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Texas Basketball Recruiting: Ranking the past five classes for the Longhorns

By Andrew Miller

AUSTIN, TX - DECEMBER 21: Jarrett Allen #31, Andrew Jones #1 and Shaquille Cleare #32 of the Texas Longhorns high five during the game with the UAB Blazers at the Frank Erwin Center on December 21, 2016 in Austin, Texas. (Photo by Chris Covatta/Getty Images)
AUSTIN, TX - DECEMBER 21: Jarrett Allen #31, Andrew Jones #1 and Shaquille Cleare #32 of the Texas Longhorns high five during the game with the UAB Blazers at the Frank Erwin Center on December 21, 2016 in Austin, Texas. (Photo by Chris Covatta/Getty Images) /
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NEW YORK, NY – NOVEMBER 21: Jarrett Allen #31 of the Texas Longhorns and head coach Shaka Smart against the Northwestern Wildcats in the first half of the 2016 Legends Classic at Barclays Center on November 21, 2016 in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. (Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty Images)
NEW YORK, NY – NOVEMBER 21: Jarrett Allen #31 of the Texas Longhorns and head coach Shaka Smart against the Northwestern Wildcats in the first half of the 2016 Legends Classic at Barclays Center on November 21, 2016 in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. (Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty Images) /

2. 2016

While the 2016 recruiting class doesn’t have much of anything left on the roster entering the 2018-19 season for Texas, it’s raw talent and top signees had some solid impacts on the program altogether. The highlight of that group was five-star center and the ultra-lengthy offensive threat Jarrett Allen.

As the top player in this recruiting class and the 17th best player in the nation, Allen was a firm piece of any success that the Horns experienced during the 2016-17 campaign. That was not the best season for Texas in recent memory, but Allen provided for some very entertaining moments of dunking over opposing Big 12 defenders.

Five-star combo guard Andrew Jones was the next highest-rated player in the class. Jones is battling cancer now and was recently allowed to enroll in classes on campus again which is a tremendous sign to his progress. He could find his way back onto the roster for the Horns if his fight continues to make progress.

And, the two lowest-rated players in the class departed the program during this off-season in four-star center James Banks and four-star point guard Jacob Young. It would’ve been unclear the roles that Banks and Young had for the upcoming season, but both helped the Horns on the road to the 2018 NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament. This was a very solid 2016 group for the Horns.

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