Texas Football: Predicting next commit in 2021 class after Keithron Lee

1) Predicting next 2021 Texas football commit

What would likely be the grand prize target for the Longhorns, among realistic commitments they could still haul in ahead of National Signing Day, is the elite four-star Cy-Fair 5-foot-10 and 205 pound running back LJ Johnson. This in-state highly coveted product looks like his commitment decision will narrow down to the Lone Star Showdown rivals.

There’s no clear decision date in yet for this running back product hailing out of Cypress, TX. But he is certainly going to get a ton of national attention around the college football recruiting landscape once there is a decision date in store.

The 247Sports Crystal Ball Predictions has their experts giving a higher confidence level to Johnson committing to the Longhorns over the rival Texas A&M Aggies. But those expert predictions have a higher quantity of predictions falling in the Aggies’ favor.

And the Rivals FutureCast has 67 percent of their analysts and publishers picking Johnson to give his pledge to Texas over Texas A&M and the rest of the field.

As of the early afternoon of Dec. 25, Johnson holds offers from exactly 40 schools. The other highlighting schools on his offer sheet includes the LSU Tigers, Oklahoma, Alabama Crimson Tide, Florida Gators, Georgia Bulldogs, Michigan Wolverines, Nebraska Cornhuskers, Notre Dame Fighting Irish, Ohio State Buckeyes, Tennessee Volunteers, Penn State, Stanford, and USC.

Moreover, Johnson ranks as the nation’s No. 40 2021 high school prospect, No. 3 running back, and No. 8 prospect out of Texas (247Sports Composite). And the Top247 similar ranks him as the nation’s No. 40 high school prospect, No. 3 running back, and No. 5 prospect out of Texas.