{"id":53914,"date":"2025-11-18T03:32:11","date_gmt":"2025-11-18T03:32:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/53914\/"},"modified":"2025-11-18T03:32:11","modified_gmt":"2025-11-18T03:32:11","slug":"top-25-recruit-austin-goosby-stays-home-commits-to-texas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/53914\/","title":{"rendered":"Top-25 recruit Austin Goosby stays home, commits to Texas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.on3.com\/rivals\/austin-goosby-241161\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Austin Goosby<\/a>, a top-25 overall recruit in the 2026 class, has committed to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.on3.com\/teams\/texas-longhorns\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Texas<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>The 6-foot-5 senior small forward out of Melissa High School (TX) ultimately chose the Longhorns over BYU, but also received offers from Baylor, Duke, and several others. <\/p>\n<p>Goosby, a four-star prospect, is the No. 23 overall player in the 2026 class, according to the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.on3.com\/rivals\/rankings\/industry-player\/basketball\/2026\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Rivals Industry Ranking<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Austin is the younger brother of Texas starting left tackle <a href=\"https:\/\/www.on3.com\/rivals\/trevor-goosby-148200\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Trevor Goosby<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Goosby talks his game<\/p>\n<p>In a previous interview with Rivals, Austin Goosby discussed what type of player he is. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m an overall scorer. I can facilitate, create for other players, and I like getting my teammates involved. I\u2019m talking more on the court, getting my teammates where they need to be, just communicating in general.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Scouting Report<\/p>\n<p>According to Rivals\u2019 Jamie Shaw, Goosby was one of the top performers at EYBL Memphis in May:<\/p>\n<p>Austin Goosby\u00a0(Drive Nation)\u00a0brings a lot of tools to the table, with his projectable frame and intriguing length. The 6-foot-5 four-star\u2019s best game was on Saturday when he finished with 23 points and 10 rebounds. While he finished 3-13 from three on the weekend, he showed intriguing passing chops, moving the ball around when it was in his hands. He averaged 16.3 points and 5.0 assists through the weekend.<\/p>\n<p>He was also a standout at the NBPA Top-100 Camp in Rock Hill, SC, over the summer:<\/p>\n<p>Austin Goosby\u00a0is one who consistently shows impressive flashes, both scoring and distributing the ball. He has solid size and can toggle between on or off ball roles. He also tends to drift in and out of production throughout the course of games. He has a smooth jump shot, finishing with 10 points, 7 rebounds, and 3 assists in his second game today.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Austin Goosby, a top-25 overall recruit in the 2026 class, has committed to Texas. The 6-foot-5 senior small&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":53915,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[132,29695,134,133],"class_list":["post-53914","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-austin","tag-austin","tag-austin-goosby-26-melissa","tag-austin-headlines","tag-austin-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53914","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=53914"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53914\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/53915"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53914"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=53914"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=53914"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}