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AUSTIN, Texas -- There was no way Kevin Shorter was going to be a well-kept secret for long. Especially not after the statistics the Newton (Texas) athlete put up in 2012. His monster junior season has yielded an impressive number of offers this s...

Texas' recruiting weekend during the state track meet didn't lead to any new commitments, but it did help the Longhorns' chances of landing ESPN 150 defensive back Arrion Springs. The San Antonio Roosevelt corner drove up to Austin on Saturday mor...

AUSTIN, Texas -- Deionte Thompson (Orange, Texas/West Orange-Stark) doesn't feel any pressure when it comes to recruiting right now. And why should he? The 2015 safety has been committed to Alabama since February. He's perfectly content with that ...

AUSTIN, Texas -- Texas might not be the sexiest football program in the state right now, but Longhorns coach Mack Brown is making up for that with smarts. The Longhorns showed off their savvy once again this weekend by turning the state track meet...

The first day back to football was a fruitful one for DeSoto (Texas) defensive back Nick Orr. Fresh off his appearance at the Texas state track and field championships on Saturday, Orr put back on the pads and got back to work Monday. How'd it go?...

Blog | May 13, 2013

AUSTIN, Texas -- Think back to national signing day in February. As top recruits across the state sat down to sign their letters of intent and secure their futures, Daniel Gresham was sitting in a hallway outside his coach's office at Fort Worth (...

Two weeks after Demetrius Knox decommitted from Texas, his friend and teammate has followed suit. Four-star running back Daniel Gresham (Fort Worth, Texas/All Saints) has decommitted from Texas. He'd been committed to the Longhorns since August. G...

A junior college receiver who has offers from several big-time programs was recently offered by Texas. D'haquille Williams is the first junior college prospect to land a Texas offer. HornsNation caught up with two of his coaches at Mississippi Gu...

When 2015 athlete Keke Coutee (Lufkin, Texas/Lufkin) received an offer from Oklahoma last week, he figured another big one was coming next. He was right. "They're rivals," he said. "I figured they were going to offer me sooner or later." Coutee...

New names continue to pop up in Texas' quest to lock up more defensive backs for its 2014 class, and you'd be hard-pressed to find a better name than Mookie Carlile. The 6-foot-1, 190-pound safety from Stephenville (Texas) High School visited Texa...

Four-star linebacker Otaro Alaka, a Texas Longhorns commit, is relieved to have his recruitment over. But that doesn't mean he's going to stop improving -- on an off the field.

Story | Conversation | May 07, 2013

HornsNation: Examining Texas' early recruiting A look at how Texas' top-three ranked classes since 2006 stack up, including how many eventual signees were committed by May 1. Year ESPN Rank First Commit Commits by May 1 Total Signees ...

Texas might not be done landing members of the famed Shipley family. No, Bob Shipley - the Longhorns' newly hired football analyst - doesn't have any more sons after Jordan Shipley and Jaxon Shipley. But he does have a nephew, one who could end up...

In the few times he has found reprieve from his busy track season, ESPN 150 cornerback Tony Brown has managed to get out of town for two big spring game visits. Things are moving so fast, though, that Brown has had little time to sit down and thin...

Blog | April 26, 2013

The departure of two transfers and Myck Kabongo's decision to go pro have freed up two scholarships for Texas' 2013-14 basketball team. The search is on for unsigned recruits with the potential to contribute immediately, and Detroit Pershing's Martez...

Elisha Shaw (Tucker, Ga./Tucker) already holds offers from Alabama, Florida State, Georgia, Ohio State and a handful of other big-time programs, so he wasn't surprised to get a new offer on Monday. He was surprised, however, that it came from Texa...