Texas Football: 3 2020 5-Star prospects Longhorns missed on

In general, the 2020 Texas football recruiting class was very talented, but Herman did miss out on a few top difference makers.

There looks to be another highly touted class of incoming freshmen coming to the Forty Acres, thanks to a solid job on the recruiting trail by head coach Tom Herman and his retooled staff. The 2020 Texas football recruiting class hauled in a top 10 ranked group in the national class rankings (per 247Sports Team Composite Rankings) for the third straight cycle.

The highest ranked signee in the Longhorns 2020 recruiting class was five-star Salpointe Catholic running back and Tucson, AZ, native Bijan Robinson. As the lone five-star commit/signee in the 2020 Texas recruiting class (outside of defensive end Alfred Collins if you consider the sole 247Sports recruiting ranking), Robinson looks like the immediate future star of this group.

Despite all the coaching staff turnover at the conclusion of the 2019 regular season (after winning just seven games), Texas still managed to keep 20 signees in the 2020 class. Texas did lose some commits ahead of the Early Signing Period and National Signing Day, including four-star defensive end Van Fillinger and four-star wide receiver Quentin Johnston, but they retained most of the fight or flight risks.

Nonetheless, there are still some misses that the Longhorns had in the 2020 class, well ahead of all the coaching staff turnover beyond Herman. There are always going to be various five-star prospect misses for the Longhorns that will be interesting to look back on with 20/20 hindsight.

Here’s a look into the three biggest five-star prospect misses for the 2020 recruiting class of Texas during the last cycle.