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Tuesday Morning Recruiting Notes (7:27 a.m.)

Happy Tuesday to all who celebrate! Wanted to share a couple of recruiting notes.
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I mentioned yesterday 2025 Alamo Heights ATH Michael Terry III will be attending the Texas Spring Game April 20. With the game kicking off at 1:00 p.m., the Texas staff will host a number of top prospects after on campus at the conclusion of the ballgame.
While attention for Texas fans will head east for the baseball series against TCU at the Disch, the Texas staff will be hosting prospects well into the evening.
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I chatted a bit with 2025 North Crowley LB Jonathan Cunningham late last night as well. While there are no specific dates set, Cunningham did say he is trying to get down to campus for a visit in the spring – that could be March or April, again, it is undetermined.
Texas offered Cunningham on February 1.
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On the Jonah Williams front, there was a crystal ball entry for him to end up at Oklahoma put in over the weekend. My memory is not tremendous, but I do believe that is now multiple picks entered in favor of the Sooners. Here is where I stand with Williams:
If a decision is reported to be coming soon, it is bad news. If we see this recruitment enter the summer months, it is a new ballgame. Williams likes OU and they are the favorite at the moment. Texas is going to have to get Williams on campus for them to have any sort of chance here. I will say, the decision to recruit Williams as a DB is going to give the Longhorns a bit of assistance here. 
The connection with Brandon Hall and Jay Valai on the Sooner staff is proving to be a major difference maker at the moment. 
CJ Vogel

Texas No. 4 in ESPN Way-Too-Early Top 25

ESPN released it's Way-Too-Early top 25 college football rankings this morning after the wild January month in the portal and coaching carousel. 
The Texas Longhorns checked in at No. 4.
Georgia is No. 1, as expected. Ohio State checks in at No. 2 and the Oregon Ducks No. 3. 
The Texas 2024 schedule is well represented in the top 25:
1. Georgia
13. Michigan
14. Oklahoma
23. Kentucky
25. Texas A&M
The SEC has 40% of the top 25:
1. Georgia
4. Texas
6. Ole Miss
7. Missouri 
9. Alabama
12. LSU
14. Oklahoma
16. Tennessee
23. Kentucky 
25. Texas A&M
https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/39512432/updated-2024-way-too-early-college-football-top-25-rankings
Gerry Hamilton

Coffee & Football: Tuesday 02/13

At 8 AM CST, be sure to join us for Coffee and Football over on the OTF YouTube Channel. Bobby Burton, Gerry Hamilton and I will be talking about the Horns, including team news, recruiting, the portal, other sports and everything in between! As always, we will be taking your questions as well. 
I would like to thank Texas Electricity Ratings for sponsoring today’s show.
 
Blake Munroe

ATH Michael Terry III to Attend Spring Game

2025 Alamo Heights star athlete Michael Terry III will visit Austin in April for the Longhorns' spring game he tells OTF this afternoon.
Terry was on campus January 20 for the Texas Junior Day where the Longhorns offered and officially entered the race for his recruitment.
Texas A&M hosted Terry for an unofficial at the end of January as well. Terry mentioned TCU and Texas Tech as other programs that were high on his list following his trip to Texas in January.
CJ Vogel

Four-star WR Kelshaun Johnson locks in two official visits (Monday 12:49 p.m. CST)

Four-star WR Kelshaun Johnson locks in two official visits
Hitchcock (Texas) High 2025 wide receiver and OnTexasFootball 4-star Kelshaun Johnson has locked in two official visit dates, and a third date could follow soon. 
Johnson, 5-11 and 165, told OnTexasFootball that he has official visits locked in for Penn State May 31-June 2 and Texas Tech June 7-9. The Nittany Lions have been all in on the Houston area speedy playmaker since offering June 21, 2023. That includes multiple FaceTime calls with head coach James Franklin. Texas Tech is leaning on teammate and good friend Lloyd Jones. Jones, 6-3, 210, committed to the Red Raiders November 4, 2023. 
Johnson told OnTexasFootball that he is also in discussions with Texas and Kansas about June official visits. The Longhorns' staff has mentioned the last weekend in June. That would be the big recruiting weekend for the Longhorns. 
The Longhorns offered Johnson June 11, 2023 after a standout camp performance. Wide receivers coach Chris Jackson, area recruiter Blake Gideon and head coach Steve Sarkisian have remained in constant communication since that time. He attended Texas Junior Day January 20, as well as Texas A&M Junior Day January 27. OnTexasFootball continues to feel like Texas is in a very good spot headed into the spring evaluation period. 
Johnson is up to 23 offers after Florida, Utah, Houston, TCU, Arkansas and UTEP in January. 
Johnson is currently on the hardwood for the defending 3A State Champions. He will focus on track after the conclusion of basketball season. He posted a personal best of 10.49 (wind-aided) in the 100 meters last spring. 
Gerry Hamilton

Houston Hires Oscar Giles as DL Coach

Oscar Giles is returning to the state of Texas to coach defensive line.
Houston officially announces the hiring of former Texas defensive line coach Oscar Giles Monday afternoon.
Giles was with the Longhorns prior to the hiring of Bo Davis when Steve Sarkisian arrived in 2021. There is familiarity here with the area of recruiting, specifically in the Houston area where he will now be calling H-Town home.
The defensive line is an important position in the 2025 cycle and it could get much cloudier with the emergence of Giles to the region.
 
CJ Vogel

John Mills locks in Texas official visit (Monday 12 p.m. CST)

John Mills locks in Texas official visit
The Texas Longhorns offered 2025 offensive lineman John Mills (San Francisco, Calif./St. Ignatius Prep) on September 16, 2023. 
Since that time, offensive line coach Kyle Flood has made Mills a priority in the 2025 cycle. That includes multiple trips to San Fransisco to see Mills. And Mills and family have made three visits to Austin in less than a year. 
The 6-6, 325-pound IOL prospect and OnTexasFootball 4-star informed OTF Monday morning that his official visit date to Texas will be June 14-16. 
Texas initially talked to Mills about the last weekend in June, but his family will be out of the country that week/weekend. 
Mills currently sports 17 offers. Since Texas offered in September, Mills has added Power 5 offers from Nebraska, Michigan, Vanderbilt, Tennessee, Utah, TCU, USC, Texas A&M, Florida, Penn State and Arkansas. Washington was his first offer in 2022. 
He made January Junior Day visits to Texas (January 19-20) and Florida (January 27-28). He has been on campus at Washington and Michigan multiple times in the last year. 
Mills comes from a family of college athletes with multiple family members having played at the University of Washington. 
Gerry Hamilton

Monday Morning Recruiting Nuggets (10:12 a.m. CST)

OnTexasFootball gets your week started with some Monday morning recruiting nuggets. 
 
IMG Academy 2025 DB to visit in April
Texas offered 2025 defensive back Major Preston of Hopewell (Va.) IMG Academy January 30. 
Since that time, the 6-1, 175 pound versatile defensive back has been in contact with safeties coach Blake Gideon multiple times. 
Preston told OnTexasFootball Monday morning that he has a visit scheduled to Texas April 13-14 to meet the staff and take in a spring practice. 
Preston currently has 22 offers with 11 coming since December of 2023. The offer list includes SEC programs Texas, Texas A&M, Oklahoma, Florida and Ole Miss. 
 
Brandon Brown and a Texas visit
Texas verbal and OnTexasFootball 4-star defensive tackle Brandon Brown (Melbourne, Fla./Eau Gallie) told OnTexasFootball Sunday that he will be in Houston March 22-24 for a 7v7 tournament. It’s likely that he will head to Austin on the 22nd with his California Power 7v7 team and make a first visit to The Forty Acres. 
Brown said he will also be in Dallas April 5th weekend for a 7v7 tournament. 
Brown told OTF he is yet to speak with new defensive line coach Kenny Baker (as of Sunday afternoon), but has texted with head coach Steve Sarkisian and Tashard Choice. 
“I’m just taking the process slow right now,” Brown told OnTexasFootball Sunday. “They told me I’m a great player (when Texas visited the school), and can’t wait to for me to come visit. I have text with Coach Sark. He just said he can’t wait to get me on campus to visit. Same with Coach Choice last week.”
The visit to Texas and time spent with Coach Baker will be impactful on his recruitment moving forward.
“I’m just going to try to get everything sorted out when I get out there. Spend time with the staff, Coach Baker.” 
Brown says LSU, Florida, Texas A&M, Tennessee, and Ohio State are all in. He made a visit to Texas A&M last summer, LSU last summer and Tennessee for a game this season (vs. Georgia). His relationship with LSU’s Bo Davis is the best of any position coach currently. 
 
Myron Charles and Texas
OnTexasFootball caught up with Sunshine State 4-star defensive lineman Myron Charles (Port Charlotte, Fla./High) Sunday afternoon. The 6-foot-4, 290 pound disruptor was offered by Texas February 1 when Jeff Banks stopped by the school. Since that time he has exchanged messages with members of the Texas staff. Charles reports that a spring visit is a possibility. Miami, Florida and Florida State are all recruiting Charles full steam. He was on campus in Miami in late January. 
Gerry Hamilton

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