Texas extends an offer to Illinois State transfer John Ridgeway

Steve Sarkisian’s coaching staff is dipping into the NCAA transfer portal again, this time for a big-bodied defensive tackle.

Steve Sarkisian’s coaching staff is dipping into the NCAA transfer portal again.

On Tuesday, Illinois State transfer John Ridgeway announced via Twitter that he had received an offer from the University of Texas. The 6-foot-6, 325-pound defensive tackle totaled 22 tackles, three tackles for loss and an interception in four games last season.

In 2019, Ridgeway started 15 games and compiled 50 tackles and three tackles for loss. He will have two years of eligibility remaining and would certainly provide a big body up the middle for Texas defensive line coach Bo Davis.

Ridgeway is a do-it-all athlete who was a three-time varsity letterwinner for Bloomington High School in football, four-year letterwinner in wrestling which included winning the Illinois state championship title in 2017 and also competed in the shot put and discus.

In the 2017 recruiting class, 247Sports listed Ridgeway as a two-star offensive tackle.