Seven Texas Longhorn commits were still playing football going into last week’s playoff matches. Three of them lost their games over the weekend, but the UT program has since gained a commit whose team is still alive, so this week’s playoff action will feature no less than five future Longhorns.
Quarterback Maalik Murphy and defensive back Ronald “Champ” Lewis will be playing for state championships in California and Louisiana, respectively. On the homefront, Texas’s UIL high school football playoffs have reached their penultimate week, with the state semifinals being played for each classification between Thursday and Saturday, and by the end of the weekend the matchups will be set for next week’s state championship games at AT&T Stadium in Arlington.