{"id":118690,"date":"2026-01-11T03:15:06","date_gmt":"2026-01-11T03:15:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/118690\/"},"modified":"2026-01-11T03:15:06","modified_gmt":"2026-01-11T03:15:06","slug":"texas-cb-kobe-black-to-withdraw-from-the-transfer-portal-stay-in-austin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/118690\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas CB Kobe Black to withdraw from the transfer portal, stay in Austin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Horns cornerback<a href=\"https:\/\/www.on3.com\/rivals\/kobe-black-75518\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> Kobe Black<\/a>, Waco (Texas) Connally product, is withdrawing from the NCAA Transfer Portal and staying at Texas, sources tell IT. This was a depth piece Texas wouldn\u2019t want to lose.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.on3.com\/teams\/texas-longhorns\/join\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">[Sign up for Inside Texas for 50% off! Get the latest on the NCAA Transfer Portal, Citrus Bowl Prep, and Coaching Turnover]<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Over the last two years, he\u2019s recorded 28 tackles and one interception. His pick against No. 3\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.on3.com\/sites\/aggie-yell\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Texas A&amp;M<\/a>\u00a0sealed a 27-17 win over the Aggies in the Longhorns\u2019 regular-season finale.<\/p>\n<p>Black was ranked as a four-star prospect and the No. 37 overall player in the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.on3.com\/rivals\/rankings\/industry-player\/football\/2024\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">2024 class<\/a>, according to the On3 Consensus. He was the No. 6-ranked CB in his class and the No. 7 overall player from the state of Texas. <\/p>\n<p>InsideTexas.com\u00a0provides just what passionate Texas fans expect: Market-leading coverage of Longhorns athletics and recruiting.<\/p>\n<p>Join the best Texas fan community and receive all the benefits that come with it:<\/p>\n<p>Elite team and recruiting coverage of the program you love<\/p>\n<p>Immediate access to any Longhorns break news<\/p>\n<p>Exclusive insider practice reports and year-round team info as well as board Q&amp;A\u2019s with\u00a0IT\u00a0staff<\/p>\n<p>High level discourse with the most passionate and informed Longhorns fans across multiple board forums.<\/p>\n<p>Market leading team analysis for those who are looking to increase their understanding of Steve Sarkisian and Will Muschamp\u2019s preferred concepts<\/p>\n<p>So much more!<\/p>\n<p>SIGN UP and ensure no Longhorns information gets by you:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/[sign%20up%20for%20inside%20texas%20and%20get%20one%20month%20for%20$1%20using%20our%20march%20madness%20special!]\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Join Inside Texas community today!<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.on3.com\/boards\/forums\/it-members-only.14\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Talk about this story and many more with fellow Longhorn diehards on the Members Only forum<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Horns cornerback Kobe Black, Waco (Texas) Connally product, is withdrawing from the NCAA Transfer Portal and staying at&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":118691,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[132,134,133,51938],"class_list":["post-118690","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-austin","tag-austin","tag-austin-headlines","tag-austin-news","tag-kobe-black-24-connally"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118690","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=118690"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118690\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/118691"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=118690"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=118690"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=118690"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}