Texas Football: 3 costliest decommitments under Tom Herman

This list involves a lot of hits to the Longhorns receiving corps. And there are a lot within the last three or four recruiting classes. Maybe the most disappointing loss to a recruiting class in the receiving corps for Herman and the Longhorns in the last few cycles purely in terms of raw talent and potential came with four-star 6-foot-4 and 180 pound Temple wide receiver Quentin Johnston.

Johnston ranked as the nation’s No. 70 2020 high school prospect, No. 14 wide receiver, and No. 9 prospect out of Texas (247Sports Composite). He wasn’t the most highly recruited wide receiver prospect, despite his extreme talent and potential coming out of high school. He held offers from less than a dozen schools including the Baylor Bears, Duke Blue Devils, Nebraska Cornhuskers, Notre Dame Fighting Irish, Virginia Tech Hokies, Houston Cougars, and Oklahoma.

It looked like Texas (who originally landed Johnston’s commitment last year) could hang onto him heading into the Early Signing Period last December. But after Herman started turning over much of his coaching staff, Johnston decommitted and promptly flipped to join head coach Gary Patterson and the TCU Horned Frogs.

Johnston originally committed to Texas on Aug. 17, 2019. He then flipped from Texas to TCU on Dec. 16, then signed his letter of intent one day later during the Early Signing Period.

Moreover, Johnston was by far the highest ranked wide receiver in the Longhorns 2020 class heading into the Early Signing Period. Losing his commitment likely played part of a role in Herman hitting the NCAA Transfer Portal to land former Michigan Wolverines wide receiver Tarik Black this offseason.