{"id":893133,"date":"2026-05-16T21:30:22","date_gmt":"2026-05-16T21:30:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/893133\/"},"modified":"2026-05-16T21:30:22","modified_gmt":"2026-05-16T21:30:22","slug":"five-star-texas-am-offensive-line-commit-gets-torched-on-social-media-for-awkward-hat-ritual","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/893133\/","title":{"rendered":"Five-star Texas A&M offensive line commit gets torched on social media for awkward hat ritual"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The excitement around college football<\/a> recruiting is starting to reach a fever pitch as the temperatures continue to rise and we inch closer to summer.<\/p>\n

Part of that is due to the fact that we are still a long way away from any meaningful college football being played, but it’s also because a lot of big dominoes on the recruiting board are starting to fall.<\/p>\n

Most casual fans may not think of late spring and early summer as big months for five-stars to make their verbal pledges, but if you look at the recent commitment activity from the class of 2027<\/a>, you’ll see a ton of blue-chip talents are already off the market.<\/p>\n

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A perfect example of this would be Friday afternoon, when not one, but two five-star talents along the trenches announced where they would be playing college ball for the next three or four years (or until someone comes along with a better offer, but I digress).<\/p>\n

\"Texas <\/p>\n

The Texas A&M Aggies take the field before the 2025 College Football Playoff First Round Game against the Miami Hurricanes at Kyle Field in College Station, Texas, on Dec. 20, 2025. (Tim Warner\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n

Five-star defensive lineman David Folorunsho picked the Notre Dame Fighting Irish<\/a>, while five-star offensive tackle Mark Matthews chose Texas A&M as his landing spot, and it’s the latter who we will be discussing today.<\/p>\n

Matthews conducted a hat ritual for the ages<\/a> that has drawn the ire of many fans across college football.<\/p>\n

Try and get through this one without cringing.<\/p>\n

If you’re familiar with me, you know my thoughts on the “hat games” that high school recruits play.<\/p>\n

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Call me an old man yelling at a cloud, but would it kill these kids to just announce where they are going, put the hat on, and pose for pictures?<\/p>\n

I’m obviously not the biggest Miami fan, given my Gators fandom,<\/a> but I hate to see anyone get hat faked on principle alone.<\/p>\n

\"Mohamed <\/p>\n

Mohamed Toure of the Miami Hurricanes reacts after a stop in the second quarter against the Ohio State Buckeyes during the College Football Playoff Quarterfinal at the 90th Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, on Dec. 31, 2025. (Stacy Revere\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n

Matthews at one point in time was considered a lock to go to Miami, given that he is just down the road from Coral Gables at Fort Lauderdale high school powerhouse St. Thomas Aquinas.<\/p>\n

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But the Aggies started to pick up steam in recent months and surged to earn his commitment, which could explain the saltiness from Canes fans regarding his announcement antics.<\/p>\n

In their defense, it looks like they aren’t the only ones who think Matthews’ commitment ceremony was a little much.<\/p>\n

On one hand, it seems like coping from Canes fans.<\/p>\n

There’s no way to spin losing out on a five-star offensive lineman who lives less than an hour from campus. Homegrown talents like Mark Matthews don’t grow on trees.<\/p>\n

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\"Miami <\/p>\n

Miami Hurricanes head coach Mario Cristobal looks on before the game against the Syracuse Orange at the JMA Wireless Dome in Syracuse, N.Y., on Nov. 30, 2024. (Rich Barnes-Imagn Images)<\/p>\n

But on the other hand, I think Miami fans can take solace in the fact that this guy might not be a “culture fit,” either.<\/p>\n

I don’t make the rules when it comes to handling recruiting losses; I just abide by them.<\/p>\n

Austin Perry is a writer for OutKick.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The excitement around college football recruiting is starting to reach a fever pitch as the temperatures continue to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":893134,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[7,2972,49,51074,48,4732,118034,10568],"class_list":["post-893133","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ncaa-football","tag-football","tag-miami-hurricanes","tag-ncaa","tag-ncaa-fb","tag-ncaa-football","tag-notre-dame-fighting-irish","tag-outkick-sports","tag-recruitment"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116586389794547411","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/893133","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=893133"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/893133\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/893134"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=893133"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=893133"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=893133"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}