A occasion from now, Texas and LSU might be convention competitors within the newly-expanded 16-team SEC. Each colleges were preoccupied in a combat to book the constancy from five-star defensive finish Colin Simmons (Disagree. 7 general in 2024 ESPN 300).

Steve Sarkisian and the Longhorns gained out over Brian Kelly and the Tigers, as Simmons introduced on Thursday that he’ll play games in Austin later fall.

Miami used to be the 1/3 finalist in Simmons’ recruitment.

Simmons is the Disagree. 7 general lease within the 2024 ESPN 300, and Disagree. 1-ranked defensive finish.

Simmons deciding to stick house and play games in-state will grant a right away spice up at the path because the Longhorns’ 2024 magnificence recently sits twenty fourth in ESPN’s scores. Texas hauled within the third-best magnificence in 2023.

Quarterback Arch Manning (Disagree. 5 general) and linebacker Anthony Hill, Jr. (Disagree. 16 general) had been each five-star possibilities within the 2023 magnificence and Simmons is this system’s first five-star defensive lineman since Jackson Jeffcoat (Disagree. 2 general) in 2010.

The 6-foot-3, 225-pound Simmons recorded 79 tackles, 33 tackles for loss and 22 ½ sacks for Duncanville Top College (Texas) as a teenage, serving to the group to a 15-0 document and Texas’ Magnificence 6A Category I atmosphere championship.