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3-star DE Patrick Bayouth commits to Texas as a preferred walk on

Texas Longhorns head coach Tom Herman continues to build the preferred walk-on program, as consensus three-star Houston Episcopal defensive end Patrick Bayouth committed to the Horns on Tuesday:

Excited to announce that I will be continuing my athletic and academic career at the University of Texas! #HookEm pic.twitter.com/HhUfl4CqIm

— Patrick Bayouth (@patrickbayouth) November 13, 2018

The pledge from Bayouth continues efforts in the 2018 recruiting class to add players to the preferred walk-on program who not only excel academically, but also have enough talent to positively impact the scout team, while also having an outside shot at eventually contributing.