{"id":455103,"date":"2026-10-03T08:22:11","date_gmt":"2026-10-03T08:22:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/455103\/"},"modified":"2026-10-03T08:22:11","modified_gmt":"2026-10-03T08:22:11","slug":"two-more-visits-set-for-texas-wr-commit-easton-royal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/455103\/","title":{"rendered":"Two more visits set for Texas WR commit Easton Royal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">Earlier this week, longtime Texas Longhorns wide receiver commit Easton Royal was close to a decision after taking gameday visits this fall to see the LSU Tigers and Florida Gators in addition to seeing the Longhorns beat the Ohio State Buckeyes in Week 2.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">\u201cSince I\u2019ve been to every school, every game day, every experience, every coaching staff, I\u2019m very close to a decision\u201d Royal <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Rivals\/status\/2104607212794483078\" rel=\"nofollow\">told<\/a> Rivals. \u201cMaybe an announcement could be coming anytime soon.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">The fact that the consensus five-star prospect is going to see first-year head coach Jon Sumrall\u2019s program play two weeks in a row feels like a bad sign for Texas in its attempt to hold onto Royal\u2019s pledge \u2014 Florida seems like it has the most momentum after Royal saw the Gators upset the Rebels last weekend in Gainesville.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">LSU also remains in the mix, sending ace recruiter Ed Orgeron and wide receivers coach Georgie McDonald out to Royal\u2019s game on Friday night as Brother Martin took on Edna Karr.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">Texas wide receivers coach Chris Jackson was also present in Hammond.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">Royal rose up to meet the moment, hauling in a touchdown pass late in the first half and setting up another score with a <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/FNFwgno\/status\/2106200133205442741\" rel=\"nofollow\">19-yard pass<\/a> in the third quarter.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">Royal is ranked as the No. 5 player nationally and the No. 1 wide receiver in the 247Sports Composite rankings, making him the highest-rate pledge in the 2027 Texas recruiting class.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Earlier this week, longtime Texas Longhorns wide receiver commit Easton Royal was close to a decision after taking&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":455104,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[27,29,536,10017,28],"class_list":["post-455103","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-texas","tag-texas","tag-texas-headlines","tag-texas-longhorns-football","tag-texas-longhorns-football-recruiting","tag-texas-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/455103","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=455103"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/455103\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/455104"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=455103"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=455103"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=455103"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}