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Five-star OL Michael Fasusi on Texas’ appeal to top players

Michael Fasusi can see what Texas is building at offensive line.

Five-star offensive tackle Michael Fasusi is among the more highly coveted prospects in the trenches for the 2025 recruiting class. Texas has stood out for the talented player.

Texas’ potential wide receiver class has caught much of our attention, but it’s not lost on us what Fasusi would bring to the Longhorns. Should he choose Texas it would be the team’s fourth five-star offensive line signee in as many recruiting cycles.

The 2024 offensive line that Texas has built is among the best in the country, but signing players like Fasusi could keep that high level of line play in Austin. Head coach Steve Sarkisian and offensive line coach Kyle Flood will look to add Fasusi as a cornerstone piece in the 2025 recruiting class.

Fasusi had plenty of positive thoughts on the Longhorns and the time they’ve invested during the 2025 recruiting cycle.

“It’s all love, man. Just seeing what coach Sark and coach Flood are building, that’s for sure somebody you want to play for.”

Texas Longhorns Offensive Line Commits

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  • Jordan Coleman, OT: Cedar Hill, TX (3-Star)
  • Jackson Christian, OT: Port Neches, TX (3-Star)
  • Devin Coleman, IOL: Cedar Hill, TX (3-Star)

Top 10 Offensive Tackles of ’25 Class

  • No. 1: David Sanders Jr. | Charlotte, NC | Projected to Clemson
  • No. 2: Josh Petty | Roswell, GA | Uncommitted
  • No. 3: Andrew Babalola | Overland Park, KS | Uncommitted
  • No. 4: Ty Haywood | Denton, TX | Uncommitted
  • No. 5: Michael Fasusi | Lewisville, TX | Projected to Texas
  • No. 6: Carter Lowe | Toledo, OH | Ohio State commit
  • No. 7: Dramodd Odoms | Houston, TX | Uncommitted
  • No. 8: Ryan Fodje | Cypress, TX | Oklahoma commit
  • No. 9: Lamont Rogers | Mesquite, TX | Uncommitted
  • No. 10: Jack Lange | Eureka, MO | Missouri commit

Michael Fasusi’s Recruiting Projection

Sooners pick up On3 prediction for underrated in-state offensive line prospect

After a successful spring game weekend, the Oklahoma Sooners picked up an On3 prediction for the underrated Antoni Ogumoro.

The Oklahoma Sooners have made significant progress for the [autotag]2025 recruiting class[/autotag]. One area where the Sooners are thriving on the recruiting trail is along the offensive line. They hold commitments from [autotag]Owen Hollenbeck[/autotag] and [autotag]Ryan Fodje[/autotag] and have put themselves in strong standing with blue-chip prospects like [autotag]Ty Haywood[/autotag] and [autotag]Michael Fasusi[/autotag].

The Sooners have also moved the needle for one of the more under-the-radar prospects in the 2025 class, [autotag]Antoni Ogumoro[/autotag]. After spending time with the Sooners at the Oklahoma spring game, Josh McCuistion of SoonerScoop and On3 issued an On3 prediction favoring the Sooners.

Ogumoro is considered a three-star prospect by Rivals and On3 but has the potential to end up much higher in the 2025 recruiting rankings. On3 considers Ogumoro the No. 10 player in the state of Oklahoma and a top 25 interior offensive line prospect in the country.

The Elgin, Okla. product hasn’t been playing offensive line for very long, but he has all the tools to be a fantastic offensive lineman at the collegiate level.

Here’s what I had to say about Antoni Ogumoro back in March.

Omugoro is a legit athlete with the quickness and agility to be a star at the collegiate level. He moves well for someone 6-foot-5 and 290 pounds. A basketball player as well for Elgin, he’s also a physical offensive lineman at the point of attack.

Ogumoro shouldn’t be able to move the way he does at his size, but he’s fluid, athletic, and displays good footwork. His skills on the basketball court have translated better to the offensive line than they did to the defensive front, where he started out as a football player.

Don’t let the ranking or star status fool you. Ogumoro is a player. By the end of the cycle, he should be in blue-chip territory.

Ogumoro has set a commitment date for May 21, 2024. He holds offers from Oklahoma, Missouri, Oklahoma State, Tennessee, Kansas State, UNC, TCU, Virginia Tech, Duke, Cincinnati, and Iowa State.

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5-star OT Michael Fasusi names his top schools

Five-star offensive tackle recruit Michael Fasusi, who is the No. 12 recruit in the country, has named his top seven schools

Five-star offensive tackle recruit Michael Fasusi has named his top schools including the Georgia Bulldogs. Fasusi received a scholarship offer from Georgia in May 2023.

The five-star offensive tackle prospect is rated as the No. 12 player in the 2025 recruiting cycle. Michael Fasusi is the third-ranked offensive tackle in the country and the fourth-ranked player in Texas.

Fasusi plays high school football for Lewisville High School in Lewisville, Texas. He has accepted an invitation to play in the Polynesian Bowl. The 6-foot-4, 285-pound offensive tackle also competes in track and field.

Fasusi’s top seven schools are Georgia, Missouri, Texas, Oregon, Oklahoma, Texas A&M and USC.

Fasusi is projected to commit to the Texas Longhorns, per 247Sports. The rising senior offensive lineman continues to fill out his frame. He played right tackle as a sophomore and shows good mobility. Fasusi is a strong run blocker.

The five-star has recently visited Georgia football. “Seeing Georgia, it’s a great for me. They work. They’re dogs up there. I’m trying to be a dog,” said Michael Fasusi to On3.

The Lewisville star announced his top seven schools via social media:

Georgia football recently picked up a commitment from four-star offensive tackle/guard recruit Mason Short.

 

Texas makes five-star OT Michael Fasusi’s top seven schools

Five-star tackle Michael Fasusi has Texas as one of his top seven choices.

Five-star offensive tackle Michael Fasusi has narrowed his top schools list to seven teams. The Texas Longhorns are among the teams in the hunt.

The elite 2025 recruit has been one of the highest priorities for the Longhorns this offseason. Offensive line play resurrected Texas from a decade of average to a College Football Playoff berth.

No doubt offensive line coach Kyle Flood and head coach Steve Sarkisian verbalize the importance of the unit. The track record of five-star offensive linemen to Texas since Sarkisian began in Austin indicates recruits know their value to the team.

Fasusi would join elite 2024 tackle Brandon Baker and Texas starters Kelvin Banks Jr. and DJ Campbell as top offensive line prospects to pledge to Texas should he choose the Longhorns.

With Banks developing into a potential high first-round pick and all-American candidate, development is a positive talking point for Texas.

We’ll continue to follow Fasusi’s recruitment closely.

5-star OT Michael Fasusi announces top seven schools, features Oklahoma

Michael Fasusi made a splace on Monday, sharing the top seven schools in his recruitment.

Much like the defensive line was the coveted position group of the [autotag]2024 recruiting class[/autotag], the same could be said about the offensive line in 2025.

No position is more necessary for Oklahoma on the recruiting trail than the 2025 offensive line class, and the Sooners’ efforts have reflected that.

One of their top targets, Michael Fasusi, is narrowing down his recruitment, and announced his top seven that features the Sooners.

Oklahoma was featured alongside Oregon, Texas A&M, Missouri, USC, Georgia, and the Texas Longhorns.

Unsurprisingly, the two extensive SEC programs in Texas are in on Fasusi. UGA is one of the country’s best programs, and Oklahoma has some of the best offensive line development.

 

Fasusi has been in OU’s sights for a while, as they offered him on January 18, 2023. The Sooners have been in the race for a while and will likely remain in contention throughout his recruitment.

The Sooners’ most significant competition will come from Texas and Texas A&M. Tom Loy, national recruiting analyst for 247Sports, has a crystal ball in for Fasusi to land with Texas. Texas recruiting insider Hank South also has one for Texas.

Oklahoma is set to host Fasusi for an official visit on June 14. he also has officials scheduled with Texas A&M and Texas.

This is a recruitment that will go up until he signs his national letter of intent. While the Sooners may be trailing at the moment, a lot can change over the course of a recruitment.

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5-star OT Michael Fasusi puts Oregon among top schools

Oregon is in the running to land 5-star OT Michael Fasusi, the No. 11 player in 2025.

The Oregon Ducks are looking to continue their strong recruiting in the 2025 cycle, and it appears that one of the top available players is taking a hard look at what Dan Lanning has cooking in Eugene.

On Monday, 5-star offensive tackle Michael Fasusi announced his top seven schools, with the Ducks making the cut. Fasusi is also considering Georgia, Oklahoma, Texas A&M, USC, Texas, and Missouri.

Fasusi stands at 6-foot-4, 285 pounds, and is rated by the 247Sports Composite as the No. 11 overall player in the 2025 class, and the No. 2 OT. Fasusi is scheduled to visit Oregon later this month on April 17th.

Under Lanning, the Ducks’ have seen some very strong recruiting with the likes of A’lique Terry spearheading the offensive line unit, and Adrian Klemm before him. We will now see if Oregon can land another big fish at the position.

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Sooners an early SEC winner in the 2025 recruiting class

The Oklahoma Sooners are one of the early winners in the 2025 recruiting cycle.

Brent Venables and his coaching staff can recruit. They’ve put together top 10 classes in each of their first national signing days in Norman. That includes the 2022 class, when they only had a couple of months to recover the class after Lincoln Riley left.

And they’re already off to a fantastic start to the [autotag]2025 recruiting class[/autotag]. According to College Sports Wire, the Oklahoma Sooners are one of the early winners out of the SEC in the 2025 cycle.

New to the SEC, Oklahoma currently holds nine commitments in their 2025 recruiting class to rank No. 6 in the nation, as well as second in the conference. Headlining that group is a trio of Top 200 prospects [autotag]Elijah Thomas[/autotag], [autotag]Ryan Fodje[/autotag], and [autotag]Kevin Sperry[/autotag], the first of which is one of the top players in the state of Oklahoma. – Mett Melton, College Sports Wire

Sperry made noise when he jumped the 2024 recruiting class with his March 2023 commitment. He’s been locked in since and helping Oklahoma recruit. The four-star prospect is a talented passer who could ascend to five-star status by the end of the cycle.

Wide receiver is a strength of this recruiting cycle. Emmett Jones has commitments from talented four-star prospects Elijah Thomas and  [autotag]Trynae Washington[/autotag], and three-star receiver [autotag]Gracen Harris[/autotag]. It’s a dynamic group with big-time playmaking ability. As Jones has shown us in his time with the Sooners, he’ll continue to recruit to add talent to the wide receiver group.

The Sooners 2025 recruiting class got a big boost from the addition of Ryan Fodje. They were ahead of the curve on Fodje, who’s gone from being largely unknown in recruiting circles to a top-100 prospect in the cycle. Fodje joins [autotag]Owen Hollenbeck[/autotag], who a lot of people believe will be a standout interior offensive lineman.

And they’re still in the mix for several five-star offensive tackles. Oklahoma’s been projected to land [autotag]Ty Haywood[/autotag], and many feel they’re in a good position for [autotag]Michael Fasusi[/autotag]. They also have moved the needle for [autotag]Antoni Omugoro[/autotag], an athletic offensive line prospect from Elk City.

Offensive line could end up having the star power that the defensive line had for the 2024 class.

On the defensive side of the ball, the Sooners are on track to land their fourth five-star prospect since Venables’ arrival if the projections for five-star safety [autotag]Jonah Williams[/autotag] hold up.

With less than a year to go in the 2025 recruiting cycle, the Sooners have positioned themselves to have another strong group of prospects joining the program next year.

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Top 10 player and top 3 offensive tackle in 2025 sets official visit to Oklahoma

Oklahoma received some big news about one of the most prized offensive linemen in the 2025 class.

The Oklahoma Sooners continue to lay the groundwork for several of the nation’s top prospects along the offensive line. While I’m a big believer in last year’s offensive line class, closing on some of these high-profile recruits in the [autotag]2025 recruiting class[/autotag] would be huge.

2024’s offensive line class has a lot of potential but it doesn’t have the star power 2025 could have.

Like the 2023 class along defensive lineman, there weren’t many high-profile guys in Oklahoma’s normal recruiting area along the offensive line in 2024. That’s why 2024 was massive for the Sooners on the defensive line. Equally, that will be the case in 2025 with the offensive line.

That’s why it was good news to find out the No. 10 overall prospect and No. 3 offensive tackle, [autotag]Michael Fasusi[/autotag], has set his official visit to Norman. He will be coming in on June 14-16.

This won’t be his first time in Norman as he’s made several trips over the last year. This feels like it’s coming down to a [autotag]Red River[/autotag] battle for the five-star prospect. The Texas Longhorns currently lead according to On3 Recruiting Prediction Machine. But some believe Oklahoma is the leader for his services.

Still, that month will tell us a lot about where his head is as the following week he will be in Austin. So, if the Sooners can knock that visit out of the park, maybe they can get Fasusi to cancel that trip and earn his commitment.

Until then, we wait.

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The nation’s No. 3 offensive tackle in 2025 sets visit to Oklahoma

One of the nation’s top offensive lineman is making his way to Norman once again. He talks about what he likes about the Sooners.

If you follow recruiting much, you know this is a big year for [autotag]Bill Bedenbaugh[/autotag] and the Oklahoma Sooners’ offensive line recruiting efforts. The Sooners already got one commit from four-star offensive tackle [autotag]Ryan Fodje[/autotag] and have a pledge from three-star prospect Owen Hollenbeck.

But that’s just the start. The Sooners are also in a great position for a few of the top-ranked tackles in the country like [autotag]Michael Fasusi[/autotag], [autotag]Ty Haywood[/autotag] and [autotag]Lamont Rogers[/autotag]. Another one they are in a great position for is [autotag]Andrew Babalola[/autotag].

Babalola is ranked as the No. 3 offensive tackle by 247Sports. He’s even set up a few upcoming visits which include a stop back in Norman. He spoke with Steve Wiltfong about (Subscription Required) his recent visit to Oklahoma on Junior Day.

“I had a great time in Norman,” Babalola said. “Getting to be around Coach V, Coach Bedenbaugh and the rest of the guys on the team was great. They made me feel important and I appreciate that. Just how real they were with me, the in-depth convos, all of that, it was great.”

As for why he is so high on the Sooners? “What’s different about OU is S.O.U.L Mission, nobody in the country really has anything like that. They have five people working full time that are dedicated to it, and they make a big emphasis on equipping their players with skills for life after football.”

The S.O.U.L. Mission has made an impression on prospects and their families over the past several recruiting cycles. It’s been a key component to OU’s recruiting efforts. Let’s see if it can move the needle enough for Oklahoma to land the top five offensive tackle prospect.

The blue chipper will be back at Oklahoma on April 12.

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2025 5-star OL Michael Fasusi cancels Oregon trip, visited Texas A&M on Jan. 13

Following national early signing day in December, Mike Elko and his staff have pivoted to focus on recruiting members of the Class of 2025.

Following national early signing day in December, Texas A&M head coach Mike Elko and his staff have pivoted to focus on recruiting members of the Class of 2025.

One of the prominent members of that group is 5-star offensive lineman Michael Fasusi, who has 42 total offers. He visited Bryan-College Station on Jan. 13 for junior day.

Fasusi announced on Wednesday morning that he has canceled his upcoming trip to Eugene and will not be visiting the Oregon Ducks program after all.

Fasusi visited another SEC school, Mizzou, on Jan. 20.

“It was amazing, one of the best visits I’ve ever been on,” Fasusi told Sam Spiegelman of On3 Sports. “I don’t think 100 out of 10 would even be enough.”

Fasusi is 6-foot-4, 285 pounds and is a future graduate of Lewisville High School in Texas.

“Same size as Boban, bigger than I ever been,” Fasusi wrote in an Instagram post following his Texas A&M trip.

Aggies co-offensive coordinator and wide receivers coach, Holmon Wiggins, has an established relationship with Fasusi as Alabama‘s former primary recruiter of the talented junior.

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