The Cougars signed three prospects for the 2020 class, which is currently good for 22nd in the Rivals.com team rankings.

Cougars Sign Three to 2020 Class

Based on the latest I've heard I'm expecting all of Houston's current commits to sign during the early signing period and things should start rolling shortly. We'll keep you posted as things become official. But I'm expecting today to be similar to Houston's previous signing days and be relatively drama free barring any unexpected surprises.

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Caught up with recent Houston offer Jeremy Flax who is a Rivals.com four-star offensive tackle for the class of 2020 out of Independence (KS) Independence Community College.

Flax is armed with 25-plus offers from schools all over the country trying to secure his services. He's looking to trim his list sometime this month and the Cougars are trying to work their way into position to make that cut.

Along with an offer from Houston, Flax also holds offers from Arkansas, Kansas State, Kentucky, Maryland, Oklahoma State, SMU, Tennessee, Temple and Texas Tech to name a few.

He's already taken visits to Texas Tech and Toledo and added that Temple, Texas Tech and South Carolina are some of the schools recruiting him the hardest right now.

Thoughts on UH

"Houston is a young team, I think they're in their 3rd or 4th year rebuilding and they're doing a pretty solid job. I talk to coach [Brandon] Jones the most we've been talking a lot through text about the school and stuff."

On What He's Looking For

"I'm looking to play my next year on a winning team with winning coaches who can develop me to the next level."

Flax is expected to narrow his recruitment down to a selected number of top school within the first two weeks of November but isn't sure if it'll be a top 10 or a top 5. Stay tuned.

Midseason Highlights

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Former Houston recruiting target Mustapha Muhammad announced his decision to transfer to Houston from Michigan on Sunday.

A little over a month ago he announced his decision to enter the transfer portal. The former Houston area prep star signed with Michigan out of the class of 2018. And when he announced his decision to enter the portal, It was expected that Houston would get a serious look and he decided today to commit to Houston with his plans to transfer back home and play for the Cougars.

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Houston has picked up the commitment of 2020 DE/TE Trevonte Sylvester. He was previously committed to Louisiana Tech.

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Hey guys! Rich Schnyderite here from the Rutgers site, just confirmed that 2020 TE Victor Konopka from Blair Academy (NJ) will taking an official visit to Houston on the weekend of Dec. 13th.

He is also visiting Rutgers the weekend before and should Rutgers hire Greg Schiano as head coach, they will be hard to beat here. Konopka will also sign during the early period.

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Houston is Bobby Taylor's alma mater and the sophomore CB has visited Houston for three games already this fall. He's one to watch

https://www.rivals.com/news/2022-db-bobby-taylor-has-one-sec-school-on-top

Russell from the Georgia Tech site here.

Per a source, soon-to-be former Michigan TE Mustapha Muhammad will visit Houston on November 9th.
Login to view embedded media In conversations with people around Muhammad, it has been made clear that he is looking to get closer to home.

Alabama and Georgia Tech are also in the picture.

Houston has picked up the commitment of Fort Scott (KS) C.C. ILB Malik Robinson, who picked Houston over Texas State.

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2021 RB from El Paso (TX) Anericas was recently offered by Houston and could be one to watch over the next few months as he potentially eyes making a decision soon

He's alreasy visited SMU, UTEP, New Mexico, North Texas and Texas Tech and says he'd like to visit UH soon.

"Plan on visiting UH soon," Dumas told Cougarsden " I have some interest from Minnesota and Michigan St as well. Been invited to come visit. But district play starts this week and will be sitting down to plan more visits with my parents. Visited Texas tech this passed weekend."

Good news for Houston that they got in when they did, as Dumas could be nearing a decision later this year.

"Been in contact with Justin Johnson the RB coach the most from Houston. Im thinking about settling and making a decision before the end of my Junior year."

It will be vital for Houston to get Dumas on campus before he makes his decision. Theres a lot of momentum here with SMU right now as they're one of the schools recruiting him the hardest and with their hot start this season they're certainly trending upwards in Dumas' recruitment, but he still wants to learn more about Houston going forward.

"I've been in contact the most with SMU and North Texas. Team standing out is definitely SMU especially that they are currently top 25. Not to sure what visits I have upcoming. I really liked watching UH they are a really solid team with a good program still learning a lot about the school currently."

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You may have seen Busby's twitter post.

I'm told the JUCO product will be walking on to UH as a preferred walk on at LB. Texas Southern could be a name to watch that may end up offering Busby. But for now he is planning to walk on at UH.

Cougars Den's Baileigh Sheffield was on hand to check out Houston commit Dylan Robinson this wekend. See what he had to say about Houston, the D'Eriq King situation and more.

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Under the Lights: Dylan Robinson

Georgia LB Jayland Parker, who decommitted from Colorado Sunday.

He has a new top six, two visits scheduled and he gives the latest in this update.

link: PARKER UPDATE

Hey guys, first off I want to apologize. I know I've discussed in the past some of medical issues my wife has been dealing with and it's caused me to take time away from my job here at Rivals. I've received a lot of emails and support in regards to that matter and I appreciate all of you.

With that said, I want to get things back on track here so you're going to start seeing a lot more content and recruiting coverage going forward.

I'll kick things off with a few notable visitors from this weekend.

Commits

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Prospects Committed Elsewhere

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2021 Prospects

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Atascocita WR Dylan Robinson was not expecting an Arizona offer, but after a big Week 1 performance the coaching staff made its move. The Houston commitment reacted to his first P5 offer and what it means for his recruitment moving forward

➡️https://rvls.co/32qvEeD

Rivals250 QB Malik Hornsby has pressed reset on his recruitment and new suitors are lining up.

"Everybody" is in play, he says.


He has one official visit on deck and communication with schools from the SEC, ACC, Pac-12 and the hometown Houston


➡️https://rvls.co/2HJGDrz

2021 Edna Karr OT Kenneth Bannister is off to a fast start to his junior year. #Kentucky#BBN and #LaTech have already extended offers and completely caught him off-guard. He's also drawing interest from #TCU#Florida and #Houston


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Edna Karr DB Jamie Vance is coming off another visit to The Hill and says his commitment to #Arkansas remains strong. He's still eyeing four more official visits, including trips to two other SEC West teams. Vance says one of them is pushing very hard


➡️https://rvls.co/2YZT8cn

Kelvin Sampson and the Houston Cougars add a piece to the 2020 recruiting puzzle with the commitment of Evansville Indiana Bosse forward Kiyron Powell.

Powell is a Rivals three-star listed at 6-foot-9, 200-pound at the power forward position.

Powell had 14 total offers and picked Houston over offers from Austin Peay, Creighton, Evansville, Georgetown, Iowa, Kansas State, Nevada and Xavier to name a few.

With three commitments on board for 2020, Houston now sits at No.8 nationally in the Rivals.com team rankings.

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Former Rutgers commit Sofian Massoud has committed flipped his commitment from Rutgers to Houston. The Katy (TX) product is a Rivals three-star athlete, but will be given a shot at quarterback at Houston. I'm also told that he likely won't be the only QB prospect taken in this cycle.

It's worth noting that both of Massoud's parents went to UH.

Rivals100 QB Jalen Milroe (@JalenMilroe) has unveiled his top 8 schools. The standout 2021 dual-threat breaks down #RollTide #TaMU #HookEm #UF #FSU #GoCoogs #GoDucks #B1GCats, how close he is to making a decision + big plans moving forward

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