{"id":113506,"date":"2025-06-08T11:31:09","date_gmt":"2025-06-08T11:31:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/113506\/"},"modified":"2025-06-08T11:31:09","modified_gmt":"2025-06-08T11:31:09","slug":"texas-lands-first-dt-commitment-as-4-star-dylan-berymon-makes-his-choice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/113506\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas lands first DT commitment as 4-star Dylan Berymon makes his choice"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Louisiana is familiar territory for the Texas Longhorns during <a href=\"https:\/\/www.on3.com\/db\/coach\/steve-sarkisian-132832\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Steve Sarkisian<\/a>\u2018s tenure. The Horns already have a commitment from The Boot in cornerback <a href=\"https:\/\/www.on3.com\/db\/hayward-howard-jr-243559\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Hayward Howard<\/a> from New Orleans. This time Texas went to the top of the state for Monroe\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.on3.com\/db\/dylan-berymon-238624\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Dylan Berymon<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.on3.com\/teams\/texas-longhorns\/join\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">[Sign up for Inside Texas TODAY and get the BEST Longhorns scoop!]<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Berymon, a 6-foot-2, 320 pound defensive tackle, gives Texas coach <a href=\"https:\/\/www.on3.com\/db\/coach\/kenny-baker-176120\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Kenny Baker<\/a> his first commitment of the class after a strong first cycle on the 40 Acres. Despite doing well in 2025 and in the most recent portal windows, D-tackle remains a big need for the Horns. One more good class and the room should be set for the foreseeable future. <\/p>\n<p>Long-term, Berymon has the look of an anchor at nose who does his dirty work clogging up the run game. He plays with a strong base and is able to get good upfield push. <\/p>\n<p>IT believed Texas was the leader for months, though the Purdue Boilermakers, thanks to pre-existing relationships, made genuine in-roads in recent days and may have even pulled ahead for a short time. In the end, Berymon made the same choice former Boilermaker defensive tackle, and likely 2025 Texas starter Cole Brevard made. <\/p>\n<p>If Berymon and Howard follow through and sign with Texas, they\u2019ll join Arch Manning, Derek Williams, Wardell Mack, and Will Randle <\/p>\n<p>Berymon is ranked as the No. 172 overall prospect, the No. 19 defensive lineman, and the No. 8 player in Louisiana in the On3 Industry Ranking. On3 ranks Berymon as the No. 44 defensive lineman and the No. 15 player in Louisiana.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Louisiana is familiar territory for the Texas Longhorns during Steve Sarkisian\u2018s tenure. The Horns already have a commitment&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":113507,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2026],"tags":[28415,7],"class_list":{"0":"post-113506","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-football","8":"tag-dylan-berymon-26-ouachita-parish","9":"tag-football"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/114647524035109588","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113506","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=113506"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113506\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/113507"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=113506"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=113506"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=113506"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}