Sunday: Texas Longhorns showing development

If you perused Gerry Hamilton’s article earlier today, Five Freshman Impressing in Fall Camp, you’ll notice that none of them should be a surprise, at least not theoretically.

All of them were ranked among the top 50 players in the country, so expectations should be high on those players.

Yet at the same time, we all know that’s not how recruiting usually works.

Often, a five star doesn’t always get going like a five star should. Not out of the gate. Another player that is ranked lower in the class often makes more waves than the highly ranked prospect.

But this group appears different.

What’s more, it continues a positive development trend overall for Steve Sarkisian.

Let’s think about this:

Below are the “Five Stars” landed by Steve Sarkisian at Texas prior to the 2023 recruiting class.

– Xavier Worthy
– Ja’tavion Sanders
– Kelvin Banks
– DJ Campbell
– Terrance Brooks
– Quinn Ewers

All six of them are in line to start, if not star, this season.

The commonality of Five Stars, when they are recruited, isn’t necessarily their high school production as much as it is their high-end talent. At Texas and for Steve Sarkisian, the idea that high-end talent is becoming more productive for Texas is a sign that a team’s ceiling is only going up.

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