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4-Star Texas Longhorns Safety Commit Zelus Hicks Reclassifies to 2025 Class

Texas Longhorns safety commit Zelus Hicks will be in Austin sooner than expected.

Matt Galatzan

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The Texas Longhorns landed a massive commitment from 2026 Carrolton (GA) 4-star safety Zelus Hicks.

Now, however, Hicks will be coming to Austin a little bit earlier than expected.

On Tuesday, Hicks elected to reclassify from the 2026 to 2025 cycle, where he joins a Longhorns class that already ranked No. 6 in the country before his decision.

Ahead of his reclassification, Hicks ranked as the No. 3 safety and No. 29 overall player in the 2026 class, per the 247Sports Composite Ranking. Per ESPN, he is the No. 18 player and No. 1 safety in the class.

His ranking in the 2025 cycle has yet to be revealed.

Now that he has reclassified into the 2025 class, he will join five-star safety Jonah Williams on the back end, giving Texas one of the top tandems of safety commitments in the class.

Hicks committed to the Longhorns in mid-September and has received offers from programs like Auburn, Clemson, Georgia, Florida State, LSU, Michigan, Miami, Ohio State, and many more. Texas offered Hicks back on May 1.

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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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