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Football Recruiting

News Commits Offers Liucci 44 Rankings OOS All Recruits

Status:

Committed

HIGH SCHOOL

Xzavier Barnett

Athlete

6′3″ / 190 lbs

Yoakum, TX

Yoakum

Class of 2026

xzavier_barnett

Rating: 86

#82 IN TEXAS

National Avg

Rating: 88.7

School Preferences

SMU

Committed

1/10/2025

Clemson

None

Florida A&M

None

Houston

None

Mississippi State

None

Murray State

None

Texas

None

UTSA

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Updates

2 mo ago by Jason Howell

Around Texas: A round-up of recruiting news in the Lone Star State

The February Signing Period is approaching as the 2025 is about to come to a close, but things are busy with the class of 2026 and in the transfer portal. It is time to take a look at the latest happenings in the Lone Star state on the recruiting front.

12 mo ago by Jason Howell

Highlighting a dozen 2026 in-state products from outside DFW or Houston

Even outside of the largest two metropolitan areas, the state of Texas still produces plenty of top prospects. Recruiting analyst Jason Howell presents a dozen names from outside of Dallas-Fort Worth and Houston that Texas A&M fans should keep tabs on.

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TexAgs National Average Rating

The TexAgs National Average Rating is a proprietary formula that calculates an industry-wide aggregate rating for each recruiting prospect. The formula includes publicly listed grades, scores, ratings and rankings by national recruiting services, along with a TexAgs rating. Combining the data provides a rating for each prospect, which is then normalized to fit the TexAgs Rating 100-point scale.

The intent of this rating is to provide TexAgs readers with a comprehensive snapshot of how individual prospects rank nationally.

TexAgs Rating

The TexAgs Recruiting team of Billy Liucci, David Sandhop, Jason Howell, Ryan Brauninger and a host of recruiting interns attends more than 75 games each fall and observes and evaluates every major Texas A&M target, as well as most of the top 150 prospects in the State of Texas. From this evaluation the team draws a rating for each prospect on a scale between 70 and 100.

99-100: Elite national prospect (Five-star)

Considered one of the best prospects in the nation and a likely difference-maker at the collegiate level. Displays all of the physical skills to be a future All-American with potential to be an early-round NFL draft pick.

90-98: Elite state prospect (Four-star)

Considered one of the best 30-40 prospects in the state and a top 250 national prospect. Displays the physical skills to be a major early contributor at the collegiate level with high professional potential.

80-89: Quality prospect (Three-star)

Considered one of the best 100 prospects in the state and a top 500 national prospect. Displays the physical skills to develop into a contributor over the course of his college career. Has the ability to become a professional prospect over time with development.

70-79: Solid prospect (Two-star)

Considered one of the top 250 prospects in the state. Has the physical skills to be a potential contributor at a D-1 program over the course of his collegiate career with significant development. Professional potential is low.

Staff Predictions

The predictions represent which school each staff member believes will ultimately sign the recruit, and the confidence meter represents his level of certainty in that outcome.

Example #1

If the predicted school is Texas A&M and confidence is set to “High”, then the staff member is saying “I believe that this recruit will ultimately sign with Texas A&M and I feel very certain about that.”

Example #2

If the predicted school is “Alabama” and confidence is set to “Low,” then the staff member is saying “I believe that this recruit will ultimately sign with Alabama, but I’m not very certain about that.”