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Texas offers 2024 tight end Michael Smith out of Georgia

Texas offers on of the nation’s best tight end prospects in the 2024 class.

Steve Sarkisian and his Texas staff are killing it on the recruiting trail for the 2023 cycle. The Longhorns sit inside the top five in the team recruiting ranks, but the Horns are already getting a jump start on the class of 2024.

Texas has sent out an offer to four-star tight end Michael Smith out of Savannah, Georgia.

247Sports composite list Smith as the No. 6 tight end in the nation and the No. 133 overall prospect in his class.

Smith took home first team all-district while hauling in 42 passes for 684 yards and nine scores. He is a two-sport athlete who excels on the basketball court during the offseason.

The junior has picked up nearly 20 offers and is catching the attention of some of the premier programs across the country.

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Michael Smith’s Recruiting Profile

Oklahoma Sooners offer 2024 four-star TE Michael Smith

The Oklahoma Sooners offer one of the top tight ends in the country, four-star prospect out of Georgia, Michael Smith.

The Oklahoma Sooners are on the recruiting trail on the verge of creating a top 10 class for the 2023 cycle. They’re also making strong pushes in the 2024 recruiting cycle.

In the last week, the Sooners have targeted Elijah Rushing, Tyler Singleton, Josiah Brown and Lewis Carter in an effort to continue to build on the recent recruiting success they’ve had in the 2023 class.

Though the other offers this week have gone to defensive players, the most recent went to one of the best tight ends in the class, Michael Smith. Smith is a four-star prospect out of Savannah, Georgia, and ranks as one of the top 10 tight end prospects in the country. He is a consensus top-200 prospect in the 2024 class.

After Oklahoma landed two four-star tight ends in the 2022 class, Kaden Helms and Jason Llewellyn, the Sooners and Joe Jon Finley look to build on that depth in the 2024 class with Smith.

Michael Smith’s Recruiting Profile

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Top-10 2024 tight end prospect gets offer from Gators

Napier and Co. are getting ahead of the recruiting game by offering this top-10 tight end recruit in the 2024 class.

Florida football’s recruiting team got a huge boost recently after [autotag]Billy Napier[/autotag] and his staff roped in three blue-chip prospects over the course of a 24-hour period. The surge sent the Gators back into the top 25 of both 247Sports’ and On3’s recruiting rankings, landing at Nos. 20 and 14, respectively, while giving the fan base a breath of relief after a tough stretch the week prior.

But the efforts do not end with the upcoming class. The new coaching regime’s long-term plans require long-term actions, which means laying the groundwork for the future as well. Among those receiving attention from Florida is four-star tight end [autotag]Michael Smith[/autotag] out of Savannah (Georgia) Calvary Day School, who received an offer from tight ends coach [autotag]William Peagler[/autotag] during a visit to his high school on Friday.

The 6-foot-4-inch, 225-pound rising junior has only recently begun his courtship with the Orange and Blue, telling Gators Online, “They’ve been expressing their interest since the spring.” Smith added, “I really got to know coach Peagler during their spring game. He has always been updating and letting me know everything that was going on.”

The good news for the Gators is that he already possesses a predilection for the university.

“My dad has always been a Gators fan, so that’s like a family thing,” Smith admitted. “It’s worth mentioning that Percy Harvin was my favorite player, so it’s always been a cool tie-in with Florida.”

Florida also made news recently when it scheduled the top cornerback in the 2024 recruiting cycle, Desmond Ricks, for an unofficial visit at the end of July for the big cookout event. Though nothing has been set in stone as of yet, the Peach State standout could very well join the mix that weekend as well.

Smith is currently ranked No. 127 overall and No. 4 at his position nationally according to the 247Sports composite, while the On3 consensus has him at Nos. 177 and 6, respectively. The Gators hold a huge early lead in his recruiting according to On3’s Recruiting Prediction Machine with a 56.4% chance of landing him, with the rest of his suitors all coming in at under 5%.

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On this day: Radja, Johnson, Brown drafted; Dennis Johnson traded for

On this day, the Boston Celtics drafted Dino Radja, Joe Johnson, and Dee Brown; they also traded for Dennis Johnson.

On this day in Boston Celtics history, the 2001 NBA draft was held in Madison Square Garden in New York City, New York, and the Celtics took three players of note in the draft.

The first of the three was small forward Joe Johnson, taken with the 10th overall pick out of the University of Arkansas. The Little Rock native only had one incomplete season with the Celtics. He played in 48 total games and recorded an average of 6.3 points, 2.9 rebounds, and 1.5 assists per game, shooting 43% overall from the field in that stretch with the team.

In February of his inaugural season in the league, he would be dealt with Randy Brown, Milt Palacio, and draft assets to the Phoenix Suns for Tony Delk and Rodney Rogers.

Tennessee offers 2024 tight end Michael Smith

Tennessee offers 2024 tight end prospect Michael Smith.

Second-year Tennessee head coach Josh Heupel and his coaching staff continue to recruit future Vols.

Tennessee has offered a scholarship to 2024 tight end prospect Michael Smith.

“Truly blessed to receive an offer from the University of Tennessee,” Smith announced.

The 6-foot-4, 225-pound Smith is from Calvary Day School in Savannah, Georgia.

Smith has Power Five offers from Tennessee, Boston College, Georgia Tech, Kentucky, Louisville, Nebraska, South Carolina, Virginia Tech and West Virginia.

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Notre Dame roster for 2021-22 season

Who will be hooping it up for the Irish this season?

It feels like college basketball remains far away, but Midnight Madness just happened, so it’s closer than you think. To that end, we should look at who makes up Notre Dame’s roster for the upcoming season. Many believe this is the team that can get the program out of the doldrums and back on track towards respectability. A major step in getting people to believe that would be the Irish’s first NCAA Tournament selection since 2017, which also was the last year they finished above .500 against ACC opponents.

This will be the 22nd iteration of the Irish with Mike Brey as coach. Despite having more wins than anyone in program history, he has two losing seasons in the past three and three losing conference records over the past four years. If he isn’t able to get this group to reach its full potential, questions about his future in South Bend certainly will arise. Here are the players who could determine where both Brey and the program headed going forward: