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Texas adds four-star cornerback Jamier Johnson

Mike Craven Hookem.com staff

July 3rd, 2020

Four-star cornerback Jamier Johnson became Texas’ 14th pledge Friday afternoon when the Pasadena, Calif. Native chose the Longhorns over 14 other offers, including Ohio State and Oregon. The 6-0, 170-pound prospect attends high school at John Muir. He’s the 17th-ranked cornerback and the 24th-best … Read More

Commitment 101: Texas raids California for four-star cornerback Jamier Johnson

Mike Craven Hookem.com staff

July 3rd, 2020

Four-star cornerback Jamier Johnson became Texas’ 14th pledge Friday afternoon when the Pasadena, Calif. Native chose the Longhorns over 14 other offers, including Ohio State and Oregon. The 6-0, 170-pound prospect attends high school at John Muir. He’s the 17th-ranked cornerback and the 24th-best … Read More

The Dotted Line: Texas, Herb Hand face challenges signing offensive line talent

Mike Craven Hookem.com staff

July 2nd, 2020

The plan for Texas was to sign the best offensive line class in the country for the 2021 cycle, and the ingredients were in the cupboard. The amount of in-state offensive line talent at the Longhorns’ disposal was boiling over the rim, beginning with the state’s top two … Read More

The Dotted Line: Where does Texas turn to fill the defensive back position in the 2021 recruiting class?

Mike Craven Hookem.com staff

July 1st, 2020

Texas has offered scholarships to 28 defensive backs, and two of them are committed as the Longhorns head into July. Both pledges came on June 15 when four-star cornerback Ishmael Ibraheem and four-star safety JD Coffey picked the Longhorns over dozens of … Read More

The Dotted Line: Is it Terrence Cooks or bust for Texas recruiting 2021 linebackers?

Mike Craven Hookem.com staff

June 30th, 2020

Recruiting linebackers has become a tricky proposition as the high school game has evolved toward spread offenses, which in turn required defensive coordinators to play their best athletes as edge rushers or safeties. Texas has struggled to recruit linebackers over the past decade because the state is failing … Read More

The Dotted Line: Four potential additions for Texas along the defensive line in the 2021 recruiting class

Mike Craven Hookem.com staff

June 29th, 2020

Texas’ 2020 recruiting class was headlined by promising defensive tackles Vernon Broughton, Alfred Collins and Sawyer Goram-Welch. The Longhorns hope to repeat the trick again in 2021, except this time the focus is on edge rushers. Texas is potentially two steps there … Read More

The Dotted Line: Texas clearly wants another tight end in 2021 recruiting class

Mike Craven Hookem.com staff

June 25th, 2020

Charlie Strong de-emphasized the tight end position when the former Texas coach opted for an Air Raid offense. Tom Herman immediately went about changing the landscape of the tight ends room with his recent recruiting classes, beginning with signing Lake Travis’ Cade Brewer in 2017, then … Read More

The Dotted Line: Texas continues its search for wide receivers in the 2021 recruiting class

Mike Craven Hookem.com staff

June 24th, 2020

Texas has extended more offers to wide receivers — 23 — than any other position so far in the 2021 recruiting cycle. Nine of those receivers remain uncommitted. Texas’ class has only one true wide receiver in Casey Cain, though … Read More

The Dotted Line: Where does Texas turn for a second running back in the 2021 class?

Mike Craven Hookem.com staff

June 23rd, 2020

After signing Bijan Robinson — a five-star recruit who was the country’s top-ranked running back prospect in 2020 and discovering that 2019 quarterback signee Roschon Johnson was instead a future NFL prospect at running back, Texas can afford to be picky recruiting running backs for the … Read More

The Dotted Line: Each of Texas’ five quarterback offers in 2021 class are committed to a school

Mike Craven Hookem.com staff

June 22nd, 2020

The Longhorns were efficient with quarterback offers in the 2021 class, landing four-star Jalen Milroe of Katy Tompkins back in the summer of 2019. Milroe is the longest standing pledge, and it Texas only took five offers at the position to land its man. Read More

The Dotted Line: Five prospects Texas hopes to close on in summer, fall

Mike Craven Hookem.com staff

June 18th, 2020

Texas’ 2021 recruiting class now consists of 13 members following the Monday commitments of four-star defensive backs JD Coffey and Ishmael Ibraheem. The Longhorns’ current recruiting class ranks ninth in the nation and first in the Big 12. Ten of the 13 pledges hail … Read More

The Dotted Line: Three questions facing Texas in the 2021 recruiting cycle

Mike Craven Hookem.com staff

June 17th, 2020

Texas’ 2021 recruiting class moved into the ninth spot in the nation and extended its recruiting lead over Baylor and Oklahoma by adding four-star defensive backs JD Coffey and Ishmael Ibraheem on Monday. The Longhorns hold 13 commitments with July approaching despite ongoing travel … Read More

The Dotted Line: Texas extends recruiting lead in Big 12; West Virginia, Oklahoma State move up

Mike Craven Hookem.com staff

June 16th, 2020

Three Big 12 teams made positive impacts to their recruiting classes over the past month with the Texas Longhorns making major headway Monday when four-star defensive backs JD Coffey and Ishmael Ibraheem chose Tom Herman’s program. Both are members of the 2021 Fabulous 55. Read More

Commitment 101: JD Coffey continues Texas’ tradition of landing elite safeties under Tom Herman

Mike Craven Hookem.com staff

June 15th, 2020

Texas started its reloading process at the safety position by securing the commitment of JD Coffey, a four-star from Kennedale High School. He’s the seventh-ranked safety in the 2021 recruiting class, per 247Sports Composite, and he checks in at No. Read More

Commitment 101: Four-star cornerback Ishmael Ibraheem adds talent to future Texas secondary

Mike Craven Hookem.com staff

June 15th, 2020

Texas added potential star power to its future secondary on Monday when cornerback Ishmael Ibraheem became the first player at his position to pledge to the Longhorns in the 2021 recruiting class. The 6-1, 175-pound four-star Dallas Kimball chose Texas over 33 other offers, including Georgia and LSU. Read More

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Four-star safety JD Coffey joins Texas’ 2021 recruiting class

Mike Craven Hookem.com staff

June 15th, 2020

Texas started its reloading process at the safety position by securing the commitment of JD Coffey, a four-star from Kennedale High School. He’s the seventh-ranked safety in the 2021 recruiting class, per 247Sports Composite, and he checks in at No. Read More

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Longhorns add four-star cornerback Ishmael Ibraheem to 2021 recruiting class

Mike Craven Hookem.com staff

June 15th, 2020

Texas added potential star power to its future secondary on Monday when cornerback Ishmael Ibraheem became the first player at his position to pledge to the Longhorns in the 2021 recruiting class. The 6-1, 175-pound four-star Dallas Kimball chose Texas over 33 other offers, including Georgia and LSU. Read More

The Dotted Line: Recruits react to Texas players call for change of building names, ‘Eyes of Texas’

Mike Craven Hookem.com staff

June 15th, 2020

A herd of Longhorns athletes called for changes to address the University of Texas’ past racial transgressions, specifically the renaming of buildings on campus and replacing “The Eyes of Texas” as the school song. Players of different colors, ethnicities and … Read More

The Dotted Line: Hayden Connor, Jordon Thomas discuss their Texas commitment status

Mike Craven Hookem.com staff

June 11th, 2020

Texas’ 2021 recruiting class remains at 11 members entering next week, which will begin with the expected announcements Monday of four-star defensive backs Ishmael Ibraheem and JD Coffey. Texas’ class ranks 17th in the country but first in the Big 12, and … Read More

The Dotted Line: Predicting the destination of the top-rated uncommitted Fab 55 members

Mike Craven Hookem.com staff

June 10th, 2020

Commitments keep pouring in across the country despite the no-visit rule imposed on coaches and players until July 31 due to the pandemic. Only eight of the top 20 players on the 2021 Fabulous 55 are uncommitted entering mid-June. Thirty-two of the 55 players … Read More