Moderators Gerry Hamilton Posted March 10 Moderators Share Posted March 10 Sunday morning look at defensive line recruiting Kenny Baker is tasked with signing three or four defensive lineman in his first class at Texas. Good news is the Longhorns are in on some of the nations best. Texas has three defensive lineman scheduled for official visits so far. That list will triple in the coming weeks as new offers make their way to Austin in April, and June official visits are scheduled. OnTexasFootball begins the updated look at defensive line recruiting with the commitment and official visitors. The commitment Brandon Brown, DL, Melbourne (Fla.) Eau Gallie #AllGasNoBrakes OnTexasFootball ranking: 4-star Official visit schedule: Tennessee June 7-9, Texas June 14-16, USC June 21-23 Official visits locked in Ethan Utley, DL, Nashville (TN) Ensworth OnTexasFootball ranking: 4–star Official visit schedule: Tennessee June 14-16, Texas likely June 21-23 Note: Scheduled to commit March 28, with Tennessee likely. Utley told OTF he will not make any unofficial visits prior to his announcement. Zion Williams, DL, Lufkin (Texas) high Recruiting Ranking: OnTexasFootball 4-star Official visit schedule: TCU May 3-5, LSU likely June 7-9, Texas A&M likely June 14-16 and Texas June 21-23 Note: LSU is 1A and Texas 1B right now. Texas A&M 3rd and TCU 4th. California target Josiah Sharma, DL, Folsom (Calif.) Folsom Recruiting Ranking: OnTexasFootball 4-star The competition: Alabama, Oregon, Washington and Utah. The Utes are locked in for a June 14-16 official visit. The Huskies will receive a May OV. Large human in Humboldt Stephon Shivers, DL, Humboldt (Tn.) High Recruiting Ranking: OnTexasFootball 4-star The competition: Georgia and Tennessee mentioned most. LSU and Texas offers have the attention of the 6-3, 355 pounder. Sunshine State offers Myron Charles, DL, Port Charlotte (Fla.) High OnTexasFootball ranking: 4-star Official visit schedule: None reported as of mid-week. Note: Spoke with Steve Sarkisian and Kenny Baker last week. Talking with Texas about an April and/or June official visit. Derry Norris Jr., DL, Port Orange (Fla.) Spruce Creek OnTexasFootball ranking: 4-star Official visit schedule: Georgia Tech May 31-June 2, N.C. State June 7-9, possibly Minnesota June 14-16 and possibly Purdue June 21-23. Note: Spoke with Tashard Choice and Kenny Baker last week when offered. April visit likely, and June official visit will happen with a Texas push. Jarquez Carter, DL, Newberry (Fla.) High OnTexasFootball ranking: 4-star Official visit schedule: None reported as of early in the week. Note: Made visits to Florida and Miami last week. A Texas visit in April in play. Southeast Region offers Kevin Wynn, DL, Greensboro (Ga.) Greene County Recruiting Ranking: OnTexasFootball 4-star Official visit schedule: None reported. Note: Florida State, Alabama and Georgia the top 3 with the Seminoles slightly trending headed into the spring. Texas, LSU and Florida in line for spring unofficial visits. Malik Autry, DL, Opelika (Ala.) High - *Auburn commit Recruiting Ranking: OnTexasFootball 4-star Official visit schedule: USC June 7-9, Florida June 14-16, and likely Auburn June 21-23. Sims will visit April 6 Chace Sims, DL, Richmond (Texas) Randle Recruiting Ranking: OnTexasFootball 4-star Official visit schedule: SMU May 17-19, TCU June 7-9, Texas A&M or Texas Tech June 21-23 Spring visit schedule: LSU March 9, Texas April 6 and Texas A&M April 20 for the Aggies spring game In state prospects Dilan Battle, DL, Mansfield (Texas) Timberview Recruiting Ranking: OnTexasFootball 4-star Official visit schedule: TCU May 3-5. Note: Visited LSU this weekend. Spoke with Kenny Baker last week, but there was not a visit locked in as of late in the week. DJ Sanders, DL, Bellville (Texas) High Recruiting Ranking: OnTexasFootball 4-star Official visit schedule: None reported. Note: Texas A&M receiving most mention headed into spring with Texas in the mix. Xavier Ukponu, DL, Denton (Texas) Guyer Recruiting Ranking: OnTexasFootball 3-star Official visit schedule: Oklahoma State April 12-14, Florida May 31-June 2, Texas A&M June 21-23 Floyd Guidry, DL, Spring (Texas) High Recruiting Ranking: OnTexasFootball 4-star Official visit schedule: None reported. Note: Texas can win this one if they make a push. TCU, Houston and Texas A&M very much in the mix. View full news 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jbro52 Posted March 10 Share Posted March 10 Good stuff Gerry! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lnghrn Posted March 10 Share Posted March 10 A lot of guys in the list. Just need to make it happen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoHorns1 Posted March 10 Share Posted March 10 Gerry, who are over the ball guys, who are the 3 tech etc.? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tsip92 Posted March 10 Share Posted March 10 A nice list, but who was the last 5 star DT to sign with Texas? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryantnelson02 Posted March 10 Share Posted March 10 Brandon Brown and Zion Williams is a SEC DT duo starter kit. Those two are must haves for this class! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Gerry Hamilton Posted March 10 Author Moderators Share Posted March 10 13 minutes ago, GoHorns1 said: Gerry, who are over the ball guys, who are the 3 tech etc.? Zion Williams is definitely over the ball. Brandon Brown can play both ... similar to Byron Murphy in that regard. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Gerry Hamilton Posted March 10 Author Moderators Share Posted March 10 9 minutes ago, tsip92 said: A nice list, but who was the last 5 star DT to sign with Texas? Malcom Brown was for sure a 5-star. Of course, there is more to DT recruiting than 5-star's. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
t.newman Posted March 10 Share Posted March 10 Gerry, is it important to Brandon Brown to play in the SEC? It seems usc may be our biggest competition and I wonder if big 10 vs. SEC will be a factor? BTW... Even He rested on the 7th day... of course he didn't cover Longhorn recruiting, so there's that. 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Gerry Hamilton Posted March 10 Author Moderators Share Posted March 10 Just now, Gerry Hamilton said: Malcom Brown was for sure a 5-star. Of course, there is more to DT recruiting than 5-star's. Your top DL's in the NFL ... Aaron Donald - high 3-star Chris Jones - 5-star Quinnen Williams - mid 4-star Javon Hargrave - not ranked Jeffrey Simmons - high 4-star Dexter Lawrence - 5-star Cameron Hayward - low 4-star Christian Wilkins - 5-star Jonathan Allen - 5-star Vita Vea - high 3-star D.J. Reader - mid 4-star 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkiBreck Posted March 10 Share Posted March 10 Good list, I want them all — Well done GH Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Gerry Hamilton Posted March 10 Author Moderators Share Posted March 10 1 minute ago, t.newman said: Gerry, is it important to Brandon Brown to play in the SEC? It seems usc may be our biggest competition and I wonder if big 10 vs. SEC will be a factor? BTW... Even He rested on the 7th day... of course he didn't cover Longhorn recruiting, so there's that. From talking to Brandon and someone close to the recruitment ... SEC definitely preferred in the recruitment. But in the NIL world ... I can't call it a lock. Colin Simmons from day one I ever talked to him said "I'm going to play in the SEC". 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Longhornfocus Posted March 10 Share Posted March 10 Interesting there are 15 names and Rink wasn’t included. Has communication stopped there? Seemingly been trending A&M lately but wasn’t sure what transpired behind the scenes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoHorns1 Posted March 10 Share Posted March 10 27 minutes ago, Longhornfocus said: Interesting there are 15 names and Rink wasn’t included. Has communication stopped there? Seemingly been trending A&M lately but wasn’t sure what transpired behind the scenes. Rink is simply not a priority 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quinncent McManning, Jr. Posted March 10 Share Posted March 10 Interesting most of these guys are rated 3 stars from the services but you know there are a bunch of nfl guys on this list. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zzz chese Posted March 10 Share Posted March 10 (edited) 2 hours ago, Gerry Hamilton said: Your top DL's in the NFL ... Aaron Donald - high 3-star Chris Jones - 5-star Quinnen Williams - mid 4-star Javon Hargrave - not ranked Jeffrey Simmons - high 4-star Dexter Lawrence - 5-star Cameron Hayward - low 4-star Christian Wilkins - 5-star Jonathan Allen - 5-star Vita Vea - high 3-star D.J. Reader - mid 4-star A lot of 5 stars in that list and recent top DTs drafted. Would be nice to get back to recruiting 5 star Dline Edited March 10 by zzz chese 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Gerry Hamilton Posted March 10 Author Moderators Share Posted March 10 2 hours ago, Longhornfocus said: Interesting there are 15 names and Rink wasn’t included. Has communication stopped there? Seemingly been trending A&M lately but wasn’t sure what transpired behind the scenes. Don’t think communication has stopped. Texas is hunting bigger bodies … will be interesting to follow 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobby Burton Posted March 10 Share Posted March 10 I’ve tried to tune out for a week for vacay. But I return to this, and Gerry immediately pulls me back in! 🙂 7 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Moore Posted March 10 Share Posted March 10 5 hours ago, Longhornfocus said: Interesting there are 15 names and Rink wasn’t included. Has communication stopped there? Seemingly been trending A&M lately but wasn’t sure what transpired behind the scenes. I was worried about his size when he started being discussed as a prospect. His dad was a hard gainer and there's no guarantee he'll get to where Texas needs him at DT. Sark/PK/Baker don't have the luxury of time at the position to really wait around and see if a guy will get there (i.e. Zac Swanson). Bo brought in nothing but development guys in terms of body and/or play. At this point, I believe they're looking solely at cats that have the requisite size so at least the development curve won't be as long or steep when they hit campus. They might also believe they can circle back around later if space or need arises. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goathumper Posted March 11 Share Posted March 11 Success in this class begins and ends with the DL class. Defensive tackle is the most important position to recruit year in, year out in the SEC and Texas will be low on numbers after this year Get as many elite guys on campus and then sort it all out over the summer. It looks like Coach Baker is prioritizing more guys who can penetrate into the backfield and have lengthy frames to fill out More guys offered with the ability to get in the backfield vs plug holes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Gerry Hamilton Posted March 11 Author Moderators Share Posted March 11 IMO, Texas will also start prioritizing D-line more in NIL moving forward. To this point, it hasn't been where it needs to be IMO. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shane Posted March 11 Share Posted March 11 23 hours ago, Bobby Burton said: I’ve tried to tune out for a week for vacay. But I return to this, and Gerry immediately pulls me back in! 🙂 Welcome back Bobby ! Great stuff Gerry as always Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bourbasted Posted March 27 Share Posted March 27 On 3/11/2024 at 3:31 AM, Gerry Hamilton said: Don’t think communication has stopped. Texas is hunting bigger bodies … will be interesting to follow Gerry, it looks like Rink is going to be committing soon. Am I right in saying when Davis left it seems like Rink lost a little interest here and the feeling was mutual when Baker came on board and had a chance to assess Rink? I know he's a legacy, but sometimes kids just don't fit what you're trying to do schematically. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Gerry Hamilton Posted March 28 Author Moderators Share Posted March 28 2 hours ago, bourbasted said: Gerry, it looks like Rink is going to be committing soon. Am I right in saying when Davis left it seems like Rink lost a little interest here and the feeling was mutual when Baker came on board and had a chance to assess Rink? I know he's a legacy, but sometimes kids just don't fit what you're trying to do schematically. Correct. Texas was never all in on Rink ... even when Bo Davis was in Austin. Texas hunting bigger frame and body types in the 2025 cycle. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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