{"id":482299,"date":"2026-10-31T10:50:31","date_gmt":"2026-10-31T10:50:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/482299\/"},"modified":"2026-10-31T10:50:31","modified_gmt":"2026-10-31T10:50:31","slug":"crowleys-alexander-herrera-decommits-from-tcu-football","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/482299\/","title":{"rendered":"Crowley\u2019s Alexander Herrera decommits from TCU football"},"content":{"rendered":"

Standout three-star Crowley offensive lineman Alexander Herrera announced he is backing out of his commitment<\/a> to TCU on Thursday on social media.<\/p>\n

\u201cDue to recent coaching staff changes, I have decided to decommit from TCU,\u201d Herrera wrote. \u201cI feel the program and I are heading in different directions, and I believe this is the best decision for my future. With that, my recruitment is officially reopened.\u201d<\/p>\n

Herrera, a senior, is apparently referring to the firing on Sunday of longtime assistant coach A.J. Ricker,<\/a> who was serving as co-offensive coordinator and offensive line coach. The move was made after the Horned Frogs\u2019 24-20 loss to West Virginia<\/a> on Saturday.<\/p>\n

TCU is last in the Big 12 in sacks allowed and total rushing. Offensive coordinator Gordon Sammis now oversees the position group; he previously coached the position at UConn before being promoted to the Huskies\u2019 offensive coordinator in 2024.<\/p>\n

Ricker had been with TCU since 2021 and developed multiple NFL draft picks, including Steve Avila in 2023. The Horned Frogs have regressed in recent years with offensive lines ranking near the bottom of the Big 12 in 2024 and 2025.<\/p>\n

TCU head coach Sonny Dykes explained the move Tuesday:<\/p>\n

\u201cWe just felt like we needed to improve. We wanted to get on the same page. I\u2019ve been with Coach Ricker for a long time. He\u2019s been with me, he\u2019s been part of great offenses. He\u2019s been part of an offense in a program that played in a national championship game. Has won a lot of football games, done an outstanding job. Just a great person, great family. Love him like a brother, I really do.\u201d<\/p>\n

TCU\u2019s offense ranks 101st nationwide in scoring and is averaging 110.3 rushing yards per game.<\/p>\n

Herrera, 247Sports No. 274-ranked recruit<\/a> in Texas, has a 6-foot-6, 330-pound frame. Crowley has a 3-5 overall and 2-3 district record in a group that includes state powers North Crowley, Waxahachie and Duncanville.<\/p>\n

The Horned Frogs have three other three-star offensive line recruits committed to their class of 2027: Round Rock\u2019s Colton Steed, Houston Stratford\u2019s Ty Greene and North Crowley\u2019s Gabriel Brooks.<\/p>\n

This story was originally published October 29, 2026 at 3:42 PM.<\/p>\n


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Charles Baggarly<\/a><\/p>\n

Fort Worth Star-Telegram<\/p>\n

Charles Baggarly is a high school sports editor and reporter for the Fort Worth Star Telegram. He graduated from TCU in 2023 with a bachelor\u2019s degree in journalism and served as TCU 360\u2019s sports editor. Connect with Charles on Twitter or via email.\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Standout three-star Crowley offensive lineman Alexander Herrera announced he is backing out of his commitment to TCU on…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":482300,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[116,118,117],"class_list":["post-482299","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fort-worth","tag-fort-worth","tag-fort-worth-headlines","tag-fort-worth-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/482299","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=482299"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/482299\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/482300"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=482299"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=482299"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=482299"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}