Friday morning recruiting nuggets (6:47am am CST)

The Texas coaching staff has been making school stops from coast-to-coast this week with a number of new offers going out in the 2025 and 2026 classes. 

OnTexasFootball begins Friday morning with some notes and nuggets. 

New DL offer Josiah Sharma has Texas ties

On Thursday the Longhorns extended an offer out west to 6-5, 300-pound defensive tackle Josiah Sharma (Folsom, Calif.). Linebackers coach Johnny Nansen met with Sharma and the Folsom coaching staff and extended the offer shortly after. 

A two-way player for his school, Sharma has seen a flurry of offers come in lately from programs such as Alabama, Washington, Oregon, Ole Miss and more. 

The Texas one, however, caught his attention. 

Sharma is originally from the Lone Star State and living here for years before moving to California. Not to mention he has family in Austin as well. 

Now the three-star prospect plans to head to campus soon for a visit. 

"I used to live in Arlington," he said. "All my family is in Texas, so absolutely, 100-percent I'm visiting." - Blake Munroe

Texas offers North Crowley 2025 fast riser

Texas head coach Steve Sarkisian and running backs coach Tashard Choice stopped by North Crowley Thursday. 

Junior linebacker Jonathan Cunningham caught the eye of new Texas Co-DC and linebackers coach Johnny Nansen early in his tenure. And Sarkisian officially extended an offer Thursday. 

"It’s a honor to receive an offer by Texas,” Cunningham said. “Not too many of high school players get this opportunity to go compete at the next level. Getting an offer from Texas and being from Texas is a blessing in disguise."

Cunningham, who is 6-3, 190, has been gaining national traction in January. Texas joins Miami, Utah, SMU, TCU, Houston, Arkansas and Oregon State in offering. That list is expected to grow to 20+ by the end of the spring evaluation period. - Gerry Hamilton

Kenny Baker on the road

There has been a constant theme amongst the early responses from recruits in regards to new Texas DL Coach Kenny Baker:

Energy and relatability.

Baker stopped by DFW yesterday to see Dilan Battle and Xavier Ukponu in person for the first time. Baker is now up to seven visits on the trail as a member of the Texas Longhorn staff:

1. Xavier Ukponu
2. Dilan Battle
3. Chace Sims
4. Landon Rink
5. Zion Williams
6. Floyd Guidry
7. Carmello Brooks 

We posted the quote from Landon Rink that mentioned the high energy Coach Baker brought to the meeting on Tuesday. I am here to echo that sentiment following conversations with several other prospects Baker has visited. 

Xavier Ukponu mentioned specifically that he felt like he could relate very well to Baker and mentioned the two had a lot in common. It has been a very strong start to the recruiting trail for the former Miami Dolphin assistant. It is worth noting that just one of Baker's visits has been accompanied by another Texas Coach – Sarkisian joined him to see Dilan Battle at Mansfield Timberview. - C.J. Vogel

Blake Gideon in Arizona 

Texas returned to Desert Edge, AZ this week to see 2025 CB Jamar Beal-Goines, this time with Blake Gideon who followed up Terry Joseph's visit from last week.

Texas still has yet to offer Beal-Goines, but there have been discussions on getting the 6-foot cornerback to campus for a visit. No discussion about the Arizona corner would be complete without mentioning his speed, which has become more of a priority with the Texas staff over the last cycle. Beal-Goines boats 10.6 speed in the 100m.

Oregon, USC, Arizona, Michigan State and Texas A&M have offered in the last week. - CJ Vogel