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    Bobby Burton
    A little bit of NIL news from behind the scenes.
    The Texas One Fund continues to put its best foot forward to raise NIL funds for Texas student-athletes.
    I'm told the group is working on a major charity gala set for mid-May.
    And the venue will be...
    DKR. The actual field itself.
    Chris Del Conte began reaching out to major donors late last week.
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    Speaking of the One Fund, the group is beginning to attract the interest of a few companies for sponsorships, among them Benchmark Bank, Covert Auto Group and Ticket City. Hat tip to those companies for their sponsorships.
    One Fund is doing a nice job of reaching out to multiple levels of fandom IMO.
    Whether it's corporate sponsorships, tailgates at the Sugar Bowl like the one at Manning's (thanks Rick!), or cultivating large donors in unique ways like the gala mentioned above, it's nice to see all Texas fans pulling in one direction when it comes to creating better teams.
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    At the town hall last week, Chris Del Conte was asked about whether or not he would be scheduling Big 12 opponents for football in the future.
    Del Conte stopped short of saying no.
    But he articulated the theory that it's unlikely the Horns will play any Big 12 teams unless those teams are willing to only play in DKR.
    The Horns would be unlikely to play any home-and-home series with any Big 12 team. And therein lies the rub.
    Texas won't be playing any Big 12 teams, unless it's in a bowl game or the CFP.
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    His prerogative not to schedule Big 12 opponents should not be taken as a desire to lighten the non-conference schedule overall.
    Del Conte is telling folks that the Horns should be playing the Ohio States, Michigans and Notre Dames in non-conference play moving forward and will look to schedule such teams well into the future.
     
     
    Gerry Hamilton
    Monday Morning Recruiting Nuggets 
    Spring practice for Texas is officially less than a month away. While the Longhorns on the field will be the focus in March and April, the staff is beginning to make a push to get top targets in 2025 back on campus around spring practices and the spring game. 
    The visitor lists are beginning to build with many of the top targets yet to finalize plans or release their spring visit dates. 
    With that said, it’s time to start your Monday morning off with some OnTexasFootball recruiting notes and nuggets.
    Elijah Barnes and Texas
    OnTexasFootball continues to feel good about where the Longhorns sit with the Dallas (Texas) Skyline linebacker. 
    Barnes, 6-2 and nearing 230 pounds, has a March 22 visit planned to Ohio State. He’s also looking at March/April visits to Texas, Oklahoma, LSU and possibly Texas A&M. 
    Nebraska and Oregon are potential June OV’s, along with Texas for sure. The Longhorns June visit weekend hasn’t been locked down. Look for the last weekend in June to be that date targeted by the staff. 
    On the Texas side, it’s both Johnny Nansen and Jeff Banks that the DFW area star communicates with. 
    “We haven’t really gotten into that (June OV date) yet,” Barnes told OnTexasFootball Sunday. “I will be back in April.” 
    Barnes is on the track for this spring for Skyline High competing in the 4x100, 4x200 and open 100 meter. Barnes sports a 77-inch wingspan and 9.5 inch hands. 
    Jacorey Watson spring visits
    The Shadow Creek High 2025 wide receiver has four schools he plans to visit in the spring. 
    “I’m going to get to Texas A&M, Texas and LSU again and probably Missouri,” Watson told OnTexasFootball. 
    Watson, 6-1 and near 180, has been in communication with receiver’s coach Chris Jackson within the last week.
    “We chopped it up a little bit last week. He wants to see me in the spring (spring practice) at receiver. He’s never really seen me play receiver since I played QB last season, He said he can’t wait to see me play receiver (in person).” 
    Watson is scheduled to be fully released in the next couple of weeks after a foot injury mid-way through the 2023 season, and surgery that followed. He will not participate in track this season, but instead focus on spring football. 
    Watson has one tentative official visit set up in June as well. He’s scheduled to make an OV down the road to Houston June 14-16. 
    April visits scheduled 
    April 6:
    John Mills, IOL, San Francisco (Calif.) St. Ignatius
    Attended Texas Junior Day January 20, and will make official visit June 14-16. The April trip will be his fourth since June of 2023. Michigan and Washington are the main competition right now. 
    April 13-14:
    Major Preston, CB/DB, Hopewell (Va.) IMG Academy
    Texas offered January 30. Blake Gideon is in consistent communication. 
    Spring Game April 20:
    Michael Terry, ATH, San Antonio (Texas) Alamo Heights
    Texas, TCU and Texas Tech the top 3 currently. 
    Rickey Stewart, RB, Tyler (Texas) Chapel Hill
    Texas leads large over Baylor, SMU and Oklahoma State.
    Gus Cordova, DL, Austin (Texas) Lake Travis 
    Texas, Texas A&M and Oregon the three talked about the most. 
    Gerry Hamilton
    The Texas Longhorns extended an offer in the 2025 cycle Sunday afternoon. 
    Hightower (Texas) High's Kade Phillips was offered by the Longhorns Sunday. 
    Phillips, 6-1.5 and 178 pounds, attended Texas Junior day January 20. The Longhorns didn't offer at the time, but was a name OnTexasFootball continued to hear the defensive staff was high on. 
    "I was very excited when he offered me," Phillips told OnTexasFootball Sunday night. "I had kind of seen it coming, but at the same I didn't. Coach Gideon offered me. We were talking and he told me that he had gone back and watched my film again. And he wanted to offer me. He thanked for me being patient."
    The offer to Phillips is his 27th, including nine since January. The January offer list included Stanford, LSU, TCU, SMU and California. Arizona and Texas have offered in February. 
    Phillips was considered a battle between LSU and Texas A&M prior to the Longhorns offer. The Tigers were considered the trending team according to one source close to the recruitment. Texas is now considered a threat. 
    "Texas is up there, too."
    Phillips told OTF he plans to make a visit to Texas in the spring, but doesn't have a date yet. 
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