hemphill-Woods of Columbus and Austin Westlake’s Jackson Cook) should give the Texas faithful an idea of how Sarkisian and Flood will approach offensive line recruiting amid the current roster-building climate in college football. Obtaining the services of a top-end offensive tackle talent in the transfer portal isn’t cheap. Thankfully, Texas had a leg up on other programs on the hunt for tackles in the winter after Trevor Goosby decided to put off his NFL career until 2027 (at the earliest) and return for his redshirt junior season. The benefit of developing a legitimate NFL tackle (Goosby was ranked outside of the top 400 prospects nationally in the 2023 class and redshirted while playing behind Kelvin Banks Jr., Christian Jones and Cameron Williams) allowed the Longhorns to allocate their portal resources to filling out the talent around Arch Manning. Texas was also able to target Siani, whose arrival on the Forty Acres made it possible to slide Brandon Baker inside to guard, potentially improving the right side of the offensive line compared to 2025. Getting a future NFL tackle in the pipeline requires one of two approaches Texas has taken over the last decade. That's having the wherewithal to acquire premium talent like Banks (or Swanson, in the case of the 2027 recruiting class) or a keen eye for finding NFL-caliber tools and upside in prospects like Goosby, Jones, Williams, Connor Williams and Samuel Cosmi. Knowing how long it can take to get a return on an investment for a high school lineman, even a program with the resources Texas has would be smart to hone in on just one or two top-shelf prospects (Swanson and Gilmer’s Ismael Camara, for example) per cycle. While it’s unlikely to expect the Longhorns to put together another line class like the 2022 group (Banks, Williams and DJ Campbell left the program as NFL draft picks, with Connor Robertson on track to join Cole Hutson as a multiple-year starter), there are enough quality linemen in every recruiting cycle to get four or five capable prospects into the pipeline. It’s up to Sarkisian, Flood and the player personnel staff to identify projectable traits in prospects who might need more time in the incubator before they’re ready to help Texas win games. Like Cook and Hemphill-Woods, Rhoa is ranked outside of the top 450 prospects nationally (No. 602 in the Rivals Industry and No. 612 in the 247Sports Composite). Nevertheless, if those three get on similar trajectories like Jackson Christian, who was getting snaps with the first-team offense in spring practice before suffering a knee injury, and Jordan Coleman, who logged time as the offense’s No. 1 left tackle while Goosby spent the spring recovering from shoulder surgery, they’ll position themselves to outperform their recruiting ranking. Other than the handful of truly elite offensive line prospects in a given cycle (the tier where Swanson and Camara reside in 2027), beauty is in the eye of the beholder. While the transfer portal can fill gaps and address recruiting mishaps, Rhoa’s commitment is the latest example of how Texas continues to prioritize high school offensive line recruiting without putting all its eggs in one basket. View full news story

Is it accurate that Arch has not attended previous Manning Passing Academy events or is that fake news or just a myth?

Pimento cheese on anything should be a crime in all 50 states.

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2028 Brandon (Miss.) LB Tray Washington. Visited Texas this spring where he received his offer.

That's insane. Anyone big enough to tackle him can't run with him. Anyone who can run with him won't be big enough to tackle him.

Very deep list this year. Should be fun

I mean, if you aren't on that list, do you even play QB? 🤘

That’ll do

Thanks CJ’n