Lancaster WR 2025 Emmanuel Choice discusses Texas in light of the Longhorns’ latest offer.
While the Longhorns’ staff members divide their time between in-home and school visits, the Texas staff is hard at work on the recruiting trail, scouring the nation for fresh talent.
Three-star wide receiver Emmanuel Choice of Lancaster, 2025, received one of the most recent offers from the Longhorns. Horns247 spoke with Choice shortly after to learn his initial impressions of Texas following his acceptance of the Longhorns’ offer.
Texas has lost a few players to the Transfer Portal since Monday and will be sending wide receivers to the league during the offseason. This indicates that the position in the Transfer Portal is probably necessary. That’s not a slight to players like four-star wide receiver Parker Livingstone or five-star wideout Ryan Wingo; rather, it’s the current state of affairs with a young wide receiving corps poised to lead Texas in 2024.
It’s evident from talking to sources about the portal that Texas is not seeking for players who are project- or developmental-oriented. The goal of this staff is to bring in one-and-done players who can mentor the younger guys as they grow into individuals.
Here, Horns247 examines a few interesting options that are currently available in the portal (spoiler alert: Evan Stewart is not one of them) and explains why they might be appropriate for Texas.
Burks has the option to forgo a final year of college and declare for the NFL Draft, where he is expected to be selected in the second round. But the Michigan native could benefit greatly from one more year in college, where he could demonstrate his abilities in the SEC. Burks is the kind of proven playmaker Texas needs at the position. He can make a big play from any position on the field.
Burks said, “I like Texas,” to Steve Wiltfong of 247Sports. “Texas and I had a conversation. OK. many educational institutions. I like Penn State as well. Washington is nice to me. I enjoy USC and Oregon. All of these are coaches and individuals who have made contact. Arkansas.
“It’s a lot of schools.”
We will, for the most part, end the 2024 class in 11 days.
The transfer portal, NFL Draft selections, and coaching carousel news have kept this time of year fairly busy. That being said, especially in the NIL era, last-minute high school recruiting remains as competitive as ever. We take one last look at what to anticipate.
With 28 commitments, the Bulldogs are now ranked first among teams on 247Sports. Nineteen members of that group are ranked in our Top 247.
Dawgs247 intends to publish a position breakdown for the incoming recruiting class every three months. What is the status of each position? What are the obligations as of right now? Who has received official visits thus far? How many more takes is one to anticipate? Is there a sense as to who will most likely join the class?
We’ll focus on defense tomorrow and offense today.
This is all exclusively for you. Not a reporter trying to gauge interest in Georgia’s big board for recruiting).
But as we approach ink-to-paper, here’s what we currently know about Georgia recruiting.
Someone asked me if Texas’ break before playing Washington in the Sugar Bowl on January 1st is untimely given that the Longhorns were dominating Texas Tech and Oklahoma State.
While it is possible to argue that the Longhorns would have had more momentum to play on rather than take a month off, I contend that having Xavier Worthy and Ryan Watts healthy is more crucial.
It is anticipated that Texas wide receiver Isaiah Neyor will use the NCAA transfer portal after playing for the Longhorns for two seasons. The 6 feet 3 inches, 215 pounds wide receiver began his career at Wyoming, where he was an All-Mountain West performer after a 2021 season in which he caught 44 passes for 878 yards and 12 touchdowns as a sophomore. After moving to Texas, however, he suffered an ACL tear in camp in 2022.
After spending two seasons with the Longhorns, Texas wide receiver Isaiah Neyor is anticipated to use the NCAA transfer portal. After a 2021 season in which he hauled in 44 receptions for 878 yards and 12 touchdowns as a sophomore, the 6-foot-3-inch, 215-pound receiver made his college debut at Wyoming, where he was an All-Mountain West performer. However, after transferring to Texas, he suffered an ACL tear during camp in 2022.
“Isaiah is fantastic physically, but as with anything, there’s a mental component to it as well when you have an injury like that,” Steve Sarkisian remarked after the Baylor game on September 23. There are days that appear to be really good and days that don’t seem to be as good. Finding that level of consistency in what he brings every day is a challenge for him, but we think we can get him there.
Neyor played in just one game this season, making eight snaps in the closing moments of the Longhorns’ victory over Rice to start the season. Against the Owls, he hauled in one pass for fourteen yards.
Neyor was one of the country’s best deep threats prior to the injury. In 2021, he hauled in over one-third of his targets that were 20 yards or more down the field, averaging just under 20 yards per reception with Wyoming.
Neyor and fellow veteran Casey Cain, who declared his intention to use the transfer portal earlier this week, were lost in the shuffle due to the injury and the rise of true freshman receiver Johntay Cook.
