Bobby Burton
In what has become a theme in this recruiting class, Texas finished second on two very talented players yesterday. Close but no cigar.
Sure, it’s disappointing. Any recruiting loss is. But some folks need to take a deep breath and step away from the ledge.
After all, Texas already has 17 commitments, is ranked in a higher spot currently to where it was at this time last year, and there is the fact that Steve Sarkisian and his staff have proven themselves capable time and again of bringing in elite prospects before the final recruiting curtain closes.
All any recruiting loss really does at this time of year is up the stakes for Texas on the remaining prospects and/or on the prospects Texas will continue to recruit despite a public commitment elsewhere. Texas, and Sark in particular, has seen this play before and risen to the occasion.
So that’s where we are now. The stakes just got higher.
Texas is at 17 commitments. The Longhorns ultimately want to land anywhere between 25-27 scholarships come signing day.
Remember, it’s who you add in recruiting, not who you lose.
They need an RB, another OL, a TE, a couple of DLs, an LB or two and a top-tier CB.
Piece by piece, I have confidence Sark will get the Texas recruiting class there. Yes, even amidst all the changes in NIL and recruiting that I am well aware of.
Overall, I’m not sure I can adequately put into words just how strongly I believe and have faith in the paragraph above. I think Texas will finish recruiting with an elite class.
Anyone who leaves the theater now is overreacting and they’re doing so before the close of the first act and well before the second act even begins.