{"id":172012,"date":"2025-07-01T03:51:11","date_gmt":"2025-07-01T03:51:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/172012\/"},"modified":"2025-07-01T03:51:11","modified_gmt":"2025-07-01T03:51:11","slug":"5-star-ot-felix-ojo-sets-commitment-date","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/172012\/","title":{"rendered":"5-star OT Felix Ojo sets commitment date"},"content":{"rendered":"

The top player in the state of Texas in the 2026 class will announce this Friday. 2026 Mansfield (Texas) Lake Ridge OT and On3 Industry Ranking five-star Felix Ojo<\/a> will announce between Texas, Ohio State, Michigan, and Florida on July 4.<\/p>\n

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Ojo is On3\u2019s No. 1 player in Texas. He took his official visit to Austin on June 13.<\/p>\n

Ojo is obviously a left tackle prospect, you hardly need me to tell you that. He\u2019s 6-foot-7 and currently in the 270s with a long way to go before he\u2019s 320 or whatever weight he plays at down the line. That\u2019ll need to happen before he\u2019s starting at a place like Texas. His quick feet and long reach allows him to get to pass-rushers and run blocking targets with relative ease but he\u2019ll need to bring more than 270 with him to get good movement at the college level. Of course by this time next year when he\u2019s graduating high school, this may no longer even be a concern. That\u2019ll be a big question with Ojo is whether he can fill out and develop enough in the next year to play early like Kelvin Banks did. \u2013\u00a0Ian Boyd<\/p>\n

Coach Says:<\/p>\n

Strengths\u00a0\u2014 Massive frame and he\u2019s not done growing. Mid-section is toned vs. flabby. Great hip, knee, and ankle bend. Good arm length and height for the OT position. Comes out of his stance with light feet and good first steps. Really athletic in space. Really strong hands. Understands the importance of generating power from his base. Hand placement in the run game is clearly well-coached. Once he gets hands inside and locks out his elbows, he\u2019s always in control. Has some great finishes and is clearly a player who plays with the right amount of attitude. Pretty agile and accelerates well on his pulls. Gets to the second level easily and is looking for work. Good at hitting that smaller, moving target considering how big he is. Pad level is generally pretty good, which is unusual for HS linemen.<\/p>\n

Great first step off the snap. Has a disciplined kick step and mirrors the rusher really well without oversetting. Doesn\u2019t commit too early and his hands are usually in pretty good position, which is a pleasant surprise. Consistently stifles the rusher trying to beat him to run the arc and will punish uncontrolled rushers.\u00a0\u00a0He gets the defender\u2019s hand off of him and he\u2019s really hard to post. Legs keep moving on contact and his change of direction is excellent for a man this size.<\/p>\n

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Areas of Opportunity\u00a0\u2014 Will get caught lunging a bit and give up his leverage. Hand placement in run game is inconsistent. I\u2019d like to see him against higher level pass rushers. A lot of his highlights are against guys he won\u2019t be playing against on Saturdays (but he is still rag-dolling them).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The top player in the state of Texas in the 2026 class will announce this Friday. 2026 Mansfield…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":172013,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2026],"tags":[32056,7],"class_list":{"0":"post-172012","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-football","8":"tag-felix-ojo-26-lake-ridge","9":"tag-football"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/114775948375404430","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/172012","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=172012"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/172012\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/172013"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=172012"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=172012"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=172012"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}