As the Truth sees it…

Plano West High School star Jackson Jeffcoat announced Friday that he has committed to play football for the University of Texas next year. Jeffcoat, who is the son of former Dallas Cowboy Jim Jeffcoat, is the No. 2 ranked prep player in the country.
Jeffcoat chose the Longhorns over the University of Oklahoma and Houston, where his father on the coaching staff.
I had held out hope that Jeffcoat would become a Sooner. At 6-foot-5, 225-pounds, the defensive end would have added to a defensive line that is about to take a hit with the loss of Gerald McCoy. He would have been the jewel for what should be a solid signing class. His twin sister, Jacqueline Jeffcoat, has already committed to play basketball at Oklahoma. Many thought this gave the Sooners the inside track. But he decided to stay near home in the Lone Star state.
“I felt most comfortable at Texas,” Jeffcoat told ESPN. “It’s not that I didn’t feel comfortable anywhere else; everywhere else was great. That’s why it was such a hard decision and it took so long,” Jeffcoat said. “All these schools are great schools. I just felt right with Texas.”
The Class of 2010 can sign national letters of intent starting Feb. 3, National Signing Day. Unless there are a few surprises, the Sooners will rank among the top 10, but it will not be in the top spot. That honor will go to Florida, which seems to have wrapped up almost every 5-star recruit in the South and East coast. But that doesn’t guarantee success.
Regardless, Wednesday should be exciting as a bunch of 17 and 18-year-olds make the biggest decision of their lives.
Michael Kinney

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