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    Gerry Hamilton
    Wednesday Morning Recruiting: Familiar last name on the Texas radar
    Another Goosby on the Texas radar
    Trevor Goosby is one of the up and coming offensive lineman in the Texas program with a strong possibility to be the next left tackle for the Longhorns after Kelvin Banks departs for the NFL following the 2024 season. The Longhorns are now seriously recruiting the next Goosby. Melissa (Texas) High 2026 6-5.5 shooting guard Austin Goosby is having a terrific sophomore season on the hardwood, and continues to grow with 6-7/6-8 not out the question. Rodney Terry and staff are now in contact with the Goosby camp. And so is Kansas, Duke and a growing list of others. Goosby has offers from Florida State and Texas A&M currently, but that list will expand in the spring. Goosby will likely make a visit to Texas for the Oklahoma State game. 
    Jaimie Ffrench and Texas
    Spoke with a long time source in the Jacksonville (Fla.) area last week, and on Monday. The word out of Jamie Ffrench's camp is that the 5-star wide receiver prospect in 2025 is planning to make a visit to Texas this spring. The Longhorns offer French (Jacksonville, Fla./Mandarin) January 29. While that is seemingly very late to the party for a coveted national prospect that was a one-time Alabama commitment, the source said Ffrench is going to take a look at Texas. Florida State got Ffrench on campus twice in January. He de-committed from Alabama January 14. If/when Ffrench gets on campus, this recruitment will truly begin for Texas. 
    The weekend of April 6 is when Texas would ideally like to get Ffrench on campus. That is setting up to be Texas' offensive recruiting weekend in April (along with the spring game April 20). Dickinson (Texas) High 2025 OL Tyler Thomas and San Francisco (Calif.) St. Ignatius IOL John Mills are scheduled to be back on campus April 6. Lewisville (Texas) High 5-star OT Michael Fasusi is also targeted for April 6. Fasusi and family will make a visit to Texas this spring. 
    Could a second IMG Academy 2025 prospect visit in April? 
    EDGE pass rusher London Merritt (Atlanta, Ga./IMG Academy) told OnTexasFootball Tuesday that he is a maybe to visit Texas this spring. Merritt, 6-2 and 235 pounds, has more than 30 offers. The list includes Alabama, Clemson, Florida, Ohio State, North Carolina and a number of others. Texas has offered. Merritt has been on campus at Miami, Florida State and Florida in recent weeks. He has an official visit scheduled to Ohio State in June. 
    Another Atlanta native and 2025 prospect Texas is working to get on campus is Jontae Gilbert (Atlanta, Ga./Douglass). The 6-1, 180 pound cornerback has 30 offers, including the Longhorns. Tashard Choice has been working this recruitment for a while, and is now getting an assist from the defensive staff. Clemson was the hot team early in this recruitment. South Carolina and Texas are receiving mention behind the scene as having legit opportunities. A June official visit to South Carolina is a lock. 
     
    CJ Vogel
    I stopped by Pflugerville Weiss earlier this morning to catch up with what I believe will be a top target for Texas in the 2026 cycle – Jerald 'JJ' Mays.
    This was my first time seeing Mays in person and I was thoroughly impressed. He stands right now around 275 pounds, but has plenty of room to go in his 6-foot-4 frame and has already begun gaining weight since the offseason. He mentioned this morning he hopes to get up to 290 pounds by the beginning of next season.
    By all accounts, Mays is an interior guy at the next level. Plenty of schools project him as a guard while several have pitched center. Interestingly, he will be play left tackle next fall, but he has experience everywhere on the offensive line and even mentioned he enjoys playing center.
    Mays wants to study computer science wherever he ends up and both of his parents are engineers – safe to say he is a smart kid. The coaching staff at Weiss mentioned that immediately upon my arrival as well.
    But to Texas. Mays was most recently on campus for the January 20 Junior Day a month ago but has been firmly on the radar for Kyle Flood dating back to the summer of 2023 when he camped on campus. Early on, Coach Flood has made quite the impression on Mays.
    "I got to Coach Flood at the end of the (Junior Day)," Mays told me this morning. "I really like it there in general. It is in a really nice area and it is always very welcoming. I have always really liked up there at Texas.  I love Coach Flood and the way that he coaches, he is so quick and efficient with it, and he is always an energetic person."
    Mays also mentioned being invited to a spring practice and hopes to make the quick trip to the 40 Acres some time in March. 
    "I feel like they are going to keep going on this upward path," Mays said about the Texas program. "Especially with all of the (recruits) that they have been gaining – I check on 247Sports a lot – they have a really good recruiting class. I think they are going to be really high up next year."
    It is safe to say Mays is firmly on the radar of a number of programs in the region. He holds offers from Baylor, Houston, Texas State, UTSA and SMU at the moment and the SEC programs are lurking closely behind. Mays will be visiting Texas, Oklahoma and Texas A&M this spring and into the summer with Ole Miss and Kansas State also on the docket.
    Still a long ways to go, but Texas will be heavily involved here and will get him back on campus in the near future.
    Gerry Hamilton
    Texas defensive line coach offered OnTexasFootball 4-star defensive tackle Kevin Wynn (Greensboro, Ga./Greene County) Tuesday. 
    OnTexasFootball caught up with Greene County Head Coach Terrance Banks within the hour. 
    Here is everything to know about Wynn:
    1. Wynn is 6-3 and around 320. He's currently playing on the varsity basketball team, which begins the playoffs this week. He will go to the track after hoops season concludes. He qualified for for state in the Class 1A shot put and discus as a sophomore. 
    2. The offer was made by defensive line coach Kenny Baker. Running backs coach and area recruiter Tashard Choice has ties to the Greene County coaching staff, but did not have a role in the offer. It was Baker, a Peach State native. 
    3. Wynn released a top 10 Monday. That top 10 consisted of Georgia, Florida State, Alabama, LSU, Tennessee, Florida, N.C. State, South Carolina, Michigan and USC. 
    4. Wynn made visits during the season to Florida State x2, Alabama x2 and January visits to Georgia, N.C. State and North Carolina. He had to cancel visits to Tennessee and Florida. 
    5. His No. 1 interest outside of football is culinary. He wants to be a chef one day. His major could well be nutrition (natural sciences). 
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