Texas impresses four-star QB Tanner McKee

Tanner McKee took his visit to Texas this past weekend and it was definitely a memorable one, a trip that the four-star will remember as he looks to make his decision.

The Corona (Calif.) Centennial had a lot of positive things to say about the Longhorns, the coaching staff and the overall environment in Austin especially after an overtime win over Kansas State.

And since McKee will be taking a two-year Mormon mission after high school, which quarterbacks commit this recruiting cycle does not really matter in his decision-making process.

“Visit was amazing,” McKee said. “Had a lot of fun. Game was great and the atmosphere was awesome. Spent a lot of time with coach (Tom) Herman and (Tim) Beck. Great guys. Great staff.”

Having the opportunity to sit down with Herman and the coaching staff to discuss how they envision using him in the offense was important to McKee, rated as the third-best pro-style quarterback in the country and No. 71 overall. He's the only pro-style quarterback among the top 18 in that group who remains uncommitted.

“They are good guys who are concerned about making me a better person as well as a better football player,” McKee said.

“Family is big in their program.”

Texas has four-star quarterbacks Cameron Rising from Newbury Park, Calif., and Casey Thompson out of Newcastle, Okla., committed in its 2018 recruiting class but that won’t influence McKee since he will be taking his mission.

As for upcoming visits, the four-star quarterback from Corona Centennial still plans to see Washington, Stanford, Alabama and BYU presumably before making a decision. He recently took an unofficial visit to UCLA that also went well.