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Texas Tech lands 5-star WR commit Micah Hudson

What a huge win for Joey McGuire and the Red Raiders.

Despite starting the season 0-2 with losses to the Wyoming Cowboys and the Oregon Ducks, the Texas Tech Red Raiders earned their first win with the commitment of five-star wide receiver Micah Hudson.

The news was reported by On3 on Monday night. The Texas product has become the highest-rated Texas Tech commit since they began ranking prospects in 2000. According to 247Sports, Hudson is the No. 19 prospect of the 2024 class and the No. 4 player in the state of Texas.

It has been reported that relationships were important to Hudson and head coach Joey McGuire was a huge part of that process. McGuire knows the recruiting trails really well dating back to his time as a high school football coach in the state, where he won three state championships.

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With Hudson now committed to the Red Raiders, their recruiting class jumped to No. 23 class ahead of the Nebraska Cornhuskers in 247Sports’ composite team rankings.

Will this move have a ripple effect with players wanting to join the Red Raiders? One player who will be ecstatic is current QB commit Will Hammond, who has been putting up some monster numbers this year for Hutto in the Lone Star State.

Are the Aggies making headway with 2024 5-Star WR Micah Hudson?

A favorite to land 2024 5-Star WR Micah Hudson, Texas Tech’s uninspiring loss to Wyoming last weekend may have opened a door the Aggies

Two things happened last weekend as the 2023 college football season officially opened shop. First, Texas A&M, coming off of their worst season in fourteen years, blew out the visiting New Mexico Lobos 52-10, while the overhyped Texas Tech Red Raiders traveled all the way to Laramie to face the Wyoming Cowboys, only to lose in double overtime 35-33.

What do these two results have in common, you might ask? 2024 five-star wide receiver Micah Hudson is one of the top remaining uncommitted prospects in the cycle, and even though Texas Tech has been the favorite to secure his commitment for what seems like the last six months, losing on the big stage against an inferior opponent (see Texas A&M’s 2022 home loss to Appalachian State,) may have further hindered Head Coach Joey McGuire’s chances of landing Hudson after all.

Jimbo Fisher’s lack of onfield success has yet to impact the Aggies’ recruiting success, so I’m still giving McGurire the benefit of the doubt.

For the Aggies, new OC Bobby Petrino is a friend to wide receivers everywhere after sticking to his “feed the studs” mantra this offseason, as sophomore wideout Noah Thomas hauled in a career-high three touchdowns. At the same time, star Evan Stewart led the game with eight receptions, 115 yards, and two touchdowns on the night.

Here’s a reminder that this isn’t an exaggerated assumption. Remember that in late July, Rivals National Recruiting Director Adam Gorney predicted that the Aggies are clearly in play for Hudson this fall. I wouldn’t be surprised if an upcoming visit to College Station this season is in the works.

Texas A&M will face the Miami Hurricanes on Saturday, Sept. 9, which will air on ABC at 2:30 p.m. CT.

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Top uncommitted recruits in the class of 2024

Here are the top 10 recruits in the nation that are still undecided

Many of the top prospects in the class of 2024 have already made their commitments to college programs. However, there’s still a ton of high school football talent on the board in this cycle.

Here are the top recruits in the nation that are still undecided, going by 247Sports composite rankings.

Is Texas A&M a legit threat to land 2024 5-star WR Micah Hudson?

Rivals asks the question we’re all wondering: Is Texas A&M becoming a serious threat to Texas Tech for five-star WR Micah Hudson?

Every summer, Texas A&M’s annual recruiting pool party—during the last weekend in July— takes center stage for every fan and media member ahead of each impending football season.

This year, the 2024 and 2025 recruiting cycles are well represented in College Station for the next two days, as the Aggies Top 15-ranked 2024 recruiting class with 18 verbal commitments, including five wide receivers consisting of Cameron Coleman (five-star), Drelon Miller (four-star), Jaylan Hornsby (four-star), Debron Gatling (four-star), and Earnest Campbell (three-star).

Keeping the focus on the position, one of the hands-down best players in the cycle, five-star wide receiver Micah Hudson, will attend the pool party this weekend. A consistent favorite to land with Texas Tech for quite some time, Hudson’s long-term program flirtation mirrors for five-star wide receiver and current Aggie Evan Stewarts’ flip from the Texas Longhorns just two short years ago, whose attendance at the pool party that summer essentially sealed the deal, and the rest is history.

On Thursday, Rivals’ National Recruiting Director Adam Gorney’s “Fact or Fiction” debate with recruiting analyst Cole Patterson touched on Hudson’s collegiate future, explicitly asking the question, “Is Texas A&M becoming a serious threat to Texas Tech for five-star WR Micah Hudson?” Like myself, Gorney believes that the Aggies are serious contenders for Hudson, who will also visit Texas Tech this weekend.

“There now seems to be a debate whether Micah Hudson will visit Texas Tech or Texas A&M this weekend and that makes this whole thing so much more interesting.

It almost felt like an inevitability that at some point over the last five weeks or so that Hudson was going to commit to Texas Tech. Even behind the scenes, all the necessary steps were taken to break the news and get content out there. But then we waited, and waited, and waited and nothing happened. It’s as if Hudson planned to make his announcement for the Red Raiders and then was convinced to hold off.

And that’s what sources now say happened. It was not Texas that caused the delay mainly but Texas A&M making another run at him and trying to convince him to be in College Station this weekend. If that happens, recruiting momentum can be an interesting thing. Texas Tech still looks great here but until Hudson commits – and then signs – this one might not be over.”

Adam Gorney is one of the best recruiting insiders our industry has to offer, so I take this with much more than a grain of salt, and as I’ve reminded our readers throughout the week leading up to the pool party, a bulk of Texas A&M’s 2024 commits will also be on campus this weekend to aid Jimbo Fisher and his staff in courting players like Hudson, who may just be one selling point away from shocking all of us in the best way possible.

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High school football watchlist: Top 10 wide receivers in class of 2024

Today let’s take a look at the top 10 wide receivers in the 2024 recruiting cycle.

The quarterback may be king, but wide receivers are the next-most important position in the modern pass-happy game. Today let’s take a look at the top 10 wide receivers in the 2024 recruiting cycle. At the top of the list, there’s Chaminade-Madonna (Fla.) five-star receiver Jeremiah Smith, who’s committed to Ohio State but has several other programs still trying to flip him. One of Smith’s high school teammates also made the top 10 – as did another Buckeyes commit.

Here are our composite top 10 receivers in this class. To get the rankings, we averaged the nationals for each prospect at Rivals, ESPN and 247Sports.

Texas target, five-star WR Micah Hudson projected to commit to Texas Tech

Texas Tech has a chance to land their first five-star recruit.

The Micah Hudson saga continues to be one that has many Texas fans scratching their heads. Continue reading “Texas target, five-star WR Micah Hudson projected to commit to Texas Tech”

5-star WR Micah Hudson calls off official visit to Texas

Landing Hudson would give a huge boost to either school’s class of 2024.

While several schools are trying to flip No. 1-ranked wide receiver and Ohio State commit Jeremiah Smith, another top-five wideout has become the subject of a heated recruiting race between two historic rivals, but one appears to have pulled ahead of the other.

According to Cole Patterson at Rivals, Lake Belton (Texas) five-star wide receiver, Micah Hudson has canceled an official visit to Texas this weekend following a visit to Texas Tech.

“The smoke coming out of the visit is that Texas Tech is not only in the driver’s seat but that the Red Raiders might even hold a commanding lead for his eventual commitment. Hudson was initially scheduled to take an official visit to Texas this upcoming weekend, but that has since been called off…”

Smoke is only smoke, but these wisps align with On3’s prediction machine, which now has Texas Tech as a strong favorite to get Hudson’s commitment at 69.9%, followed by Texas at 25.9%.

According to 247Sports, 33 other programs have made offers, including UTSA, Tulsa, Texas State, SMU, TCU and Texas A&M. However, none of them have even a 2% chance at this time, per On3’s numbers.

Landing Hudson (6-foot-0, 193 pounds) would give a huge boost to either school’s class of 2024. Rivals has Hudson ranked No. 2 among wide receivers, second overall in the state of Texas and No. 6 nationally in the 2024 cycle.

Meanwhile, the Longhorns are currently ranked No. 59 in the nation after a top-three finish in 2023 and the Red Raiders are ranked 19th.

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What to make of 2024 five-star WR Micah Hudson’s canceled Texas visit

The Longhorns would love to have Micah Hudson, but the wide receiver room can handle a recruiting loss.

Texas target and five-star wide receiver Micah Hudson has canceled his visit to Austin. The move is widely viewed as a big deal in regard to the Longhorns’ chances in his recruitment.

At one point in his recruiting process, Hudson was seen as a likely Texas commit. Now it appears the talented receiver has shifted his focus from Austin to Lubbock and the Texas Tech Red Raiders.

To be sure, Texas will be fine regardless of whether or not Hudson elects to ultimately sign with the team. The 2024 wide receiver room is set to be led by AD Mitchell, Isaiah Neyor, Johntay Cook, DeAndre Moore and Ryan Niblett. The latter three could all take over the starting receiver roles in 2025.

Head coach Steve Sarkisian and company would greatly benefit from adding a player of Hudson’s caliber. Certainly, they should do everything they can to sway the talented receiver. Even so, Texas can win with him or without him.

We’ll continue to monitor the Hudson recruitment as the 2023 season approaches.

Five-star WR Micah Hudson cancels official visit to Texas

The five-star wide receiver has opted to cancel his official visit to Texas.

After taking an impromptu unofficial visit to Texas last week prior to taking an official to Texas Tech, five-star receiver Micah Hudson has opted to cancel his scheduled official visit to Austin this weekend.

According to On3, Hudson was originally supposed to take a trip to Texas A&M on Thursday before partaking in a 7-on-7 tournament in College Station with his Lake Belton team. Following the conclusion of the tournament, he was then scheduled to return to Austin for his official visit.

The Temple, Texas native ranks as the No. 6 player in the country, No. 2 wide receiver, and the No. 2 player in the state of Texas according to On3’s industry ranking.

As it stands right now, On3 views Texas Tech as the favorite to land Hudson.

On the bright side for Longhorns fans, they are in good standing with another five-star receiver in Ryan Wingo.

Five-star WR Micah Hudson takes unofficial visit to Texas

The Longhorns received a visit from one of the top players in the class of 2024 this week.

Prior to taking an official visit to Texas Tech this weekend, five-star wide receiver Micah Hudson made a quick pitstop to see another program. Continue reading “Five-star WR Micah Hudson takes unofficial visit to Texas”