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Texas Recruiting Notes 2026: Boulevard of Broken Bagmen
OTF's interview with John Turntine's dad from earlier today (should be timestamped to start at the interview)
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Texas Recruiting Notes 2026: Boulevard of Broken Bagmen
John Turntine's dad was on OTF this morning and said his son weighed in at 272 last night.
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Texas Recruiting Notes 2026: Boulevard of Broken Bagmen
Chad Simmons (On3 National guy) on Samari Matthews 4-star CB Samari Matthews South Carolina was long considered the team to beat for Samari Matthews, and the Gamecocks are in the final two, but we like where Texas sits with a decision date of July 11 approaching. Mark Orphey has led the charge for the Longhorns. Matthews may be a little closer with the staff overall in Columbia, but his connection with Orphey may be his strongest. This is an SEC battle, but Texas remains in the pole position with a decision nearing.
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Texas Recruiting Notes 2026: Boulevard of Broken Bagmen
Thankfully we have a great general manager with no history of overconfidence to navigate these choppy waters
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Texas Recruiting Notes 2026: Boulevard of Broken Bagmen
Gerry Texas has been in contact with Rouse multiple times today. Rouse has not informed Texas of a decision yet
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Texas Recruiting Notes 2026: Boulevard of Broken Bagmen
I think expectations were properly set with Crowell, Johnson, Lee, Henderson, Perry-Wright, Lott and Griffin (after we chose to bring in Atkinson). We knew we were fighting uphill battles there. Ojo's situation was obviously unique. Aside from the Guervil and Edwards bag drop, the only one where I noticed things shifted very quickly was Finley. Heading into his OV, Gerry was making comments on OTF about Jermichael preferring him close to home and that Texas was in a good spot. Then, immediately after the visit, he did a 180. Maybe that was a NIL thing and what we were allocating at WR (as is currently being discussed).
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Texas Recruiting Notes 2026: Boulevard of Broken Bagmen
Normally when he does stuff like that it isn’t for a same-day announcement. Last time he did that for Texas was a few weeks back and he did a “x2” and I’m pretty sure one was Guervil.
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Texas Recruiting Notes 2026: Boulevard of Broken Bagmen
Fong’s continued optimism on Matthews is good the further we get away from his last visit to South Carolina.
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Texas Recruiting Notes 2026: Boulevard of Broken Bagmen
Gerry has mentioned it a few times, but it sounds like a family member (I’m assuming the dad) favors Tennessee but Rouse himself may favor Texas.
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Texas Recruiting Notes 2026: Boulevard of Broken Bagmen
This is what our class looked like on July 8th last year (sorted by On3 player rating) EDGE Lance Jackson DB Kade Phillips (decommitted a few weeks later) LB Elijah Barnes EDGE Smith Orogbo RB James Simon QB KJ Lacey RB Rickey Stewart OL John Mills OL Jackson Christian TE Emaree Winston OL Jordan Coleman CB Caleb Chester OL Devin Coleman Now, I will say we had a lot more high-level uncommitted targets left who announced in July/August (Brooks, Ffrench, Lockett, Terry, Jonah Williams, Townsend) than we do this year.
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Texas Recruiting Notes 2026: Boulevard of Broken Bagmen
Some updates from Fong
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Texas Recruiting Notes 2026: Boulevard of Broken Bagmen
The best money play might be to announce for A&M this week and watch the LSU offer rise over the next few months.
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Texas Recruiting Notes 2026: Boulevard of Broken Bagmen
South Carolina on3 mod on Samari Matthews: DB Samari Matthews: July 11 is the date for this longtime target. South Carolina’s been the constant in this recruitment, with other schools rising up and falling off. Texas is one that came on strong and represents the strongest competition. No doubt, the Longhorns have a chance to get the four-star, too. In an effort to try to avoid shuffling my On3 RPM pick back and forth, I’m keeping it on South Carolina for now. It’s entirely possible I’ll shift it to Texas before the announcement date, because there’s plenty of UT buzz here as well. I’m not ready to do that yet, and the Gamecocks do continue to battle here. I’ve noted previously that, no matter where Matthews announces for on July 11, we’ll be continuing to track this one until signing day.
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Texas Recruiting Notes 2026: Boulevard of Broken Bagmen
Baylor.
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Texas Recruiting Notes 2026: Boulevard of Broken Bagmen
Great quote from Lamar Brown to On3 today (deciding between LSU and A&M this week): “People they think it’s who gives the most money but honestly what’s going to help me decide is who has the best opportunity for me and my family in the future,” Brown said. “Can they help in life? Are they showing love? Stuff like that.”
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Texas Recruiting Notes 2026: Boulevard of Broken Bagmen
Tennessee On3 mod on Rouse: I’ve spoken to his father. They are adamant that they aren’t doing any interviews before his 7pm announcement tomorrow. It’s my belief that neither school knows as of right now. Could it change? Yes. I always watch the national predictions in these instances. If none come in from someone like Steve or Chad then nobody knows and it’s a unicorn in these recruiting battles. I spoke with Steve and he has nothing to make him come off his TN pick. Chad hasn’t been told either. As of right now, it certainly feels like everyone is flying blind. We will see…
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Texas Recruiting Notes 2026: Boulevard of Broken Bagmen
From Spiegelman. Pretty easy to read between the lines here.
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Texas Recruiting Notes 2026: Boulevard of Broken Bagmen
When Fasusi went to OU last year we all were mostly okay with it because of a 2026 OL we wanted and that OL wasn’t Felix Ojo. Pumped to have Turntine in the class. Checks a lot boxes on and off the field.
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Texas Recruiting Notes 2026: Boulevard of Broken Bagmen
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Texas Recruiting Notes 2026: Boulevard of Broken Bagmen
Fong just flipped his pick to Tech for Ojo ”Beyond the belief in the program, Pete Nakos and Steve Wiltfong are hearing an exciting NIL package has been extended that would make Ojo among the highest paid in the 2026 class.”
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Texas Recruiting Notes 2026: Boulevard of Broken Bagmen
We wanted Lee and pursued him as such until the very end. I don't think Texas "missing" on Krempin or Roseborough had much to do with Ojo and Turntine. They liked both and would have taken them for the right price. A&M decided to overpay for both.
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Texas Recruiting Notes 2026: Boulevard of Broken Bagmen
I'll take my chances that the 17-year-old with a dad who played DT in the NFL will add weight in college.
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Texas Recruiting Notes 2026: Boulevard of Broken Bagmen
I think there is something to be said for the way Turntine has handled things, considering how long he has been on recruiting radars and is now being nitpicked to death, vs how Ojo seems to be handling things.
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Texas Recruiting Notes 2026: Boulevard of Broken Bagmen
The breadcrumbs OTF seems to be dropping are that things are looking good for Turntine and not so good for Ojo, and Gerry in particular doesn't seem to be too upset by that. He seems to have some strong opinions about Ojo being ranked way too high.
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