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The first and only commit at any point in time for the 2023 Texas football recruiting class was the elite five-star El Campo (TX) running back Rueben Owens. Texas and new head coach Steve Sarkisian landed a commitment from the extremely highly-touted in-state product Owens back on Feb. 25, 2021.
It was one of the huge initial commits in the first couple of months after Sark was hired as head coach to replace Tom Herman. But Texas was only able to hang onto the commitment of Owens for a few months.