Texas Football Recruiting: 5 biggest misses for 2019 class

Let’s preface this point by stating that it is not a realistic expectation for Texas football recruiting to be able to pull every elite prospect in every class. As nice as that would be, the Horns just won’t be able to do that. Pulling off something like what Herman and defensive coordinator Todd Orlando did by hauling in two top rated five-star safeties, Caden Sterns and B.J. Foster, in one class is a rarity.

Although, a nice follow-on to that elite secondary haul in the 2018 Texas football recruiting class would’ve been adding a top tier cornerback prospect. Five-star Baton Rouge, LA, and Dunham School cornerback Derek Stingley was a massive target for a ton of top blue blood programs in the nation.

There’s actually a slight comparison that could be made between Stingley and Wilson. Since the issue for the Horns in pursuit of Stingley was the area in which he grew up and where his childhood fandom resided, Herman couldn’t do much to edge LSU Tigers head coach Ed Orgeron. While Stingley would’ve been difficult to pry away from the grips of LSU, it should’ve been a similar plot line in regard to the recruitment of Wilson.

Sometimes the cookie crumbles in a different way in recruiting headlines than many would expect. Stingley would be a fantastic addition to a secondary for the Horns that has a ton of potential and a very bright future in the Big 12. Texas was one of the finalists, and favorites outside of LSU, to land the nation’s No. 3 2019 high school prospect. It just wasn’t enough to get his interests away from the Tigers.