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Why should Longhorn fans care about Jordan Elliott’s national signing day decision?
Posted January 30th, 2016
Texas recruiting target Jordan Elliott announced on Twitter Friday that he will be choosing his school of commitment on national signing day at noon.
Why should Horns fans be watching out his decision at noon on Wednesday?
He’s No. 10 on The Statesman’s Fabulous 55 list
Elliott is the third-rated defensive tackle and third-highest rated uncommitted recruit on that list.
Defensive tackle is a position of need for the Longhorns in the 2016 class
Charlie Strong’s current class has only one defensive tackle in it at the moment, and the Longhorns unexpectedly lost Hassan Ridgway to the NFL draft as an early enrollee.
2016 Texas Longhorns recruiting class
Here's a look at the recruits who have committed to Texas coach Charlie Strong for the 2016 recruiting cycle. Star rankings from 247sports. Oral commitments are non-binding. National signing day is Feb. 3.| Player | Pos. | School | Stars | Committed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Collin Johnson | WR | San Jose (V. Christ.), Calif. | 4 | 4/17/2014 |
| Reggie Hemphill-Mapps | WR | Manvel | 3 | 10/4/2014 |
| Demarco Boyd | ILB | Gilmer | 3 | 1/30/2015 |
| Shane Buechele | QB | Arlington Lamar | 4 | 2/23/2015 |
| Tope Imade | OG | Arlington Bowie | 3 | 5/26/2015 |
| Gerald Wilbon | DT | Destrehan (La.) | 3 | 6/17/2015 |
| Peyton Aucoin | TE | New Orleans (La.) Martin | 3 | 7/24/2015 |
| Malcolm Roach | DE | Baton Rouge (La.) | 3 | 11/6/2015 |
| Andrew Fitzgerald | DE | Flower Mound | 4 | 11/12/2015 |
| Denzel Okafor | G | Lewisville | 4 | 11/14/2015 |
| Davion Curtis | WR | Temple | 3 | 11/19/2015 |
| Jean Delance | OT | North Mesquite | 4 | 1/2/16 |
| Zach Shackelford | G | Belton | 3 | 1/17/16 |
| Eric Cuffee | CB | Waco | 4 | 1/28/16 |
| Lil'Jordan Humphrey | WR | Southlake Carroll | 3 | 1/30/16 |
| Kyle Porter | RB | Katy | 4 | 2/2/16 |
| D'Andre Christmas-Giles | DT | New Orleans (La.) | 3 | 2/2/16 |
| Marcel Southall | DT | Duncanville | 3 | 2/3/16 |
| Chris Daniels | DT | Euless Trinity | 4 | 2/3/16 |
| Brandon Jones | S | Nacogdoches | 4 | 2/3/16 |
| Erick Fowler | LB | Manor | 4 | 2/3/16 |
| Chris Brown | S | Alief Elsik | 3 | 2/3/16 |
| Jeffrey McCulloch | LB | Aldine Davis | 4 | 2/3/16 |
| Jordan Elliott | DT | Houston Westside | 4 | 2/3/16 |
| Devin Duvernay | WR | Sachse | 4 | 6/22/16 |
| JP Urquidez | OT | Copperas Cove | 4 | 6/25/16 |
Elliott’s highlight video:
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