Gerry Hamilton

One of the deeper defensive line classes in recent memory in the state of Texas. A lot of quality prospects at the position.

Two future 24 team leagues set up similar to the NFL is probably on the table down the line IMO.

Some people have asked me to rank in terms of my preference ... 1. Brandon Brown - just not many guys that will be 6-2, 300-pounds with his level of natural strength, first and second step explosive quickness and power, lateral agility and physicality on contact. Young for his class too. 2. Josiah Sharma - Love, love, love this offer. SEC body and frame with the length and athleticism to play on the opponents side of the line of scrimmage. 3. Zion Williams - A big body anchor prospect that can hold up in the SEC against large and athletic humans. There are better pure athletes in the class, but not many with the frame, 80+inch wingspan and willingness to learn and ascend like Williams. 4. Dilan Battle - Another 300 pound+ prospect that can play over the ball in the SEC, but he has the athletic juice to play as a 3-tech as well. Can be a disruptor. 5. Floyd Guidry - Naturally explosive and strong with a frame that is just starting to scratch the surface. Plus arm length for a 6-1.5/6-2 player. 6. Landon Rink - The motor is among the best in the class. Rugged, tough hard worker that is closing in on 280 pounds. Will carry 295'ish very well in time. ***IF Texas signed 3-4 from this group ... tremendous class IMO*** Some guys... need to see more.

Texas defensive line recruiting update New Texas defensive line coach Kenny Baker hit the road immediately after officially being announced by Texas. OnTexasFootball provides the latest news and notes on defensive line recruiting to go with your Friday lunch. Kenny Baker’s known school stops since Tuesday Landon Rink, Cypress (Texas) Cy Fair High Texas offer: Yes Father Shane Rink played on the defensive line at Texas, and is the defensive line coach at Cy-Fair High. Rink attended Junior Day’s at Texas A&M, Texas and Oklahoma in January. Floyd Guidry, Spring (Texas) High Texas offer: Former DL coach Bo Davis offered December 19. Guidry attended Junior Day January 20. He’s gone from one Power 5 offer (Texas Tech) before the 2023 season to 14. He will attend Houston Junior Day February 3. Texas A&M jumped in with an offer last week. Chace Sims, Richmond (Texas) Randle Texas offer: No Texas invited the 6-3, 285-pounder to January 20 Junior day, but he did not attend. Sims will be at Texas A&M Saturday, and TCU and SMU Sunday. Carmello Brooks, Katy (Texas) Paetow Texas offer: Yes The 6-3, 270-pounder is a continued evaluation by the Texas staff. Zion Williams, Lufkin (Texas) High Texas offer: Yes Williams skipped Texas Junior Day January 20 to go to LSU. Texas, LSU, Texas A&M will be in an impactful East Texas battle with Oklahoma, Alabama, Georgia, etc… in the mix. Dilan Battle, Mansfield (Texas) Timberview Texas offer: Yes. Michigan, Texas, LSU, Alabama and Oklahoma were mentioned most throughout the season. Battle is scheduled to be at Florida this weekend. His father lives in Michigan, which could be impactful in an eventual decision. Xavier Ukponu, Denton (Texas) Guyer Texas offer: Yes Attended Texas Junior Day January 20. He also attended Texas A&M Junior day last weekend, and is scheduled to be at Florida this weekend. Two new offers this week Josiah Sharma, Sacramento (Calif.) Folsom Texas offered: February 1. Texas Co-DC and LB coach Johnny Nansen made the offer while at Folsom High. Nansen will be very key in the Longhorns’ recruiting efforts in California. Sharma backed off a Washington verbal December 27 after the coaching change. Oregon offered Thursday as well. Karen DeBoer is all in at Alabama. Myron Charles, Port Charlotte (Fla.) High Texas offered: January 31 Texas TE and special teams coach Jeff Banks made the offer while hitting schools in the Southwest area of the Sunshine State. Charles, 6-5, 275, is one of the top defensive tackle prospects in the 2025 cycle. Florida and Miami received the most mention during the season. One DL commitment Brandon Brown, Melbourne (Fla.) Eau Gallie #AllGasNoBrakes Steve Sarkisian, Jeff Banks and Tashard Choice made a stop at Eau Gallie early in the week, which shows how valuable the 6-1.5, 285 pound explosive disruptor is to the Longhorns. Brown is expected to make a visit to Texas for a spring practice around a 7v7 tournament in the Lone Star State. A late June official visit is also expected. More names to know Ethan Utley, Nashville (Tenn). Ensworth Texas offer: Yes Texas Junior Day visit: No Texas was in top two prior to Bo Davis’ departure to LSU. Gus Cordova, Austin (Texas) Lake Travis Texas offer: Yes Texas Junior Day visit: January 20 Texas A&M, Texas, Oregon three of the schools mentioned most right now. D.J. Sanders, Bellville (Texas) High Texas offer: Yes Texas Junior Day visit: No Steve Sarkisian stopped by the school two weeks ago. Some schools like more on OL long term. Jyon Simon, Jacksonville (Fla.) Raines Texas offer: Yes Texas Junior Day visit: No Expected to stay closer to home. Texas hasn't made a push since the coaching change. *OnTexasFootball expects this list of offers to expand more in Florida and into Georgia in the coming weeks. View full news

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Talked about it on Coffee & Football this morning ... had someone with very close knowledge on Byron Murphy and T'Vondre Sweat's NFL draft likelihood say ... Murphy - 12-25 in the first round as of right now. Testing will determine that, and if he could push into the 8-10 range. Sweat - more of early 3rd. 1st and 2nd down player at NFL level.

Nope. I'm thankful for the long term offer I had there. I'm excited to be a part of OTF, and some other opportunities I have to make decisions on in the next 3-4 months that would fit with being part of the OnTexasFootball team.

We can definitely talk about that this morning.

Yes he is. Former Washington verbal Was at Sacramento Inderkum High for junior season ... now at NorCal power Folsom High

Definitely think Turntine is right there with Banks, and probably better at same age ... I realize that is saying a lot. His father played DT at TCU when Gary Patterson was HC. Football/academics are huge here ... Turntine has shot to be class valedictorian, and is looking at pre-med as major. Texas will be in it until the end, as of today.

By the way, if you haven't watched Texas 4-star DT commit Brandon Brown (Melbourne, Fla./Eau Gallie) ... enjoy!!! http://www.hudl.com/v/2LQy4S

lol yep. He has that blend of size/frame, quickness and power that is devastating for high school OL"s in his way

Good add here ... Steve Sarkisian was by Galveston Ball last week as well. Sark visited Jonah Williams, WR Kelshaun Johnson at Hitchcock High and the Shadow Creek 2025's that same day. Shadow Creek 2025's: Texas LB commit Anthony Williams (6-3, 190) 4-star CB Cobey Sellers (6-0, 165) ... OU lean for much of season 4-star WR Jacorey Watson (6-1, 175)

North Crowley also features 2026 OT John Turntine III, the No. 1 prospect in the state regardless of classification (2024, 2025, 2026 and 2027) so far. Turntine visited Texas during the season and was offered by Sark and Kyle Flood. He also attend Junior Day January 20. And North Crowley has a hellacious scheduled in 2024...

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Josiah Sharma was at Oregon last weekend.

I'm going to have a closer look at DL recruiting later this morning as well.

Haha. For sure!

The Texas coaching staff has been making school stops from coast-to-coast this week with a number of new offers going out in the 2025 and 2026 classes. OnTexasFootball begins Friday morning with some notes and nuggets. New DL offer Josiah Sharma has Texas ties On Thursday the Longhorns extended an offer out west to 6-5, 300-pound defensive tackle Josiah Sharma (Folsom, Calif.). Linebackers coach Johnny Nansen met with Sharma and the Folsom coaching staff and extended the offer shortly after. A two-way player for his school, Sharma has seen a flurry of offers come in lately from programs such as Alabama, Washington, Oregon, Ole Miss and more. The Texas one, however, caught his attention. Sharma is originally from the Lone Star State and living here for years before moving to California. Not to mention he has family in Austin as well. Now the three-star prospect plans to head to campus soon for a visit. "I used to live in Arlington," he said. "All my family is in Texas, so absolutely, 100-percent I'm visiting." - Blake Munroe Texas offers North Crowley 2025 fast riser Texas head coach Steve Sarkisian and running backs coach Tashard Choice stopped by North Crowley Thursday. Junior linebacker Jonathan Cunningham caught the eye of new Texas Co-DC and linebackers coach Johnny Nansen early in his tenure. And Sarkisian officially extended an offer Thursday. "It’s a honor to receive an offer by Texas,” Cunningham said. “Not too many of high school players get this opportunity to go compete at the next level. Getting an offer from Texas and being from Texas is a blessing in disguise." Cunningham, who is 6-3, 190, has been gaining national traction in January. Texas joins Miami, Utah, SMU, TCU, Houston, Arkansas and Oregon State in offering. That list is expected to grow to 20+ by the end of the spring evaluation period. - Gerry Hamilton Kenny Baker on the road There has been a constant theme amongst the early responses from recruits in regards to new Texas DL Coach Kenny Baker: Energy and relatability. Baker stopped by DFW yesterday to see Dilan Battle and Xavier Ukponu in person for the first time. Baker is now up to seven visits on the trail as a member of the Texas Longhorn staff: Xavier Ukponu Dilan Battle Chace Sims Landon Rink Zion Williams Floyd Guidry Carmello Brooks We posted the quote from Landon Rink that mentioned the high energy Coach Baker brought to the meeting on Tuesday. I am here to echo that sentiment following conversations with several other prospects Baker has visited. Xavier Ukponu mentioned specifically that he felt like he could relate very well to Baker and mentioned the two had a lot in common. It has been a very strong start to the recruiting trail for the former Miami Dolphin assistant. It is worth noting that just one of Baker's visits has been accompanied by another Texas Coach – Sarkisian joined him to see Dilan Battle at Mansfield Timberview. - C.J. Vogel Blake Gideon in Arizona Texas returned to Desert Edge, AZ this week to see 2025 CB Jamar Beal-Goines, this time with Blake Gideon who followed up Terry Joseph's visit from last week. Texas still has yet to offer Beal-Goines, but there have been discussions on getting the 6-foot cornerback to campus for a visit. No discussion about the Arizona corner would be complete without mentioning his speed, which has become more of a priority with the Texas staff over the last cycle. Beal-Goines boats 10.6 speed in the 100m. Oregon, USC, Arizona, Michigan State and Texas A&M have offered in the last week. - CJ Vogel View full news

Spot on. The OL position is absolutely loaded in 2025. DL has quality depth. Maybe not as many high-end guys like OL. For Texas, OU, Texas A&M and LSU ... enough talent and depth to go around