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Which 2023 Texas Longhorns Recruits Are Enrolling Early?

The Texas Longhorns have a star-studded class heading to Austin, and the list of players arriving for spring football is impressive

Matt Galatzan

AUSTIN - The Texas Longhorns finished the 2023 Early Signing Period with the No. 3 ranked class in the Sports Illustrated recruiting rankings, and with a group that is loaded for bear with talent at all levels on both sides of the ball. 

And fortunately for the Longhorns many of those names will be arriving to campus early for the spring semester, to get an early jump on their college career, and get familiar with the program. 

In total 16 players will be early enrollees for the Longhorns, including five of their top-6 rated recruits, in quarterback Arch Manning, running back Cedric Baxter, wide receiver Johntay Cook, cornerback Manny Muhammad, and linebacker, Anthony Hill. 

Alongside those five players, two of the other nine SI99 recruits will be enrolling early as well, in pass rusher Colton Vasek, and linebacker/edge Derion Gullette. 

The other two SI99 members, Ryan Niblett and Derek Williams will be enrolling in the summer. 

You can view the full list of early enrollees below: 

(* indicates SI99 member)

QB - Arch Manning*

RB - Cedric Baxter*

WR - Johntay Cook*

WR - Deandre Moore

IOL - Jaydon Chatman

IOL Andre Cojoe

OT - Payton Kirkland

OT - Connor Stroh

IDL - Sydir Mitchell

EDGE - Colton Vasek*

EDGE - Tausili Akana

LB/Edge - Derion Gullette*

LB Anthony Hill*

LB Liona Lefau

CB Manny Muhammad*

CB Gavin Holmes

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Matt Galatzan
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.

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