Texas football pulled off a “flip season” win on the college football recruiting trail. Right before the huge showdown with Georgia too in landing this ex-Minnesota tight end commit.

Charlie Jilek pivoted from the Golden Gophers to the Longhorns, with Hayes Fawcett of On3/Rivals revealing his new commitment graphic Thursday . The 6-foot-5, 225-pounder even shared “Hook ‘Em” to Fawcett in announcing his decision.

Jilek becomes a significant late recruiting win for Steve Sarkisian and his coaching staff. Although one other power conference school was in hot pursuit.

The Portage Central High standout had UCF attempting to keep him. But also dipped out of the Orlando school.

Why Texas won over former Minnesota TE commit

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