Will Texas Flip Florida Gators 5-Star Safety Xavier Filsaime?
The Texas Longhorns are on a roll.
Not only are they on their way to the College Football Playoff after winning the Big 12 Championship, but they are putting together one of the best signing classes in college football.
And after a big visit weekend, that continued on Sunday night, with the suggestion that this week the Horns might be flipping five-star McKinney (TX) safety Xavier Filsaime from the Florida Gators.
EDITOR'S NOTE: LonghornsCountry.com had previously suggested that this commitment is sealed. We update the news here and apologize for the error.
Filsaime, who ranks as the No. 2 safety in the country, the No. 33 player nationally, and the No. 7 player in Texas per the On3 industry ranking.
He could become the fourth five-star recruit to commit to Texas, joining edge Colin Simmons, offensive tackle Brandon Baker and wide receiver Ryan Wingo.
He would also be the second safety commit to the Horns in the class alongside Jordon Johnson-Rubell.
With the possible addition of Filsaime to the class, the Longhorns would become likely to surge past Florida and Florida State into the top three of the national team recruiting rankings.
If and when that happens, it would also give them a chance to finish with their third-straight top-five class, and their second-straight class in the top-three.
A possible commitment could not come at a better time for the Longhorns either, with Texas already losing B.J. Allen, Larry Turner Gooden, and Jalen Catalon to the transfer portal, as well as Kitan Crawford, and Jerrin Thompson to graduation/the NFL Draft.
That said, the hoped-for addition of Filsaime would fill a major positional need for their 2024 entry into the SEC.
