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We delayed posting the defensiveA corollary to the offensiveA white paperA because of the Ridgeway/Santos/Cottrell weekend prior to National Signing Day.

Despite a 13-12 record the previous two seasons, Mack Brown was able to pull in yet another stellar recruiting class in 2012.

A LOOK AT 2012 RECRUITS HEADED TO AREA FBS COLLEGE FOOTBALL PROGRAMS -- Texas-bound Johnathan Gray headlines an impressive group of recruits headed to area college football programs.

The national signing day for college football's 2012 recruiting class was Wednesday.

The 2012 Texas Longhorn recruiting class is in, and the dust has settled. Let's take a quick look at who may have an immediate impact on the 2012 season.

Under normal NCAA rules, when a player transfers from one Division 1-A school to another, they have to sit out one year - unless they've already graduated from their previous program.

Former Texas quarterback Garrett Gilbert plans to transfer to SMU, but won't do so until he graduates from Texas this semester, according to Fox Sports Southwest .

Aledo High School running back Johnathan Gray signs his letter of intent to attend the University of Texas and play football during a national signing day event Wednesday in Aledo, Texas.

Dorial Green-Beckham, considered the top recruit in the nation, made his decision to play for the Missouri football team official Wednesday morning on national television, choosing the Tigers over SEC teams like Arkansas and Alabama.

The Texas Longhorns have done it again, pulling off yet another top-five recruiting class in 2012.

A look at what's happening in Aggieland, which from the inside can't be explained and from the outside can't be understood.

No one covers University of Texas sports like the American-Statesman beat writers.

Thomas Johnson , the nation's No. 3 receiver, chose the Aggies live on ESPNU, sliding on a Texas A&M hat after asking host Dari Nowkah for his thoughts on where he should go.

Aledo's Johnathan Gray rushed for 10,908 yards and a national-record 205 touchdowns during his high school career.

Reports surfacing on the eve of National Signing Day that Texas Longhorn defensive tackle Calvin Howell is electing to transfer.

Plano West defensive end Bryce Cottrell told Texas coaches Monday evening that he had switched his non-binding verbal pledge from Oregon to the Longhorns.

The Killeen-area product Thomas was the fourth commitment of the 2011 class after receiving his offer at the first Texas Junior Day despite surfacing on the Longhorn recruiting radar only days before when it became known that he would visit that weekend.

"Southern Cal will win next year's BCS championship, Urban Meyer will be a huge success at Ohio State and the Houston Texans are the most desirable NFL team to join." Hicks explained in the article that those were some of the findings of the Press-Register's annual Senior Bowl player survey.

9 Arizona on Saturday, but the second-ranked UT men's team fell to the top-ranked Wildcats.

Kyle Padron has asked for and been granted a full release from his scholarship at SMU , according to a report by Scout.com's Pony Stampede .