AP
FILE - In this Nov. 27, 2016, file photo, Tom Herman talks to the media during a news conference where he was introduced as coach of the Texas college football team.
AUSTIN -- National signing day is perennially exciting and chaotic on college and high school campuses across the country, but here on the University of Texas' 40 Acres, three Wednesday snapshots stick out.
While Texas was still receiving faxed letters-of-intent from its 18 Class of 2017 recruits, new football coach Tom Herman twice emerged from a staff meeting, cellphone in ear, to talk to 2018 recruits.