Rivals.com also has them listed with the #1 recruiting class again this year.
Longhorns land marquee quarterback:
By SUZANNE HALLIBURTON
Cox News Service
Tuesday, November 15, 2005
AUSTIN, Texas ? After recently whiffing on a handful of nationally heralded high school quarterback prospects, Texas finally has landed a field leader that most elite college programs would covet.
Late Sunday, Stephenville High School's Jevan Snead announced that he had withdrawn his verbal commitment to Florida ? given back in May, when he believed the Gators were recruiting only one quarterback this year ? and switched to Texas.
Snead, who declined an interview in order to concentrate on his Stephenville team's run for a possible state championship, said in a statement that he was happy to be heading to Texas.
"I have now realized just how important it is to have my family and my friends being present to watch me play," Snead's statement read. "I'm a Texas boy, born and raised, and feel that I owe it to my family, my friends and all of the great fans in the state of Texas to stay here."
Snead is ranked as the fourth-best dual-threat quarterback in the country by Rivals.com and the 78th-best overall prospect regardless of position.
"After all this, Texas may have just gotten the best guy for what they're doing, and for what they want to do in the future," said Geoff Ketchum, a Texas-based recruiting analyst for Rivals.com.
Scouts, Inc., another national recruiting service, lists Snead as the fourth-best overall quarterback in the country. The service compares him to former Utah quarterback Alex Smith, the No. 1 pick in this year's NFL draft. First-year Florida Coach Urban Meyer directed Smith while at Utah, and he targeted Snead early in the recruiting process for the Gators.
Snead is Texas' 24th commitment. He also is the Longhorns' second quarterback pledge in this class ? Arlington Bowie's Sherrod Harris committed this summer.
Commitments aren't binding until national signing day, Feb. 1.
Rivals.com, which updates national team recruiting rankings as the commitments come in, has the Longhorns with the top class in the country, ahead of Georgia, Louisiana State, Notre Dame and Florida State.
The Gators also were looking hard at Tim Tebow, the top-rated prep quarterback in Florida. That's why Snead started re-examining schools closer to home. He's attended three Texas games in the past month, and he took an official visit this past weekend to take in the Longhorns' 66-14 victory over Kansas.
Snead also looked at Texas A&M, taking an unofficial trip to College Station the week the Aggies lost 42-14 to Iowa State.
Snead represents Texas' greatest quarterback pickup since Heisman favorite Vince Young signed in 2002. For a variety of reasons, the Longhorns have had problems recruiting nationally-ranked quarterbacks since then, missing out on Rhett Bomar (Oklahoma), Kyle Wright (Miami), Bobby Reid (Oklahoma State) and Ryan Perrilloux (LSU). Perrilloux, in fact, was an early commitment to Texas in the summer of 2004 and was rated as the nation's top dual-threat quarterback. He then starting visits late in the recruiting process and made a very public, 11th-hour commitment to LSU.
Since Young, Texas has added only one scholarship quarterback ? Colt McCoy, a freshman who is redshirting this year.
Snead is graduating in December, so he can enroll at Texas in January and participate in spring drills. If all goes as planned, McCoy and Snead will battle to be Young's backup in 2006.
Young, a junior, has said repeatedly since August that he has no intention of leaving school early to declare for the NFL draft.
Longhorns land marquee quarterback:
By SUZANNE HALLIBURTON
Cox News Service
Tuesday, November 15, 2005
AUSTIN, Texas ? After recently whiffing on a handful of nationally heralded high school quarterback prospects, Texas finally has landed a field leader that most elite college programs would covet.
Late Sunday, Stephenville High School's Jevan Snead announced that he had withdrawn his verbal commitment to Florida ? given back in May, when he believed the Gators were recruiting only one quarterback this year ? and switched to Texas.
Snead, who declined an interview in order to concentrate on his Stephenville team's run for a possible state championship, said in a statement that he was happy to be heading to Texas.
"I have now realized just how important it is to have my family and my friends being present to watch me play," Snead's statement read. "I'm a Texas boy, born and raised, and feel that I owe it to my family, my friends and all of the great fans in the state of Texas to stay here."
Snead is ranked as the fourth-best dual-threat quarterback in the country by Rivals.com and the 78th-best overall prospect regardless of position.
"After all this, Texas may have just gotten the best guy for what they're doing, and for what they want to do in the future," said Geoff Ketchum, a Texas-based recruiting analyst for Rivals.com.
Scouts, Inc., another national recruiting service, lists Snead as the fourth-best overall quarterback in the country. The service compares him to former Utah quarterback Alex Smith, the No. 1 pick in this year's NFL draft. First-year Florida Coach Urban Meyer directed Smith while at Utah, and he targeted Snead early in the recruiting process for the Gators.
Snead is Texas' 24th commitment. He also is the Longhorns' second quarterback pledge in this class ? Arlington Bowie's Sherrod Harris committed this summer.
Commitments aren't binding until national signing day, Feb. 1.
Rivals.com, which updates national team recruiting rankings as the commitments come in, has the Longhorns with the top class in the country, ahead of Georgia, Louisiana State, Notre Dame and Florida State.
The Gators also were looking hard at Tim Tebow, the top-rated prep quarterback in Florida. That's why Snead started re-examining schools closer to home. He's attended three Texas games in the past month, and he took an official visit this past weekend to take in the Longhorns' 66-14 victory over Kansas.
Snead also looked at Texas A&M, taking an unofficial trip to College Station the week the Aggies lost 42-14 to Iowa State.
Snead represents Texas' greatest quarterback pickup since Heisman favorite Vince Young signed in 2002. For a variety of reasons, the Longhorns have had problems recruiting nationally-ranked quarterbacks since then, missing out on Rhett Bomar (Oklahoma), Kyle Wright (Miami), Bobby Reid (Oklahoma State) and Ryan Perrilloux (LSU). Perrilloux, in fact, was an early commitment to Texas in the summer of 2004 and was rated as the nation's top dual-threat quarterback. He then starting visits late in the recruiting process and made a very public, 11th-hour commitment to LSU.
Since Young, Texas has added only one scholarship quarterback ? Colt McCoy, a freshman who is redshirting this year.
Snead is graduating in December, so he can enroll at Texas in January and participate in spring drills. If all goes as planned, McCoy and Snead will battle to be Young's backup in 2006.
Young, a junior, has said repeatedly since August that he has no intention of leaving school early to declare for the NFL draft.
