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Christmas comes a few days early for college football programs with the early national signing period beginning on Wednesday.
AUSTIN (KXAN) — Christmas comes a few days early for college football programs with the early national signing period beginning on Wednesday.
The Texas Longhorns are poised to claim one of the top recruiting classes in the country, according to most recruiting experts. The early national signing period has become the main signing day for major college football programs
Texas has 21 commitments headlined by No. 1 overall prospect in the 2023 class, quarterback Arch Manning (New Orleans). The Longhorns received a commitment from Denton Ryan linebacker Anthony Hill last week to give Texas four 5-star commitments.
Running back Cedric Baxter Jr. from Orlando, Florida and wide receiver Johntay Cook II, fresh off of a state championship with DeSoto High School, are the other 5-star commitments for Texas.
Longhorns head coach Steve Sarkisian will meet with the media at 3 p.m. Wednesday to talk about his second full recruiting class. Last year's class was ranked No. 5 overall by 247Sports.
As of Tuesday, Texas has the fourth-ranked class, according to 247Sports. Alabama is the top-ranked class followed by Georgia and Miami.
Central Texas Signing Day
Edge rusher Colton Vasek from Westlake High School is the only Texas commitment from the Austin area. Last year, Westlake edge rusher Ethan Burke signed with the Longhorns and has played in 10 of their 12 games this season.
Four other Chaparrals signed their letters of intent during a ceremony Wednesday morning.
- Will Courtney, Air Force
- TJ Shanahan, Texas A&M
- Keaton Kubecka, Kansas
- Jaden Greathouse, Notre Dame
Thirteen of UT's commitments are from the state of Texas and there is room for some late additions to the class.
Dripping Springs quarterback Austin Novosad had originally made a verbal commitment to Baylor, but as the recruiting cycle unfolded, he changed his mind. He signed his National Letter of Intent to play for the Oregon Ducks, and he tweeted his commitment Wednesday morning.
LBJ's Sedrick Alexander is set to sign his letter of intent with Vanderbilt University, a Southeastern Conference school in Nashville, Tennessee, at 10:30 a.m. Alexander broke the Austin ISD career rushing record this season with 5,268 yards. He ran for 1,986 yards with 26 touchdowns this season.
Linebacker Latraveon McCutchen made his commitment to Houston during the ceremony and offensive lineman John Bragg signed with Louisiana.
Manor will have a ceremony for its players at 11 a.m.
This story will be updated with the latest developments from National Signing Day.