Last week didn’t go well for position coach Jeff Choate and the Texas Longhorns at the linebacker position — on Wednesday, Illinois product Sebastian Cheeks committed to the North Carolina Tar Heels and on Saturday, versatile Tenaha product Jeremy Patton committed to the Baylor Bears.
Both players were key targets at the position, with the Horns seemingly holding a strong position with Cheeks both before and immediately after his official visit to Austin on June 11 and with Patton following his own official visit the week before.
Unfortunately, standout recruiter Tommy Thigpen, who serves as the co-defensive coordinator and linebackers coach for the Tar Heels, help lure Cheeks to Chapel Hill as a big coup for head coach Mack Brown.