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The 20 biggest recruiting steals of the past decade for area colleges, from Johnny Manziel to Baker Mayfield

As national signing day approaches, many eyes are on the big-name four- and five-star recruits as they zero in on which school they'll attend. But every year, a number of future stars slip through the cracks, heading in unheralded only to take the college football world by storm. Here is a list of some of the biggest recruiting steals from the state of Texas from the past decade.

There were only three rules: 1) Each player must have attended a high school in Texas AND an area college program (Texas, Texas A&M, Texas Tech, Oklahoma, TCU, Baylor, Oklahoma State, SMU or UNT).