{"id":152224,"date":"2026-02-05T15:15:13","date_gmt":"2026-02-05T15:15:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/152224\/"},"modified":"2026-02-05T15:15:13","modified_gmt":"2026-02-05T15:15:13","slug":"texas-reels-in-another-top-10-class","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/152224\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas reels in another top-10 class"},"content":{"rendered":"

National signing day is officially over and it seems the Texas football<\/a> has done well for itself.<\/p>\n

After a 10-3 finish was capped by\u00a0a 41-27 win over Michigan<\/a> in the Citrus Bowl, Texas signed about two dozen players to its 2026 recruiting class and at least\u00a013 from the transfer portal<\/a>. The Longhorns added defensive tackle Elijah Ali on Wednesday to give the class 24 additions.<\/p>\n

Highlighted by the signings of quarterback Dia Bell<\/a> and five-star athlete\u00a0Jermaine Bishop<\/a>, the Longhorns officially have a top-10 recruiting class according to most ranking services. The\u00a0USC Trojans have the top spot over the Longhorns in both ESPN’s and 247Sports’ rankings. Texas also hit the transfer portal hard in the offseason and signed many offensive weapons to compliment quarterback Arch Manning<\/a>, including highly sought after former Auburn wide receiver Cam Coleman<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

But where do the Longhorns rank since NSD is over? Here is where the recruiting class is ranked by ESPN and 247 Sports:<\/p>\n

ESPN<\/a>‘s Craig\u00a0Haubert has the Longhorns’ recruiting class ranked third for the second straight year.\u00a0USC is at the top of his rankings, followed by Oregon. Alabama is the only other SEC school in the top five, ranking fifth behind Notre Dame.<\/p>\n

Bell is the top offensive recruit for UT and Haubert called his signing to Texas a “build for the future” since he will be Manning’s backup. Defensive end\u00a0Richard Wesley is the top recruit on that side of the ball\u00a0and he was also eighth on the ESPN SC Next<\/a> list.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Haubert called Wesley’s signing “a big add as he is explosive and powerful and could be a versatile and impactful presence in the trenches” after\u00a0Texas struggled a bit on defense<\/a> this season.\u00a0<\/p>\n

With three five-star recruits, 13 four-star recruits and eight three-star recruits, the Longhorns are seventh in 247Sports’ recruiting rankings<\/a>\u00a0for 2026.<\/p>\n

There are five SEC schools, including Texas, ranked in the top 10. Alabama and Georgia were the only SEC schools ahead of the Longhorns.\u00a0<\/p>\n

All ratings based\u00a0on 247Sports<\/p>\n

Jermaine Bishop Jr., ATH, Willis High School, five-star recruit
Dia Bell, QB, Fort Lauderdale, Fla. (Mater Lakes Academy High School), four stars
Richard Wesley, edge,\u00a0Sylmar, Calif. (Sierra Canyon High School), four stars
Tyler Atkinson, LB, Lawrenceville, Ga. (Grayson High School), four stars
Rocky Cummings, LB, Carlsbad, Calif. (Carlsbad High School), four stars
Derrek Cooper, RB, Lauderhill, Fla. (Chaminade Madonna Prep), four stars
Nicolas Robertson, OL, Spring (Klein High School), four stars
Hayward Howard Jr., DB, New Orleans (Edna Karr High School), four stars
James Johnson, DL, Fort\u00a0Myers, Fla. (Miami Northwestern High School), four stars
Kosi Okpala, LB, Houston (Mayde Creek High School), four stars
John Turntine III, OL, Fort Worth (North Crowley High School), four stars
Jamarion Carlton, edge, Temple High School, four stars
Samari Matthews, DB, Charlotte, N.C. (Hough High School), four stars
Toray Davis, DB, Thornton, Colo. (Fairview High School), three stars
Trott O’Neal, longsnapper, The Colony (Prestonwood Christian), three stars
Jett Walker, RB, Georgetown High School, three stars
Chris Stewart, WR, Missouri City (Shadow Creek High School), three stars
Mikey Bukauskas, P, Prosper High School), three stars
Charlie Jilek, TE,\u00a0Portage, Mich. (Portage Central High School), three stars
Jake Collett, K, Ringgold, Ga. (Heritage High School), three stars
Kohen Brown, WR, Dallas (Waxahachie High School), three stars
Yaheim Riley, DB, Miami (Austin Anderson High School), three stars
Kaden Scherer,\u00a0OL,\u00a0Georgetown High School, three stars<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"National signing day is officially over and it seems the Texas football has done well for itself. After…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":152225,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[3230,37222,27,29,537,536,28],"class_list":["post-152224","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-texas","tag-arch-manning","tag-national-signing-day","tag-texas","tag-texas-headlines","tag-texas-longhorns","tag-texas-longhorns-football","tag-texas-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/152224","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=152224"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/152224\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/152225"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=152224"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=152224"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=152224"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}