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Elite Safety Larry Turner-Gooden Commits To  Texas Longhorns

The Longhorns landed a major talent at a premium position of need on Saturday

Matt Galatzan

Larry Turner-Gooden

AUSTIN -- After some significant attrition in recent weeks, the Texas Longhorns were in desperate need of adding talent at all positions in the defensive secondary. 

On Saturday at the US Army All-American Bowl in San Antonio, they got exactly that, landing a commitment from Bishop Alemany (Mission Hills, CA) safety, Larry Turner-Gooden. 

Turner-Gooden signed with the Longhorns in December but held off his announcement until Saturday.

Turner-Gooden picked the Longhorns over finalists Penn State, Maryland, USC, and Colorado, as well as many other intriguing offers, including Alabama, Florida, Clemson, Georgia, LSU, Michigan, Miami, Notre Dame, Oklahoma, Oregon, and Texas A&M, among many others.

Originally Committed to Arizona State, Turner-Gooden de-committed from the Sun Devils in September. 

With the addition of Turner-Gooden to the secondary, the Longhorns now boast an impressive group of talent, including SI All-American's No. 8 safety, Bryan Allen (Aledo, TX), Denton Ryan defensive back Austin Jordan, Memorial (Port Arthur, TX) corner Jaylon Guilbeau, and Warren Easton (New Orleans, LA) corner Ronald Lewis. 

That young talent will likely have to get adjusted to the college game quickly, with the likes of BJ Foster, Josh Thompson, and Chris Adimora all exiting the program, and senior Brenden Schooler's status still undecided. 

The Longhorns were lucky enough to get back corner D'Shawn Jamison, however, after he elected to return to the 40 Acres and try to improve his draft stock. 

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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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