{"id":24089,"date":"2022-07-24T12:01:40","date_gmt":"2022-07-24T12:01:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/twitter-reacts-to-texas-landing-four-star-ol-payton-kirkland\/"},"modified":"2022-07-24T12:01:40","modified_gmt":"2022-07-24T12:01:40","slug":"twitter-reacts-to-texas-landing-four-star-ol-payton-kirkland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/twitter-reacts-to-texas-landing-four-star-ol-payton-kirkland\/","title":{"rendered":"Twitter reacts to Texas landing four-star OL Payton Kirkland"},"content":{"rendered":"<div itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n<p>Texas continues to stack talent to its 2023 offensive line class.  The Longhorns have landed a bit of a surprise commitment from four-star tackle Payton Kirkland.<\/p>\n<p>Steve Sarkisian and Kyle Flood were able to make a strong push in recent weeks to gain Kirkland&#8217;s pledge over the likes of Alabama, Florida, Miami, Michigan State and Oklahoma.<\/p>\n<p>Kirkland fits the archetype Texas looks for in an offensive line prospect.  He stands 6-foot-6, 345-pounds with solid footwork and athleticism at his size.  Coach Flood has seen plenty of success with players built similar in stature.<\/p>\n<p>247Sports composite ranks the Orlando product as the No.  25 offensive lineman in the nation and inside the overall top 300 in the 2023 cycle.<\/p>\n<p>Texas sits comfortably inside the top five of the 2023 recruiting rankings with an excellent foundation of five offensive lineman now in the fold.<\/p>\n<p>Kirkland&#8217;s announcement created quite the stir on social media.  Here are some of Twitter&#8217;s best reactions as the Horns added another key piece to its 2023 class.<\/p>\n<div class=\"listicles\">\n<div class=\"listicle\" id=\"listicle-3\">\n<div class=\"listicle-content\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">all gas all summer , like we said!!  \ud83e\udd18\ud83c\udffc<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Taylor Searels (@taylor_searels) <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/taylor_searels\/status\/1550989199905529856?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\">July 23, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"listicle\" id=\"listicle-5\">\n<div class=\"listicle-content\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">12 offensive linemen have committed to Steve Sarkisian and Kyle Flood during their tenure at <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Texas?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\">#Texas<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>Their average height and weight are 6&#8217;5.1\u201d and 314.7 lbs. <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/HookEm?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\">#HookEm<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 CJ Vogel (@CJVogel_TFB) <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CJVogel_TFB\/status\/1550989635513421825?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\">July 23, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"listicle\" id=\"listicle-7\">\n<div class=\"listicle-content\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Payton Kirkland is in.  That&#8217;s another massive body on the OL for Flood to work with.  \ud83e\udd18\ud83c\udffd<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ghost of Texas Football (@FortyAcreVibes) <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FortyAcreVibes\/status\/1550988787299360768?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\">July 23, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>    .<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Texas continues to stack talent to its 2023 offensive line class. The Longhorns have landed a bit of a surprise commitment from four-star tackle Payton Kirkland. Steve Sarkisian and Kyle Flood were able to make a strong push in recent weeks to gain Kirkland&#8217;s pledge over the likes of Alabama, Florida, Miami, Michigan State and &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/twitter-reacts-to-texas-landing-four-star-ol-payton-kirkland\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Twitter reacts to Texas landing four-star OL Payton Kirkland<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[6],"tags":[10608,1100,3777,10609,10610,8912,10611,10612,10613,10614,5371,10615],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":23787,"url":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/4-star-ot-payton-kirkland-commits-to-texas\/","url_meta":{"origin":24089,"position":0},"title":"4-star OT Payton Kirkland commits to Texas","date":"July 24, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Kyle Flood remains hot on the recruiting trail for the Texas Longhorns with the surprise commitment of offensive tackle Payton Kirkland, adding to an already solid offensive line group. Kirkland's journey to the Class of 2023 was a long and winding narrative that ultimately ended with his pledge to the\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Sports&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":24769,"url":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/current-commits-indian-texas-football-could-have-good-news-on-the-way\/","url_meta":{"origin":24089,"position":1},"title":"Current commits indian Texas football could have good news on the way","date":"July 25, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"There is palpable excitement coming from the Longhorns after a surprising victory in Payton Kirkland's recruitment. Texas players and commits are pushing hard for some of their favorite targets remaining. Kirkland tweeted at a few Longhorn targets. The first was Cedric Baxtera fellow Florida product who is set to commit\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Sports&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":5877,"url":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/top-recruits-not-following-nico-iamaleava-to-vols\/","url_meta":{"origin":24089,"position":2},"title":"Top recruits not following Nico Iamaleava to Vols","date":"July 6, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Five-star quarterback Nico Iamaleava's effect on Tennessee football recruiting has been good but not great.It's not quite the impact of Arch Manning, whose commitment to Texas was followed by a flurry of five-star and four-star recruits to the Longhorns.And Tennessee is struggling to land some prime targets on offense, where\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Sports&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":21156,"url":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/cornerback-malik-muhammad-no-38-overall-prospect-in-2023-class-commits-to-texas-longhorns-2\/","url_meta":{"origin":24089,"position":3},"title":"Cornerback Malik Muhammad, No.  38 overall prospect in 2023 class, commits to Texas Longhorns","date":"July 21, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Cornerback Malik Muhammad had a constant presence in his ear amplifying the virtues of the direction Texas is heading in. 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