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episode of the state of recruiting. I'm Jordan Scruggs, joined by Hank South. The state of recruiting returns.

After some time off, It'll be the weekly

Horns 24-7 recruiting podcast. It'll be us to about every week talking all things Texas football

recruiting, some team talk, how the Longhorns are doing on the field, and of course, some Texas

high school football talk like our friends, Mike Roe, on the field, and of course, some Texas high school football talk.

Like our friends, Mike Roach, Hudson, Standish, and Nick Harris used to do.

Today, we're going to be starting it off.

Texas, they're evaluating some senior risers.

They've extended three offers so far since the start of the season, still looking at a few other guys.

But first, I want to start off, Micah Smith, the UCLA Offensive Line Commit out of Florida. Yeah. So, you know, I think offensive line is kind of a, that's a hot topic with the Texas football fan base right now. I think, you know, there's some people that just want to say, burn it all down, get some new offensive linemen in, hit the portal hard.

I think that's what Texas is going to do.

But, you know, obviously you want to continue to recruit the high school pipeline as well.

Texas has three commitments in the class right now.

But always keeping its eyes open, especially now when it seems like more offensive linemen are needed.

But Micah Smith,

really interesting prospect out of Vero Beach, Florida. And Florida, like, I don't know how many,

like, elite offensive linemen I can name that are from the state of high, state of Florida,

from the high school ranks. It's just not a state that really puts out a lot of high school talent at the offensive line position for my experience covered in recruiting for, you know, 11 years. But Micah Smith, maybe he's the exception. Committed to UCLA. So, you know, I think three weeks ago committed to UCLA, you could say, oh, uncommitted. I think right now committed to UCLA. It's like, oh, they're kind of America's team right now. They're on comeback. You know, they've got the interim coach. They've got all the buzz. They're about to play Indiana. They can still make the playoff, believe it or not. But, you know, I think recruits are still looking long-term, like, you know, who is UCLA going to

hire? So I think that kind of pause still gives, still gives other teams, you know, a little

window to maybe make things interesting with a guy like Micah Smith. And that's what Texas is

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