Skip to main content
Longhorns Country

OFFICIAL: Longhorns Sign DT Melvin Hills III

The Longhorns landed another big time trench player on Wednesday.
Matt Galatzan|
OFFICIAL: Longhorns Sign DT Melvin Hills III
OFFICIAL: Longhorns Sign DT Melvin Hills III

In this story:

Texas Longhorns

AUSTIN - The Texas Longhorns added another name to their quickly growing 2024 class on Wednesday morning, with three-star defensive tackle Melvin Hills signing with the program. 

Hills picked the Horns over Ole Miss, LSU and Auburn. And at the end of the day, Hills liked everything that the program had to offer, including their ability to get him to the next level.

“Everything,” Hills told On3's Hayes Fawcett. “I really wanted to commit after I met coach Bo and coach Sark. They really showed they were interested and they were honest. The coaches showed they were really about family. When I visited I talked to the players and they were telling me about their experience and why they committed. Plus, they have a good amount of boot babies that’s thriving at Texas and I feel I can be the next best thing over there. Coach Bo will make me a 1st round draft pick and I highly believe that.”

The 6-foot-4, 270-pound Lafayette, LA product currently ranks as a three-star recruit, and the No. 18 player in Louisiana. 

He now joins a Horns class that has ascended into the top five in the country over the last few weeks, and adds toa stellar defensive line haul.

Loading recommendations... Please wait while we load personalized content recommendations

Published
Matt Galatzan
MATT GALATZAN

Matt Galatzan is the Managing Editor and Publisher of Texas Longhorns On SI and Texas A&M Aggies On SI and a long-time member of the Football Writers’ Association of America. He graduated from the University of Mississippi, where he studied integrated marketing communications, with minors in journalism and business administration. Galatzan started in the sports journalism industry in 2014, covering the Dallas Mavericks and SMU Mustangs with 247Sports. He then moved to Sports Illustrated's Fan Nation network in 2020, eventually taking over as the Managing Editor and Publisher of the Longhorns and Aggies sites a year later. You can find Galatzan on all major social media channels, including Twitter on @MattGalatzan.

Share on XFollow MattGalatzan
Home/News