Prior to signing day in December of last year, Filsaime was one of those crucial late-cycle signings for head coach Steve Sarkisian and the Longhorns staff in the 2024 class. With his athletic attributes and instincts, the DFW-Metroplex outstanding safety recruit has the potential to make an early impact in Texas’ secondary in 2024.
Filsaime’s addition to this safety room demonstrates the progress Texas’s secondary has made in recent years. Filsaime would have been an obvious choice to start at safety for the Longhorns in their inaugural season a few years ago.
Texas prides itself on developing and acquiring adaptable defensive backs who can play a variety of spots in the secondary, so the depth and talent at this level of the defence are excellent going into the
All Texas can do at this moment is ensure that they hold up their end of the bargain, which means that they have to handle business on Friday against Texas Tech. A team that has beaten them three times since 2015, all of which have been in Austin.
The Texas Longhorns are still in the running for the Big 12 Championship.
That is, if the West Virginia Mountaineers beat the Kansas State Wildcats.
The Oklahoma State Cowboys would also need to lose at least one game.
The Longhorns would also be required to secure two back-to-back wins to close out the regular season.
With spring ball a little under 10 days away, Texas football has many notable early enrollees that this staff is excited to see in their first action in practice/camp. Among the top early enrollees for Texas is the top five-star signees from the 2024 recruiting class, including edge rusher Colin Simmons and safety Xavier Filsaime.
Filsaime has been quick to get down to work and show why he was such a highly touted five-star recruit in the 2024 class early in offseason workouts. It was already expected that Filsaime would compete with other safeties on the projected two-deep, such as redshirt junior Michael Taaffe, senior Andrew Mukuba, and sophomore
Filsaime has been quick to get down to work and show why he was such a highly touted five-star recruit in the 2024 class early in offseason workouts. It was already expected that Filsaime would compete with other safeties on the projected two-deep, such as redshirt junior Michael Taaffe, senior Andrew Mukuba, and sophomore Derek Williams.
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