Bobby Burton
I gotta admit, it’s fun covering (and following) Texas recruiting.
With Steve Sarkisian, there never seems to be a dull moment.
Yesterday is case in point.
Pensacola, Fla., five star defensive end Trenton Henderson surprisingly visited Texas. It was an unofficial visit. And now it looks like Texas will get one of his final official visits on June 20.
Henderson is emblematic of a Texas recruiting staff that just doesn’t take no very easily.
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Of course, this is not all Sark’s doing. He’s had help.
What’s so promising about Sark’s tenure at Texas is that he continues to build a staff around him capable of recruiting at a high level.
One of Sark’s first hires this off-season was LaAllen Clark, the coach responsible for coaching and recruiting the edge prospects and also recruiting parts of his native Louisiana.
All Clark has done is canvass the country. He’s bringing in just about every elite defensive end in the country, from California, to Texas, to Florida, to New Jersey, to Louisiana and to Georgia.
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I think what we’re witnessing is the evolution of a program.
Sure, Texas has been very talented the past couple of years. The NFL draft can attest to that.
But some of those key players were also players from the transfer portal.
With Clark and the rest of the Texas personnel staff heading in the direction they are, it feels like the Longhorns will have to rely on the portal less and less.
That’s an evolving program. One that is moving forward and getting better and better.