Texas’s 2027 recruiting class already looks loaded, and the headliners are doing plenty to back up the hype. Noah Roberts and Landen Williams-Callis, two of the highest-rated running backs in the cycle, opened their senior seasons with the kind of nights that make a fanbase start dreaming early.
Roberts, a top-20 prospect at his position, helped Basha High School in Chandler, AZ, handle Chandler 37-26 in a rematch of last season’s Open Division title game. As Basha’s RB1, he was right in the middle of the action, and he put the finishing touch on the win with a 10-yard touchdown run that came with nobody laying a hand on him.
"2027 [Basha Football] RB and Texas commit [Noah Roberts] might’ve just put the Wolves to sleep," Arizona recruiting insider Adam Beadle wrote on X.
Williams-Callis was just as loud in his own opener for Randle High School. The No. 3 running back in the recruiting cycle filled up the box score in a 20-14 win over South Oak Cliff, finishing with 230 rushing yards and two touchdowns. He also completed his only pass for 20 yards and added one catch for nine yards.
That performance stretched Randle’s winning streak to 17 straight and pushed Williams-Callis to 134 rushing touchdowns for his career. He now sits just two shy of the state high school record, which is held by his cousin Jacquizz Rodgers at 136.
Texas got more fireworks from another commit, too. Four-star quarterback Neimann Lawrence, the No.
6 QB in the class of 2028, led American Heritage (FL) to a 35-28 overtime win over East St. Louis (IL).
Lawrence threw for 356 yards, four touchdowns and no interceptions in the victory.
Lawrence finished with 4 TDs, 356 yards, 0 INT 😤🏈 pic.twitter.com/XZlTRLaEPq
- League Ready (@LeagueRDY) August 29, 2026
It’s all happening at the high school level, sure, but these Texas commits are lining up against elite competition and putting up eye-catching numbers anyway. For the Longhorns, the 2027 class keeps looking better by the week.
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