The time of year on the recruiting trail, commonly known as "flip season," is about to begin, which is almost guaranteed to have an impact on Texas football's 2025 class. We're already starting to see some top blue-chip recruits in the 2025 class flip their commitments before signing day on Dec. 4, including multiple SEC pledges making late-cycle decisions that will impact the bigger national landscape for high school recruiting.
Other SEC schools receive gameday visits from 2025 Texas football commits
Texas's efforts on the recruiting trail to fill out most of the commitments in the 2025 class from the high school ranks have allowed the staff to focus on the finishing pieces for this cycle before signing day in a few weeks. It looks like the Longhorns are trending toward a fourth-straight top-five-ranked recruiting class in the nation for this cycle in the 247Sports Composite.
Heading toward the finish line in the SEC, multiple key blue-chip Texas commits in the 2025 class have taken visits elsewhere before the December signing day late this fall on the trail.
Here are three key 2025 Texas commitments who have taken recent visits to other SEC schools before signing day in December.
Nick Townsend, TE
Over the weekend, four-star Spring (TX) Dekaney tight end and Texas commit Nick Townsend took a visit to see the Texas A&M Aggies at Kyle Field host the New Mexico State Aggies on Nov. 16. Based on what I've seen, this gameday visit for Townsend to see Texas A&M host New Mexico State last weekend wasn't reported beforehand.
Texas A&M has remained in communication with Townsend on the recruiting trail for the past couple of months, trying to chip away at his commitment to the Longhorns this fall. The Aggies have prioritized adding at least two or three tight ends to sign in their 2025 recruiting class.
Four-star Texas native Kiotti Armstrong is currently Texas A&M's one tight end committed to the Aggies 2025 class this fall and a few weeks before signing day.
Townsend is expected to make an unofficial visit for the Texas-Kentucky game next weekend at DKR. It also sounds like there is a realistic probability that Townsend is in College Station for the Texas-Texas A&M game on Nov. 30.
As of the writing of this article on Nov. 18, I don't have too many concerns about the status of Townsend's commitment to the Longhorns in the 2025 class.