Texas adds third pledge for 2020 recruiting class Uy Mike Craven earlypickupfortheoffen­ [email protected] sive staffand a player with real upside if he's given Jake Majors, a tbiee­ time to develop. star offensive tackle from Offensive line isn't usu - Prosper, became the third aUy a position for freshmen commitment of Texas' to have an immediate 2020 recruiting class impact; it's usually a bad Thursday evening when he sign for a program ifa true pledged to the Longhorns. freshman is asked to step Majors joins fellow onto campus and start. offensive lineman Logan The Longhorns should be Parr and Hudson Card, in a position to redshirt a four-star quarterback most of their offensive from Gian;?;. Jineadditions.1hat'swhat Majors was among a Texas rud with the offen­ group of elite 2020 pros­ sive linemen from the 2018 pects who visited Texas class. last weekend. The real impact will be He's a big, rangy line­ on the recruiting trail. man with the frame (6 Majors gives Texas another feet 4, 285 pounds) to add big lineman to sell to skill weight and play tackle or position recruits as well guard. The offensive line as to other offensive line is a point of emphasis for taxgets in the 2020 class. Texas in 2020 because of He'll essentially be another a strong batch of in-state recruiter whom Texas can talent al the position. With deploy on targets. It's also Majors, the Longhorns can a recruiting win in the claim two of the top six or Dallas-Fort Worth area. seven in-state linemen, Two of UT's other with more targets still on top offensive line tar­ the board. gets for the 2020 cycle Majors already has - Jaylen Garth and Chad 14 offers, including one Lindberg - also were in from Stanford. He's the town Saturday to visit the 4oth-ranked tackle in the campus. The third taxget is country, per 247Sports' Galena Paxk North Shore composite ratings. He'll standout Damien George. debut on the American­ Signing all five of those S tat es man's 2020 prospects is the ideal sce­ Fabulous 55 when it's nario for the Longhorns, released in February. who are 40 percent of the Getting Majors is a great way there already. Texas' eyes already on 2020 By Mike Craven Hookem.com Community College inside mcr.1ven@s~lesm:1n.com linebacker Lakia Henry the Let Mike Craven keep you weekend before signing day The Texas Longhorns, up on the latest recruiting and hopes to odd him to an whose 2019 recruiting developments at hookem. already impressive four­ class currently ranks No. com, our home for Longhorns man linebacker class. 3 in the country after get­ news and analysis. The early signing period ting five -star transfer Bru malces a qukk start to the McCoy on Friday, are less A bulk of the attention 2020 class important. than two weeks away from now falls beyond the 2019 Oklahoma and Texas A&M securing n second straight class, even before national beat the Longhorns to the top-five group. Th.eir 2018 signing day Feb. 6. The top recruiting punch in the2019 class also ranked third and prep prospects in the coun- class, and it caused Texas to provided instant impact try now use the early signing venture out of state more players such as defensive period in December, leaving than it would like in a given backs CadenStems andB.J. little excitement bead­ cycle. Foster and running back ing into signing day. But Keaontny Ingram. Texas will host Dodge City See RECRUITS, C5 RECRUITS From Page Ci The addition of three­ star offensive tackle Jake Majors on Thursday gives the Longhorns three Texans to build around for the 2020 cycle. ITT has also eased concerns sur­ roWlding the future of the quarterback and offensive line positions, as Majors, a 6-foot-4, 285-pound ~ tro1.vii quarterback Hudson Card (1) was Texas' product from Prosper, was first commitment for the 2020 reauiting dass. The preceded by fellow offen­ Longhorns alrea.dy have three pledges for that class. sive lineman Logan Parr [STEPHEN SPILlMAft/rnR STATESMAN) and four- star quarterback Hudson Card. their senior season. Eight The sizes of the 2018 of the current top 10 on and 2019 classes mean the the 2019 Fab 55 were off nwnbers in the 2020 class the market by June. will be small. It'll be a cycle "We start meet­ about quality instead of ing coaches and going CjlliUltity, and it's a great to campuses as fresh­ year for in·state for talent men and sophomores at key positions such as now.Weallkindofknow offensive and defensive which schools we favor if line. the offers are there," said The American ­ Logan Parr is one of two Garrett Wilson, a five-star Statesman's 2020 offensive tackles who wide receiver from ;...i;e Fabulous55willbereleased have already committed who picked Ohio Feb. 7. Card and Parr are to the Longhorns for 2020. State over Texas in April top-30 prospects in the [MIKE CRAVEN/AMERICAN· of his junior season. "It state. Majors also will STATESMAN] becomes about getting the make the initial list. The decision public and then next steps for UT include Whatever it is allows helping that school recruit. adding fellow big men these young recruits to The earlier you commit, such as Jaylen Garth and know each other before the earlier you can kind of Chad Lindberg on offense steppingon campus. This be an ambassador for the and landing standout local means coaches must now guys you want to join you. n defensive ends such as recnrit groups as much as The Longhorns weren't Alfred Collins and Princely individuals. quick to compile commit­ Umanmielen. "rmnotgoinganywhere ments in 2019. Roschon Momentum matters, that doesn't already have a Johnson committed way and the early addition bunch ofdogs committed back in 2017, but the of Majors might attract at offensive line," five-star secondmemberoftheclass other prospects to jump running back Zach Evans didn't pledge until last Feb. on board before the spots said. •rm looking at the 28 when T'Vondre Sweat fill up. two classes before me and joinedthefold. Texasheld "Cliques are a normal myclassofbigmen. That's four commitments going thing in recnriting now, n just as important as the into May of last year. But Lindberg said. "Weall talk coaching staffand every­ the 2020 class already has about what we want to do thing else. For myposition, three members before the and how well we'd do if nothing matters more than 2019 class has become we all went to the same the guys blocking for you. official college. Why wouldn't So, yeah, rm watching to It is another example you want to go to school seewherethebestbigguys of Tom Herman calling withguysyourespectand go before I make a final the right recnriting audi­ can help you win football decision." ble. Instead of settling games?" That's where the suc­ for lesser in- state talent Maybe it's the elite cess for Texas in the 2018 when 2019 stars such as camps that allow these season comes into focus. DemarvinLealand Wilson players to bond in the off­ The early signing period chose elsewhere, Herman season despite not playing and the ability for play­ explored outside of the for the same teams in the ers to take official visits borders. fall. Maybe it's social as juniors means the Theaudiblein202owas media and the ability to elite prospects are pick­ to push for commitments connect to otherelite stars ing schools in the spring earlier. Texas reaped those throughout the country. and summer. 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