Xavier Filsaime, elite safety, flips from Florida to Texas Longhorns

Longorns flip commitment of nation's No. 2 safety ahead of early signing period

Andy Buhler, SBLive Sports | Dec 18, 2023

Xavier Filsaime, elite safety, flips from Florida to Texas Longhorns /

The Texas Longhorns have flipped an elite homegrown prospect from Florida two days before the early signing period.

McKinney (Texas) 5-star safety Xavier Filsaime changed his verbal commitment and will instead stay home and play for head coach Steve Sarkisian, 247 Sports reported on Monday.

He committed to Florida in April.

247 Sports is the lone site to give Filsaime, the nation's No. 2 safety, No. 32 overall prospect and No. 7 overall in Texas, a 5-star evaluation.

The early signing period for football opens on Wednesday and closes on Friday.

Filsaime is also a track standout and has run a sub-10 second 100-meter dash.

McKinney went 9-3 and reached the area round of the 6A Division II Texas high school football playoffs, where it lost to Highland Park on a last-second field goal.

-- Andy Buhler | andy@scorebooklive.com | @sblivetx

Published Dec 18, 2023

ANDY BUHLER, SBLIVE SPORTS

Andy Buhler is a Regional Editor of Texas and the national breaking news desk. He brings more than five years of experience covering high school sports across the state of Washington and beyond, where he covered the likes of Paolo Banchero and Tari Eason served on state tournament seeding committees. He works on the SBLive/Sports Illustrated Power 25 national boys basketball rankings. He has covered everything from the Final Four, MLS in Atlanta to local velodrome before diving into the world of preps. His bylines can be found in The News Tribune (Tacoma, Washington), The Associated Press, The Columbian (Vancouver, Washington), The Oregonian and more. He holds a degree from Gonzaga and is based out of Portland, Oregon.