On a weekend chalked full of visitors for the Longhorns, one of the biggest names on campus was Mesquite Poteet linebacker Malik Jefferson. The five-star prospect arrived on the Forty Acres Saturday morning and left later in the afternoon. Although he was only there for the day, the visit left quite the impression on him.

Saturday's trip to the Forty Acres for Malik Jefferson was very successul and only helped the Horns when it comes to Jefferson's recruitment.

“It went great,” Jefferson told Horns247. “I’d say it was a nine out of ten if you wanted to rank it. I would definitely say that the visit helped Texas out overall.”

Jefferson has taken many trips to Austin in the past and has seen the facilities and all the behind-the-scenes stuff numerous times, that’s why he skipped all of that today. Saturday’s trip wasn’t about that or a tour of the campus, instead it was about getting down to business.

“I wasn’t worried about anything else,” Jefferson explained. “It wasn’t a trip where I was looking for certain things to stand out or to be wow’ed by their facilities. I know all of that and I know it’s impressive. What today’s visit was about was building a much stronger relationship with the coaching staff. That’s what it was all about today and that’s what happened.”

The 6-foot-3, 215-pounder isn’t ready to name favorites yet, but does admit Texas is in good standings with him when it comes to his recruitment.

“There’s no rankings or anything like that,” he said. “Everything is still the same for me as far as where I’m at in my recruitment. It was a great visit though and I do like Texas a lot. I just don’t have any favorites right now.”

Obviously his visit being a good one today was great news for the Longhorns, but now the news gets even better as he’s already planned a return visit to Austin in the coming weeks.

“I’m going to be heading back down there real soon,” said Jefferson. “I’m not taking an official visit or anything since they’re so close, but I am actually going to be going back down to watch their first home game of the season when they play against North Texas.”

Speaking of officials, Jefferson currently has three of his five lined up, with those being UCLA, Stanford and Ohio State. The other two are yet to be determined, but should be lined up in the coming weeks. Once all his visits are taken Jefferson will continue to narrow it down and plans to have a decision made no later than mid-December so that he can enroll early at the school of his choice.

Jefferson is currently ranked the nation’s No. 9 prospect overall, No. 1 outside linebacker and the state of Texas’ No. 1 prospect overall.

