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No need to dust off the fax machine in the Texas football facility.
The Longhorns are not expected to receive any National Letters of Intent on Wednesday, which is National Signing Day. All 25 of Texas’ Class of 2025 commitments have already signed or enrolled.
And the Longhorns are hardly alone. There are just three prospects ranked inside the top 300 of the 247Sports Composite rankings who have not already signed.
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In one of many recent changes that have altered the fabric of college athletics, the introduction of an early signing period has trivialized the traditional National Signing Day, which is slotted in early February every year. Some programs will use signing day to introduce their transfer portal classes, but transfers do not sign National Letters of Intent.
The 25 Longhorns’ signees all put pen to paper during the early signing period from Dec. 4-6.
Introduced by the NCAA in 2017, the early signing period has quickly become the most common time for high school recruits to ink their NLIs.
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Texas football 2025 recruiting class
Jonah Williams, five-star S, Galveston
Justus Terry, five-star DL, Manchester, Georgia
Kaliq Lockett, five-star WR, Sachse
Lance Jackson, five-star DE, Texarkana
Kade Phillips, five-star S, Missouri City
Jaime Ffrench, four-star WR, Jacksonville, Florida
Michael Terry III, four-star ATH, San Antonio
Graceson Littleton, four-star CB, Wesley Chapel, Florida
Elijah Barnes, four-star LB, Dallas
Daylan McCutcheon, four-star WR, Lucas
Smith Orogbo, four-star DE, Houston
Myron Charles, four-star DL, Port Charlotte, Florida
KJ Lacey, four-star QB, Saraland, Alabama
James Simon, four-star RB, Shreveport,…
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Author : Austin American-Statesman
Publish date : 2025-02-05 06:02:00
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