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    Gerry Hamilton

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    OnTexasFootball brings Texas fans some Thursday morning recruiting notes and nuggets.

     

    K.J. Lacey’s next visit to Texas

    OnTexasFootball spoke with a source very close to the recruitment of quarterback commitment K.J. Lacey Wednesday evening. 

    Lacey, 6-0 and 180 pounds, cancelled an unofficial visit to Ole Miss last Saturday. The reason? That’s one visit the Texas staff pushed back on a little bit according to the source. Lacey instead attended the Senior Bowl, and spent some time chatting with T'Vondre Sweat. 

    Ole Miss and Auburn are the two teams making the most effort to flip the OnTexasFootball 4-star signal caller. Alabama is not considered a threat at this time. 

    Lacey is expected to make an unofficial visit to Texas this spring, but a date is not locked in. A June official visit will also happen, of course. He’s in daily contact with QB coach A.J. Milwee, and once or twice weekly with Steve Sarkisian. 

     

    Texas and Rickey Stewart

    OnTexasFootball made a stop at Tyler (Texas) Chapel Hill High Wednesday. It’s safe to say the Longhorns are a heavy favorite to land OnTexasFootball 4-star running back Rickey Stewart. Stewart will make an unofficial visit with his mom in March. It’s not a lock his recruitment carries out until July or August. The timeline is fluid. Baylor is running second in the race. 

     

    Texas and Demetrius Brisbon Jr.

    Texas area recruiter and safeties coach Blake Gideon continues to evaluate the former SMU verbal, and current Baylor pledge. 

    Brisbon, 5-11.5 and 170 pounds, could pop back up in Austin in March. Texas has told those close to the recruitment that they would like to get him back on campus in the spring. 

     

    Kilgore High has three very talented prospects to know

    Kilgore High has a trio of prospects Texas is monitoring. 

    The first is ultra athletic 2025 defensive back Jayden Sanders. The 6-foot, 175-pounder with 4.46 speed attended Texas Junior day January 20. Area recruiter and safeties coach Blake Gideon watched Sanders during a Kilgore High basketball practice in January. Sanders made a visit to Oklahoma State last week, and was given the red carpet treatment by Mike Gundy and staff. The Cowboys are considered the slight favorite over Baylor. Kansas State offered Wednesday. Sanders father is former TCU standout cornerback Nick Sanders, who Gary Patterson signed out of Kilgore High in 2005. Sanders is a coach at Kilgore High. Jayden Sanders mother was an All-Conference sprinter at the University of Houston. 

    The 2026 class has two prospects to know. Defensive tackle Cameron Christian is a player Texas is monitoring. The 6-foot-0.5, 275-pounder is among the best athletes at defensive tackle in the Lone Star State in the 2026 cycle. Watching Christian up close Wednesday, he is a Power 5 level athlete. His height will be the question, but he possesses plus arm length for his size, huge 11-inch hands and wears a 13 shoe. He’s still 15. 

    Kilgore High 2026 LaKeyleon Graves is a 6-foot-1, 180-pound safety/LB with 4.6 speed. Graves has the frame to add considerable weight/muscle mass. 

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    Hornmatic

    Hi @Gerry Hamilton,

     

    You’ve said a number of times the Texas staff will continue to evaluate a number of 2025 guys between now and June. What exactly are they evaluating?

    Are they taking a closer look at 2024 game tape, are the prospects attending camps in the spring, or is it the personnel visits and conversations they are evaluating? Or something else?

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    NothinButDaHorns34
    7 hours ago, uthorn1374 said:

    Lacey needs to spend his time building this class up and being a leader like Arch did as soon as he committed.  

    He can’t do that since he still focused on visits and being recruited. When arch committed he was done with the recruiting process. 

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    K. Baughman

    I’m not sure about Lacey, he seem to be more enthusiastic about his continued recruiting tour than the commitment he made to Texas. I think he may disappear as soon as someone else pays more attention to him. Maybe/hopefully I’m wrong.

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    Hookem777
    1 hour ago, NothinButDaHorns34 said:

    He can’t do that since he still focused on visits and being recruited. When arch committed he was done with the recruiting process. 

    Arch also committed a year later than Lacey. The fact he didn't visit Ole Miss, like Bobby said, should carry some weight imo. JuJu Lewis is still taking visits too. 

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    Bwub60
    8 hours ago, Gerry Hamilton said:

    His brother is a 6-0 standout DT at Lamar University that will likely be recruited to the portal after the 2024 season.

    Christian is already a little taller. If he can to 6-1.5 it’s a recruitment changer

    Why would anyone want to leave Beaumont?

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    Bobby Burton
    3 hours ago, Hornmatic said:

    Hi @Gerry Hamilton,

     

    You’ve said a number of times the Texas staff will continue to evaluate a number of 2025 guys between now and June. What exactly are they evaluating?

    Are they taking a closer look at 2024 game tape, are the prospects attending camps in the spring, or is it the personnel visits and conversations they are evaluating? Or something else?

    Spring ball, track, basketball - anything where he competes. 

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    Baron
    11 hours ago, CJ Vogel said:

    Big fan of Sanders' game in the secondary.

    My question is why he is unrated by the services? He is obviously a three star at the least.

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    8 hours ago, aggiecutter said:

    TEXAS HIGH @ ARKANSAS 7A STATE CHAMPION FAYETTEVILLE GAME 4

    No doubt! Texas High has a 2027 OT that is going to be a national recruit. The 2026 class has multiple guys

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    3 hours ago, Baron said:

    My question is why he is unrated by the services? He is obviously a three star at the least.

    For sure. He' s a4-star athlete, that could well end up a 4-star prospect by next year.

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    23 hours ago, Gerry Hamilton said:

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    It is still wild to be that high school teams in the state have had better indoor practice facilities than us for the past 10 or so years. Thankfully we're finally upgrading.

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    19 hours ago, Hornmatic said:

    Hi @Gerry Hamilton,

     

    You’ve said a number of times the Texas staff will continue to evaluate a number of 2025 guys between now and June. What exactly are they evaluating?

    Are they taking a closer look at 2024 game tape, are the prospects attending camps in the spring, or is it the personnel visits and conversations they are evaluating? Or something else?

    It's all of the above. The game tape won't change, obviously. But they will get a continued look at guys in spring practice. The football part, body development, conversations with high school stats, etc... it's just the continued overall evaluation of prospects

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    Ojeezy
    9 minutes ago, Hashtag said:

    It is still wild to be that high school teams in the state have had better indoor practice facilities than us for the past 10 or so years. Thankfully we're finally upgrading.

    It’s crazy. This is where I went to high school, and they’ve had this indoor for as long as I can remember. They even have an indoor tennis facility right next to it

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