4 key recruits impressed by Texas's dominant win over CSU

Texas football and head coach Steve Sarkisian had a smaller group of visiting recruits on campus from the 2025 and 2026 classes over the weekend for the season opener at home against the Colorado State Rams on Saturday. Texas hosted roughly a dozen visiting recruits from the 2026 class, and a handful more from the 2025 cycle.

Which key visitors were impressed by Texas football's thorough shutout win vs. Colorado State in Week 1?

Having the smaller group of visiting recruits on campus for the first game for Sarkisian and the Longhorns as members of the SEC this season against Colorado State at DKR made sense given the upcoming slate of home games in conference play in late September, October, and November.

It also gave the Longhorns' coaching staff more of an opportunity to give the recruits who were on campus to experience the atmosphere on Saturday afternoon at DKR more personal attention and chances to connect one-on-one after the game. You have to think that it also helps that the Longhorns were able to impress multiple visiting recruits on campus this weekend for the 52-0 shutout win over Colorado Sate where it dominated both sides of the ball on Saturday.

Among the visiting recruits that made it to DKR for the Colorado State game during the holiday weekend near Labor Day, there were a handful of potential 2025 flip targets and some rising 2026 prospects from Central Texas. Texas was able to build some good relationships while getting more under-the-radar 2026 recruits the chance to experience the gameday visit atmosphere at DKR.

Here are four key visiting recruits for the Longhorns from the 2025 and 2026 classes impressed by Texas's dominant 52-point shutout win over Colorado State at DKR in Week 1.