Texas landed its first commitment of the 2017 class Friday, when Houston-area forward Royce Hamm pledged to the Longhorns.

Hamm announced his decision over Twitter.







The Longhorn staff made Hamm (6-8 205) an early priority, getting the skilled forward from Aldine Davis on campus three of four times in the past year.

Hamm chose Texas over interest from a number of other schools, and offers from Big 12 schools Kansas State and Texas Tech, among others.

A four-star player, Hamm is currently ranked as the No. 24 power forward and the No. 113 overall player in the 247Sports Composite. He represents the first step in what should be another strong class in Austin, with fellow top targets like Matt Coleman, P.J. Washington and Jared Vanderbilt.