{"id":678780,"date":"2026-01-15T08:39:22","date_gmt":"2026-01-15T08:39:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/678780\/"},"modified":"2026-01-15T08:39:22","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T08:39:22","slug":"texas-am-transfer-ot-jonte-newman-commits-to-texas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/678780\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas A&#038;M transfer OT Jonte Newman commits to Texas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">A young offensive lineman is switching sides in the Lone Star Showdown with former Texas A&amp;M Aggies offensive tackle Jonte Newman committing to the Texas Longhorns on Wednesday in an under-the-radar development.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">The 6\u20194, 331-pounder has four seasons of eligibility remaining.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Out of Cypress Bridgeland in the 2025 recruiting class, Newman picked up an offer from Texas after taking unofficial visits to Austin and College Station, committing to Texas A&amp;M before the summer visit period and signing with the Aggies in December. Other offers included Alabama, Arkansas, Baylor, Cal, Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Oregon, TCU, Tennessee, Texas Tech, and USC. A consensus four-star prospect, Newman was ranked as the No. 346 player nationally and the No. 20 interior offensive lineman, according to the 247Sports Composite rankings.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Newman played seven snaps at right tackle against Samford while redshirting during his only season in Aggieland after gaining almost 50 pounds from his listed weight in high school, profiling as a developmental swing take for the Horns who may need to provide immediate depth due to attrition at the position.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">For Texas offensive coordinator and offensive line coach Kyle Flood, Newman is the second portal commitment this month, joining Oregon State transfer guard Dylan Sikorski.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A young offensive lineman is switching sides in the Lone Star Showdown with former Texas A&amp;M Aggies offensive&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":678781,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[7,49,48,1079,10951],"class_list":{"0":"post-678780","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-ncaa-football","8":"tag-football","9":"tag-ncaa","10":"tag-ncaa-football","11":"tag-texas-longhorns-football","12":"tag-texas-longhorns-football-recruiting"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/678780","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=678780"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/678780\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/678781"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=678780"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=678780"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=678780"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}