3 key recruits impressed by Texas’ hire of RB coach Tashard Choice

Still early on in the offseason, there were two notable additions to the staff by Texas football head coach Steve Sarkisian. The first was to replace the former Texas running backs coach Stan Drayton, who left Austin to take the head coaching job with the Temple Owls in his home state of Ohio.

Sark and the Longhorns replaced Drayton with the former Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets running backs coach Tashard Choice. This is a young and exciting hire that should keep the Longhorns in a good spot on the recruiting trail picking up talent at the running back position.

And then, Texas replaced the departed second-year wide receivers coach Andre Coleman with another young and exciting hire. Last week, the Longhorns replaced Coleman with the former Pitt Panthers wide receivers coach Brennan Marion.

Who Texas football could gain traction with on the recruiting trail after hiring Tashard Choice as RB coach?

The official title for Marion on the Longhorns staff will be wide receivers coach/passing game coordinator.

We will discuss the hires of Choice and Marion, and the impact it will have for the Longhorns in terms of recruiting success and player development, throughout the rest of the offseason. But this particular piece is focused on the immediate impact that the hire of Choice as Texas’ next running backs coach could have on the recruiting trail.

Since Choice should bring a lot of energy to the table for the Longhorns, there should be some type of impact right away that he should be able to make. With that in mind, here’s a look into three key recruits for the Longhorns impressed by the hire of Choice as running backs coach.