Kitan Crawford committed to Texas on Friday night. (John Tyler football)

John Tyler cornerback Kitan Crawford committed to the University of Texas on Friday night while visiting Austin.

Crawford confirmed his commitment to the Longhorns on Twitter just before 10 p.m. Friday with a post that said “100%” with a graphic showing him in a Longhorns uniform and the word “committed” across the picture.

Former John Tyler Lion Aaron Ross, who played cornerback at the University of Texas and in the NFL, was in Tyler on Saturday at the Tyus Bowser Youth Football Camp and said he was excited about seeing another Lion head to Austin.

“As soon as he committed, I FaceTimed him,” Ross said. “I told him congratulations and welcome to the family. He’s going to bring that East Texas dog up there and carry on that DBU tradition. It’s great to see a fellow John Tyler guy go to UT, especially in the secondary.”

Crawford had narrowed his list to Texas, Tennessee and Oklahoma on June 6. Crawford also had offers from Arkansas, Houston, Baylor, Nebraska, Colorado Illinois, Kansas State, Virginia Tech, Texas A&M and TCU, among others.

Crawford is rated as a four-star recruit. He’s ranked as the No. 175 recruit in the nation by 247sports, and he’s the No. 8-ranked athlete in the 247 composite rankings.

On Wednesday, Crawford won the 40-yard dash competition in 4.4 seconds at the Nike/Dallas Cowboys 11-On competition in Frisco.

As a junior, Crawford had 30 tackles, 12 passes broken up and two interceptions.

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