{"id":66345,"date":"2025-11-26T19:22:07","date_gmt":"2025-11-26T19:22:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/66345\/"},"modified":"2025-11-26T19:22:07","modified_gmt":"2025-11-26T19:22:07","slug":"texas-lands-commitment-from-former-cal-pledge-rocky-cummings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/66345\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas lands commitment from former Cal pledge Rocky Cummings"},"content":{"rendered":"

Carlsbad<\/a> (Calif.) athlete Rocky Cummings<\/a> has flipped his commitment from Cal<\/a> to Texas<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Cummings committed to Cal back in June but a handful of Power 4 programs, including Texas, jumped in over the last month and the two-way standout officially visited over the weekend.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Cummings committed to the Longhorns on the trip and went public with his pledge moments ago.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s a lot of reasons why I chose Texas,\u201d Cummings said. \u201cI loved the environment there and really liked the city of Austin. Texas has a winning tradition, I love the coaching staff and I love the plan they have for me.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey want to use me similar to how they currently play Tre Moore. I\u2019ll be an outside linebacker who will also be able to rush the passer and I think it\u2019s an all around perfect fit for me.\u201d<\/p>\n

Cummings said the weekend visit was his first time in Austin.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a great city and everyone is so passionate about Texas football,\u201d Cummings said. \u201cThe game atmosphere was incredible and it was a lot of fun being there and taking it all in.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cJohnny Nansen is my lead recruiter and he\u2019s a great guy and a great coach. He has been with coach Sark for a long time and he\u2019s a really smart coach and knows how to win and I\u2019m excited to play for them.\u201d<\/p>\n

Steve Sarkisian\u2019s son Brady was Cummings\u2019 host on the visit.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cI was with Brady and Spencer Shannon, a couple of Cali guys,\u201d Cummings said. \u201cThey were great and said Austin is actually a lot like California so easy to adapt to.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen I talked with coach Sark, he told me the same. He\u2019s a great coach and easy to talk with. I\u2019m just really excited about this opportunity. If you had told me a year ago I would be going to Texas, I\u2019m not sure I would have believed it but I\u2019m definitely thankful and excited to get going.\u201d<\/p>\n

Cummings is a very intriguing two-way player and has the ability to play on either side of the ball in college. He was recruited as a linebacker by Texas but is a talented tight end as well although we do think his upside is highest on defense.\u00a0<\/p>\n

He has a projectable 6-foot-4, 220 pounds frame and we could see him adding 20-25 pounds or so and playing some as an edge rusher as well as linebacker.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Cummings actually plays more of an edge role at Carlsbad so moving to linebacker will be an adjustment. You see his athleticism pop on offense and he\u2019s a fluid mover so there\u2019s confidence Cummings can develop in to an impact player.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s a freak athlete, he really is,\u201d Lancer head coach Thad MacNeal said. \u201cI always knew he was this type of prospect to be recruited by schools like Texas and Notre Dame.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s a classic late bloomer who missed some games as a junior because he was sick but he\u2019s a very talented player and not even close to reaching his full potential. I can\u2019t wait to see what he looks like in a few years but I have no doubt he can play at that level.\u201d<\/p>\n

Through eight games this season, Cummings has 11 catches for 187 yards and eight touchdowns to go with 27 tackles, four for loss, three sacks, and 10 hurries.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Carlsbad (Calif.) athlete Rocky Cummings has flipped his commitment from Cal to Texas.\u00a0 Cummings committed to Cal back…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":66346,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[132,134,133,25711,34338,34339],"class_list":["post-66345","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-austin","tag-austin","tag-austin-headlines","tag-austin-news","tag-ca","tag-carlsbad-lancers-carlsbad","tag-rocky-cummings-26-carlsbad"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66345","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=66345"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66345\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/66346"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=66345"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=66345"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=66345"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}