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We knew Jevan Snead would be in town for the game this weekend, and apparently he had himself a good time watching the Horns thrash the Kansas Jayhawks. He has officially switched his committment from Florida to Texas and intends on being a Longhorn…

“I’m a Texas boy, born and raised, and feel that I owe it to my family, my friends and all of the great fans in the state of Texas to stay here. Therefore I’d like to announce that I’ve committed to The University of Texas.”

Great to hear those comments from a Texas kid. I don’t know how a top athlete in the state could possibly turn down a chance to play for the Longhorns. Jevan will be graduating from Stephenville High School this December and enrolling at Texas for the spring semester.

It’s been a great weekend for the University of Texas and Longhorn fans.

Derke was having doubts about what his role at UT would be with the great success of the young running backs in school and the other commits from this year and chose to take a visit to Arizona. The Longhorn coaching staff warned him beforehand but he decided it was worth the chance. He took his visit and when he returned the coaches informed him that he no longer had a scholarship offer to attend and play football at the University of Texas.

Robinson is definitely a top flight running back and will probably have a lot of success for the Wildcats, but I think Longhorn fans had a good feeling that with Jamaal Charles exploding onto the scene this year that it was unlikely we’d make it to February with all three 4-star running backs. Though they’re close in ability and potential, Robinson was the lowest ranked out of him, Emmanuel Moody, and Vondrell McGee and was probably the most likely one to end up at a different position. Moody out of Coppel is probably the headliner of the group, as Rivals has him as the state’s top back and he’s right on the verge of being a 5-star player.

Of course the one recruit I’m able to go see in person and even put up a photo gallery ends up not coming to Texas.

Augustin, who wanted to sign on his 18th birthday, completes the class.

Andy Katz is very high on the Horn’s entire recruiting class.

Texas’ six signees give them the fifth overall ranked class.

Orangebloods.com is reporting that 4-star Stephenville quarterback Jevan Snead will be in Austin on an official visit Saturday during the Kansas game. Snead is currently a Florida commitment, but with Josh Portis already on campus and the Gators still going hard after Tim Tebow and former Vol Brent Schaeffer reportedly a silent commit, he’s decided to open things back up a little. Texas definitely has a more attractive depth chart.

With good size (6’3″ and 205 pounds) and speed (4.6 forty yard dash), he would fit into the Longhorn’s current offensive scheme nicely. Snead plans on being a Spring enrollee, so expect more news and a final decision soon.

Augustin will sign on Thursday. Football really needs an early signing period.

In what is shaping up to be a monumental recruiting class, the Texas basketball team can now add top national point guard DJ Augustin to the list of commits. The 5’11” Augustin out of Houston, displaced from New Orleans by Hurricane Katrina, is 2006’s sixth commit and chose Texas over LSU.

Rick Barnes needs a raise and a packed Erwin Center.

Nebraska big man [tag]Matt Hill[/tag] has become Rick Barnes and the Texas basketball team’s fifth committment of the 2006 class. Hill, in addition to having an absolutely fantastic afro, is a 6’10” PF/C from Lincoln who moves well and is an excellent scorer. He and fellow 2006 commit Dexter Pittman will team up to create a pretty formidable inside duo when they hit the Forty Acres in 2006. The class now is made up of the two big men, top rated small forward Kevin Durant, and two excellent guards in Harrison Smith and Justin Mason. That’s a pretty solid starting five.

Rick Barnes is making basketball recruiting almost as exciting as football recruiting, let’s hope our fans get out there and show him and the team our support when they begin the season next month.

Fox Sports recaps how football recruiting is going so far.