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Manning Passing Academy Thread *** @Gerry Hamilton and myself are Thibodeaux, Louisiana for the next couple of days bringing you updates from the 2026 Manning Passing Academy. Of course, Texas QB Arch Manning will be throwing and talking with the media on Friday. We will have updates here in the thread, especially on quarterbacks on the Longhorn schedule. *** Notable QBs in Attendance Steve Angeli – Syracuse Aiden Armenta – UL Monroe Bear Bachmeier – BYU CJ Bailey - NC State Cole Ballard – Kansas Alonza Barnett III – UCF Andrew Body - Alabama State Ryan Browne -Purdue C.J. Carr - Notre Dame Trinidad Chambliss - Ole Miss Caden Creel - Jacksonville St Noah Fifita – Arizona Roman Gagliano – MTSU Nathan Hayes - NDSU Mason Heintschel - Pitt Hauss Hejny - Colorado St. Katin Houser - Illinois Kevin Jennings - SMU Jerry Kaminski - North Dakota Justin Lamson - Montana State Drake Lindsey – Minnesota Gio Lopez - Wake Forest Kyle Lowe - SLU George MacIntyre - Tennessee Jayden Maiava – USC Arch Manning - Texas John Mateer - Oklahoma Owen McCown - UTSA Cash McCullom – Weber State James Murphy – Brown Alberto Mendoza - Ga. Tech Drew Mestemaker - Oklahoma State Kenny Minchey - Kentucky Chris Parson - Austin Peay Ty Pennington - Northern Arizona Marcel Reed - Texas A&M Ean Rodrigue – Nicholls Grayson Saunier - Dartmouth Julian Sayin - Ohio State Gunner Stockton - Georgia Kamario Taylor - Miss. St. Braxton Thomas - NC A&T Christopher Vizzina - Clemson Malik Washington - Maryland Conner Weigman – Houston Demond Williams, Jr. -Washington

The Opening is ongoing in Oregon this weekend. Some clips and updates from the weekend in the thread below. Texas commits in action: — WR Easton Royal — CB John Meredith III — TE JT Geraci 2028 prospects • Top 2028 QB prospect Neimann Lawrence (uncommitted) • Lancaster S James Foster

Unlike other positions within the program, Texas is still trying to find the sweet spot in balancing transfer portal acquisitions and high school recruits along the offensive line. The Longhorns didn’t go into the portal for trench help until last season’s results, or lack thereof, forced Steve Sarkisian’s hand. Still, while Texas came out of the most recent portal cycle with a plug-and-play tackle (Melvin Siani), a likely starter at guard (Laurence Seymore), a potential future starter on the interior (Dylan Sikorski), a developmental swing player (Jonte Newman) and a projected depth piece (Paris Patterson), Lucas Rhoa (Orange, Calif./Lutheran) committing to the Longhorns on Wednesday reinforces Sarkisian’s commitment to making high school recruiting the foundation of the offensive line on his watch. With Rhoa in the fold, the class Sarkisian and Kyle Flood have assembled from the 2027 high school ranks added a true swing player who can potentially manufacture depth at multiple positions. Rhoa joining a true tackle prospect (Dallas South Oak Cliff’s Brian Swanson) and two interior line recruits (Keyon Hemphill-Woods of Columbus and Austin Westlake’s Jackson Cook) should give the Texas faithful an idea of how Sarkisian and Flood will approach offensive line recruiting amid the current roster-building climate in college football. Obtaining the services of a top-end offensive tackle talent in the transfer portal isn’t cheap. Thankfully, Texas had a leg up on other programs on the hunt for tackles in the winter after Trevor Goosby decided to put off his NFL career until 2027 (at the earliest) and return for his redshirt junior season. The benefit of developing a legitimate NFL tackle (Goosby was ranked outside of the top 400 prospects nationally in the 2023 class and redshirted while playing behind Kelvin Banks Jr., Christian Jones and Cameron Williams) allowed the Longhorns to allocate their portal resources to filling out the talent around Arch Manning. Texas was also able to target Siani, whose arrival on the Forty Acres made it possible to slide Brandon Baker inside to guard, potentially improving the right side of the offensive line compared to 2025. Getting a future NFL tackle in the pipeline requires one of two approaches Texas has taken over the last decade. That's having the wherewithal to acquire premium talent like Banks (or Swanson, in the case of the 2027 recruiting class) or a keen eye for finding NFL-caliber tools and upside in prospects like Goosby, Jones, Williams, Connor Williams and Samuel Cosmi. Knowing how long it can take to get a return on an investment for a high school lineman, even a program with the resources Texas has would be smart to hone in on just one or two top-shelf prospects (Swanson and Gilmer’s Ismael Camara, for example) per cycle. While it’s unlikely to expect the Longhorns to put together another line class like the 2022 group (Banks, Williams and DJ Campbell left the program as NFL draft picks, with Connor Robertson on track to join Cole Hutson as a multiple-year starter), there are enough quality linemen in every recruiting cycle to get four or five capable prospects into the pipeline. It’s up to Sarkisian, Flood and the player personnel staff to identify projectable traits in prospects who might need more time in the incubator before they’re ready to help Texas win games. Like Cook and Hemphill-Woods, Rhoa is ranked outside of the top 450 prospects nationally (No. 602 in the Rivals Industry and No. 612 in the 247Sports Composite). Nevertheless, if those three get on similar trajectories like Jackson Christian, who was getting snaps with the first-team offense in spring practice before suffering a knee injury, and Jordan Coleman, who logged time as the offense’s No. 1 left tackle while Goosby spent the spring recovering from shoulder surgery, they’ll position themselves to outperform their recruiting ranking. Other than the handful of truly elite offensive line prospects in a given cycle (the tier where Swanson and Camara reside in 2027), beauty is in the eye of the beholder. While the transfer portal can fill gaps and address recruiting mishaps, Rhoa’s commitment is the latest example of how Texas continues to prioritize high school offensive line recruiting without putting all its eggs in one basket. View full news story

Seems like we have good reason to have a thread to chat on all summer and through the season. Team workouts begin June 1, I believe

After wrapping an official visit to Texas on Wednesday, Long Beach State outfielder Trevor Goldenetz became the latest transfer portal commitment for Jim Schlossnagle and the Longhorns. Goldenetz is the second transfer outfielder to commit to Texas in the current cycle, joining Kent State’s Sawyer Solitaria. Goldenetz and Solitaria make up a four-member portal haul as of Wednesday, a group that includes Texas Tech infielder Linkin Garcia and St. Mary’s catcher Ian Armstrong. The 6-foot-1-inch, 180-pound Goldenetz had a productive season as a freshman for the Dirtbags, hitting .370 in 30 games before suffering a hand injury, which forced him to miss more than a month of action in April and May. Goldenetz, who scored 26 runs, walked 19 times and recorded a .489 on-base percentage, made it back to appear in the team’s season-ending road loss to Cal Poly on May 16 after he was hit by a pitch and scored a run in an April 6 home loss to Cal Baptist. With All-American Aiden Robbins expected to be an early-round selection in the 2026 MLB Draft, Jayden Duplantier and Dariyan Pendergrass out of eligibility and Maddox Monsour entering the transfer portal, Schlossnagle’s staff has made acquiring outfielders a priority during the current portal cycle. While the Longhorns will welcome SEC Freshman of the Year Anthony Pack Jr. back for his sophomore season in 2027, Jonah Williams is coming off an early-season shoulder injury and returned to the football program for the 2026 season, forcing Schlossnagle and the Texas coaches to mine the portal for players fit to compete for the two open outfield spots alongside Pack. Along with Goldenetz and Solitaria, the Longhorns continue to pursue other transfer targets in the outfield. On Texas Football has been told that Oregon transfer Angel Laya (.296/.396/.538 with 14 home runs and 47 RBI) is one of the targets of interest for Texas. Texas Baseball Transfer Portal Tracker Incoming: Linkin Garcia, INF, Texas Tech (Fr.) Ian Armstrong, C, St. Mary's (Soph.) Sawyer Solitaria, OF, Kent State (Soph.) Trevor Goldenetz, OF, Long Beach State (Fr.) Outgoing: Will Hill, OF, Fr. Jadyn Ferguson, RHP, Fr. (Missouri) Cooper Rummel, RHP, Fr. (Duke) Presley Courville, C, Fr. Kade Bing, LHP, Jr. Andrew Ermis, C, Jr. Callum Early, INF, Soph. Maddox Monsour, UTIL, Fr. Jason Flores, RHP, Soph. View full news story

A few Thursday AM recruiting notes A few quick hitters to get the day started. Marcus Fakatou, EDGE/DL, Chatsworth (Calif.) Sierra Canyon - Still the same. Ohio State slight leader over Texas. At least two family members like the idea of Texas with the idea of moving to the Austin area. Fakatou has younger sisters in volleyball, and the state of Texas is attractive to the family. But Ohio State slightly leads in Fakatou's mind. Ismael Camara, OT, Gilmer (Texas) High - Texas is confident they will be right there when the 6-6, 335-pounder makes his decision. That decision is expected to be late in the season around the December signing period. The belief is the recruitment will go the distance, barring a major change. Texas' confidence did grow slightly during and after Saturday-Sunday unofficial visit. Camara continues to work towards getting where he's required to be academically for the next level after moving to Gilmer from France. Brandon Sherrard, CB/DB, Pearland (Texas) Shadow Creek - LSU vs. Texas. In speaking with someone close to the recruitment Wednesday afternoon, there is a belief in Austin Texas can win out. Lucas Rhoa, OT/IOL, Orange (Calif.) Orange Lutheran - OTF believes Texas continues to trend over UCLA. Texas engaged in some positive conversations Wednesday. OTF is also of the belief that Rhoa will have a decision prior to June 29, barring a major change. -------- Manvel (Texas) High defensive back Karnell "Greedy" James is still expected to flip to LSU from Texas. LSU is offering a two-year NIL deal that is substantially higher than Texas is willing to go, as of Wednesday.

We do not expect Greedy James to remain in Texas' 2027 class. We expect him to flip to LSU. The Longhorns obviously liked him but have him tiered differently than others from an NIL standpoint. There's still confidence inside the UT offices that this CB class is going to be a strong one. One source said there will be a lot to "love" about how it finishes. I'm not sure if James' likely flip will impact Dhillon McGee. I lean no. I think he's going to Penn State. Texas is still heavily in on landing Montre Jackson on Saturday and Brandon Sherrard on July 1.

The Chicago Bulls selected Dailyn Swain with the No. 15 overall pick in the first round of the 2026 NBA Draft on Tuesday. The 6-foot-7-inch, 211-pound Swain is the 21st Texas product to be picked in the first round of the draft and the 17th Longhorn to go in the first round since Chris Mihm, who the Bulls took with the No. 7 overall pick in the 2000 draft (later traded to the Cleveland Cavaliers). Swain joins Mihm and LaMarcus Aldridge (No. 2 overall in 2006, later traded to the Portland Trail Blazers) as Chicago first-round picks from the Forty Acres on a night when he became the 20th Longhorn drafted in the last 20 years (Aldridge, P.J. Tucker and Daniel Gibson were selected in the 2006 draft, with Tucker and Gibson going in the second round). Swain is also the first Division I transfer into the Texas program to go in the first round since B.J. Tyler (transferred from DePaul after the 1989-90 season) was taken 20th overall in 1994 by the Philadelphia 76ers. Swain is the first Longhorn first-rounder produced by Sean Miller, making him the first first-year coach in program history to produce a first-round pick. In one season in burnt orange under Miller, who recruited Swain to Xavier out of Columbus, Ohio (Africentric Early College), Swain helped lead Texas to three NCAA Tournament wins before the team’s postseason run of success ended in the Sweet 16. Swain led the Longhorns with 21 assists in four NCAA Tournament games, scoring 53 points and grabbing 28 rebounds, which included a 15-point, 9-rebound effort with five assists in a season-ending 79-77 loss to Purdue. Swain, former NBA MVP Derrick Rose (the No. 1 overall pick by the Bulls in the 2008 draft) of Memphis and former Texas All-Big 12 guard Marcus Carr are the only Division I players in the last 20 years to score at least 10 points and dish out at least three assists in each of their first six career NCAA Tournament games. In a 36-game campaign for Texas, Swain was named SEC Newcomer of the Year and second-team All-SEC while emerging as a difference maker at both ends of the floor. Swain was the only player from a Division I power conference (ACC, Big 12, Big East, Big Ten and SEC) to lead his team in five different major statistical categories, leading the Longhorns in points per game (17.3), rebounds per game (7.5), assists (129), steals (59) and minutes per game (32.8). Swain joined LSU’s Ben Simmons (2015-16) and Tennessee’s Grant Williams (2018-19) as the only SEC players in the last 30 years to average at least 17 points, seven rebounds and three assists per game. Swain shot a career-high 54.2 percent from the field and 34.4 percent from 3-point range, while shooting 81.5 percent from the free-throw line on a career-high 5.6 free-throw attempts per game. View full news story

When the curtain falls on the first round of the 2026 NBA Draft, Dailyn Swain should have a new place to call home. It’s unclear how long Swain will wait to hear his name called once the Washington Wizards are on the clock for the No. 1 overall and the draft begins on Tuesday (7 p.m., ABC/ESPN). Nevertheless, ESPN analyst Jay Bilas believes the team that picks the Texas standout will be getting a prospect who will check a lot of boxes for a franchise looking for a piece to fit into its championship puzzle. “Dailyn is an NBA player,” Bilas told On Texas Football during a draft Zoom call last Thursday. “He's a Swiss Army knife out there. His shooting has improved, but its still a ways to go. But that's not the only factor that brings value. With his length, athleticism, his ability to get downhill, defensive versatility, toughness — he's going to play in the NBA. "It's just a question of where.” After playing his freshman and sophomore campaigns for Sean Miller at Xavier, Swain blossomed into a player capable of impacting games against high-level competition at both ends of the floor in his lone campaign under Miller in a Texas uniform. Voted SEC Newcomer of the Year and second-team All-SEC by the league’s coaches, Swain was the only player from a Division I power conference (ACC, Big 12, Big East, Big Ten and SEC) to lead his team in five different major statistical categories after leading the Longhorns in points per game (17.3), rebounds per game (7.5), assists (129), steals (59) and minutes per game (32.8) while starting each of the team’s 36 games. Swain joined LSU’s Ben Simmons (2015-16) and Tennessee’s Grant Williams (2018-19) as the only SEC players in the last 30 years to average at least 17 points, seven rebounds and three assists per game. While helping Texas make an NCAA Tournament run from the First Four to the Sweet 16, Swain shot a career-high 54.2 percent from the field and 34.4 percent from 3-point range, while shooting 81.5 percent from the free-throw line on a career-high 5.6 free-throw attempts per game. ESPN’s Jeremy Woo included Swain in the first round of his final mock draft on Tuesday. While Swain could come off the board as early as No. 17 overall to the Oklahoma City Thunder, Woo wrote, he has the 6-foot-8-inch Swain projected to go No. 20 overall to the San Antonio Spurs. “The lack of wings with a variety of tools in the middle tier of the draft works in his favor,” Woo wrote. “There are still questions around his shooting, but teams view his ability to get downhill and solid defensive upside as worth the long-term investment.” Bilas, who will be on ESPN’s broadcast for both nights of the draft (the second round will take place on Wednesday), echoed those sentiments. “Most observers would rank him in the 20s, which is where I rank him in this draft, and this is an unusually good draft,” Bilas said. “He's going to help somebody and be a valuable asset.” View full news story

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Tyler Alexander Update A little update on OTF 4-star DL Tyler Alexander (Wellington, Fla./Palm Beach Central). 1. Texas very much wants the 6-4.5, 315-pounder in the class. Multiple Texas staff members spoke with Alexander and circle Monday. 2. OTF still believes Texas leads by a decent margin, but we are in the NIL world so precede with caution. 3. Alexander is expected to make a decision around July 1st. OTF update percentage: 70% Also on DL recruiting ... Texas continues to lead large on Jason Johnson. An announcement is June 28. Texas is not expected to be the pick for Mitchell Turner (Louisville, Miss./High) at this time. Closer to home is expected to win out at end of day. Ole Miss or Alabama.

As of Tuesday morning, multiple sources feel DeSoto (Texas) CB Dhillon McGee is not going to end up selecting Texas on Wednesday evening. SMU and Penn State are the other two finalists. The Longhorns have recruited the in-state CB hard, but as the class has evolved and come together, with guys like John Meredith III and Greedy James, and potentially Montre Jackson (June 27 announcement) and Brandon Sherrard (July 1 announcement), it's opened the door for others like the Nitanny Lions and Mustangs to keep it close, and for Texas to be picky when it comes to how the staff wants to fill out the last 1-2 CB spots. We'll keep you posted if anything changes ahead of Wednesday night.

Landen Williams-Callis Update OnTexasFootball spoke to a source close to the recruitment of star running back Landen Williams-Callis this morning. The word on the Richmond (Texas) Randle record-setting runner fell in line with what we have heard in recent weeks, and yesterday. This recruitment is less predictable than some, to say the least. Taking eight official visits will always create more questions around a recruitment. The source said this is a recruitment in which relationships with LW-C, and as important the close circle around him will be very impactful. That's not to say NIL won't be key too, as nobody is going to put heads in sand. The length of relationships and depth of relationships has given Texas A&M an edge for a while. He made an OV June 12-14. When I asked if Texas has a chance, a quick answer was "absolutely". Texas has/is working to make up ground in relationships with the change at RB coach from Choice to Scott to Juluke. Steve Sarkisian is involved in this one, as much as he can be. The visit over the weekend helped Texas in terms of relationships with the close circle. Oregon also has a legit shot, as we have been reporting. The source called Houston the "sleeper" in this recruitment as well. The circle, led by uncle and former NFL Pro Bowl safety Michael Lewis, have plenty of experience with recruiting and most importantly player/coach relationships. LW-C has experienced shoulders to lean on in this process. The source also said LW-C does plan to announce before his senior season (likely in July, as of today), but is also taking a patient approach to not rushing a quick decision. Texas A&M should be considered the favorite, with Oregon, Texas and Houston in the upset position.

Jim Schlossnagle and the Texas baseball program secured a transfer portal commitment from St. Mary’s catcher Ian Armstrong on Saturday. Armstrong’s commitment, which he announced on Instagram, fills one of the Longhorns' most significant roster needs with one of the top prospects available in the portal. After Carson Tinney’s All-American season at (.326/.483/.688 with 22 home runs and 58 RBI) and behind the plate (ABCA Division I Rawlings Gold Glove winner) in 2026, and Rylan Galvan’s an All-American campaign during Schlossnagle’s debut, Texas couldn’t afford to take a significant step back at a position upon which Schlossnagle puts a high value when building his roster. Tinney is expected to be an early-round selection in the 2026 MLB Draft, paving the way for Armstrong, who visited campus late in the week ahead of the current dead period (runs through Monday), to bring his two-way talent to the Forty Acres. As a sophomore for the Gaels, the 6-foot-1-inch Armstrong hit .351 with 16 home runs, 51 RBI and a 1.070 OPS en route to first-team All-West Coast Conference honors. According to D1Baseball and Synergy, Armstrong is fifth in Division I in defensive runs saved and seventh in defensive wins above replacement (1.33, which currently ranks fourth among SEC catchers). Armstrong is the second transfer portal commitment the Longhorns have landed in the current cycle, joining Texas Tech infielder Linkin Garcia. With the futures of Casey Borba and Ethan Mendoza uncertain as the two starters from a team that won 46 games and reached the College World Series await the upcoming draft, Armstrong and Garcia give Schlossnagle two key pieces of the 2027 infield, along with returning postseason standout Adrian Rodriguez. On Texas Football expects up to two more infielders, two outfielders and three pitchers to be what Texas tries to add in the portal. The baseball transfer portal window will close on June 30. As of Saturday, the Longhorns have lost five players to the transfer portal: right-handed pitchers Jadyn Ferguson and Cooper Rummel, catchers Presley Courville and Andrew Ermis (the only catchers other than Tinney on the 2026 roster) and outfielder Will Hill. View full news story

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The simplest explanation as to why Texas’ time at the College World Series ended after three games, two of which were losses to Georgia, including a 2-0 season-ending defeat at the hands of the Bulldogs on Tuesday, is that the offense didn't do enough to back up an overall winning performance by the pitching staff. The Longhorns got the bulk of their production in Omaha from the middle of the order, with Ethan Mendoza, Anthony Pack Jr. and Adrian Rodriguez doing most of the damage Jim Schlossnagle’s bats inflicted. Those three, who could all potentially return to form the nucleus of the 2027 squad, went a combined 17-for-34 at the plate, scored seven of the team’s 15 runs, drove in 14 and recorded six extra-base hits (including home runs by Pack and Rodriguez in Monday’s 14-2 rout of Alabama). The rest of the Longhorn lineup had a woeful 4-for-61 showing in Omaha, recording 26 of the offense’s 33 strikeouts. Blake Peterson’s RBI groundout late in the win over the Crimson Tide was the team’s only RBI in Omaha that didn’t come from Mendoza, Pack or Rodriguez, with Aiden Robbins’ leadoff double against Alabama accounting for the only extra-base hit that didn’t come from the aforementioned trio. Texas wouldn’t have gotten to Omaha if not for the efforts of Robbins and Carson Tinney. Nevertheless, the All-American transfer tandem went 3-for-20 in what’s expected to be their only respective College World Series appearances in burnt orange, accounting for twice as many strikeouts (10) as runs scored (five). In hindsight, unexpectedly losing Jack Moroknek and Kaleb Freeman to the draft and Jonah Williams to an early-season shoulder injury lowered the offense’s ceiling. Robbins and Tinney carried the Longhorns as far as they could. While Mendoza, Pack and Rodriguez did their parts to pick up the slack, Texas didn’t get enough offensively from the bottom of the order, which had to rely on projected reserves Ashton Larson and Dariyan Pendergrass to step into everyday roles, alongside utility man Temo Becerra and veteran corner infielder Casey Borba. Considering what the final product looked like compared to what Schlossnagle and Troy Tulowitzki envisioned it would be last summer, the staff maximized the offense’s potential. There just wasn’t enough juice left to squeeze to get by Georgia and into the national semifinals. *** The draft and the transfer portal will force Schlossnagle’s staff to work feverishly to reload for the 2027 season. Robbins and Tinney will be drafted high enough that the thought of either returning to Texas is, at best, a pipe dream. The premium Schlossnagle puts on his catcher means replacing Tinney (Ian Armstrong of St. Mary’s and Nolan Traeger of TCU, who’s rumored to be headed to Arkansas, are the top portal candidates with Clemson’s Nate Savoie recently committing to Texas A&M) might be the staff’s highest priority in the portal. With Pack returning for his sophomore season and Williams coming off injury, expect the Longhorns to target at least two outfielders to compete for the jobs left open by Robbins and Pendergrass (out of eligibility). Texas has already added Texas Tech's Linkin Garcia to the infield mix for next season, specifically with the idea that he’ll play third base. Rodriguez will be back for his junior season, but what happens beyond those two spots is up in the air, especially with the impending decisions facing Mendoza and Borba. Specifically, it’s where in the draft either gets selected (if they’re taken) and what a potential signing bonus would look like compared to the financial package Texas could offer for either to return. If Borba returns, sources have told On Texas Football that it would be to play first base. He and Mendoza can also offer the Longhorns flexibility with the designated hitter role (especially with Mendoza’s shoulder preventing him from playing second base for the last month of the season). Maddox Monsour can provide depth in the outfield or as a middle infielder. Monsour, Larson and Presley Courville are among the projected returnees who can create competition for spots in the fall and winter. *** Schlossnagle has already expressed his excitement regarding Sam Cozart joining the starting rotation as a sophomore. Cozart and Dylan Volantis will form arguably the best 1-2 punch in the country, which on its own makes Texas a contender to win the SEC and get back to Omaha in 2027. Luke Harrison and Ruger Riojas are gone, along with Max Grubbs (who underwent season-ending elbow surgery in May). Schlossnagle has indicated that Thomas Burns is likely to leave school via the draft and Haiden Leffew is draft-eligible. While the Longhorns will look for at least two pitchers in the portal, whether they target starters or relievers depends on how Schlossnagle and Max Weiner view the roles of the freshmen who will be back as sophomores. Brett Crossland was one of the team’s most reliable bullpen hands, Brody Walls seemed to gain confidence with each outing and Michael Winter bounced back from a midseason absence, putting up 2.2 scoreless innings in the NCAA Tournament. View full news story

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