Felix Ojo commits to Texas Tech: Red Raiders pull off recruiting stunner landing No. 5 prospect in 2026 class
Friday, the fireworks came with a twist in Texas while the five -star offensive platform Felix Ojo – the n ° 1 offensive tackle in the 2026 class – surprised by engaging in Texas Tech on July 4. The star of Mansfield (Texas) Lake Ridge had been strongly continued by Florida, Michigan, Ohio State and Texas, but he finally chose the Red Raiders in a late turn of events.
Derrick Shelby, the OJO agent, revealed to ESPN that his client had received a sharing contract of $ 5.1 million over three years to join the Red Raiders. According to Matt Zentiz of CBS Sports, the three -year agreement costs $ 775,000 per year on average with a verbal understanding that will renegotiate up to $ 5 million.
Ojo is the overall perspective n ° 5 of the class by 247Sports, giving Texas Tech a major boost in recruitment while strengthening its status of one of the best expenditure in university football. This investment has already borne fruit, helping the Red Raiders to disembark first -rate talents like Ojo and to bring together one of the most expensive transfer classes in the country of the past cycle. The Aggressive Nile strategy of the program underlines its intention to transform Lubbock into a legitimate football power – a vision strongly pushed by coach Joey McGuire, whose recruitment efforts have reshaped the national program of the program.
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Not only is Ojo the first first -rate commitment in the 2026 class of Texas Tech, but it is now classified as the best rated commitment in the history of the program. It exceeds the old large receiver five stars Micah Hudson, who joined the Red Raiders in April after a short stay in Texas A&M. If Ojo finally signs and registers, the pair would be the only prospect of 247 -star composite 247sports to join Texas Tech directly outside the school.
Ojo becomes the eighth commitment in the 2026 class for Texas Tech since early June and 18th in the general classification. Before his commitment, the Red Raiders sat at n ° 36 in the classification recruitment team, but they are worth at n ° 23 after the splash van. Texas Tech finished among the first 25 in the classification of 247sports composite teams twice (2024, 2011) during the era of modern recruitment.
Ojo has more than 50 known offers, the majority from Top Power Five. In particular, Texas Tech was among the first to extend an offer in January 2024 – long before the explosion of its recruitment on the national scene.
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Despite being young for his class, Ojo has a plug-and-play potential in the offensive tackle if he can extend his 6-inch and 275 pound frames. It brings a rare mixture of length, athletics and rise in position, showing “excellent physical tools and relative young people”, according to the scouting analyst of 247Sports, Gabe Brooks, who noted the lean ojo frame, the capacity of movement and the high ceiling as a future high starter, several years with a professional potential.
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Although it is a massive victory for Texas Tech, it is just as much a loss for Texas, which has not signed a five -star offensive line player since he landed Kelvin Banks Jr. and DJ Campbell in class 2022. Banks has become the first choice of the draft of the NFL 2025 by the Holy Orleans, while Campbell should leave after this next season.
“The Longhorns have entered this cycle saying:” Ojo is our guy. He is our guy n ° 1. We cannot miss “, said the national 247sports recruitment analyst Mike Roach The 105 with Andrew Ivins & Cooper Petagna. “The Longhorns missed a historic plating in Texas last year with Lamont Rogers, Ty Haywood and Michael Fasusi who go elsewhere.
“The Texas built the offensive line that brought them to the last two playoff series of university football during the 2022 cycle. It was an incredible class, but they have not recruited near this level since. They have to revitalize this room.”
Texas always has until the period of early signature in December to try to swing Ojo, but their options are limited if it is unable to do so. The Longhorns currently have only two offensive line prospects – the two have evaluated the three stars – and with the commitment of Ojo, only three offensive line players in the current TOP247 remain not engaged.
