Texas flips Five-Star Florida commit Xavier Filsaime

The Texas Longhorns continue to stay hot on the recruiting trail as they added another five-star prospect to their list of commitments in the 2024 recruiting class. Xavier Filsaime (McKinney High School – McKinney, TX) had been committed to Billy Napier and the Florida Gators since April. He received an offer from Steve Sarkisian and the Longhorns on October 9th and made and unofficial visit to Austin last month. Texas pursued Filsaime diligently since extending the offer and the 6-1, 180 lb. safety took his official visit to The 40 Acres this past weekend. The news of his flip from the Gators to the Longhorns was announced via social media on Monday.

BREAKING: Elite 2024 Safety Xavier Filsaime tells me he has Flipped from Florida to Texas!

The 6’1 190 S from McKinney, TX had been Committed to the Gators since April

“It was God who told me.”https://t.co/nuO7VQyEpu pic.twitter.com/dGWrnOlZjc
— Hayes Fawcett (@Hayesfawcett3) December 18, 2023

Texas is getting an athletic, smart and speedy player in Filsaime who is rated as the second best safety in the country and the seventh best player in the state of Texas according the the 247Sports Composite Player Rankings.

He becomes the fourth five-star commit in the Longhorns’ 2024 recruiting class, joining LB Colin Simmons, WR Ryan Wingo and OT Brandon Baker.