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Other than the selection committee resisting the urge to pair Texas and Texas A&M together for a potential Austin Super Regional, there were no surprises when the field for the NCAA Tournament was unveiled on Monday. For the second year in a row, Jim Schlossnagle’s club earned a top-8 national seed. The committee awarded the Longhorns the No. 6 overall seed, pairing Texas (40-13, 19-10 SEC) with the Eugene Regional (hosted by No. 11 overall seed Oregon) for the Super Regional. One of the eight roads to Omaha and the College World Series will go through Austin, the first time that’s been the case in consecutive years since Augie Garrido led the program to top-8 seeds in 2009, 2010 and 2011. The Longhorns will face No. 4 seed Holy Cross in the opening game of the regional on Friday (12 p.m., SEC Network) and, if Texas wins, it’ll face the winner of the nightcap between No. 2 seed UC Santa Barbara and No. 3 seed Tarleton State (6 p.m., ESPN+) on Saturday. With the field of 64 set, here are five things to take stock of before Texas begins its journey toward an NCAA-record 39th trip to the College World Series and the program’s seventh national championship: 1. The regional will test whether Schlossnagle’s approach of valuing recovery and rest over prioritizing the SEC Tournament was truly the right approach. While Ethan Mendoza and Ruger Riojas were among the key Longhorns who should benefit from the extra time off ahead of the NCAA Tournament, the team’s offensive performance in Hoover (four hits and 14 strikeouts in an 8-1 loss to Arkansas in the SEC quarterfinals) didn’t inspire a lot of confidence heading into the regional. As of now, Schlossnagle’s approach was the right one because the SEC Tournament didn’t impact how the Longhorns are positioned in the postseason. Texas appeared to have a top-8 seed locked up before taking the field in Hoover. That proved to be the case, and the Razorbacks getting subbed as a regional host after reaching the championship game further showed how the SEC Tournament had little to no impact on the committee. 2. The main difference between the Longhorns entering this year’s regional as opposed to last year's regional loss to UTSA is Dylan Volantis. Once Jared Spencer went down with a season-ending arm injury, it felt like the Longhorns spent the rest of the season hanging on for dear life. Texas enters this year’s NCAA Tournament with a bona fide ace, which the Longhorns will need for a matchup with either the Gauchos or the Texans in a winner’s bracket game on Saturday. The early indication is that the Longhorns will go with another pitcher (likely Luke Harrison, since he pitched in last Friday's loss to Arkansas, although Riojas hasn't pitched since facing one batter in the regular-season finale against Missouri on May 16) against Holy Cross (25-28) on Friday and save Volantis for Saturday. If UCSB (38-18) gets by WAC regular-season and tournament champion Tarleton State (37-19) without using ace Jackson Flora, a candidate to be the No. 1 overall pick in the 2026 MLB Draft, a Volantis vs. Flora pitching matchup would be one of the most noteworthy head-to-head battles in the tournament. 3. Even though a Saturday night winner’s bracket game in a regional will be a much different environment than the one the Texans played in during a 6-1 upset victory over the Longhorns on March 17, the experience Fuller Smith’s team has of winning a game at Disch-Falk Field makes Tarleton State no ordinary No. 3 seed. Facing Volantis in prime time will be a much tougher test than when the Texans roughed up Kade Bing, Cal Higgins and Max Grubbs more than two months ago. Furthermore, Texas has no excuse to be caught off guard if the two teams meet again with a lot more on the line than there was the first time they battled. 4. To that end, given Riojas’ late-season struggles with shoulder tendonitis and Grubbs going down with a season-ending injury, the Longhorns’ pitching depth, or lack thereof, would make getting into the loser’s bracket feel like a death sentence. To avoid such a fate, Texas can’t have its bats go cold against the top-notch arms it will see the rest of the way. To minimize the lingering concerns at the bottom of the lineup, which will exist as long as the Longhorns remain in the tournament, Casey Borba must roll his late-season hot streak (12-for-35 with six home runs over his last 10 games) into more consistent production in the postseason. Adrian Rodriguez, who is managing his surgically-repaired hand more effectively now that he's only hitting left-handed, must keep stringing together quality at-bats (14 hits in his last 11 games). Aiden Robbins, Carson Tinney and Anthony Pack Jr. won’t feel the pressure to carry the offense if some combination of Borba, Rodriguez and Mendoza can compete in the box and bring a consistent spark to the middle of the order. 5. Personally, I feel better about Texas getting through a Super Regional and onto Omaha than I feel about it winning a regional because of the format. The Longhorns lost two regular-season series, both on the road, to Texas A&M and Tennessee, respectively. Texas recorded series wins over No. 4 overall seed Auburn, No. 7 overall seed Alabama and regional host Mississippi State in SEC play, all of which had Schlossnagle’s team needing to win on Sunday to clinch the series. With Volantis capable of shutting down anybody in the field and the comfort of feeling like a win is inevitable if the game winds up in the hands of Sam Cozart, the Longhorns are as tough an out as there is in college baseball in a three-game series. Like last year, however, the winner’s bracket game of the regional could determine whether Texas makes a serious run at ending a 21-year national championship drought or if Schlossnagle and staff will get an unexpected head start on building the 2027 roster. View full news story

In honor of Victoria Hunter's pinch hit home run on Saturday to keep Texas softball alive, I was thinking where it ranks all-time among cutch Texas moments. Let's hear them!

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

Anybody hit any good cards lately?

On behalf of the OTF staff, I hope everyone has a safe, happy and healthy Memorial Day. After the grind that is college baseball’s regular season, including 29 SEC games, Texas will learn its road to Omaha in just over an hour. The show has been moved from ESPN2 to ESPN. The Longhorns were announced last night as one of 16 regional hosts. We’ll find out if Texas (40-13, 19-10 SEC) made the cut for a top-8 national seed when the field of 64 is unveiled. I’ll be live on the OTF YouTube channel with @Blake Munroe and @CJ Vogel for the selection show.

The even formally gets underway tomorrow and runs through Thursday (May 26-28), however as Bobby noted, SEC commish Greg Sankey will speak this evening. Sark and Sean Miller are tomorrow, followed by Vic Schaefer later in the day. CDC is on hand as well. We'll keep this thread open for all news and notes coming out of what should be a newsworthy event.

The fifth-ranked Texas baseball team was named one of 16 regional hosts for the NCAA Tournament on Sunday. The Austin Regional at UFCU Disch-Falk will begin on Friday, May 29. That wasn’t a surprise, considering the Longhorns won 40 regular-season games, finished second in the SEC standings and have been one of the nation’s top RBI teams (No. 5 in RPI according to D1Baseball.com). What remains to be seen is if Texas (40-13, 19-10 SEC) will be one of the eight national seeds when the field of 64 is unveiled on Monday. D1Baseball's Field of 64 projections published Sunday have the Longhorns as the No. 6 overall national seed, hosting an Austin Regional featuring No. 2 seed Miami (Fla.), No. 3 seed Louisiana and No. 4 seed UC San Diego. D1Baseball has Texas matched up with the Tallahassee Regional, hosted by projected No. 11 seed Florida State, which would pit the Longhorns against the Seminoles in the Austin Super Regional with a trip to the College World Series on the line. The On Texas Football staff will be live on YouTube at 11 a.m. Monday, when ESPN announces the field assembled by the Division I Baseball Selection Committee. The burnt orange faithful hope Jim Schlossnagle’s second NCAA Tournament on the Forty Acres goes better than his postseason debut leading the program. Entering last year's tournament as the No. 2 overall national seed, Texas was eliminated from the Austin Regional by UTSA, losing twice to the Roadrunners. This marks the third time in the last five seasons that the Longhorns have hosted a regional. Texas won its regional at Disch-Falk Field in 2021 and 2022, with the 2021 squad eliminating USF in the Austin Super Regional to reach the College World Series. No team in Division I history has more College World Series appearances (38) or wins (88) than the Longhorns. For Texas, the road to Omaha in 2026 marks the program's 65th postseason appearance, with the 2026 Austin Regional marking the 39th time the Longhorns have hosted the NCAA Tournament. View full news story

Georgia EDGE KJ Green will no longer officially visit Texas, OTF has confirmed. The two parties went in separate directions. The Longhorns are placing focus on Jabarrius Garror, Jhadyn Nelson, Israel Hammons, and DJ Jacobs at the EDGE spot, in addition to having Derwin Fields and Cam Hall committed. We continue to like Texas' position with Garror.

Cypress (Texas) Cy Ranch DL Amari Vickerson, an SMU commit, tells OTF this weekend he still intends on officially visiting Texas on June 12-14. Vickerson missed his scheduled return trip to Austin for the final spring practice but remains in contact with the Longhorns. SMU is working to hang on to the talented 6-foot-3, 300-pounder, who's the son of former NFL DL Kevin Vickerson. Vickerson did visit Texas on April 11 with his family. We'll see if anything comes of this.

Cody Howard (0-0, 7.45 ERA) will get the ball for Texas (40-12, 19-10 SEC) against Arkansas (37-19, 17-13 SEC) in the first of two SEC Tournament quarterfinals in Hoover, Ala. The winner of today's game will face the winner of the second quarterfinal between third-seeded Texas A&M and sixth-seeded Auburn, which is scheduled for a 7 p.m. start. As always during the postseason, keep an eye on the weather in case it changes the schedule. The game will be televised on SEC Network. UPDATE: The game will start at 4:30 p.m.

Texas-Arkansas visitor list thread CJ and I will be adding to the visitor list throughout the day. Official visitor list ... Brysten Martinez, OT, Gonzales (La.) East Ascension - *LSU commit OnTexasFootball ranking: 4-star+ Kaden Scherer, OT, Georgetown (Texas) High - *Stanford commit OnTexasFootball ranking: 3-star++ Jett Walker, RB, Georgetown (Texas) High - *Minnesota commit OnTexasFootball ranking: 3-star++ Charlie Jilek, TE, Portage (Mi.) Central #AllGasNoBrakes OnTexasFootball ranking: 3-star++ Richard Anderson, DL, New Orleans (La.) Edna Karr - *LSU commit OnTexasFootball ranking: 5-star Rocky Cummings, LB, Carlsbad (Calif.) High - *Cal commit OnTexasFootball ranking: 3-star++ Josiah Vilmael, CB/N, Richmond (Texas) Fort Bend Travis OnTexasFootball ranking: 3-star++ Commits ... Richard Wesley, EDGE, Chatsworth (Calif.) Sierra Canyon OnTexasFootball: 5-star James Johnson, DL, Miami (Fla.) Northwestern OnTexasFootball: 4-Star++ Hayward Howard Jr., DB, New Orleans (La.) Edna Karr OnTexasFootball ranking: 4-star

Two message board topics — one on P.J. Tucker’s recent retirement and a discussion about Longhorn football players who could fly — got me thinking about an unlikely long-tenured pro athlete from the Forty Acres who could scoot. The 2016 NFL Draft cycle wasn’t one to write home about for the Texas program. Hassan Ridgeway was the only Longhorn invited to the NFL Scouting Combine and the only lone draft pick Texas produced. Ridgeway was a fourth-round pick by the Indianapolis Colts, one of four teams Marcus Johnson played for during a six-season NFL career. A late addition to the 2012 recruiting class, Johnson, who was committed to Texas Tech and Texas A&M before flipping to the Longhorns shortly after Texas went to College Station and left Kyle Field with a 27-25 win over the Aggies in 2011, didn’t record a catch as a true freshman. Johnson’s time with the Longhorns was plagued by inconsistent quarterback play, which contributed to his 42-game career (18 starts) concluding with 61 receptions for 473 yards and four touchdowns. Still, Johnson had enough flashes in a Texas uniform (12 catches for 187 yards and two touchdowns while helping the Longhorns to two improbable wins over Oklahoma in three Red River Shootouts) and performed well enough at his pro day (ran a 4.37 40-yard dash with a 37-inch vertical jump, an 11-3 broad jump and 22 reps on the bench press) while checking in at 6 feet 1 inches and 204 pounds for the Philadelphia Eagles to take a chance on him as an undrafted free agent. Johnson won a Super Bowl as a member of the Eagles, ending his NFL career in 2022 with the New York Giants with numbers as good or better than his production at Texas (60 receptions for 938 yards and three touchdowns while starting 19 of 55 career games for the Eagles, Colts, Giants and the Tennessee Titans). Thankfully, Steve Sarkisian has guided the Longhorn offense into a much more prosperous era of the forward pass. Under Sarkisian, four Texas wide receivers have been drafted, with Xavier Worthy and Matthew Golden going in the first round in 2024 and 2025, respectively. That’s the same number of Longhorn wideouts drafted over the course of 11 drafts (2010-20), none of whom went higher than Marquise Goodwin, the No. 78 overall pick (third round) by the Buffalo Bills in 2013. Cam Coleman should make it three first-round wide receivers produced by Sarkisian in four drafts. To put that into perspective (and not including Eric Metcalf, who was selected in the first round of the 1989 draft as an ahead-of-his-time all-purpose back), Johnny “Lam” Jones (1980) and Roy Williams (2004) were the only first-round wideouts to come out of Texas since the first draft after the AFL/NFL merger in 1967 before the Kansas City Chiefs made Worthy the 28th overall pick in the 2024 draft. With that said, during a largely forgettable period of offensive football for the program, Marcus Johnson was a bright spot who arguably had a more notable NFL career than what he accomplished at Texas. *** Jake Langi, a former member of the Texas recruiting staff under Sarkisian and Tom Herman who’s now a senior personnel analyst for Rhett Lashlee at SMU, had a social media post on Monday that should reinforce Kyle Flood’s ability to develop offensive line talent. Langi said he was once on a staff that signed five offensive linemen in a recruiting cycle. Only one of the five, who had “zero offers” and was “unranked” when Langi found him, played professional football. Langi didn’t mention the recruit or the college program. But the Longhorns did sign five offensive linemen in 2018, which was Herman’s first full cycle on the job. Junior Angilau was a multiple-year starter whose career was derailed by an injury. Reese Moore and Rafiti Ghirmai transferred out of the program after making little to no impact. Junior college signee Mikey Grandy never played a snap for Texas after concussion-related issues forced him to retire. The fifth signee in that class was Christian Jones, a soccer player who found football late and was committed to the Mustangs before the Longhorns flipped him ahead of National Signing Day. A reserve for his first two seasons at Texas before emerging as the team’s starting right tackle in 2020, Jones had a rough transition to left tackle under Flood in 2021. Nevertheless, the arrival of Kelvin Banks Jr. allowed Jones to move back to right tackle, where he flourished, evolving from a player who struggled mightily and noticeably in 2021 to a two-time All-Big 12 selection and a fifth-round pick of the Arizona Cardinals in the 2024 draft. From the previous staff, Flood inherited Jones and Hayden Conner. The two Herman signees departed the Forty Acres as NFL draft picks (the Cardinals took Conner in the sixth round of the 2025 draft) who played key roles in the program's long-overdue return to the national championship discussion. After neglecting the offensive line in the transfer portal ahead of the 2025 season, the Longhorns added a likely future NFL offensive tackle (Melvin Siani), a probable starter at left guard (Laurence Seymore) and two developmental pieces (Jonte Newman and Dylan Sikorski) who showed varying degrees of promise during spring practice. Still, if Texas can develop more homegrown talent in the trenches like Jones and Conner and not be overly reliant on the transfer portal (which has its drawbacks because top-tier linemen aren’t cheap, especially if there’s a need for an NFL-caliber tackle), the Longhorns can allocate their roster-building resources to fill other needs. *** Texas salvaged a baseball road series loss in Knoxville over the weekend, taking a 12-6 decision over Tennessee on Sunday. Losing two of three games to the Volunteers aside, a lingering issue facing Jim Schlossnagle’s club is what the Longhorns can expect the rest of the way from starting pitchers Luke Harrison and Ruger Riojas. Harrison’s struggles against SEC competition have primarily come on the road. After going 5.2 innings in wins over Auburn (7-6 on March 21) and South Carolina (5-3 on April 3), Harrison lasted a combined 4.1 innings in losses to Texas A&M (0.2 innings in an 11-4 loss on April 11) and Tennessee (3.2 innings in Saturday’s 14-9 loss), which matched the length of his outing in a 4-3 win over Vanderbilt on April 26. Five of the six hits Harrison allowed in the loss to the Volunteers were for extra bases, including four home runs. Harrison has given up 27 hits and 20 earned runs in his last five starts, only one of which he’s gone more than 5.0 innings (seven innings in a 2-1 loss to Alabama at home on April 19). Riojas, whose start was moved from Saturday to Sunday due to what Schlossnagle said was a combination of soreness and his continued bullpen work with Max Weiner, hasn’t had an outing exceed 5.0 innings since his seven-inning gem in a 14-0 run-rule win over Oklahoma on March 26. His pitch count has exceeded 74 in just two of those six starts (83 in a 9-8 road loss to the Aggies on April 10 and 99 in a 3-1 loss to the Crimson Tide on April 18). Riojas has allowed at least four earned runs in four of his last six starts, including four via a grand slam on Sunday at Lindsey Nelson Stadium. He’s allowed 25 hits over his last 30 innings, 20 of which have been of the extra-base variety (11 doubles, five triples and four home runs). The life of an SEC pitcher is dealing with one top-notch offense after another. Still, a welcome sight for Longhorn baseball observers would be Harrison and Riojas entering the postseason off of strong outings when they pitch for No. 6 Texas (36-12, 16-10 SEC) in the last series of the regular season against Missouri, which starts on Thursday at UFCU Disch-Falk Field. View full news story

If someone is objectively looking for something to separate Arch Manning, John Mateer and Marcel Reed in the pecking order for SEC quarterbacks ahead of pivotal seasons in the careers of the signal-callers for Texas, Oklahoma and Texas A&M, respectively, it’s how they performed against the best competition they faced in 2025. Manning faced more ranked opponents last season than Mateer or Reed, with the Longhorns battling six opponents (Ohio State, the Sooners, Vanderbilt, Georgia, Texas A&M and Michigan) that ended the season inside the Associated Press Top 25. Mateer faced five such foes (the Wolverines, the Longhorns, Ole Miss and Alabama twice) while Reed squared off against three (Notre Dame, Texas and Miami). Manning, who led the Longhorns to a 4-2 record in those games, has the edge over Mateer (2-3) and Reed (1-2) in his performance against ranked opponents. And it’s not as close as the Sooner or Aggie faithful might think. Manning: 125-for-196 (63.8 percent completion rate), 1,315 yards (219.2 yards per game), 9 touchdowns, 2 interceptions and a passer rating of 133.25 Mateer: 99-for-167 (59.3 percent completion rate, 1,140 yards (228 yards per game), 4 touchdowns, 5 interceptions and a passer rating of 118.53 Reed: 62-for-108 (57.4 percent completion rate), 777 yards (259 yards per game), 2 touchdowns, 5 interceptions and a 114.69 passer rating According to CFBStats.com, of the 13 qualifying SEC quarterbacks who played against at least three ranked opponents last season, Mateer and Reed ranked 12th and 13th in passer rating, respectively. They tied Tennessee’s Joey Aguilar and South Carolina’s LaNorris Sellers for the most interceptions against ranked opponents. Only the 13 touchdown passes by Georgia’s Gunnar Stockton topped Manning’s number of scoring tosses (tied with Aguilar for the second-most touchdown passes against ranked opponents among SEC quarterbacks). Manning, Mateer and Reed are capable runners with differing styles. Their numbers on the ground against ranked opponents were, however, in the same neighborhood; Manning (44.5 yards per game and three rushing touchdowns) had the edge in yards per carry (7.42), Mateer (26.8 yards per game and 1.79 yards per attempt) had the most rushing touchdowns (four) among the three and Reed (3.97 yards per attempt and no touchdowns) led the way in rushing yards per game (45). Still, what’s going to make the difference in where the ceiling resides for Texas, Oklahoma and Texas A&M in 2026 is the success their respective quarterbacks have when they're asked to make critical plays from the pocket, along with protecting the football. Without question, based on last season’s results, the highest level of trust in one of the three getting the job done when it matters should be in Manning. *** When identifying members of the 2026 recruiting class best positioned to contribute early as true freshmen, linebacker is a fascinating position to examine. Will Muschamp cited depth, or lack thereof, at the position as one of the biggest questions his defense faced in spring practice. While the Longhorns might not need Tyler Atkinson, Rocky Cummings or Kosi Okpala to log significant snaps, the perceived gap between the duo of Cummings and Okpala and Atkinson is much tighter than anticipated. That's a good sign for the position’s future. Atkinson was the blue-chip signee among the group. Although he had a quiet spring, relative to expectations, the 6-foot-1, 216-pound Atkinson has plenty of time to get his feet underneath him and figure things out as he develops behind Rasheem Biles, Justin Cryer, Ty’Anthony Smith and Brad Spence. Cummings looked more and more like a tremendous evaluation by the Texas staff as spring practice progressed. It says a lot that he was committed to Cal when Justin Wilcox, long recognized as one of the top defensive minds in college football, with a track record for producing quality linebackers, was the head coach of the Golden Bears and signed off on the 6-foot-4-inch, 226-pound Carlsbad (Calif.) product's offer. The same can be said of Okpala, who had Penn State among his final choices, along with Miami. Hall of Fame defensive end Jason Taylor was Okpala’s lead recruiter for the Hurricanes, further validating the 6-foot-3-inch, 239-pound Katy Mayde Creek product’s potential as a disruptor off the edge. While Muschamp didn’t recruit any of the three to Texas, the trio has a chance to be special in their specific roles under his tutelage. *** The news that D’Onta Foreman is reportedly going into coaching will keep the Longhorns’ 2016 Doak Walker Award winner close to the game after putting together one of the more remarkable NFL careers a product of the Forty Acres has enjoyed. It would’ve been fair to write Foreman off after tearing his Achilles tendon toward the end of his rookie season with the Houston Texans in 2017. It made even more sense to think Foreman had a short NFL shelf life when, in the span of less than three weeks, he was waived by the Texans (poor work habits were cited as the primary reason, including reportedly showing up late for meetings), picked up by the Indianapolis Colts, suffered a torn bicep in training camp and was waived by general manager Chris Ballard, who, like Foreman, played high school football at Texas City. After spending time with the Tennessee Titans in 2020 and the Atlanta Falcons in 2021, it was Foreman’s second stint with the Titans when he started to show the form he had when he rushed for 2,028 yards and 15 touchdowns for the Longhorns, breaking Ricky Williams’ single-season school record for rushing yards by a junior (1,893 in 1997) and joining Williams as the only Texas running backs to record a 2,000-yard season (Williams ran for 2,124 yards en route to winning the Heisman Trophy in 1998). Foreman ran for 132 yards and a touchdown in a Week 17 win over the Miami Dolphins on Jan. 2, 2022, helping the Titans clinch the AFC South title with one of his three 100-yard games on the season. Forman’s best NFL season came in 2022 with the Carolina Panthers, when he rushed for 914 yards and five touchdowns. Over seven NFL seasons, Foreman played in 63 games (24 starts) and rushed for 2,558 yards and 14 touchdowns. Incredibly, 53 of those games (23 starts) and all but 326 of his career rushing yards and one of his rushing touchdowns came after two significant injuries, both of which threatened to derail Foreman’s career. As someone who was in the room in Galveston with Foreman and his family on the night the Texans took him in the third round (No. 89 overall) of the 2018 draft, it was satisfying to see Foreman extend his playing career and prove himself as a capable NFL running back, when it would’ve been easy to throw in the towel. All told, the lowest-rated recruit in the Longhorns’ 2014 recruiting class, who had to climb a hill academically to get to campus, turned out to be a much better player than anyone could’ve expected. View full news story

Follow along for the SEC Tournament in Hoover, Alabama. The Horns get active on Thursday after the double-bye. Texas will play the winner of #7 Arkansas and #15 South Carolina/#10 Tennessee.

Game 1 tonight I'm going Spurs in 6.

2027 OT Caleb Siler to OV June 19th *** As alluded to earlier in month of April, 2027 Gunter (TX) OL Caleb Siler will officially visit Texas on June 19th. Siler will also take visits to TCU, Arkansas, South Carolina and Texas Tech ahead of his trip to Austin. Texas will be competing against some larger NIL offers in this one, but the familial ties to the program will be something the staff can lean on.

Texas associate head coach/recruiting coordinator Nolan Cain interviewed for the vacant head coaching job at the University of Houston, On Texas Football has learned. Both parties decided to go in different directions; Cain was one of 10-plus targets on the Cougars’ radar to replace long-time head coach Todd Whitting, who parted ways with the school after 16 seasons. OTF has also learned that other schools are interested in Cain as a head coaching candidate. Houston isn’t expected to be the last program to try and poach Cain from Jim Schlossnagle’s staff, a group of coaches currently preparing for Friday’s SEC Tournament quarterfinal against a to-be-determined opponent. Cain, who also serves as the team’s third base coach on game day and works with the program’s catchers, followed Schlossnagle to the Forty Acres after three seasons at Texas A&M (2022-24). Cain helped assemble a 2025 recruiting class that brought 2026 SEC Freshman of the Year Anthony Pack Jr. and first-team All-SEC relief pitcher Sam Cozart to Austin. Pack and Cozart were instrumental in helping Texas (40-12, 19-10) finish the regular season in second place in the conference standings. The Longhorns also concluded a 52-game campaign with a No. 5 national ranking in the D1Baseball.com Top 25. Thanks to Cain’s efforts on the recruiting trail, Texas became the first SEC program since Florida in 2009 and 2010 to produce the SEC Freshman of the Year in consecutive seasons, with Dylan Volantis claiming the honor in 2025. View full news story

Welcome! Tell us where you're from and your first Texas football memory. (existing OTF members welcome to reply too)

Trending Texas: In-state DB OnTexasFootball believes Dallas South Oak Cliff safety Isaiah Udom should be considered as "Trending Texas" entering the official visit process. The 6-foot-1, 180-pound rangy safety burst onto the recruiting scene this season, and has since picked up 18 offers. Texas' main competition is hometown SMU. OTF expects SMU to make this a very competitive close. Baylor is the third school with an OV on the books. Udom OV schedule: SMU June 5-7 Texas June 12-14 Baylor June 19-21