Houston flips area 3-star safety Collin Wilder from Texas Tech

Written by Ryan Wright

The Houston Cougars continued their mission of locking down area Class of 2016 talents landing safety Collin Wilder on Tuesday. The verbal commitment sent yet another message to fellow Lone Star college football programs that the Cougars are for real flipping the one-time Texas Tech commitment.

Wilder, 5’11”, 185 pounds, has seen his recruiting stock soar in the offseason after he came up with 118 tackles and three picks during his junior season. Wisconsin, Duke, Iowa State, Boston College, Minnesota, SMU, Tulane, Vanderbilt, and Northwestern have all extended offers to the Katy High School standout.

Northwestern and Wisconsin hosted Wilder on unofficial visits and Texas reportedly dropped by his school to meet with him during his recruiting process.

The Cougars now have 12 verbal commitments to their 2016 recruiting class all hailing from the state of Texas. Great focus has been given to the defensive side of the ball thus far on the recruiting trail. Of the 12 commitments 9 have been defensive players.

Houston Cougars 2016 Verbal Commitment List
FS Patrick Rosette, 5’11”, 187 lbs, Foster HS, Richmond, Texas
SS Collin Wilder, 5’11”, 185 lbs, Katy HS, Katy, Texas
CB Nygel King, 6’1”, 175 lbs, Klein Oak HS, Spring, Texas
CB Ka’Darian Smith, 5’11”, 170 lbs, Spring HS, Spring, Texas
CB Javian Smith, 6’1”, 162 lbs, Bush HS, Richmond, Texas
DE Hasaun Glasgow, 6’3”, 226 lbs, Manvel HS, Manvel, Texas
DE Michael Johnson, 6’1”, 240 lbs, Hightower HS, Missouri City, Texas
DT Ed Oliver, 6’2”, 277 lbs, Westfield HS, Houston, Texas
DT Jordan Elliot, 6’4”, 305 lbs, Westfield HS, Houston, Texas
OG Darta Lee, 6’3”, 294 lbs, Hightower HS, Missouri City, Texas
OG Dixie Wooten III, 6’3”, 312 lbs, Lamar HS, Houston, Texas
QB Bowman Sells, 6’3”, 200 lbs, Lovejoy HS, Lucas, Texas

Photo credit: lonestargridiron.com; No. 27 Collin Wilder.