The Texas Longhorns and coach Steve Sarkisian have suffered a huge recruiting loss. No. 1 wide receiver Monshun Sales has committed to the Indiana Hoosiers. The Indianapolis hometown prospect announced his decision life on the live on the Pat McAfee show.
It is a blow to Texas, who began recruiting Sales late in the process, extending an offer in April. But the interest was reportedly real. The Lawrence North High School star visited Austin several times.
In the end, Sales decided to stay home. The Hoosiers have been considered the leader of the pack since his recruitment began. IU is the biggest program in his home state and defending national champion. Even McAfee, whose show is based in Indianapolis, seemed to be openly rooting for Sales to stay in his home state.
In his junior season, Sales caught 37 passes for 794 yards and nine touchdowns. He also plays safety and made 56 tackles. Sales had 34 catches for 568 yards and seven touchdowns during his sophomore season in 2025.
The fact Texas might have come in “second” is of little comfort to Sark and the UT recruiting staff. Sales is the No. 2 ranked WR according to Rivals/On3 and the No. 1 ranked WR according to 247Sports. He shares his top two ranking in both rankings with Texas Longhorns pledge Easton Royal.
Sark’s attention will now turn to Royal, who despite being committed to Texas since November, is being heavily recruited by Lane Kiffin and LSU. The Texas coaching staff will do all they can to prevent the New Orleans recruit from flipping to the Tigers and losing another top receiver to his home state.
This article originally appeared on Longhorns Wire: BIG MISS: No. 1 WR Monshun Sales spurns Texas, commits to Indiana
Reporting by Trey Luerssen, Longhorns Wire / Longhorns Wire
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