Marcus Spears Jr., the son of former NFL defensive end Marcus Spears, is going to college a year earlier than expected to play for the University of Texas. <\/p>\n
Spears told ESPN’s Paul Biancardi<\/a> he is reclassifying to join the 2026 recruiting class and is committing to the Longhorns. <\/p>\n The 17-year-old also confirmed his college decision on Instagram<\/a> with a series of photos, including himself in a Texas jersey and captioned it: “The next chapter.”<\/p>\n This article will be updated soon to provide more information and analysis.<\/p>\n Make Bleacher Report one of your preferred sources on Google by selecting Bleacher Report on the “source preferences” page\u00a0here<\/a>. For more from Bleacher Report, check out our\u00a0B\/R app<\/a>,\u00a0homepage<\/a>\u00a0and social feeds\u2014including\u00a0Twitter<\/a>,\u00a0Instagram<\/a>,\u00a0Facebook<\/a>,\u00a0TikTok<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0YouTube<\/a>.<\/p>\n