OTF Premium MODS only transfer portal update thread

[CJ Vogel]

New name on campus Friday.

[Bobby Burton]

Of note.

Michigan RB Justice Haynes has entered the transfer portal.

[CJ Vogel]

Good for Trey 

[CJ Vogel]

 

[Bobby Burton]

https://x.com/on3sports/status/2009711366773297442?s=46&t=ISjkoHkBIkXYXFbgvlDUoA
 

[Bobby Burton]

 

 

[Bobby Burton]

Former Texas wide receiver Jamie Ffrench plans to visit both FSU and Florida.

[Bobby Burton]

Texas is still working on another RB not named Haynes. Just fyi.

[CJ Vogel]

 

[Bobby Burton]

Saturday morning:

- NC State transfer back running Hollywood Smothers is on campus in Austin currently.

- Pitt linebacker Rasheem Biles is also expected on campus today. Like Smothers, Biles is an All-ACC performer.

- Yale OL Mikey Bennett remains on campus from his visit that began yesterday. The Longhorns really like the two-time Ivy Leaguer.

- Some folks have asked about the running back situation with Smothers visiting Austin today.

Here’s what I’ve learned:

RB Christian Clark has agreed to a new deal with Texas but the new deal is not signed.

RB Raleek Brown has signed with Texas.

[CJ Vogel]

Both Pitt linebacker Rasheem Biles and NC State running back Hollywood Smothers have arrived on campus Saturday morning for their visits. 

[CJ Vogel]

Former Florida State DB Edwin Joseph has committed to Ole Miss

[CJ Vogel]

Rasheem Biles on his visit. 

[Bobby Burton]

Notes:

- Yale OL Mike Bennett has concluded his visit. He is expected to visit Oregon and Indiana. Texas is very interested.

- LB Rasheem Biles and RB Hollywood Smothers remain on their trips to Austin.

- DB Edwin Joseph, who visited Texas earlier this week, has committed to Ole Miss. As we’ve said, Texas is really focused on the front seven on defense currently. That’s not an excuse for missing on Joseph or anyone else, but it is indicative of the overall thought process and resource allocation.

- WR Cam Coleman is expected to stay on his visit in Tuscaloosa to watch Alabama vs Texas in basketball today.

[CJ Vogel]

Bo Barnes has committed to Kentucky. 

[Bobby Burton]

Pitt linebacker Rasheem Biles has committed to Texas.

[Bobby Burton]

- Linebacker Cade Uluave is predicted to go to Michigan by a Michigan reporter. Uluave has visited Michigan over the weekend after seeing Texas Thursday and Friday.

- Defensive back is now expected to return to Texas next season, according to his agent.

- Jamie Ffrench visited Michigan over the weekend.

[Bobby Burton]

Sunday morning:

Notes:

Three portal transfers were on campus yesterday.

Yale OL Mikey Bennett, NC State RB Hollywood Smothers, and Pitt LB Rasheem Biles.

Biles committed to the Longhorns yesterday evening. The two-time All-ACC linebacker, who recorded 181 tackles and 10 sacks over the past two seasons, immediately fills a major void in the Texas roster. The Longhorns have now taken two LBs in the transfer portal.

Bennett is said to still be considering both Oregon and Indiana. Smothers, who initially committed to Alabama following his entry to the portal, remains on his official visit to Texas as of this morning.

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Wide receiver Cam Coleman has completed his tour of four campuses, finishing up with Alabama yesterday afternoon.

Coleman is considering Texas, Texas A&M, Texas Tech and Bama.

Bama is considered the biggest competition

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More notes:

- If Smothers pledges to Texas, running back Christian Clark likely looks elsewhere. Clark and Texas have not signed an agreement for his return.

- Linebacker Cade Uluave was predicted to go to Michigan by a Michigan reporter last night. Uluave has visited the Wolverines over the weekend after seeing Texas Thursday and Friday.

- Former Oklahoma State defensive end Wendell Gregory is thought to be nearing a final decision. Texas is among those choices.

- Defensive back Kobe Black is now expected to return to Texas next season, according to his agent.

- Jamie Ffrench visited Michigan over the weekend.

- Linebacker Bo Barnes has committed to Kentucky.

- DeAndre Moore has yet to find a home. He has visited Colorado, Louisville, Ohio State, and Ole Miss, and possibly others. Moore's asking price was not met by Texas, nor any of the other schools as yet.

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While Monday-Wednesday of next week is a dead period, where no portal players are allowed on campus, the coaches may still recruit and sign portal prospects, they just can't host them on visits.

Several new entrants to the portal are also expected during that period and later into the week. Texas will be actively monitoring the portal, especially for major entrants.

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The portal officially closes at midnight on Friday. All paperwork must be signed and submitted by that time by players and then universities have two business days to put the names into the portal.

Given that grace period, we could be looking at a week from Tuesday (Jan. 20) as the final day we will be hearing new names entered into the portal.

[Jeff Howe]

Ahead of the dead period, here's the Texas 11-man transfer portal class as of Sunday morning:

— Raleek Brown, RB, Arizona State

— Michael Masunas, TE, Michigan State

— Dylan Sikorski, IOL, Oregon State

— Ian Geffrard, DL, Arkansas

— Zion Williams, DL, LSU

— Rasheem Biles, LB, Pitt

— Justin Cryer, LB, Florida State

— Bo Mascoe, CB, Rutgers

— Gianni Spetic, PK, Memphis

— Mac Chiumento, P, Florida State

— Trey Dubuc, LS, New Mexico

[Jeff Howe]

For those interested in where the outgoing Longhorns are headed, here are those moves following the recent commitments elsewhere of Bo Barnes and Jordan Washington:

— RB Jerrick Gibson to Purdue

— PK Will Stone to UCF

— QB Trey Owens to Arkansas State

— DL Melvin Hills to UConn

— WR Aaron Butler to Oregon State

— DB Santana Wilson to Louisville

— OL Connor Stroh to Kansas

— LB Liona Lefau to Colorado

— RB Tre Wisner to Florida State

— WR Parker Livingstone to Oklahoma

— DB Caleb Chester to Arizona State

— OL Nate Kibble to Baylor

— LB Bo Barnes to Kentucky

— TE Jordan Washington to North Carolina

[CJ Vogel]

Rasheem Biles has signed with Texas, per Nakos 

[CJ Vogel]

 

[CJ Vogel]

Former tight end Jordan Washington committed to North Carolina. 

[CJ Vogel]

Cam Coleman

[Bobby Burton]

HUGE pickup for the Horns.

Coleman is considered the top non-QB in the transfer portal.