Gerry Hamilton

OnTexasFootball dishes up some recruiting nuggets to go with your Tuesday morning Coffee and Football. Dorian Brew, CB, Conroe (Texas) High OnTexasFootball spoke with a person close to the recruitment of the 6-foot-1.5, 190-pound cornerback Monday. A big question surrounding Brew's recruitment was if the Ohio State Buckeyes have slipped with commitments from 5-star corners Devin Sanchez (Houston/North Shore) and Na'eem Offord (Birmingham, Ala./Parker). That answer was not as much as some would believe according to the source. Ohio State remains in contention, as of last weekend. Texas is definitely one of those teams squarely in the mix. Brew attended Texas Junior day January 20, and is expected back on campus in the spring. USC, Oregon and LSU have also received visits. Steve Sarkisian, Ryan Day and Lincoln Riley were all by Conroe High in January. For Oregon, it was Tosh Lupoi and LSU sent Corey Raymond. This recruitment features some of the most formidable in the college game. Kamauryn Morgan, EDGE, Dallas (Texas) South Oak Cliff Texas head coach Steve Sarkisian and staff were by South Oak Cliff in January to see the OnTexasFootball 4-star, and teammates. That school visit followed the 6-foot-3.5, 225-pounder making a visit to Texas January 20 for Junior Day. In speaking with a source at South Oak Cliff Monday, the thought right now is the close to home programs will hold the advantage long term in this recruitment. Texas and Texas A&M were mentioned. Morgan, who played at Red Oak prior to transferring back to South Oak Cliff, has been on campus at both Texas and Texas A&M in recent weeks. SMU is also trying to make a big run. Morgan comes from a family of former South Oak Cliff standout basketball players. His father Ronnie Morgan played college basketball at Louisiana Tech. His uncle J'mison Morgan was a 6-10 center that played at UCLA. Morgan racked up 89 tackles, 21 tackles for loss and 11 sacks the last two seasons at Red Oak. Two Out of state names to know on the OL OnTexasFootball has mentioned IOL prospect John Mills (San Francisco, Calif./St. Ignatius) a number of times. Mills, 6-6 and 325, is planning a June official visit to Texas. Mills is an OnTexasFootball 4-star prospect with offers from Texas, Michigan, Washington, Florida, Texas A&M, USC, Oregon and many others. Two other names to know out of state are Peter Langi (San Francisco, Calif./Archbishop Riordan) and Nick Brooks (Cedar Rapids, Ia./John F Kennedy). Langi, 6-6 and 330'ish, was offered by Kyle Flood in September of 2023. Flood was by the school in December, and they have remained in communication. Langi has continued to see his stock rise since the end of the season with offers from Oklahoma, Alabama, Florida, Auburn, Penn State and Miami. He has 38 offers. A spring and/or June official visit are both in play. Brooks, 6-7, 345, is considered an Iowa lean by many. That didn't stop Kyle Flood from making a trip to Cedar Rapids in late January to meet with Brooks. The 4-star prospect has 30 offers, including Texas. The Longhorns are working to get Brooks on campus in the spring. That is now three large humans to monitor in the 2025 cycle out of state. In the case of Mills, Texas is in a good position headed into the spring. View full news

Pleasant Grove EDGE, Texas commit and OnTexasFootball 4-star Lance Jackson is back on the mound in 2024 after missing 2023 after an injury in the football season ... 6-5.5, 255-260 and throwing 90-92 on the mound in high school

Ole Miss really does have a 12-team playoff run schedule in 2024 https://olemisssports.com/sports/football/schedule/2024

9-3 (10-2), 6-2 will likely get a team in from the SEC or Big 10 ...but depends on the schedule strength ... Ole Miss would need to go 10-2, 6-2 on this schedule ... https://olemisssports.com/sports/football/schedule/2024 Texas at 9-3, 6-2 on the 2024 scheduled ... could get in ... if they lost at Michigan and went 6-2 in the SEC

Awesome that Dogus Balbay has began his coaching career at Texas … he had a successful playing career professionally in his home country. One hell of an athlete … for those that never saw him prior to the knee injuries. A high flyer for real

For sure. Caught my attention as well … such a good year in state at LB … not the norm in Texas McKinney’s Riley Pettijohn Dallas Skyline’s Elijah Barnes are elite Then you have Nansen offers last week: Jonathan Cunningham (North Crowley) and Javar Thomas (Aldine Nimitz) … long levers, rangy upside frames

Or one. Savea will be a key piece. Georgia, Ohio State and Texas with a DT spring portal addition from being clear top 3. I'll say this ... Ole Miss should be a pick to make the 12 team playoff if they stay healthy at QB and on the new and improved OL.

Tashard Choice loves Akylin Dear out of Mississippi ... lets see if Texas gets him on campus in March. Ole Miss is confident on this one http://www.hudl.com/v/2M5wt3

And you have Quinn back and A LOT of Arch in the spring game plus new portal additions and 17 early enrollees ... spring game is going to be must watch TV in April for Texas fans!

No question. A team under .500 in Big 12 play could very well make the Field of 68 this year. That deep of a league

As of right now, a sign of where Texas may be focusing on LB recruiting. Let's see how it plays out. Texas may go for longer level players at the position in the 2025 cycle.

Think that number could go either way. Fur not out of the question after one in 2024 plus 2025 being a tremendous year in state

That’s right up my alley! Haha

Think Texas has Riley Pettijohn and Elijah Barnes ahead of him. And needs longer lever OLB's more right now. Gavin is a very solid ILB. IMG staff thinks very highly of him as a leader, tough, instinctive ILB. He's leaning to in state schools, as well.

Gavin Nix junior HUDL: http://www.hudl.com/video/3/16131702/656c34f0ff03850d185c016b

Good stuff. Thank you for posting!

Four-star LB Gavin Nix talks Texas One of the surprise visitors at Texas Junior Day January 20 was inside linebacker Gavin Nix (Orlando, Fla./IMG Academy). Nix, 6-0 and 220 pounds, was offered by the Longhorns March 2nd of 2023. Since that time, it's been area recruiter Tashard Choice keeping the line of communication open. That meant a visit to Texas January 20 was a first real interaction with the entire staff. "It was great (visit)," Nix told OnTexasFootball Monday. "It was my first time being at Texas. I loved the new linebacker coach. Super smart dude that taught me a lot in a little time. Coach Choice, I’m close to because he recruited Jerrick (Gibson) at IMG for two years." Nix has stayed in contact with Texas since the visit, but that does not include Johnny Nansen. "I have not talked to the linebacker coach since the visit. I have talked to Coach Choice a few times." Nix plans to get back to Texas in the spring to continue learning more about the program. "Not yet (talked to Texas about an official visit). Mainly it’s just getting back in the spring and learning more how Texas operates. After that, I would think about an official visit." Sunshine State trio leads the way The big three in state are the schools Nix's recruitment is centered around the most. After the Texas visit, Nix returned once again to Florida and Miami the last weekend in January, and FSU last weekend. “Really, I'm just continuing to keep building those relationships with the staffs. Florida has some new coaches on defense, so I got to meet with them. Florida State and Miami hasn't had that much change. So it was more of just continuing to build the relationships." Nix is getting close to diving into the next part of the process with the in state programs. "The next main thing is starting to answer those real questions." Six schools seriously in the mix Along with the four schools mentioned, Nix is considering two national powers. "I would say besides those four, Notre Dame and Oregon are two others I'm seriously considering. I'm planning to visit both in the spring. I visited Notre Dame last summer, and the trip to Oregon will be my first." Nix has 25 offers to date. The offer list includes Texas A&M (January 19, 2024), Texas, Tennessee, Auburn, Alabama (prior staff), Florida and South Carolina out of the SEC. The Miami Hurricanes were the first to offer in June of 2021. View full news

Extremely! The evaluation in the portal for sure, along with playing at the pace required to be successful long term. Five of the top 6 are first year players at TT out of the portal... that's impressive putting the puzzle pieces together.

I personally do. talked about it this morning on Coffee & Football, but I think this is the most anticipated spring game since 2004 Its definitely going to carry over to the season, top 5 ranking, first season in SEC, etc…

Bond is going to stretch the field vertically more than anyone Texas had last season IMO

He’s behind some others headed into the spring, as of today. Not saying he can’t be in the class at some point

This looks like a fun potential read! Haha