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Jasper (Texas) High tight end Kiotti Armstrong is among the top offensive targets for Texas in the 2025 cycle. 

Armstrong, 6-foot-5 and 250 pounds, attended Texas Junior Day January 20. He also received a school visit from head coach Steve Sarkisian and tight ends coach Jeff Banks in January. 

“Coach Sark told me to go out there and handle my business,” Armstrong said today. “And keep developing.”

Former Jasper High teammate and good friend Tyanthony Smith has had a strong message for Armstrong since getting settled in at Texas. 

“He likes it a lot,” Armstrong said. “He told me Texas is where he needs to be.”

Texas A&M Junior Day visit

Armstrong attended Junior Day at Texas A&M January 13. Getting to spend time on campus with the new staff was key. 

“I liked it a lot,” he said. “Being able to be around the new staff. How they treat me and that they will try to develop me as a person and not just a football player.”

Visit plans in March

Armstrong is expected to make an unofficial visit to Texas March 22 prior to a 7v7 tournament in Round Rock the 23rd and 24th. 

A visit to Texas A&M in March is also a possibility. 

Armstrong currently has 28 offers. That includes SEC programs Texas, Texas A&M, Alabama, LSU, Oklahoma, Auburn, Florida, Ole Miss, Arkansas and Mississippi State. 

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17 hours ago, SkiBreck said:

Moving from the BigXii to SEC will require more meat and potatoes.  

 

Not every top 5 class is made of the same ingredients.  Throw in 8 top ranked WRs/DBs and you’ll have a great ranking, easy to find, plenty of them available.

 

That looks a lot different than a class full of 4*+ DLs, OLs, LBs, RBs, and TEs.  

 

Texas needs to over-recruit meat and potatoes every year, and hit the portal for the proven WR/DB mercenaries.

 

Class rankings won’t be as high, but our team will be better.

Think there is a lot of truth/facts in that. 

1 hour ago, SpaceCityWrangler said:

@Gerry Hamilton

Where are the ‘23 guys (Cojoe, Stroh, Kirkland, Chatman and Goosby) at development wise?  I’ve heard wonderful things about Trevor.

I'll start with Kirkland ... he's got a long recovery from the knee surgery. 

Goosby - a lot of positives out of Austin on him. 6-8, 310-315 now. Crazy he was 6-6.25'ish and 270 when he committed. 

Chatman - Texas loves the overall athleticism and upside. Question is where on the line will he end up. He's taken reps all across the line. Spring will be key there IMO

Stroh receives praise too. He's going to maximize every ounce of what he has. Among the most physical OL's in the run game. 

Cojoe is still so young, and still maturing. If he remains patient and stays with the process, he has a chance from what I've been told. 

1 hour ago, SpaceCityWrangler said:

OU does need some OL dudes.

I’d rather focus on Fasusi and retaining guys already in the program.  

@Gerry Hamilton Do we really need a four man class?  

We have 14 guys that have 2 to 4 years left.

I see Texas signing a five man class in 2025. Just too much high-end talent in the cycle. Six isn't out of the question, but I'm thinking/hearing five now. 

Texas up to No. 32 in NCAA NET after the win at TCU 

https://www.ncaa.com/rankings/basketball-men/d1/ncaa-mens-basketball-net-rankings

26 minutes ago, Orngblud05 said:

@Gerry Hamilton if the season ended today, does Texas get in?  If I’m not mistaken, every road game left is against a ranked opponent.  Home games are a mix. Sweep the home games and lose all road games, that would be 5-4 across the remaining games.  That’ll do IMO. Thoughts?

If it ended today, yes. 4 Quad wins after TCU yesterday. Road wins at TCU and OU 

Good stuff

The Tyanthony Smith news isn’t surprising after going by Jasper High twice during his recruitment. He’s a mature mindset guy, as his high school coaches would say as well. He can take a lot of information in, and put it to use.

And his body will develop quick IMO. He reminds me of some of the LB’s that come out of the state of Florida … you look at them in HS and think adding 15-20 really good pounds of weight is attainable in the first 5-6 months they are in college

1 hour ago, bourbasted said:

J Wells has CB'd Jonah to 0u at 70%.  Slightly conflicting info it could seem.  

I said he’s feeling OU the most right now. That’s saying Oklahoma is in front.

1 minute ago, CastleHorn88 said:

lol. That’s the kind of commentary we really want. 
 

I was watching live and I thought that's what he said lol 

1 hour ago, pinkman_90 said:

SEC Football will make up for it but I’m gonna miss big12 basketball.  Such a fun league.    

Couldn’t agree more.

Future of Big 12 basketball is going to be ridiculous…

Kansas

arizona

houston

baylor

tcu 

Kansas state 

Iowa state 

Texas tech 

cincinnati

byu

colorado

Arizona state 

utah

Oklahoma state 

West Virginia 

UCF 

1 hour ago, Rivalrygameblock said:

Wished for a long time Mack Brown would take this national recruiting tact. Surreal to see Texas go into the southeast with a real pitch now that the playing field is leveled. 

I’ve often wondered how many recruits Mack Brown would have lost with Texas NIL behind him… would have been extremely scary for the competition 

10 minutes ago, El Camaron Borracho said:

In reading Jonah Williams’ bio, got me thinking about other multi sport recruits and I can’t recall any starting football players that also played baseball or basketball! Any that come to mind?

Not at Texas … Kyler Murray recently 

There haven’t been many, definitely not successfully 

Texas OL coach Kyle Flood was by Bridgeland High Thursday 

Texas staff is a big fan of Fodje. 

This guy will end up being a top 150 type prospect nationally, or should be. Would be a nice win for OU 

Texas A&M offers San Antonio Masdison 2026 WR ... was at Texas Junior Day January 20

19 minutes ago, Assistant Regional Manager said:

Bad loss for OU at UCF, but just shows again how nothing is easy in this conference.

For sure. No days off conference

35 minutes ago, SkiBreck said:

Sounds like perfect timing for Texas to reload.

 

Who are our top five OL targets outta Texas?

Michael Fasusi, OT, Lewisville High - June 27-29 OV likely set

Tyler Thomas, IOL, Dickinson High - June 27-29 OV likely set

Jonte Newman, OT/G, Cypress Bridgeland

Ryan Fodje, OT, Cypress Bridgeland 

Jackson Christian, IOL, Port Neches-Groves ...

Texas will evaluate a lot of guys this spring ... some very difficult decisions to make with this much OL talent in state. John Mills OOS is a take at IOL for sure. Peter Langi out of Cali is a guy Texas likes too. It will be a 5 man class for sure in 2025. 

Mansfield Timberview 2025 S Nathan Tilmon commits to SMU

12 minutes ago, BurntOrangeHorn said:

All the talk about getting into Georgia made me recall Derrick Brown the Georgia RB  whom Herman recruited from Buford but who could not play for Texas.  Did he not stay and receive his degree from Texas?

I believe he did. But will double check

4 minutes ago, horns96 said:

In terms of MLB draft or two-sport athlete in college?

Could be either … think he likes idea of both in college unless he rises to the point of his choice being made for him 

2 minutes ago, Viper said:

Clearly Sark is following the Old 97s recruiting strategy:

Well the roadmaps of west Texas never gave me good advice

I miss the days of the Little SWC!!! 
 

Ced Benson

Eric Winston

Roy Williams 

etc…

24 minutes ago, Jay Bryan said:

Greetings from Cumming, GA! Awesome content guys! And welcome back Gerry! You and CJ make a great team! I quit Inside Texas last week after being a sub for many years. Always enjoyed Bobby, Gerry, Rod and the rest of the OTF team. Videos and content are outstanding! Keep up the great work! Icing on the cake to get Gerry back on the team. 

Great to have you on OTF! Thank you very much 

Texas A&M offers Mesquite Horn 2026 DB Markel Ford ... has Texas offer

TCU offers Dickinson 2025 TE Mason Peterson ... a guy Texas has evaluated...

Florida offers Duncanville 2025 QB and SMU commit Keelon Russell ... Russell was on campus at UF today