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    Gerry Hamilton

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    Texas 2025 Best Class Scenario: March 5 edition

    The Texas Longhorns are in search of a fourth straight top 5 ranked recruiting class. And if the early returns headed into the spring mean anything, the odds are at least 50-50% Steve Sarkisian and staff pull it off. 

    To get your Friday going, here is the latest edition of the Texas Best Class Scenario for the 2025 cycle. There are 29 names currently on the list with a combination of 24-25 creating a near lock scenario for a fourth straight top 5 class. This list will shift and move once the March and April unofficial visitor returns are known.

    *Note: This list is my opinion on the BCS for 2025.

    Quarterback (1)

    K.J. Lacey, Saraland (Ala.) High #AllGasNoBrakes
    Recruiting Ranking: OnTexasFootball 4-star
    The competition: Ole Miss and Auburn

    Running back (1-2)

    Jordon Davison, RB, Santa Ana (Calif.) Mater Dei
    Recruiting Ranking: OnTexasFootball 4-star
    The competition: Ohio State, Alabama and Oregon

    Rickey Stewart, RB, Tyler (Texas) Chapel Hill
    Recruiting Ranking: OnTexasFootball 4-star
    The competition: Baylor, SMU and Oklahoma State

    Wide receiver (3-4)

    Dakorien Moore, Duncanville (Texas) High - *LSU commit
    Recruiting Ranking:     OnTexasFootball 5-star
    Note: Texas will recruit the LSU pledge #throughthewhistle. 

    Kelshaun Johnson, WR, Hitchcock (Texas) High
    Recruiting Ranking: OnTexasFootball 4-star
    The competition: USC, Texas Tech and Texas A&M

    Kaliq Lockett, WR, Sachse (Texas) High
    Recruiting Ranking: OnTexasFootball 4-star
    The competition: LSU, USC, Ohio State and Texas A&M

    Jaime Ffrench, WR, Jacksonville (Fla.) Mandarin
    Recruiting Ranking: OnTexasFootball 4-star
    The competition: Ohio State, Florida State, Miami and Alabama

    Tight end (2)

    Nick Townsend, TE, Spring (Texas) Dekaney
    Recruiting Ranking: OnTexasFootball 4-star
    The competition: Texas A&M, USC, Arizona State and Notre Dame

    Emaree Winston, TE, Calhoun (Ga.) High #AllGasNoBrakes
    Recruiting Ranking: OnTexasFootball 4-star

    Offensive line (5)

    Michael Fasusi, OT, Lewisville (Texas) High
    Recruiting Ranking: OnTexasFootball 5-star
    The competition: Oklahoma, Texas A&M, Oregon and Missouri

    Jonte Newman, OT, Cypress (Texas) Bridgeland
    Recruiting Ranking: OnTexasFootball 4-star
    The competition: Texas A&M, Alabama, Oklahoma, Ole Miss and Mississippi State

    Tyler Thomas, IOL, Dickinson (Texas) High
    Recruiting Ranking: OnTexasFootball 3-star
    The competition: Texas A&M and LSU

    John Mills, IOL, San Francisco (Calif.) St. Ignatius
    Recruiting Ranking: OnTexasFootball 4-star
    The competition: Washington, Michigan and Florida

    Jackson Christian, IOL, Port Niches (Texas) PN-G
    Recruiting Ranking: OnTexasFootball 4-star
    The competition: Texas A&M

    Defensive line (4)

    Brandon Brown, DL, Melbourne (Fla.) Eau Gallie #AllGasNoBrakes
    Recruiting Ranking: OnTexasFootball 4-star
    The competition: USC, Florida, Alabama, Miami and Tennessee

    Zion Williams, DL, Lufkin (Texas) high
    Recruiting Ranking: OnTexasFootball 4-star
    The competition: LSU, Texas A&M and TCU

    Josiah Sharma, DL, Folsom (Calif.) Folsom
    Recruiting Ranking: OnTexasFootball 4-star
    The competition: Alabama, Oregon and Utah

    Chace Sims, DL, Richmond (Texas) Randle
    Recruiting Ranking: OnTexasFootball 4-star
    The competition: Texas A&M, LSU, TCU and SMU

    EDGE (2-3)

    Lance Jackson, Texarkana (Texas) Pleasant Grove #AllGasNoBrakes
    Recruiting Ranking: OnTexasFootball 4-star
    The competition: MLB Draft 2025

    Damien Shanklin, Indianapolis (In.) Warren Central
    Recruiting Ranking: OnTexasFootball 4-star
    The competition: Notre Dame and Tennessee

    Linebacker (3-4)

    Riley Pettijohn, McKinney (Texas) High
    Recruiting Ranking: OnTexasFootball 4-star
    The competition: USC, Ohio State, Florida State, Auburn and Texas A&M

    Elijah Barnes, Dallas (Texas) Skyline
    Recruiting Ranking: OnTexasFootball 4-star
    The competition: Florida State, Nebraska, Ohio State and Texas A&M

    Anthony Williams, Pearland (Texas) Shadow Creek #AllGasNoBrakes
    Recruiting Ranking: OnTexasFootball 3-star

    Matai Tagoa'i, San Clemente (Calif.) High
    Recruiting Ranking: OnTexasFootball 4-star
    The competition: Washington, Utah, USC and Oregon

    Defensive back (3-4)

    Dorian Brew, CB, Conroe (Texas) High
    Recruiting Ranking: OnTexasFootball 4-star
    The competition: LSU, Ohio State, USC, Michigan and Texas A&M

    Kade Phillips, S, Missouri City (Texas) Hightower
    Recruiting Ranking: OnTexasFootball 4-star
    The competition: LSU and Texas A&M

    Jonah Williams, S, Galveston (Texas) Ball High
    Recruiting Ranking: OnTexasFootball 4-star
    The competition: Oklahoma, LSU, Ohio State and Texas A&M

    Cobey Sellers, CB, Pearland (Texas) Shadow Creek
    Recruiting Ranking: OnTexasFootball 4-star
    The competition: Oklahoma and Texas A&M

    Adonyss Currie, CB, Lancaster (Calif.) Quartz Hill
    Recruiting Ranking: OnTexasFootball 4-star
    The competition: Washington, Utah, Miami, Texas A&M and Oregon.

     

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    Texasborn91
    12 minutes ago, CJ Vogel said:

    I’ll be a bit out of pocket today until the livestream this afternoon. Bachelor party golf outing this AM. 
     

    trying to figure out how to putt. 

    Go left hand low. If not I always cut my putts

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    goathumper

    -Ideal class for me would have 3 TE and 5 DTs. If Texas can get Derry Norris, Floyd Guidry, Xavier Ukponu or Dillan Battle into the class as the 5th take they absolutely should. No matter who else is in the class, those 4 can play and the room needs to be restocked badly. 2 Large humans over 2 years of DT recruiting is simply not going to cut it 

    -Interesting recruitments Texas trails for like Jonah Williams and Damien Shanklin are including but not Kiotti Armstrong. Im curious to see how the second and possibly 3rd EDGE takes shake out behind Lance Jackson. Texas seems to not be recruiting Smith Orgobo very hard. After taking 5 DBs last class, it wouldnt surprise if Texas is happy to just take 4 DBs this class and not reach far down the board 

    -Michael Terry and Tanook Hines are interesting considerations for ATH takes. Hines ran a 10.55 yesterday. If he can play DB as well as WR, Texas should take a real hard look at fitting him in this class. 

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    2 hours ago, Fernando G said:

    Kiotti ?

    Lean to A&M slightly headed into spring visits. 

    Texas will take two TE's in this class ... we shall see who those two will be. 

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    2 hours ago, davideowens said:

    The BIG Desoto OT just too much of a project??

    Unless he starts losing a lot of weight, yep. North of 400 pounds is not good at his age. He's been headed in wrong direction. Hope he starts working toward 360'ish

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    Quinncent McManning, Jr.

    I’m assuming you are taking into account which oos recruits are longshots.  I would consider faheem delane and akylin deer  to be in my best possible class.   What about Ty Haywood?  Does the staff just consider him not a fit?  

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    1 hour ago, zzz chese said:

    Going to be interesting seeing how new NIL court stuff effects recruiting now that you can just buy players 

    And the timing of it. IMO, it will accelerate the process even more for some prospects IMO. 

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    Bwub60
    9 hours ago, Hashtag said:

    If you want culture guys, then avoid Marsh at all cost.

    He's a novelty, nothing more nothing less. 

    Yes and Yes

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    6 hours ago, Quinncent McManning, Jr. said:

    I’m assuming you are taking into account which oos recruits are longshots.  I would consider faheem delane and akylin deer  to be in my best possible class.   What about Ty Haywood?  Does the staff just consider him not a fit?  

    Ty Haywood not likely at all right now.

    combo of best player/realistic right now … we shall see how it changes after some April UOV’s

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    Quinncent McManning, Jr.

    Gerry, Anthony Williams committed before Nansen was hired. From a recent interview it seemed that he wasn’t clear what was going on with his visits. Do we know that he is communicating with Nansen regularly and is he seen as a best case fit by Nansen?  We have so many LB options this year though he has a ton of upside. 

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    Speedway

    My bad, Gerry said it was the Best Case scenario and I should have labeled it as such. I don't think Texas will have 29 HS recruits in the 2025 class.  23 or 24 is probably about right?

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