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Playing at Santa Ana (California) Mater Dei, Brandon Baker has faced some of the stiffest high school competition in the country. So, it speaks volumes that he’s been dominant against the opposition and racked up honor after honor. Baker first emerged as a sophomore, earning Max Preps Sophomore All-America honors. Baker then took his game to another level in 2022, earning first-team all-county honors from the Orange County Register and Max Preps second-team All-America recognition. Baker credits legendary coach and recently retired Bruce Rollinson for a lot of his development. “He’s shown me that discipline is the major key to success,” Baker told USA Today. “He’s shown that it’s a strict process to get to the top. It’s helped me be able to live my childhood dream of playing football at the highest levels.”

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Texas has held four football practices so far and there’s been plenty to discuss in the last week. Let’s take a closer look at the storylines from

Inside Texas Football

Five Texas Football Storylines After Four Practices

I'm not calling something that starts on July 30 fall camp. Anyway...  The Texas Longhorns take to the practice field later this afternoon, marking

Steve Sarkisian

The case for Texas Longhorns optimism at each position as preseason camp opens

Texas made its assistant coaches available to the media on Tuesday as the Longhorns get ready for preseason camp. That means...  [Sign up for Inside

AJ Milwee, Steve Sarkisian

The best quotes from Texas' coordinator and assistant availability

Texas has without a doubt expanded its recruiting reach nationally. From California to North Carolina, the Longhorns are looking all over the country

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Inside Texas Football Recruiting

How talented is the state of Texas in 2026 and 2027 compared to years past?

Big game hunting has started to go a bit awry for the Texas Longhorns under Steve Sarkisian.  A number of individual events, which in isolation were

Trevor Goosby

Does Texas need a different approach to recruiting the offensive line?

Over the past few years, the Texas offensive line has featured a number of top-100 prospects brought to the 40 Acres by Steve Sarkisian and Kyle

Kyle Flood

Kyle Flood brings in another top-100 offensive lineman in John Turntine

Steve Sarkisian is very encouraged by the progress of the Texas offensive line, considering the loss of continuity from last season. Guys like Kelvin

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Texas Longhorns Football

Steve Sarkisian addresses loss of continuity along Texas OL, how 'Horns rebuilt in offseason

The countdown to kickoff is on. Inside Texas will take a look at every player on the roster ahead of the season opener versus Ohio State on August

Texas football roster countdown: Nos. 76-60

As Steve Sarkisian has elevated the Texas football program and solidified his status as one of the sport's top coaches, he's made an effort to look

NCAA Football: Cotton Bowl-Ohio State at Texas

Texas' 2025 offense will showcase players from all over the country

Texas went into the weekend trailing Texas A&M and Michigan for four-star offensive lineman John Turntine, as both programs did a great job

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Texas Impresses Turntine Ahead of July 4 Commitment

Malakie Lee, a four-star offensive tackle from Kamehameha Secondary School in Honolulu, Hawaii, made his first-ever trip to Austin for an official

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Texas Makes Strong Impression on Malakai Lee, One of the Nation’s Top Offensive Tackles

I stopped by North Crowley High School during spring practice to check in on one of the top offensive linemen in the 2026 class—John Turntine

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Top 2026 OL John Turntine Talks Final Four, Official Visits, and July 4th Decision

The candidates for spots on Texas' offensive line in 2025 are as follows. Players are listed according to eligibility in descending order:

Brandon Baker's youth stands out among a veteran group of starting O-line candidates

Texas head coach Steve Sarkisian's program is now two-thirds of the way through spring football practices, and there is a consistent element he wants

Warren Roberson

What Steve Sarkisian learned, who he thought stood out from Saturday's scrimmage

The pipeline from Santa Ana (Calif.) Mater Dei to Austin (Texas) is flowing for the Longhorns. They'd like to add another from the Monarchs program

Mark Bowman

Elite 2026 TE Mark Bowman recaps his latest trip to Texas, seeing Mater Dei pipeline

Texas made a strong impression on some of the state’s top young talent during its recent spring practice, hosting a wave of underclassmen who could

Texas makes lasting impressions on several young prospects

Steve Sarkisian's 2025 spring roster for the Texas Longhorns football program has been publicly released. Texas' rosters have historically been a

Jordan Washington, Trey Moore

What stands out on the Texas 2025 spring roster?

One of the revelations of the offseason has been Steve Sarkisian's plan to build out the Longhorn run game around gap schemes with powerful young

Jerrick Gibson

Why Texas is shifting to a power run game with Jerrick Gibson

Texas head coach Steve Sarkisian will be available to the media on Monday at 11:30 a.m. Inside Texas will be on location providing updates in the

Five questions for Steve Sarkisian ahead of spring drills

Texas has its eyes on a number of 2026 wide receiver targets, with Kayden Dixon-Wyatt squarely in the mix. And the Santa Ana (Calif.) Mater Dei

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Texas four-star WR target Kayden Dixon-Wyatt on his upcoming Horns official visit, recruitment

Eric Nahlin recently posted another one of his roster audits focused on the offensive line, a position of great change for the Longhorns between 2024

How does Texas' potential 2025 O-line compare against other national title contenders?

The 2025 season will be a year of transition in Austin for a multitude of reasons. The catalyst of the Steve Sarkisian era in quarterback Quinn Ewers

DJ Campbell

Meet the 2025 Texas Longhorns senior class

Nearly two weeks after Texas' unfortunate College Football Playoff semifinal loss to eventual champions Ohio State, Steve Sarkisian and his staff

Barryn Sorrell, Kelvin Banks, Gunnar Helm, Quinn Ewers

Which players will be the hardest to replace from the 2024 Texas Longhorns?

In the four years that offensive line coach Kyle Flood has spent in charge of the offensive trenches in Austin, Texas has flipped the script on how

Looking toward Texas football's future: Brandon Baker

While the Texas coaches hit California powerhouse Mater Dei on Thursday, they extended an offer to OT Kodi Greene. The 6-foot-5.5, 290-pound

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2026 Mater Dei offensive tackle Kodi Greene against St. John Bosco. (Photo by: Max Torres/ScoopDuckOn3)

2026 OT Kodi Greene breaks down his Texas offer, recruitment

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