BEAVERTON, Ore. -- Shane Buechele takes pride in a lot of things.

Buechele takes pride in his game as the 10th-ranked pocket-passing quarterback in the country. He takes pride in being the son of former MLB star Steve Buechele. And ever since he committed to the Longhorns in late February, he takes pride in being the face of the future for the Texas program.

All three are very important to him, and he’s representing all of them with class through the first three days of the Elite 11 quarterback competition at Nike’s world headquarters in Beaverton. After the first two days of competition, Elite 11 coaches ranked Buechele as the No. 1 quarterback in the event, ahead of a number of higher ranked prospects.

“I feel good about what I’ve done,” said Buechele, who is from Arlington (Texas) Lamar High School and ranks as the No. 190 player in the ESPN 300. “You can always do better. I’ve thrown the ball OK. You can always improve. I’m glad I’m at the top, but I still have a lot of work to go. My goal is to be No. 1 at the end. These first few days were good, and I’m glad I could represent myself so well. I’ve been working really hard.”

Buechele has also been working hard representing the Longhorns. After Zach Gentry flipped to Michigan, and Texas failed to sign a quarterback on scholarship in February, it became imperative for the Longhorns to land a blue-chip signal-caller in the 2016 class. Texas quickly zeroed in on Buechele, and when he picked Texas over Oklahoma on Feb. 23, he became the focus of a football-obsessed Longhorns fan base.

Buechele was quickly labeled by many Texas fans as the guy who will finally answer all of the program’s lingering questions at quarterback. Fans also assumed he would create a Pied Piper effect, and other top recruits would follow him to Austin. That’s a tremendous amount of pressure to place on somebody who hasn’t started his senior year of high school yet, but Buechele has welcomed the expectations.

“There is a sense of pride for sure when you’re committed to the University of Texas and you play quarterback,” Buechele said. “I don’t want to be labeled as ‘the guy,' but I do want to be known as ‘the guy.’ I want to be the guy that gets out to everybody, and I want to be the leader in the class. I also want to be the guy that comes in and helps the team win a lot of games over the years. I’m just taking it step-by-step and seeing how we can build this class to be one of the best in the country.”

Right now, the Longhorns haven’t quite found their footing on the recruiting trail. Texas has only six commitments and is looking up at both TCU and Baylor in the RecruitingNation class rankings. But things have been going well for Buechele on the field, especially at the Elite 11. He says a lot of his success stems from lessons taught by his father, who played 11 seasons in the big leagues.

“He’s always there for me,” Buechele said. “If he’s not home and he’s on a road trip, he’s a call away. My dad is always there for me. He’ll say, ‘Yeah, you did great. You had a good game, but you did this wrong.’ He always stresses to me, ‘Even though you had a great game, you have to stay humble.’ He really wants me to be a good leader and take pride in everything I do. I think I’m doing a pretty good job of that.”