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2028 Klein Oak RB Micah Rhodes dropped a top three Thursday afternoon of Texas, Oklahoma and Texas A&M. Rhodes is currently ranked as the 40th ranked prospect in the country for the class of 2028 and the No. 3 RB in the country Per the 247Sports Composite. According to a few conversations this afternoon, Oklahoma is the school to beat the moment. A decision is likely to come soon as well.

Texas has found a new Director of Scouting per a report from Matt Zenitz of CBS Sports. Steve Sarkisian has named Kevin Mashack as the next Director of Scouting for the Texas Longhorns. Mashack, a Miami, Florida native, returned to Tennessee State University in the summer of 2023 for his third stint with the Tigers, where he served as Director of Football Recruiting. Mashack spent more than 13 years at TSU across three tenures (2007–2013, 2015–2021, and 2023), holding roles that ranged from student assistant and video coordinator to position coach and recruiting leader. Between his TSU stints, Mashack worked three seasons in the NFL with the Jacksonville Jaguars (2013–2015) as a scouting assistant in player personnel. He later moved into college personnel leadership roles, serving as Director of Player Personnel and High School Relations at Indiana in 2021 and Director of Player Personnel at Texas A&M in 2022 under Jimbo Fisher. Now, he joins the Longhorns on Steve Sarkisian's staff.

Easton Royal Update: Sark, Chris Jackson & Jabbar Juluke at Brother Martin Steve Sarkisian, Chris Jackson & Jabbar Juluke were at Brother Martin High in New Orleans today to see Easton Royal. The trio of Texas coaches met with Easton, his mom and another member of his circle earlier today. According to a source very close to the recruitment, Texas knocked it out of the park. Per a source in the New Orleans area, Texas feels better about this recruitment than ever after last weekend's two day visit and the school visit today. Texas fully understands that LSU, Florida, Miami and others will keep pursuing one of the nations top prospects. But, again, there is a lot of confidence right now on the Texas side.

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Texas will host some 2027 defensive prospects Saturday/Sunday --- Texas offered Kingwood High 2027 LB Cade Haug yesterday. The 6-2, 210-pounder with 4.58 speed tells OTF he will be in Austin Saturday. Junior HUDL: http://www.hudl.com/video/3/19809596/6732aa00a70f69d818f45ced

Texas Has Hired Garrett Cox to be New Defensive Analyst *** Garrett Cox is expected to be hired on staff at Texas, per 247Sports’ Matt Zenitz. Cox spent 2025 Georgia under Kirby Smart and alongside Will Muschamp as a defensive analyst. Previously, Cox had seen stints with TCU, Michigan, Tennessee, and Alabama where he worked closely with the linebacking unit. Given the hiring of Muschamp as the new defensive coordinator, Cox marks the first of a couple expected analyst hires under Muschamp in the defensive room. Muschamp already has worked with CB coach Mark Orphey in the past at South Carolina, and coached new defensive backs coach Blake Gideon while both were at Texas.

Mansfield Summit EDGE Cameron Hall became the fourth prospect to join the 2027 Texas recruiting class when he committed to the Longhorns on Wednesday. The 6-foot-3-inch. 235-pound Hall is the first high school defensive prospect to commit to Texas since Steve Sarkisian hired Will Muschamp as the program’s defensive coordinator in December. Hall picked the Longhorns over recent offers from Arkansas, Kentucky, Nebraska, Stanford and Wisconsin. He included Texas among his top 12 schools on Nov. 27, a group that included Arizona State, Baylor, LSU, Michigan, Ohio State, Ole Miss, Oklahoma, SMU, TCU, Texas A&M and Texas Tech. After recording 40 tackles, six tackles for loss, four sacks and two forced fumbles as a sophomore, Hall racked up 46 tackles, 18 tackles for loss and 10 sacks as a junior. He was named District 3-5A DII Defensive Player of the Year, an award voted on by the district's head coaches. Hall joins tight end JT Geraci (Ramsey, N.J./Don Bosco Prep), Manvel cornerback Karnell “Greedy” James and wide receiver Easton Royal (New Orleans, La./Brother Martin) in the 2027 recruiting class. View full news story

Some updates for the team as the month of January begins to turn to February. The full team, to my knowledge, is in Austin. That includes portal additions and of course all of the HS class. The HS class all moved in about 2.5 weeks ago on January 9-10. Now, things all are in the hands of Torre Becton and his staff. Winter workouts have begun for the Texas Longhorns. Of course, the ice storm has made things a bit trickier, but ultimately the team has been working out in the weight room and should get going even more on the field for mat drills + conditioning as the days continue. With the coaches on the road to see 2027 and 2028 prospects, they won't see much of the team for the next week or so. That of course is when Torre Becton's staff comes into play. Texas is looking to replace a lot of leadership – and I have heard the names of importance for the winter include Arch Manning, Trevor Goosby, Connor Robertson and Ryan Wingo on offense. For the other side of the ball, TyAnthony Smith, Colin Simmons, Hero Kanu and Jelani McDonald are going to be where you sit the leadership start. I had long wondered what the vocal leadership component would look like for Texas, but believe they will be in good hands, even with 40+ new faces on campus from the portal and high school ranks. Early enrollee updates should be coming over the next week or so, as their familiarity with the day to day process increases.

Texas hosting a 2026 class OV this weekend BREAKING: Texas is scheduled to host 2026 defensive lineman Elijah Ali (Downey, Calif./St. Pius X) this weekend. Kenny Baker and a Texas staff member were by the high school in early January to watch the 6-foot-4, 285-pound athletic lineman workout, and the were impressed with what they saw. Ali's recruitment slowed down and went the direction of sleeper after he was suspended for the majority of his senior season to due to transfer rules in the state. San Diego State has an offer out the Ali.

2028 WR Dillon Mitchell Receives Texas Offer *** Texas WR coach Chris Jackson is among the Longhorn coaching staff in Houston today extending offers to 2027 and 2028 prospects. Jackson stopped by state runner-ups CE King Tuesday afternoon and extended an offer to 2028 WR Dillon Mitchell. Mitchell is widely considered one of the fastest players in the entire country. He boasted a wind-aided 10.17 100m time in the spring of 2025 and was in Virginia two weekends ago competing in an indoor track invitational. Mitchell attended the Texas-UTEP game at DKR last fall as well. "It feels good to receive an offer (from Texas)," Mitchell told OTF. "It means a lot. I was extremely surprised to get (offered) today." Notable Offers Arkansas Arizona Auburn Florida Florida State Georgia Kentucky Tennessee Texas Texas A&M Texas Tech

Texas Offers EDGE Ezekiel Ayangbile *** Texas has offered 2027 Langham Creek edge rusher Ezekiel Ayangbile on Tuesday morning. Steve Sarkisian, Kenny Baker and Jeff Banks delivered the good news Tuesday morning to Ayangbile in person at Langham Creek. Ayangbile has been on campus to Texas multiple times, once for the April 28th Fan Day, and again for the June 1st Elite Day in 2025. *** Additionally, Texas offered OLB Jhadyn Nelson at Langham Creek as well. Nelson, a 6-foot-3-inch, 210-pound edge rusher and line backer reported the offer the same time as Ayangbile. Over the last week, Nelson has received offers from Miami, Mississippi State, SMU, Houston, Nebraska, TCU and Texas Tech.

Houston Area Corner Reports Texas Offer *** Mark Orphey has returned from the west coast and has joined the Texas contingency in Houston. Following a trip to Cypress Springs, the Longhorns have extended a new offer 2027 Cy Springs CB Kameron Roberson. Roberson is listed at 6–1 and 185 pounds. Over the last week, Roberson earned offers from Iowa, Tulsa, Oregon State, Northwestern, TCU and Vanderbilt. Roberson was a member of the Cy Springs 2025 4x100 state champion relay squad, which included Houston signee Paris Melvin.

We're waiting for the postgame press conference to start after Texas snapped a two-game losing streak with a blowout win over No. 21 Georgia at Moody Center on Saturday, 87-67. Sean Miller's Longhorns are now 12-8 overall and 3-4 in SEC play. Each of those three wins has come against AP Top 25 opponents.

I asked this on Twitter earlier today, but want to share it with the board – Now that the 2025 season has come and gone, give us your feedback on the coverage from the season. What did you like? What did you dislike? What would you change? Appreciate you all for the feedback and look forward to building in 2026!

2027 California WR Receives Visit From Mark Orphey *** Texas corners coach Mark Orphey is on the road in California Monday afternoon. Orphey made a stop in Irvine this morning to meet with 2027 WR Ty Johnson out of Crean Lutheran High. The 6-foot-2, 205-pound receiver currently holds 20 offers and the Longhorns have long been in the hunt here. Johnson attended the Texas-Kentucky game in 2024 at DKR, and has been on campus plenty of times. Before moving moving to the west coast, Johnson attended Lampasas High School about an hour north of Austin. He spent his freshman and sophomore seasons at Lampasas. Orphey stopped by to see Johnson and continue the Texas relationship, which to Johnson is still improving. "I would say our relationship is kinda small, but I definitely want to build a better relationship because I am very interested in Texas," Johnson told OTF. Johnson said he is very interested in getting back to Texas for a visit here in the spring. Texas has yet to offer so far in the recruitment. Notable Offers include: Arizona State Arkansas Georgia Oregon TCU Texas Tech UCLA Washington Wisconsin

Easton Royal & TE Brock Williams on campus today Easton Royal, and possibly a handful of offensive 2027’s are making UOV’s today. Obviously, weather will greatly impact this. As far as defensive prospects, Texas is working to get a few on campus next weekend. The next recruiting dead period begins Monday, February 2. It goes through March 1.

Texas quarterback Arch Manning, "underwent minor foot surgery this week as a preventative measure to address a previous injury," the Longhorns announced on Friday. Manning is one of six Texas players who underwent postseason surgery, and while "he will be limited during offseason workouts," school officials said that Manning "is expected back during spring football." The following Longhorns underwent postseason surgery for various ailments and "are expected back 100 percent healthy by the season," the school said: safety Xavier Filsaime (shoulder), offensive tackle Trevor Goosby (shoulder), wide receiver Emmett Mosley V (ankle), linebacker Ty’Anthony Smith (shoulder) and wide receiver Ryan Wingo (wrist). View full news story

Texas Baseball Availability Nuggets *** 2B Ethan Mendoza — Ethan Mendoza says he added 15 pounds this offseason. Says he is currently up to about 200 pounds after playing around 183-185 in 2025. Mentioned his exit velocities have improved and he feels better as a whole overall even when off the field. — Mendoza says pitching depth is really noticeable this year. Sam Cozart “is throwing gas” and praise for Max Grubbs as well. Says Cody Howard “looks really good in bullpens and (intrasquad) games.” — Mendoza says the freshmen and guys out of the portal will help on the basepaths. — Mendoza speaking on the Texas culture under Jim Schlossnagle: “We are gritty… we are going to show up and try to outwork everyone, that is our goal.” OF Aiden Robbin’s — Robbins said Jim Schlossnagle called him within 30 Minutes of entering the portal. On his visit he walked into the Disch and got chills, which went a long way towards his decision. Says he considered Tennessee, LSU, Texas A&M but is glad he ended up at Texas. — ”I’m a good hitter, and can play some defense. I take pride in playing both sides of the ball.” — On pitchers standouts: Brett Crossland, Max Grubbs, Dylan Volantis, Kaleb Rogers “we are looking really good right now, I’m excited.” — Says he’s played outfield every year of his baseball life since he was about eight years old. Says he will play any of the three positions back there. — Robbins says the outfielders collectively call the outfield “The Graveyard.” Casey Borba — Borba says he played everywhere in the infield growing up, so the transition to first base has been smooth. Borba says he is doing work at both spots at the moment. At 3B, Josh Livingston and Temo Becerra are both getting time at third base as well. — Says the goal is “Omaha and to win a National Championship.” Borba mentioned this is in no way a rebuilding year for Texas. — Anthony Pack was mentioned as a player who could surprise this season by Borba. Borba also said Jason Flores has “looked good all fall.” — a few of the older guys on the team have had team outings at someone’s house to get the whole team out for team building exercises. Luke Harrison and Cody Howard were given “pit masters” credits.

Texas assistant coaches are on the road this week seeing top high school targets. As more and more updates arrive, we will update the thread accordingly.

Ranking the SEC QB's: OTF community Wanted to see how everyone in the OTF community would rank the SEC QB's post portal and coaching changes... Arch Manning, Texas *Trinidad Chambliss, Ole Miss Sam Leavitt, LSU Gunnar Stockton, Georgia John Mateer, Oklahoma LaNorris Sellers, South Carolina Kamario Taylor, Mississippi State Marcel Reed, Texas A&M Byrum Brown, Auburn KJ Jackson, Arkansas Aaron Philo, Florida Kenny Minchey, Kentucky Austin Simmons, Missouri George MacIntyre, Tennessee Jared Curtin, Vanderbilt Keelon Russell, Alabama

2026 New Boston RB Ashton Rowden tells OTF that he has been in contact with Texas running back coach Chad Scott recently. Rowden said he is familiar with Scott, and that there was a conversation about a week ago where Texas was checking in on the New Boston four-star back. The 5-foot-11-inch running back holds 24 offers at the moment, and took four official visits in the month of June: May 30: TCU June 6: Texas Tech June 13: Minnesota June 20: Houston As far as I know, there was no visit conversation, but Rowden certainly becomes a name to monitor on the trail.

MODS only transfer portal thread Per you guys request, we are starting a mods only transfer portal update thread.

RB David Segarra III The Duncan (S.C.) Byrnes 2027 RB got a visit from Texas RB's coach Jabbar Juluke last week. Juluke had offered the 5-10, 205-pound back while at Florida. Per Segarra's father (a coach at Byrnes High), Juyluke is working on getting the family on campus to meet with Coach Sarkisian. Segarra is also a varsity letterman in soccer and wrestling. South Carolina, Tennessee, Notre Dame, Miami, FSU, Florida among the early contenders. 2025... 174 carries for 1,460 yards and 17 TD's in 11 games, plus 19 receptions for 198 yards and 4 TD's.