Early Look At 2021 Recruiting Class

With the 2020 recruiting class all wrapped up, Longhorns Wire takes an early look at the 2021 recruiting class for Texas.

The ink hasn’t even dried on the 2020 Texas Longhorns recruiting class but with National Signing Day now behind us on the calendar, it is time to look forward. The Longhorns wrap up yet another top ten recruiting class under Tom Herman. This class however did mark the first time they didn’t finish in the top three based on 247 composite rankings.

So far the Longhorns have seven hard commits. According to their 247 team page, it puts Texas atop the Big 12 for 2021 and top five in the country. Ja’Tavion Sanders is leading the class as a four-star athlete out of Denton Ryan. Here is a look at how the class looks as of February 5th.

  • Ja’Tavion Sanders: four-star athlete, Ryan (Denton, TX). 4th ranked athlete, 5th ranked out of the state of Texas.
  • Jalen Milroe: four-star dual threat quarterback, Tompkins (Katy, TX). 3rd ranked dual threat qb, 8th ranked out of the state.
  • Billy Bowman: four-star athlete, Ryan (Denton, TX). 7th ranked athlete, 15th ranked out of the state.
  • Derrick Harris Jr: four-star outside linebacker, New Caney, TX. 12th ranked outside linebacker, 28th ranked out of the state.
  • Hayden Connor: four-star offensive tackle, Taylor (Katy, TX). 28th ranked offensive tackle, 37th ranked out of the state.
  • Lake McRee: three-star tight end, Lake Travis (Austin, TX). 14th ranked tight end, 50th ranked out of the state.
  • Juan Davis: three-star athlete, Everman (Fort Worth, TX). 35th ranked athlete, 58th ranked out of the state.

So far for the 2021, the Texas have offered 94 players for the class ahead of the 2020 football season.

  • Three Pro Style Quarterbacks
  • Two Dual Threat Quarterbacks (one commit)
  • Six Runningbacks
  • 15 Wide Receivers
  • Eight Tight Ends (one commit)
  • Nine Offensive Tackles (one commit)
  • Four Offensive Guards
  • One Center
  • Six Weakside Defensive Ends
  • Eight Strongside Defensive Ends
  • Three Defensive Tackles
  • Two Inside Linebackers
  • Eight Outside Linebackers (one commit)
  • Seven Cornerbacks
  • Four Safeties
  • Eight Athletes (three commits)