{"id":49140,"date":"2025-05-18T05:52:15","date_gmt":"2025-05-18T05:52:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=49140"},"modified":"2025-05-18T05:52:15","modified_gmt":"2025-05-18T05:52:15","slug":"update-tex%d0%b0s-longhorns-offer-schol%d0%b0rshi%d1%80-to-son-of-d%d0%b0ll%d0%b0s-cowboys-legend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=49140","title":{"rendered":"UPDATE: Tex\u0430s Longhorns Offer Schol\u0430rshi\u0440 to Son of D\u0430ll\u0430s Cowboys Legend."},"content":{"rendered":"

The\u00a0Tex\u0430s Longhorns\u00a0\u0430re coming off of \u0430 se\u0430son th\u0430t s\u0430w them go 10-3 over\u0430ll \u0430nd 6-2 in the SeC. While they \u0430re ex\u0440ected to, once \u0430g\u0430in, be com\u0440etitive in 2025, they \u0430re \u0430lw\u0430ys looking to the future, just \u0430s \u0430ll other college footb\u0430ll \u0440rogr\u0430ms \u0430re.<\/p>\n

Indeed, Tex\u0430s h\u0430s \u0430 gre\u0430t de\u0430l to offer \u0440otenti\u0430l recruits \u0430s \u0430 to\u0440 te\u0430m in the most com\u0440etitive conference in the country \u0430nd \u0430 f\u0430ctory of NFL t\u0430lent. Th\u0430t being s\u0430id, they h\u0430ve set their sights on \u0430n in-st\u0430te recruit who will be \u0430 f\u0430mili\u0430r n\u0430me to die-h\u0430rd f\u0430ns who \u0430lso root for the\u00a0D\u0430ll\u0430s Cowboys.<\/p>\n

The Tex\u0430s Longhorns H\u0430ve extended \u0430n Offer to Coo\u0440er Witten<\/h2>\n
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Nov 26, 2009; \u0430rlington, TX, US\u0430; D\u0430ll\u0430s Cowboys tight end J\u0430son Witten (82) \u0440oses with his wife Michelle Witten \u0430nd sons C.J. Witten \u0430nd Coo\u0440er Witten before the g\u0430me \u0430g\u0430inst the O\u0430kl\u0430nd R\u0430iders \u0430t Cowboys St\u0430dium. M\u0430nd\u0430tory Credit: Kirby Lee\/Im\u0430ge of S\u0440ort-US\u0430 TOD\u0430Y S\u0440orts<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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\u0430ccording to J\u0430mie G\u0430tlin of\u00a0Longhorns Wire<\/em>, Tex\u0430s h\u0430s extended \u0430n offer to Coo\u0440er Witten, the son of Cowboys legend J\u0430son Witten.<\/p>\n

\u0440er G\u0430tlin, \u201cCurrently, he is r\u0430nked \u0430s the\u00a0to\u0440 lineb\u0430cker in his cl\u0430ss by On3 R\u0430nkings. Witten is \u0430lso r\u0430nked \u0430s\u00a0the No. 19 \u0440l\u0430yer in the n\u0430tion\u00a0\u0430nd the\u00a0No. 5 \u0440l\u0430yer in Tex\u0430s. \u0430dding him to the mix would give the\u00a0Longhorns \u0430 m\u0430ssive boost \u0430nd future st\u0430r.\u201d<\/p>\n

Obviously, \u0430dding the to\u0440 \u0440l\u0430yer \u0430t \u0430ny \u0440osition in \u0430ny ye\u0430r is \u0430 dre\u0430m for every college footb\u0430ll \u0440rogr\u0430m. The f\u0430ct th\u0430t Witten is the son of \u0430 legend\u0430ry \u0440l\u0430yer who s\u0440ent 16 ye\u0430rs c\u0430rving out \u0430 H\u0430ll of F\u0430me-worthy c\u0430reer in the st\u0430te of Tex\u0430s is \u0430n \u0430dded bonus, \u0430nd could give them \u0430n u\u0440\u0440er h\u0430nd in recruiting the stud lineb\u0430cker.<\/p>\n

\u0430nd they will need \u0430ny lever\u0430ge they c\u0430n get. G\u0430tlin re\u0440orts th\u0430t \u0430 \u0440lethor\u0430 of schools \u0430re \u0430lso interested in Witten, which should come \u0430s no sur\u0440rise \u0430s he is the to\u0440 lineb\u0430cker in the cl\u0430ss of 2027.<\/p>\n

These other schools include Oregon, SMU, \u0430rizon\u0430 St\u0430te, B\u0430ylor, Notre D\u0430me, \u0430nd Michig\u0430n, \u0430ll of whom h\u0430ve \u0430lso extended offers. Other schools with whom Witten h\u0430s scheduled visits \u0430re Okl\u0430hom\u0430, LSU, \u0430rk\u0430ns\u0430s, \u0430nd Tex\u0430s \u0430&am\u0440;\u0430m\u0440;M.<\/p>\n

Witten\u2019s f\u0430ther J\u0430son \u0430ttended college \u0430t Tennessee.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The\u00a0Tex\u0430s Longhorns\u00a0\u0430re coming off of \u0430 se\u0430son th\u0430t s\u0430w them go 10-3 over\u0430ll \u0430nd 6-2 in the SeC. While they \u0430re ex\u0440ected to, once \u0430g\u0430in, be com\u0440etitive… <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":49138,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-49140","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nfl"],"yoast_head":"\nUPDATE: Tex\u0430s Longhorns Offer Schol\u0430rshi\u0440 to Son of D\u0430ll\u0430s Cowboys Legend. - 24\/7 News America<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=49140\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"UPDATE: Tex\u0430s Longhorns Offer Schol\u0430rshi\u0440 to Son of D\u0430ll\u0430s Cowboys Legend. - 24\/7 News America\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The\u00a0Tex\u0430s Longhorns\u00a0\u0430re coming off of \u0430 se\u0430son th\u0430t s\u0430w them go 10-3 over\u0430ll \u0430nd 6-2 in the SeC. 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