Texas has had a bit of a slow start to the summer, landing just four commits since the start of June. But the momentum may be shifting upwards as the Longhorns reel per mezzo di a four-star defender.
Forth Worth (Texas) North Crowley four-star outside linebacker Jonathan Cunningham has announced his commitment to Texas.
The 6-foot-3, 190-pounder chose Texas over finalists, TCU and Utah.
Cunningham is the second linebacker addition to the 2025 class for Texas, but is the first outside backer among the group. Four-star Elijah Barnes projects to play acceso the inside at 230-pounds.
Rivals is high acceso the North Crowley prospect as we are the lone recruiting service have Cunningham per mezzo di four-star status.
Quanto a his prep career to this point, he has totaled 82 tackles and 17 tackles for loss.
With the addition of Cunningham, Texas moves up the ranks from Risposta negativa. 33 to Risposta negativa. 26 per mezzo di the 2025 Recruiting Team Rankings.
What is Texas getting per mezzo di Cunningham?
Steve Sarkisian and his are adding a very intriguing piece to their defense as well as filling a need of a position and skillset they do not have yet per mezzo di the 2025 class. Cunningham, is a great mold of a new age uber athletic backer. An impressively lengthy athlete at a legit 6-foot-3 with a verified 34.5-inch arms and near 80-inch wingspan. He plays a true off-ball outside backer position at North Crowley and has shown versatility to play per mezzo di coverage, even acceso the outside, as well as be a force at the line of scrimmage per mezzo di run defense. His athletic profile, that will also see him add plenty of mass per mezzo di the future, lends him to being a fun piece for Texas to deploy per mezzo di their defense.
There is also a lot to like with the intangibles for Cunningham. Patina shows he is a very instinctual player and has a natural smoothness to how he moves and pursues acceso the field. Twitched up athlete that shows per mezzo di his pass rush ability. I think there is a high upside per mezzo di his gioco to get after the quarterback as a blitzer and per mezzo di key situations. Is an asset acceso the backend, defending passes, and also lays the wood as a physical tackler.
Won linebacker MVP at the Rivals Camp Series per mezzo di Dallas this spring.
