The Texas Longhorns are prioritizing the defensive line in 2025’s class and Sacramento (Calif.) Folsom four-star Josiah Sharma is near the top. He’ll be announcing his commitment on Friday, June 28th.
[Sign up for Inside Texas and get ONE MONTH for $1!]
Inside Texas previews the decision for the West Coast interior monster. He broke down his recruitment with Inside Texas this week.
The player: Josiah Sharma, DL, Sacramento (Fla.) Folsom
The measurables: 6-foot-3.5, 320 pounds
The date: Friday, June 28th at 1:30 pm (Central)
The rating: 90.64 (four-star)
The ranking: Simon is ranked as the No. 83 overall prospect, No. 7 defensive tackle and the No. 5 in the state of California according to the On3 Recruiting Rankings.
The evaluation: Sharma is another in the mold of T’Vondre Sweat and Alex January who’s going to be an outstanding fit at 3-technique in Pete Kwiatkowski‘s defense and likely better than the recruiting ranking suggests. He moves very well at 6-foot-3.5 and 320 pounds, getting off the ball with real suddenness which combined with the size makes him an impossible matchup for guards. With his length and build he’ll be able to eat some double teams at times but as a 3-technique in PK’s Over fronts they can park him in the path of the run game and free up other players to run free while creating opportunities for him to get 1-on-1s in the pass-rush. He has the ability to have that sort of 3-down impact with good development, much of which will center around playing with better pad level as it is for most big guys playing D-tackle. – Ian Boyd
The finalists: Texas, Alabama, Oregon, Washington
The official visits: Texas, Alabama, Oregon
Recruiting Prediction Machine: 84.3 percent in favor of Washington.
RPM Picks in favor of Texas: None at this time.
Join Inside Texas for Market-Leading Texas Longhorns Football coverage!
InsideTexas.com provides just what passionate Texas fans expect: Market-leading coverage of Longhorns athletics and recruiting.
Join the best Texas fan community and receive all the benefits that come with it:
- Elite team and recruiting coverage of the program you love
- Immediate access to any Longhorns break news
- Exclusive insider practice reports and year-round team info as well as board Q&A’s with IT staff
- High level discourse with the most passionate and informed Longhorns fans across multiple board forums.
- Market leading team analysis for those who are looking to increase their understanding of Steve Sarkisian and Pete Kwiatkowski’s preferred concepts
- So much more!
SIGN UP and ensure no Longhorns information gets by you: Join Inside Texas community today!
Talk about this story and many more with fellow Longhorn diehards on the Members Only forum.
The post Decision preview: 2025 four-star DT Josiah Sharma set to announce appeared first on On3.