Gerry Hamilton

OnTexasFootball brings Texas fans some Thursday morning recruiting notes and nuggets. K.J. Lacey’s next visit to Texas OnTexasFootball spoke with a source very close to the recruitment of quarterback commitment K.J. Lacey Wednesday evening. Lacey, 6-0 and 180 pounds, cancelled an unofficial visit to Ole Miss last Saturday. The reason? That’s one visit the Texas staff pushed back on a little bit according to the source. Lacey instead attended the Senior Bowl, and spent some time chatting with T'Vondre Sweat. Ole Miss and Auburn are the two teams making the most effort to flip the OnTexasFootball 4-star signal caller. Alabama is not considered a threat at this time. Lacey is expected to make an unofficial visit to Texas this spring, but a date is not locked in. A June official visit will also happen, of course. He’s in daily contact with QB coach A.J. Milwee, and once or twice weekly with Steve Sarkisian. Texas and Rickey Stewart OnTexasFootball made a stop at Tyler (Texas) Chapel Hill High Wednesday. It’s safe to say the Longhorns are a heavy favorite to land OnTexasFootball 4-star running back Rickey Stewart. Stewart will make an unofficial visit with his mom in March. It’s not a lock his recruitment carries out until July or August. The timeline is fluid. Baylor is running second in the race. Texas and Demetrius Brisbon Jr. Texas area recruiter and safeties coach Blake Gideon continues to evaluate the former SMU verbal, and current Baylor pledge. Brisbon, 5-11.5 and 170 pounds, could pop back up in Austin in March. Texas has told those close to the recruitment that they would like to get him back on campus in the spring. Kilgore High has three very talented prospects to know Kilgore High has a trio of prospects Texas is monitoring. The first is ultra athletic 2025 defensive back Jayden Sanders. The 6-foot, 175-pounder with 4.46 speed attended Texas Junior day January 20. Area recruiter and safeties coach Blake Gideon watched Sanders during a Kilgore High basketball practice in January. Sanders made a visit to Oklahoma State last week, and was given the red carpet treatment by Mike Gundy and staff. The Cowboys are considered the slight favorite over Baylor. Kansas State offered Wednesday. Sanders father is former TCU standout cornerback Nick Sanders, who Gary Patterson signed out of Kilgore High in 2005. Sanders is a coach at Kilgore High. Jayden Sanders mother was an All-Conference sprinter at the University of Houston. The 2026 class has two prospects to know. Defensive tackle Cameron Christian is a player Texas is monitoring. The 6-foot-0.5, 275-pounder is among the best athletes at defensive tackle in the Lone Star State in the 2026 cycle. Watching Christian up close Wednesday, he is a Power 5 level athlete. His height will be the question, but he possesses plus arm length for his size, huge 11-inch hands and wears a 13 shoe. He’s still 15. Kilgore High 2026 LaKeyleon Graves is a 6-foot-1, 180-pound safety/LB with 4.6 speed. Graves has the frame to add considerable weight/muscle mass. View full news

Forgot this one!

Some East Texas high school football fans may remember this team

Baylor verbal Demetrius Brisbon Jr… Chapel Hill 2025 ATH Was back at SMU last weekend.

Parker Livingstone at the Texas-OU game, obviously

Atascocita High’s Nate Kibble pre-game this season

Xavier Filsaime from a McKinney Hogh practice during the season

Colin Simmons and Zina Umeozulu at Under Armour All-America Game

Trey Owens signing celebration and Houston Touchdown Club

Wardell Mack from a visit to John Ehret High during the 2023 season

Jordon Johnson-Rubell

Kobe Black

Xavier Filsaime

Jerrick Gibson body - Power 5 ready

Daniel Cruz with the mouth guard all of you guys would have put into use in HS!

Going to throw in some pics from Under Armour All-America Game week on the 2024 class Daniel Cruz, JJ-R, Kobe Black and Xavier Filsaime

That’s pretty funny … hadn’t thought about that. And you could tell the SEC Title Game win over Georgia to knock them out of CFP had A LOT of meaning for Nick

I do think he will … reason being is spring football, and Wingo has the size/speed combo others don’t have at the position. A big time WR playing meaningful reps as a freshman for Sark all comes down to learning a complex and demanding position in the scheme. It’s a lot to take in for a freshman WR. If he does that and can play with athletic freedom vs thinking causing robotic movement at times, Wingo will play - even with the portal additions.

Texas essentially having to take a third year staring PG/CG (Hunter) off the ball this year has been so big in the season inconsistency… While Max and Disu are terrific in the two-man game, Texas hasn’t been able to attack all the way they wanted due to Abmas having to take over the ball a high percentage of the time Ball in hand too much for Hunter and Mitchell (he tries to do too much) have been killers IMO

Went 2-3 times years ago when at Kilgore to see Eddie Jones/Huey/Mitchell, etc... Friday afternoons in the Kilgore coaches office with Coach Vallery and staff are of my favorite funny memories in the business!

I somewhat remember that recruitment... Bobby would likely know if it was Arkansas over Texas... or if it was over Baylor/A&M combo

Was told awesome story about Mahomes today by his high school safety (yes safety as a sophomore when I saw him first) at Whitehouse ... may get to it on the Longhorn Livestream tonight or C&F in the AM

Longhorn Lovestream, presented by Joymode!

I'm actually catching a quick bite at Texas Roadhouse before Longhorn Livestream at 7!

Who is betting against Mahomes?