Gerry Hamilton

A look at the January and February 2025 prospect offer by Texas The Texas staff offered 19 2025 prospects in January through February 2nd while on the road around the country evaluating the cycle. That list includes four at the Longhorns Junior Day January 20. OnTexasFootball provides a rundown of the offers by Steve Sarkisian and staff. Faheem Delane, S, Only (Md.) Good Counsel 6-2, 195 Texas offered: January 6 The recruitment: 29 offers, including Georgia, Texas and Auburn in January. Told OTF last week a spring visit is possible. Aylin Dear, RB, Quitman (Miss.) High 6-1, 200 Texas offered: January 8 The recruitment: Tashard Choice was by the school in January. Has 21 offers with Ole Miss considered the favorite over Georgia and others. Rickey Stewart, RB, Tyler (Texas) Chapel Hill 5-11, 190 Texas offered: January 20 The recruitment: Texas leads Baylor and Oklahoma State Michael Terry, ATH, San Antonio (Texas) Alamo Heights 6-3, 210 Texas offered: January 20 The recruitment: Texas, Texas Tech and TCU mentioned the most. Gus Cordova, DL, Austin (Texas) Lake Travis| 6-4, 255 Texas offered: January 20 The recruitment: Texas A&M, Texas, Oregon and USC mentioned the most. Ryan Fodje, OT, Cypress (Texas) Bridgeland 6-4, 285 Texas offered: January 20 The recruitment: Committed to Oklahoma February 4. Smith Orogbo, EDGE, Alien (Texas) Hastings 6-5, 215 Texas offered: January 22 The recruitment: Up to 28 offers with 21 since January. That includes five SEC offers. Chuck McDonald, CB, Santa Ana (Calif.) Mater Dei 6-0, 180 Texas offered: January 23 The recruitment: 25 offers with Texas being the most recent. Caleb Cunningham, WR, Ackerman (Miss.) Choctaw 6-3, 180 Texas offered: January 25 The recruitment: 26 offers with the in-state schools considered best bets early on. Has 14 SEC offers. Jaedon Harmon, LB, Rome (Ga.) High 6-1, 215 Texas offered: January 25 The recruitment: 32 offers with most recent Junior Day visits to Clemson and Florida State. Josh Petty, OT, Roswell (Ga.) Fellowship Christian School 6-5, 275 Texas offered: January 27 The recruitment: 37 offers, including eight since December 1. Three sport varsity letterman. Jaime Ffrench, WR, Jacksonville (Fla.) Mandarin 6-1, 185 Texas offered: January 29 The recruitment: Former Alabama pledge has 34 offers, including 13 SEC programs. Texas is the most recent offer. Major Preston, CB, Hopewell (Va.) IMG Academy 6-1, 175 Texas offered: January 30 The recruitment: Texas and Texas A&M offered the same day. Holds 18 offers total. Dallas Golden, S, Tampa (Fla.) Berkley Prep 6-0, 175 Texas offered: February 1 The recruitment: Notre Dame considered the favorite out of 41 offers. Georgia, Clemson and Florida also receiving mention. Myron Charles, DL, Port Charlotte (Fla.) High 6-4, 290 Texas offered: February 1 The recruitment: 28 offers with the three in state powers receiving plenty of mention. Made Junior Day visit to Miami March 27. Josiah Sharma, DL, Folsom (Calif.) High 6-4, 300 Texas offered: February 1 The recruitment: Former Washington pledge made a visit to Alabama last weekend. Sharma used to live in Arlington, and has family living in the Austin area. Jonathan Cunningham, LB, Fort Worth (Texas) North Crowley 6-2.5, 190 Texas offered: February 1 The recruitment: The offer list is up to 12 with more than 20 expected by the conclusion of the spring evaluation period. Attended Texas Junior Day January 20. Courtland Guillory, DB/S, Houston (Texas) Klein Oak 6-1, 175 Texas offered: February 1 The recruitment: Texas A&M and Texas offered the same day. Guillory made visits to Texas A&M and Oklahoma the first weekend in February. Javar Thomas, LB, Aldine (Texas) Nimitz 6-3, 195 Texas offered: February 2 The recruitment: Texas was the ninth offer with the number now at 10. The Longhorns were the first SEC program to offer. View full news

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Simms was definitely tough. Agree 100% ... not talked about enough.

Those two are tremendous for me as well. Both prime SEC LB prospects. Frame, agility, range and pursuit speed.

Will do! Thank you

Good call sir!

Texas isn’t pushing on much at all right now. Spring practice visits and spring game could see a little movement … but the spring evaluation period begins at end of April … that’s when Texas will truly start to set the board outside of the no brainers That will set the June OV’s

He continues to be a guy Texas is evaluating. Nothing has changed. Lance Jackson and Kamauryn Morgan are two guys the staff really likes early. The staff’s evaluation of the majority of guys will go into May prior to June OV’s.

Definitely a 3-4 man class

Just me, but think he’s a stash and development 3rd or 4th DL in a class for Texas. Has upside … but he’s farther away from being SEC trenches ready than a few others the Horns are recruiting

I like it!

Dilan Battle's father living in the Detroit area. Family is from Detroit. Mom has lived in Mansfield for 5-6 years now, and plans to stay. Battle made a visit to Florida the last weekend of January, and was offered. Mom made the trip with him. He will be at LSU March 9th weekend. Same as Zion Williams.

Do I think he could play safety? Not out of the question scheme dependent. Watching him on the football field and basketball court, he's a fluid mover with enough speed/range Do I think it's his most projectable position? Probably not. He's 6-3, 203 right now ... he's going to be 6-3, 215 at the least.

Thank you for that! You know who mentioned that years ago to me? Deion Sanders when I was part of Under Armour All-America Game and we ran Prime21 Camp. Think Deion still has property there.

Six key visits for Texas this spring The Texas staff is expected to host a number of unofficial visitors in March and at the Texas spring game April 20. The staff spent December and January showing face time to top targets in the 2025 cycle, while also continuing the evaluation process. An evaluation process that will continue throughout the spring evaluation period ahead of June official visits with decisions to be made. The timing of Kenny Baker being hired as the defensive line coach pushed back a few defensive line visits. That coupled with Texas offering more defensive lineman places a premium on spring visits for the Longhorns at a key position of need in 2025. OnTexasFootball looks at six visits that will be key this spring. K.J. Lacey, QB, Saraland (Ala.) High #AllGasNoBrakes Steve Sarkisian and A.J. Milwee made a stop at Saraland High in January. Texas didn’t have the OnTexasFootball 4-star come in January 20 for Junior Day with Alabama 5-star signee, teammate and good friend Ryan Williams scheduled to make an official visit January 27 that never happened. Lacey was on campus briefly the weekend prior while in the area for 7v7, but a spring visit ahead of a June official visit will be key. Auburn, and now Ole Miss are making pushes for Lacey. He cancelled a visit to Ole Miss the first weekend of February at the request of the Texas staff. Continuing to navigate the return of Quinn Ewers pushing back the timeline of Arch Manning hitting the field is key for Texas keeping Lacey in the fold. Brandon Brown, DL, Melbourne (Fla.) Eau Gallie #AllGasNoBrakes Steve Sarkisian, Tashard Choice and Jeff Banks made a stop at Eau Gallie in January prior to Kenny Baker being able to hit the road. Despite the stop at the school by Texas, this one will come down to Baker relationship building with Brown. Getting Brown on campus in march to spend time with Baker will be critical in this recruitment. Texas A&M, LSU, Florida, USC, etc… are all coming full steam at the explosive 6-1.5, 285-pounder. Texas has some work to do to keep Brown in the fold, despite Texas being the school that has always intrigued him most. Josiah Sharma, DL, Folsom (Calif.) High Texas offered the 6-3.5, 300 pounder February 1 when Co-DC Johnny Nansen made a stop at Folsom High. The one-time Washington verbal was on campus at Alabama recently, and the Crimson Tide are all in. As is Oregon. Sharma told OTF’s C.J. Vogel that he plans to make a spring visit to Texas, where he does have family ties (Arlington and Austin). Same song, different verse. Sharma getting to know Baker, and stepping foot on campus will be critical if the Horns are to have a legit chance. Michael Fasusi, OT, Lewisville (Texas) High Texas’ Steve Sarkisian, Kyle Flood and Tashard Choice all stopped by Lewisville high in late January to talk with the 6-4, 290 pound high-end left tackle prospect. Fasusi’s father being at the school for the visit was seen as a positive for the Longhorns, as he didn’t make all the school visits. With Fasusi not attending January 20 Junior Day, getting the DFW area 5-star back on campus this spring ahead of a last weekend in June official visit is key. Texas continues to like where they sit ahead of spring and summer visits. Dilan Battle, DL, Mansfield (Texas) Timberview Steve Sarkisian and Kenny Baker made a stop at Timberview High in late January. Battle has not been on campus in some time, and getting him back to Austin is going to be key with much of the SEC plus Michigan being all in on the 6-2, 305 pound disruptor. Baker is tasked with relationship building, and making some big decisions headed into June official visits. Zion Williams, DL, Lufkin (Texas) High Steve Sarkisian and Blake Gideon were by Lufkin High in January. And Kenny Baker also made a visit two days after being officially announced by Texas. The 6-4.25, 325 pound Williams made a visit to LSU January 20, and will be back in early March. Williams told OnTexasFootball Tuesday that a March or spring game visit to Texas will happen. Texas A&M and TCU are also working for spring visits. The East Texas powerful defensive tackle told OTF that Texas, LSU, Texas A&M and TCU would for sure receive official visits. View full news

Niblett and Blue would likely be top 5, yep

Chris Simms was a massively important recruit for Mack Brown and Texas at the time. It changed the way people looked at Texas in the recruiting world IMO. He wasn't there for the NC, obviously, but he was a key part of the momentum beginning and happening in recruiting.

I see a guy that is growing on me as a safety prospect at the Power 5 level. When he plays off coverage at corner, you see a guy that can close on the ball, cover ground and closes angles with physicality on contact. See him as a safety more than corner ... in the SEC, and long term as of today. Fact that he only has three offers - Texas Tech, Az State and Minnesota - is surprising after seeing him in person at Texas Junior Day. Junior HUDL; http://www.hudl.com/v/2MwWc0

Because the Big 12 is brutal, I think Texas would definitely get in ... and would be on that 8-9 seed line IMO. Or 10 seed. Their NCAA Net would end up with 5-6 Quad 1 wins depending on how the season plays out, and ranked in top 30 more than likely. Currently No. 33 after all Saturday games... https://www.ncaa.com/rankings/basketball-men/d1/ncaa-mens-basketball-net-rankings

East Texas coach told me to keep an eye on KD Cannon's little brother ... 2026 CB/DB at Mount Pleasant Decorian Thompson sophomore HUDL: http://www.hudl.com/video/3/17958626/6512d8d9dfe31403b4bd4907

Jabari Mack is very good.

With Lance Jackson already in fold and the way they are recruiting Kamauryn Morgan, think those are at the top. Woodfork has upside...more of a stash and develop prospect for a year or two in the SEC. He's got the long levers. Texas will use spring evaluation period to make some big/key decisions IMO