Gerry Hamilton

The Texas Longhorns are scheduled to host one of the nation's top 2025 safety prospects in April. Our Lady of Good Counsel 4-star Faheem Delane tells OnTexasFootball he will make an unofficial visit to Texas April 13th weekend. Delane, 6-2.5 and 195 pounds, sports 30 offers currently. The Longhorns will be looking to ascend into the conversation with Oregon, Ohio State, Maryland and Tennessee as strong contenders. The SEC programs that have offered are Tennessee, Texas, Georgia (January 5) Auburn (late January), Alabama, LSU, Florida, Ole miss and Texas A&M. Texas offered Delane January 6 of 2024. Since that time, safeties coach Blake Gideon has remained in consistent communication. April 13 visitor list: Faheem Delane, S, Olney (Md.) Good Counsel OnTexasFootball ranking: 4-star Major Preston, CB/DB, Hopewell (Va.) IMG Academy OnTexasFootball ranking: 4-star Texas offered January 30. Blake Gideon is in consistent communication. View full news

Well done sir! lol

Elijah Barnes junior HUDL ... needless to say we are all fans at OTF http://www.hudl.com/v/2Mwmue

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. View full news

Caden Durham actually wanted OU, but the Sooners somewhat messed that one up. Let's see where Dakorien Moore signs ... long ways until December on a #RecruitThroughTheWhistle prospect.

Agreed. This is a very important spring practice for DeAndre Moore Jr. and Ryan Niblett in regard to their chances to break through in 2024 with Silas Bolden not at Texas until late May.

Agreed. He has long arms for height (78 wingspan at 6-1.5'ish) and range.

Zion is a very good prospect. Can't miss guys are very few for me nationally in a class.

Really believe some guys are just on different development timelines... he turned it loose a lot more the last weeks of 2023 practice. Sign of being more comfortable and confident in the system.

Went 40.71 to start the season

LSU RB signee Caden Durham LSU 5-star WR commit Dakorien Moore two of the four man team

His older brother, Kenneth Phillips, signed with Texas A&M out of high school. He had his career cut short after a devastating knee injury his senior season. He attends Texas A&M currently.

Some Power 5 schools are recruiting Phillips at corner, and some safety. Blake Gideon is the area recruiter for Hightower High. The Longhorns like the versatility of Phillips with eye on safety.

Kade Phillips junior HUDL: http://www.hudl.com/v/2N067c

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. View full news

lol wondered what people would think on that one BTW, the cheetah position is what OU is selling Jonah Williams on

On re-look … Texas finished 2nd on Georgia OT Earnest Greene III out of SoCal

He could. SEC has much better OL talent week in, week out … but his motor/want to with another year of physical development and he could

I would say you are spot on … and with Silas Bolden not there in the spring … DeAndre Moore is likely thinking the same

Agreed. Top 15-20 for me. I’m one that believes Cook has a very positive spring after a year of learning the system and truly getting acclimated to P5 ball

I would agree. Think he’s more of 2-3rd guy headed into 2024. Now if he goes out and racks up 50 tackles, 7 sacks in the SEC next year … his length and motor will be very popular IMO

Love this!