Following a coaching change at Baylor, several 2016 recruits decided to change their minds on their decision and Texas benefited greatly. One of those standout recruits was J.P. Urquidez of Copperas ...

Once a coaching change was made at Baylor, the Bears’ 2016 recruiting class was bound to take a hit, and Texas benefited from it. And one of the first to go from Waco to Austin was Devin Duvern...

YEARBOOK: JEAN DELANCE North Mesquite offensive tackle (6-5, 299) HOW HE GOT HERE: It was assumed Delance would sign with Oklahoma — he committed to the Sooners way back in November 2014 &...

YEARBOOK: ERIC CUFFEY Waco High cornerback (6-0, 187) HOW HE GOT HERE: As fate would have it, Cuffee came thiiis close to being an Aggie. Texas A&M was atop his list of colleges last December, wh...

WHAT’S SOUTHALL STEPPING INTO? Opportunities. Like the other three defensive tackles that Texas signed (Euless Trinity’s Chris Daniels, Houston Westside’s Jordan Elliott and Destreh...

Gerald Wilbon is a big dude. At one point, he was banned from playing football by the St. Charles Parish recreation department because he was too big. But that size and his talent of playing football...

YEARBOOK: GERALD WILBON Destrehan (La.) defensive tackle (6-2, 327) HOW HE GOT HERE: Like the three other Louisianans in this class, Texas defensive line coach Brick Haley — a former LSU assist...

WHAT’S IMADE STEPPING INTO? Texas has a new position coach (goodbye, Joe Wickline; hello, Matt Mattox), but holes to fill beyond incumbent starter Patrick Vahe, who had a strong freshman year a...

WHAT’S CHRISTMAS-GILES STEPPING INTO? There definitely is first-year opportunity at defensive tackle, though Christmas-Giles has two higher-rated signees (Jordan Elliott and Chris Daniels) to c...

Peyton Aucoin is a 6-foot-5-inch tight end who was once threatened to be ejected from a game because he was being “too physical.” Welcome to Texas, Peyton! Here are what people are saying...

Denzel Okafor is a 4-star offensive guard who was the 13-rated player in the country at his position and the 45-rated player in Texas, per 247Sports. At 6-foot-4-inches and 295 pounds, Okafor is anot...

YEARBOOK: MALCOLM ROACH Baton Rouge (La.) Madison Prep outside linebacker (6-3, 257) HOW HE GOT HERE: Roach, who was recruited by defensive line coach Brick Haley, ended up picking Texas and not his ...

YEARBOOK: CHRIS BROWN Alief Elsik safety (5-10, 199) HOW HE GOT HERE: Brown’s recruitment was all Chris Vaughn, the former defensive backs coach who’s no longer at Texas. The official sch...

YEARBOOK: JORDAN ELLIOTT Houston Westside defensive tackle (6-3, 322) HOW HE GOT HERE: It wasn’t easy. Elliott had previously committed to Baylor, Houston, Texas and Michigan before he ultimate...

YEARBOOK: LIL’JORDAN HUMPHREY Southlake Carroll athlete (6-5, 199) HOW HE GOT HERE: Humphrey was recruited by linebackers coach/recruiting coordinator Brian Jean-Mary and former receivers coach...

WHAT’S FOWLER STEPPING INTO? All Fowler has to worry about is sticking out in what could be an impressive group of young outside linebackers. That includes Malik Jefferson, Ed Freeman, Breckyn ...

WHAT’S JONES STEPPING INTO? Opportunity. And that’s even considering the fact that Texas returns both of its starting safeties from last season in Jason Hall and Dylan Haines. If Jones is...

YEARBOOK: BRANDON JONES Nacogdoches safety (6-0, 195) HOW HE GOT HERE: Jeff Traylor, who won three state titles at Gilmer before joining the Texas staff, was in Jones’ recruitment, and maybe th...

WHAT’S DANIELS STEPPING INTO? There’s an opening for a first-year tackle or two — Daniels and Jordan Elliott have the best shots — to get significant snaps. Texas is losi...

Andrew Fitzgerald could be the “dark horse” of a very talented recruiting class, so says coach Charlie Strong, and it’s easy to see why. He’s been told many times he looks lik...

WHAT’S FITZGERALD STEPPING INTO? Where Andrew Fitzgerald ends up on the line — maybe the strong-side rusher spot, maybe the fox position on the other end, or perhaps even defensive tackle...

Good morning. Breakfast is served. It’s February 21st — 52 down, 314 to go. And 21 till Selection Sunday. YESTERDAY: The Texas men stumbled at home against Baylor. Texas baseball blasted ...

WHAT’S MCCULLOCH STEPPING INTO? Charlie Strong loves recruiting linebackers. Texas has loaded up on them since he’s arrived on campus, including four signed in 2014. Peter Jinkens is movi...

Kyle Porter committed to Texas a day before National Signing Day earlier this month and was one of the first signs that Texas was going to have a big day to follow. Why was Porter’s commitment ...

Charlie Strong won’t admit to being too nervous on national signing day. The Texas coach believed in his gut. He truly felt the Longhorns would hit it big on Feb. 3. “A lot of them (recru...