ESPN.com · Feb 4, 2016
Charlie Strong boosts Texas rebuilding efforts with another top-10 class
playJeremy Crabtree explains how Texas coach Charlie Strong's perseverance and ability to sell the program was the key to the Longhorns landing a top-10 recruiting class. (0:44)AUSTIN, Texas -- Back in August, before Charlie Strong embarked on his second season as Texas’ head coach, he offered up an important admission about his timeline to rebuild the struggling Longhorns.
Back then, he knew he’d brought in a group of freshman difference-makers, guys who’d go on to start a lot of games in 2015. And he knew he needed more.
“I need to have a good class with 2016 to match this class I just had,” Strong told USA Today. “If I can do that, I’ll have me something.”