Four-Star Athlete Aaron Butler Commits, Signs With Texas

The Texas Longhorns have landed four-star athlete and former Deion Sanders pledge Aaron Butler

Matt Galatzan | Dec 22, 2023

Four-Star Athlete Aaron Butler Commits, Signs With Texas /

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The Early Signing Period may be coming to a close, but that doesn't mean that the Texas Longhorns are done adding to their 2024 class.

Late Friday night, Texas landed another commit to their already elite class, snagging a commitment from four-star Calabasas (CA) athlete Aaron Butler.

Butler also signed his national letter of intent with the Horns Friday night, making him an official member of the Horns top-five 2024 recruiting class.

The 5 foot 11, 165-pound athlete was once committed to both Deion Sanders and the Colorado Buffaloes, as well as the USC Trojans.

Butler picked the Horns over pursuit from Arizona and the Longhorns College Football Playoff semi-final opponent, Washington Huskies.

When it comes to Butler, he is viewed as having two-way abilities, and that seemed to be the plan for him at Colorado.

According to the On3 Industry Ranking, he ranks as the No. 179 player in the country, the No. 7 athlete in the nation, and the No. 16 player in California.

With the addition of Butler, the Horns now move into the No. 3 spot in the On3 national team rankings, and stay at No. 2 in the Rivals.com rankings. Texas also ranks No. 3 per 247Sports.

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The Calabasas product opted to not finish out his high school season after an injury and instead focused on preparing to enroll early back in September.

In just four games before he opted out, Butler had 28 catches for 586 yards and five touchdowns, per Max Preps. In 11 games in 2022, Butler had 38 catches for 830 yards and 13 touchdowns.

The Longhorns have a need at both wide receiver and in the secondary next season thanks to veteran players departing, and the late flip of four-star Athlete Aeryn Hampton, Butler could come in and potentially fit either need.

That said, he should start on the offensive side of the ball for Steve Sarkisian.

Published Dec 22, 2023

MATT GALATZAN

Matt Galatzan is the Managing Editor and Publisher of Texas Longhorns On SI and Texas A&M Aggies On SI and a long-time member of the Football Writer’s Association of America. He graduated from the University of Mississippi, where he studied integrated marketing communications, with minors in journalism and business administration. Galatzan started in the sports journalism industry in 2014 covering the Dallas Mavericks and SMU Mustangs with 247Sports. He then moved to Sports Illustrated's Fan Nation network in 2020, eventually being taking over as the Managing Editor and Publisher of the Longhorns and Aggies sites a year later. You can find Galatzan on all major social media channels, including Twitter on @MattGalatzan.