Arizona State lands a commitment from disruptive Texas defensive lineman Julian Hugo

Cibolo (Texas) Steele 2026 defensive lineman Julian Hugo announced his commitment to Arizona State on Thursday.

The 6-foot-4, 250-pound Hugo chose the Sun Devils over an offer list that also included Baylor, TCU, Colorado, USC, SMU, North Carolina and Utah among many others.

Hugo becomes commit No. 10 for head coach Kenny Dillingham and his staff adding to a class the On3 Industry previously ranked No. 1 in the Big 12 and No. 21 nationally.

“Arizona State is a very special place,” Hugo said. “The team culture really makes it stand out. They all believe in what the program does and how they work. Their team faith and confidence will then extremely far and it showed this previous season. The coaching staff and team culture.”

Hugo took his official visit to Tempe this past weekend.

“I’m a very picky person when it comes to committing to a school,” Hugo said. “I’ve been to many schools and analyzed the best traits of each one. But Arizona State stood out to me the most. You know every school talks about having culture. But Arizona State actually had phenomenal team culture and it showed. The way the coaches interact with each other, coaches interact with players, and players interact with other players. It was all genuine love for each other! As well as my hosts Terrel Kim, Salesi Manu, Joey Sua, and AJ IA welcomed me and made me feel like I’m a part of the family they have at ASU. 

“The coaching staff is just amazing and they really are who they put theirselves out to be.”

Hugo had a terrific junior year for one of the Lone Star State’s top programs. He racked up 83 tackles including 21 stops for loss, 10 sacks and 30 quarterback hurries.

On3 tabs Hugo as the No. 56 defensive lineman in the country. A link to the Arizona State class here.