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With signing day in the rearview mirror, it's time to pass out some awards for the Big 12's recruiting efforts. Biggest winner on signing day: Baylor coach Art Briles -- Briles is capitalizing on the Bears' on-field success with some huge signees ...

Signing day has come and gone, but we'll have plenty of coverage looking more closely at each Big 12 team's class. This morning, we're looking at how each team filled its needs. We ran down the top of the Big 12 alphabet earlier today. Here's the sec...

After Waco native and ESPN 300 member Andrew Billings chose to sign with Baylor over Texas and TCU on Tuesday, there was little buildup for a dramatic signing day across the Big 12. That held true when the big day arrived. There wasn't much waffli...

Texas had its chance with some of the best of the best in the 2013 class. What would it look like had the Horns gotten everyone they wanted.

Story | Conversation | February 06, 2013

Baylor's tradition of having absurd skill position talent under coach Art Briles looks poised to continue. Receiver Robbie Rhodes, the nation's No. 35 overall prospect, has officially sent in his letter of intent. Baylor beat out a handful of in-s...

Hours before national signing day, Baylor fans will rest easily knowing they are now two defensive linemen stronger than they were Monday. Tuesday afternoon, ESPN 300 defensive tackle Andrew Billings (Waco, Texas/Waco) verbally committed to the Be...

Blog | February 05, 2013

The curious case of ESPN 300 lineman Andrew Billings (Waco, Texas/Waco) has finally been resolved. He's going to Baylor. Billings announced his decision on ESPN Central Texas on Tuesday afternoon, crushing the hopes of TCU and Texas fans who ...

Blog | February 05, 2013

AUSTIN, Texas -- When the Longhorns began to recruit ESPN 300 lineman Andrew Billings (Waco, Texas/Waco) as a defensive lineman, his preferred position, rather than at offensive lineman, where they originally sought him, they seemed to have put thems...

A'Shawn Robinson will not be a Longhorn. The crater that loss leaves in Texas' already small 2013 recruiting class is an unmistakeable one. The ESPN 150 defensive tackle's decision to back out of his pledge during an in-home visit on Saturday ensu...

Texas had its chance with some of the best of the best in the 2013 class. What would it look like had the Horns gotten everyone they wanted.

Story | Conversation | January 31, 2013

Texas kicked off on Monday what could be a fruitful final few weeks of 2013 recruiting by picking up its first verbal commit since October. The Longhorns have landed pledge No. 14 from Contra Costa (Calif.) College offensive lineman Desmond Harris...

When Texas switched up its recruitment of one ESPN 300 prospect, everything changed in the way he looked at the Longhorns. The Texas coaches are now recruiting four-star recruit Andrew Billings (Waco, Texas/Waco) as a defensive tackle after previo...

With just days to go before national signing day on Feb. 6, RecruitingNation has put together a list of the ESPN 300 prospects who are still uncommitted and where they are likely to sign.

Story | Conversation | January 14, 2013

Every Friday, HornsNation recruiting writers William Wilkerson and Max Olson will answer a question about the Longhorns. This week's question: Of the uncommitted recruits Texas is still targeting for its 2013 class, which one is the biggest must-g...

Welcome to The Heard, HornsNation's weekly in-depth look inside the never-ending world of Longhorns recruiting with news, notes and interesting tidbits on the latest happenings around the program. We'll release this every Thursday. Talk about it i...

Texas recruiting in 2012 played out a lot like usual. Nearly every commit was in the bag by the end of the summer. Not much has changed since then. But now comes the furious flurry, the final push.

Story | Conversation | January 09, 2013