{"id":151103,"date":"2026-02-04T21:07:07","date_gmt":"2026-02-04T21:07:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/151103\/"},"modified":"2026-02-04T21:07:07","modified_gmt":"2026-02-04T21:07:07","slug":"see-where-austin-area-football-stars-signed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/151103\/","title":{"rendered":"See where Austin-area football stars signed"},"content":{"rendered":"

Several high school football<\/a> players from Central Texas signed national letters of intent on Wednesday to play college football next season. The list includes nine players from Dripping Springs <\/a>and eight from Lake Travis.<\/a><\/p>\n

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Although many top recruits signed in December, this was an opportunity for area players to sign in February. Among the notable players to sign were All-Central Texas offensive Player of the Year\u00a0Trae Hill<\/a> of Cedar Park (Abilene Christian), Vandegrift receiver Brock Chilton (Air Force) and Liberty Hill running back Jack Pitchford (TCU).<\/p>\n

\"Vandegrift<\/p>\n

Vandegrift Vipers wide receiver Brock Chilton (1) celebrates a two-point conversion in the fourth quarter of the Class 6A Division II state semi-final game against the C. E. King Panthers at McClane Stadium in Waco, Dec. 13, 2025. The Vipers lost 58-41.<\/p>\n

Sara Diggins\/Austin American-Statesman<\/p>\n

Here are more area stars playing at the next level:<\/p>\n

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Daniel\u00a0Aganbi, DL, Lake Travis (Murray State)<\/p>\n

Pierce Atkins, DL, Lake Travis, (St. Ambrose (Iowa) University)<\/p>\n

John Ault, OL, Dripping Springs (Hardin-Simmons)<\/p>\n

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\"Dripping<\/p>\n

Dripping Springs wide receiver Merrick Bloomgren (7) catches a pass to run the ball in for a touchdown in the first half of the game between the Dripping Springs Tigers and the Buda Johnson Jaguars at Dripping Springs, Sept. 20, 2024.<\/p>\n

Sara Diggins\/American-Statesman<\/p>\n

Merrick Bloomgren, WR, Dripping Springs (Air Force)<\/p>\n

Bylan Brasher, LB, Dripping Springs (Tulane)<\/p>\n

Luke Carter, QB, Glenn (Carthage (Wis.) College)<\/p>\n

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Brock Chilton,<\/a> WR, Vandegrift (Air Force)<\/p>\n

Kaden Cockburn, LB, Liberty Hill (Mary Hardin-Baylor)<\/p>\n

Orrin Cole, LB, Liberty Hill (Mary Hardin-Baylor)<\/p>\n

Victor Cruz, OL, Lake Travis (Texas Wesleyan)<\/p>\n

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MORE: UIL realignment affects many Central Texas schools<\/a><\/p>\n

De’marcus Davis, ATH, Glenn (Schreiner Univ.)<\/p>\n

Braelon Deloatche, LB, Glenn (Angelo State)<\/p>\n

Braydon Doane, PK\/P, Lake Travis, (UTSA)<\/p>\n

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Sam Fishman, OL, Lake Travis (Texas-Permian Basin)<\/p>\n

Thomas Foote, LB,\u00a0Vandegrift (Colorado School of Mines)<\/p>\n

Zephaniah Franks, OL, Glenn (Angelo State)<\/p>\n

Ian French<\/a>, PK, Dripping Springs (Arizona)<\/p>\n

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\"Dripping<\/p>\n

Dripping Springs Tigers kicker Ian French (37) for the extra point against the Westlake Chaparrals during the second quarter at the District 26-6A football game on Friday, November 7, 2025, at Westlake High School in West Lake Hills, TX.<\/p>\n

JOHN GUTIERREZ PHOTO\/John Gutierrez for American Stat<\/p>\n

Tyler Glowacz, OL, Bowie (Colorado Mesa Univ.)<\/p>\n

Jaceton Gotta, RB, Dripping Springs (Hardin-Simmons)<\/p>\n

Sean Grandusky, OL, Glenn (Midwestern State)<\/p>\n

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Braylen Griffin, DB, Lake Travis (Middle Tennessee State)<\/p>\n

Trae Hill, RB, Cedar Park (Abilene Christian)<\/p>\n

\"Lake<\/p>\n

Lake running back Vann Hopping (5) breaks a tackle by Johnson linebacker Elijah Guajardo (2) during the Class 6A Division I Regional Final at UFCU Stadium on Friday, Dec. 5, 2025 in San Marcos, Texas.<\/p>\n

Aaron E. Martinez\/Austin American-Statesman<\/p>\n

Vann Hopping<\/a>, RB, Lake Travis (Yale)<\/p>\n

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Malachi Igharo, C, Dripping Springs (Yale)<\/p>\n

Kris Kershaw, OL, Hutto (MidAmerica (Kan.) Nazarene)<\/p>\n

Daniel Killian, OL, Dripping Springs (Schreiner Univ.)<\/p>\n

Jackson Lang, DE, Bowie (Tarleton State)<\/p>\n

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Mason Lastor, LB, Westlake (Southern Nazarene (Okla.) Univ.)<\/p>\n

Carter Mannon, OL, Vandegrift (East Texas A&M)<\/p>\n

MORE: Carter Mannon turned peanut allergy into advocacy<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Vandegrift<\/p>\n

Vandegrift right tackle Carter Mannon signed a national letter of intent to play college football for East Texas A&M Wednesday morning at the campus gymnasium.<\/p>\n

Shawna Mannon\/Photo by Shawna Mannon<\/p>\n

Kyle Ortiz, RB, Glenn (Schreiner Univ.)<\/p>\n

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Jack Pitchford, RB, Liberty Hill (TCU)<\/p>\n

Hunter Sims, DL, Liberty Hill (Mary Hardin-Baylor)<\/p>\n

Daniel Simpson, OL, Liberty Hill (UTSA)<\/p>\n

Samuel Sorto, DB, Hutto (Graceland (Iowa) Univ.)<\/p>\n

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Kaden Stefek<\/a>, QB, Hutto (Fort Hays (Kan.) State)<\/p>\n

\"Hutto<\/p>\n

Hutto quarterback Kaden Stefek (5) passes down the field as Hutto and Bowie face off in the first round of the playoffs at Memorial Stadium in Hutto, Sunday, June 22, 2025.<\/p>\n

Mikala Compton\/Austin American-Statesman<\/p>\n

Strider Stone, OL, Lake Travis (Texas Wesleyan)<\/p>\n

Rohan Sturgeon, DE, Vandegrift (North Texas)<\/p>\n

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Miles Teodecki, QB, Vandegrift (Penn)<\/p>\n

Deveon Toney, LB, Glenn (St. Ambrose (Iowa) Univ.)<\/p>\n

Brutus Tortorice, DL, Glenn (Ottawa (Kan.) Univ.)<\/p>\n

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Colten Tripp, FS, Dripping Springs (Valparaiso)<\/p>\n

Alex Vick, OL, Dripping Springs (Schreiner Univ.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Several high school football players from Central Texas signed national letters of intent on Wednesday to play college…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":80241,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[132,134,133,32220,2291,1227,1771,33068],"class_list":["post-151103","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-austin","tag-austin","tag-austin-headlines","tag-austin-news","tag-dripping-springs-football","tag-high-school-sports","tag-high-schools","tag-ncaa","tag-uil-football"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/151103","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=151103"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/151103\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/80241"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=151103"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=151103"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=151103"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}