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    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. 
    Gerry Hamilton
    The first 2025 NFL Mock Drafts are already being published well ahead of the 2024 season. As expected, the Texas Longhorns are well represented in various first round mock drafts. And the same can be said for teams on the Texas 2024 schedule.
    OnTexasFootball.com takes a look at two mock drafts already published. 
    A to Z Sports First Round Mock
    3. Will Johnson, CB Michigan
    It's rare that we see a cornerback go top three, but Will Johnson is a rare talent. Johnson allowed just a 29.1 NFL passer rating to opposing quarterbacks (via PFF) in 2023, absolutely shutting down passing offenses by himself. Receivers hauled in their target less than 45% of the time. Johnson is the clear CB1 for 2025 and the Giants could use an upgrade at corner.
    4. Mason Graham, DL Michigan
    Mason Graham was the most dominant second year player along the defensive line anywhere in the nation by a wide, wide margin. He posted the 8th best power conference pass rush pressure rate among defensive line players and stuffed 28 plays near the line of scrimmage that stopped opposing offenses in their tracks this season. Incredible talent to pair with Maxx Crosby on the Raiders defensive front.
    8. New Orleans Saints: Quinn Ewers, QB Texas
    2025 is the first year that it makes any sense for the Saints to move off Derek Carr's contract. Adding Quinn Ewers would finally give them a quarterback with upside again. Ewers destroys defenses in the intermediate game better than most any quarterback in the country to set up his selective shots downfield. One more year with Steve Sarkisian at Texas and he'll be ready for this kind of draft capital.
    11. Malaki Starks, S Georgia
    There aren't many players who lock in first round status before their first college season is through, but Malaki Starks certainly did. Here he is in the first quarter of his first college game making an absurd interception on a throw from Oregon QB, Bo Nix.
    13. Carson Beck, QB Georgia
    If the Vikings miss out on drafting their supposed favorite target at QB, J.J. McCarthy in the 2024 NFL Draft expect them to grab a signal caller in 2025. Beck showed unreal efficiency down the stretch last year against some of his toughest competition and should repeat or exceed his totals from a year ago.
    14. Indianapolis Colts: Kelvin Banks, OT Texas
    Kelvin Banks was a day one starter at left tackle for Texas and has been dominant ever since. His movement ability at nearly 325 pounds and strength to finish is quite the sight to behold. 
    17. Deone Walker, DL Kentucky
    Deone Walker may be 350 pounds, but he's not limited to just nose tackle. He can line up and bring pressure from just about anywhere, and if he gets his hands on the ball carrier at all the play is immediately over. The Bears already have a strong run defense, but Walker's disruptive value as a pass rusher would make them an elite defensive front.
    22. Kenneth Grant, DL Michigan
    Kenneth Grant was the other Michigan defensive lineman (besides Mason Graham) with a double digit pressure rate up the middle last fall. At 340 pounds he's a mauler against both the pass and run. The Texans will need an age reset in the middle of their defense by 2025.
    23. Dasan McCullough, DB/LB/EDGE Oklahoma
    Dasan McCullough started out as an edge rusher for Indiana, but when he transferred to Oklahoma Brent Venables moved him to his famous hybrid "cheetah" role where he played a combination of off-ball linebacker and defensive back.
    26. Colston Loveland, TE Michigan
    Eventually the Dolphins will have to employ a real starting tight end and Colston Loveland is the clear TE1 for 2025. He has the best production profile among all returning power conference tight ends and wins with both speed and ball skills.
    28. Tate Ratledge, iOL Georgia
    Tate Ratledge could have been an early round selection in 2024 had he declared. He might be the best returning pass blocking guard in the nation. The Lions have could use interior offensive line help and Ratledge would help right away.
    30. Baltimore Ravens: Isaiah Bond, WR Texas
    If you look at Isaiah Bond's stats from his first two years at Alabama (just 888 yards and five touchdowns) one might think he isn't very special. Bond should immediately slot into the primary vertical threat role for Steve Sarkisian's Texas offense this fall and find himself drafted early. The Ravens get an explosive deep threat to pair with Zay Flowers.
    Note: 16 of the 32 players in the mock first round are in the SEC.
    Walter Football 2025 First Round Mock Draft
    6. Mykel Williams, DL, Georgia
    7. Mason Graham, DL, Michigan
    8. Will Johnson, CB, Michigan
    9. Malachi Starks, S, Georgia
    10. Kelvin Banks, LT, Texas
    11. Ethan Burke, EDGE, Texas
    16. Quinn Ewers, QB, Texas
    18. Danny Stutsman, LB, Oklahoma
    21. Daylen Everette, CB, Georgia 
    22. Earnest Green III, OT, Georgia 
    23. Landon Jackson, EDGE, Arkansas
    25. Gentry Williams, CB, Oklahoma
    26. Carson Beck, QB, Georgia
    30. Trey Zuhn III, OT, Texas A&M
     
     
     
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