A host of recruits were on the Forty Acres for Saturday’s Junior Day, with the staff extending a notable offer to Smithson Valley quarterback Ty Knutson.
The offer comes after months of evaluation by the Longhorns, including co-offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach AJ Milwee watching Knutson in action during his high school football season.
With Louisiana product Peyton Houston committing to the home-state Tigers and Palestine standout Kavian Bryant siding with Texas Tech in early November, Texas didn’t have any outstanding offers to uncommitted 2027 quarterbacks, increasing the importance of Knutson’s evaluation.
Other offers for the 6’3, 202-pounder include Houston, Oklahoma State, TCU, Texas A&M, and Texas Tech, as well as North Texas, Tulane, UTSA, UTEP, and UTRGV. Some of those offers aren’t committable now, decreasing the legitimate competition in a tough cycle for quarterback recruiting after inking top-10 prospect Dia Bell, the potential successor to Arch Manning.
Knutson is a consensus three-star prospect ranked as the No. 720 player overall and the No. 50 quarterback, according to the 247Sports Composite rankings.
