DT Bryce English decommits from the Texas Longhorns

Many of the original pieces of former head coach Mack Brown's recruiting class have fallen by the wayside for various reasons and the Texas Longhorns can now add DeSoto (Texas) defensive tackle Bryce English to the list, as his head coach, Claude Mathis, informed the media this morning that his player has decommited.

The decision was hardly a surprise even with English's connections to the Texas staff -- the fact that tight ends coach Bruce Chambers is his godfather seemingly kept the DeSoto product in the class longer than anticipated by many.

If you want to know what this decommitment is not about, check out this idiotic take from one of the worst in the business, Aggie shill/homer/trollclown Mark Passwaters:

Rough few hours for the Big12 in DT recruiting: Du'Vonta Lampkin decommits from OU last night, Bryce English from Texas this morning.

— Mark Pisswaters (@themarkup) April 23, 2014

Note for aspiring trolls -- this is not how to do it successfully.

While the loss of Lampkin, a consensus four-star prospect, was significant for Oklahoma, the loss of English for Texas? Not so much.

It's not only because English is a sub-six foot defensive tackle and barely rated as a three-star prospect by 247Sports. It's because the staff didn't make him a priority.

Here's the explanation from IT"s Eric Nahlin:

English's offer wasn't pulled, but he did read the writing on the wall. This is the classic case of being 'unrecruited'.

Slightly unpleasant, yes, and a poor reflection on the type of recruiting that Mack Brown was doing before his resignation in the 2015 class, but at least English was able to make the decision without having his offer pulled, as several other former members of the class had happen.

The hope is that the Texas staff handled it well enough that the decision with English won't permanently impact relationships at DeSoto, one of the high school football powerhouses in the state of Texas.

English has taken visits to LSU and TCU this spring, but currently does not have any other offers.

Texas will pursue several defensive tackles in the state, including Lampkin, who received an offer from the Horns not too long ago, but does not currently have any other players committed at the position.

The Texas class overall now stands at nine pledges with the recent additions of Galena Park North Shore running back Tristian Houston, San Jose (Calif.) Valley Christian running back Kirk Johnson, and Converse Judson defensive back Keivon Ramsey. It's ranked as No. 11 class nationally and the No. 1 class in the Big 12 by the 247Sports Composite team rankings.