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    Gerry Hamilton
    Kenny Baker visits Melvin Hills
     
    New Texas defensive line coach Kenny Baker made a trip to Lafayette (La.) Friday to meet with signee Melvin Hills. 
    Hills, 6-3 and 280-pounds, had been eager for the first conversation since Baker was announced January 30.
    “I talked to Coach Baker Friday,” Hills told OnTexasFootball. “He came to see me. We were talking about how the program will be with him.”
    Baker told the Lafayette Christian Academy standout what the plans would be for him early on at Texas.
    “He told me that I’m an important factor with my pass rush. He said I would play end most likely to start, and then move into the interior depending on how much weight I put on.”
    The first impression of Baker was a positive one. 
    “I like his attitude and energy. When I talked to him, he seemed like a real guy. A God first guy.”
    Up next will be a discussion with Texas head coach Steve Sarkisian. That could happen this week.  
    Hills remains in the fold for the Longhorns headed into the conversation with Sarkisian. 
    Melvin Hills by the numbers
    Hills played his senior season 265-270 pounds. Since the season ended, he’s been locked in on adding quality weight to his frame. 
    He finished his three year varsity career with 168 tackles, 36.5 tackles for loss and 20.5 sacks. That included 80 tackles, 19.5 tackles for loss and 14.5 sacks as a senior. 
    Gerry Hamilton
    DAVE CAMPBELL’S TEXAS FOOTBALL AND WHATABURGER TEAM UP TO UNVEIL THE 2023 WHATABURGER SUPER TEAM
    DALLAS – Dave Campbell’s Texas Football and Whataburger are proud to honor the best and brightest stars in Texas high school football with the announcement of the 2023 Whataburger Super Team. Texas high school football fans across the state cast more than 1.7 million votes on TexasFootball.com, and 40 outstanding athletes from all parts of Texas rose to the top to be named with this unique honor.
    The Texas Longhorns 2024 class had five players make the list: 
    Colin Simmons, DL, Duncanville (Texas) High
    Xavier Filsaime, DB, McKinney (Texas) High
    Kobe Black, DB, Waco (Texas) Connally
    Tyanthony Smith, Utility, Jasper (Texas) High
    Freddie Dubose, Utility, Spring Branch (Texas) Smithson Valley
     
     
    Gerry Hamilton
    Jasper (Texas) High tight end Kiotti Armstrong is among the top offensive targets for Texas in the 2025 cycle. 
    Armstrong, 6-foot-5 and 250 pounds, attended Texas Junior Day January 20. He also received a school visit from head coach Steve Sarkisian and tight ends coach Jeff Banks in January. 
    “Coach Sark told me to go out there and handle my business,” Armstrong said today. “And keep developing.”
    Former Jasper High teammate and good friend Tyanthony Smith has had a strong message for Armstrong since getting settled in at Texas. 
    “He likes it a lot,” Armstrong said. “He told me Texas is where he needs to be.”
    Texas A&M Junior Day visit
    Armstrong attended Junior Day at Texas A&M January 13. Getting to spend time on campus with the new staff was key. 
    “I liked it a lot,” he said. “Being able to be around the new staff. How they treat me and that they will try to develop me as a person and not just a football player.”
    Visit plans in March
    Armstrong is expected to make an unofficial visit to Texas March 22 prior to a 7v7 tournament in Round Rock the 23rd and 24th. 
    A visit to Texas A&M in March is also a possibility. 
    Armstrong currently has 28 offers. That includes SEC programs Texas, Texas A&M, Alabama, LSU, Oklahoma, Auburn, Florida, Ole Miss, Arkansas and Mississippi State. 
    Bobby Burton
    We’ve hit on this subject multiple times, but I find it hard to believe the following:
    1. Texas will likely have no fewer than eight players picked in the 2024 NFL Draft.
    2. Even with that level of attrition, most national media types are suggesting the Longhorns should have as good or better season in 2024.
    Those things typically don’t square with one another.
    Heavy attrition, the kind Texas faces going into this season, means the team - any team - will take a step back.
    Yet folks don’t see it that way.
    So why is that the case?
    It’s about the offense more so than the defense.
    On offense:
    - Quinn Ewers returns for a third year starting.
    - The RB room should be fine. Texas blew out two of its last three opponents without Jonathon Brooks already.
    - Despite heavy losses at receiver and tight end, the Horns nabbed two starters from Alabama (Isaiah Bond and Amari Niblack), a starter and playmaker from Oregon State (Silas Bolden) and perhaps the country’s best kick returner from Houston (Matthew Golden).
    - The OL returns its stellar left tackle, only loses one starter, and has multiple younger players pushing to get into the lineup.
    But the defense…
    - The Horns must replace the strength of the D up the middle. Not just T’Vondre Sweat and Byron Murphy but also Jaylan Ford.
    - Yet the Horns should be better in both the secondary and at edge. And potential superstar linebacker Anthony Hill is a year older.
    I don’t know exactly how I feel yet about Texas being ranked so highly this far away from the start of football season.
    I want to see more from spring ball before I jump out there with Texas being a top 5 team in 2024.
    Is it possible they are? Yes, absolutely.
    But let’s see if they mix together like last year’s squad first.
    “Culture” was a big word for 2023. In my opinion, it needs to be in 2024 as well.
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