Texas trending for former 5-Star RB commit Rueben Owens

As we approach the spring visit season, the focus remains on any potential commits that second-year head coach Steve Sarkisian and his staff can get in the 2023 Texas football recruiting class in the weeks and/or months ahead. Texas currently sits with just one commit in the 2023 class, with the touted four-star Arlington-Seguin defensive back Jamel Johnson.

More action is likely just around the corner for Sark and the Longhorns staff on the recruiting trail, though, with a host of key targets among high school prospects set to visit campus in late March and early April. Texas has also already hosted a few important rising targets of the 2023 and 2024 classes too since the dead period let up two weeks ago.

Moreover, Texas is set to host one of their most important skill position targets of the 2023 class later this month in the elite five-star El Campo running back Rueben Owens. A former Longhorns commit and someone that continues to have traction with this coaching staff, Owens is a really crucial target of the 2023 class to watch throughout this offseason.

Texas is set to host Owens on campus for a visit in the midst of the early stages of spring camp on the weekend of March 24. That is the same weekend that the Longhorns are set to host their top target of the 2023 class, five-star Isidore Newman quarterback Arch Manning.

With elite skill position targets of the Longhorns 2023 class set to visit Austin in that final weekend of March, there is obviously plenty of excitement building for what’s to come on the trail for Sark and his staff. In particular, Texas fans should be excited about what could be ahead for them in the race to land a commitment from Owens.

Texas football gets multiple forecasts to land a re-commitment from 5-Star RB Rueben Owens

There are some leading indicators emerging that Texas could be part of the top one or two schools for Owens.

The two most recent expert 247Sports Crystal Ball Predictions placed for Owens have his commitment landing with the Longhorns. Texas also holds six of the seven Crystal Ball Predictions that are currently active for Owens. The other projection (which is from August 2020) has his commitment landing with the Oklahoma Sooners.

And the On3 recruiting prediction machine gives Texas an 87.2 percent chance to land the commitment of Owens over the Texas A&M Aggies (7.7 percent) and Georgia Bulldogs (2.4 percent).

The recruiting prediction machine from On3 continues to increase the odds that the Longhorns will eventually win the battle to land the commitment of Owens. That continues to show that some of the major recruiting services are starting to show that Owens is trending to Texas heading into the spring.

Owens was once the initial commitment in the Longhorns 2023. He originally announced his commitment to Texas back on Feb. 25, 2021. Owens then re-opened his recruitment less than four months later, on June 17, 2021.