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Steve Sarkisian continues Tom Herman’s vision for 2021 Texas recruiting class
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Four days after Texas Longhorns athletics director Chris Del Conte released his infamous statement reiterating that Tom Herman was still the head football coach in Austin, Herman met with the media to discuss a 2021 signing class that ranked as the worst non-transition class for the Longhorns in the modern era of recruiting.
During that Zoom call with reporters, Herman emphasized that he and his staff kept the overall size of the class relatively small in order to add graduate or other transfers with the still-looming possibility of a one-time blanket transfer waiver.
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Tom Herman s final full recruiting cycle at Texas wound up being the 2020 signing class since new Longhorns coach Steve Sarkisian technically gets January to round out the 2021 class.
That 2020 class ranked eighth in the country and was the top ranked in the Big 12. It consisted of 20 prospects and was headlined by five-star running back Bijan Robinson and four-star quarterback Hudson Card. Nineteen of the 20 players were Texans. Fifteen of the 19 Texans were ranked on the 2020 Fabulous 55.
One year later, a look at how Texas 2020 class panned out after its first season. Players are listed based on their national overall prospect ratings:
How to watch No. 20 Texas vs. Colorado: Game time, TV, live streaming, and more
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The No. 20 Texas Longhorns have one more chance to impact the story of this season. A win over the Colorado Buffaloes gets them to a 7-3 record, which is a disappointing finish but will hopefully allow Texas to create the offseason momentum they’ve had for three previous seasons.
Colorado comes into the game trying to close out a season that was more successful than anyone expected in 2020. After being picked to finish second to last in their division, the Buffaloes had a shot at playing in the Pac-12 championship game, much credit to the new coaching staff and running back Jarek Broussard.