The Flagship: Breaking down Texas' 2022 signing class

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4.8 • 821 Ratings

🗓️ 27 December 2021

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

In this interview edition of The Flagship Podcast interview, we talk about Longhorn Nation's early Christmas present — Texas' 2022 signing class — with 247Sports director of recruiting Steve Wiltfong.

We go position by position in a recruiting class ranked No. 5 by 247Sports, starting with a heralded offensive line haul that includes the nation's No. 1 offensive tackle - Kelvin Banks.

Wiltfong discusses the rest of the offensive line class, including Neto Umeozulu, Malik Agbo, Cole Hutson, Cameron Williams and Connor Robertson.

We get Wiltfong's thoughts on a big-time defensive line haul by the Longhorns, led by four-star tackle Jaray Bledsoe and four-star edge rusher J'Mond Tapp.

Wiltfong also shares his thoughts on 2022 defensive line signees Justice Finkley, Kristopher Ross (who might be due for a ratings upgrade), Ethan Burke, Derrick Brown, Aaron Bryant and Zac Swanson.

Of course, there's plenty of discussion about quarterback Quinn Ewers, the Longhorns' highest-rated recruit since Vince Young in 2002, as well as big-armed four-star quarterback Maalik Murphy.

Wiltfong also has an interesting take on uncommitted five-star linebacker Harold Perkins.

How quickly can additions in the secondary, such as cornerback Terrance Brooks, a late flip from Ohio State, help Texas? Wiltfong gives you his answer and much, much more.

It's an interview edition of The Flagship Podcast talking about the Longhorns' 2022 signing class you don't want to miss.

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0:00.0	Welcome in everybody to the flagship podcast interview.
0:14.0	We are so excited to bring in the director of recruiting for 24-7 sports,
0:21.6	the one and only Steve Wilfong.
0:25.0	Steve, Merry Christmas to you, my friend.
0:28.6	What's going on, Chip?
0:30.3	Happy holidays, brother.
0:31.6	Yeah, thanks for taking some time for us.
0:34.1	It should be a good Christmas, I think,
0:36.2	for all Texas fans because of the
0:38.3	signing class that that Steve Sarkesian was able to bring in in his first full cycle as head
0:44.3	coach at Texas. You know, I it's, I'll let you just start off with, you know, what stands out
0:53.3	most to you about Texas signing this top
0:57.5	five class and the players who are in it? What's class that's in the top five? We've seen that
1:04.7	before. And so we know what Texas is capable on recruiting trail and its recruiting classes that are among the nation's best.
1:12.5	But when you take a deeper dive at this class and you look at those classes that finished number three,
1:17.8	two times in a row and then finish number eight after that, they didn't recruit around the line of
1:23.5	scrimmage like they did this cycle chip. And I'm just love the way that sarkesian and his
1:28.6	staff are trying to build this program up and I tweeted that and then you got some jackasses that are
1:34.2	like is texas pack is texas back is texas back's like no bro these guys are teenagers but I like the way
1:40.2	that it's it's trending and obviously when when you look on the offensive line and you got
1:45.0	Kelvin Banks and you got Nito, Bumio Zulu, and you got Cole Hudson, I mean, I think that
1:50.5	those, Malik Agbo, I think those are guys that you can win a lot of games with down the road. And then
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