WR Micah Hudson now a Five-Star Plus+ recruit

Temple (Texas) Lake Belton wide receiver Micah Hudson is considered one of the top wideouts in high school football. Hudson added another piece of recognition on Wednesday by earning Five-Star Plus+ status. 

The 6-foot-0, 190-pound recruit is now ranked by each of the four major recruiting services — On3, 247Sports, Rivals and ESPN — as a five-star recruit. He joins a list that includes Phoenix (Ariz.) Pinnacle quarterback Dylan Raiola, Hollywood (Fla.) Chaminade-Madonna Prep wide receiver and Ohio State commit Jeremiah Smith, Duncanville (Texas) EDGE Colin Simmons and Buford (Ga.) safety KJ Bolden.

Hudson is the No. 4 overall prospect and No. 2 wide receiver in the 2024 cycle, according to the On3 Industry Ranking, a weighted average that utilizes all four major recruiting media companies. He is also the No. 2 player in Texas.

According to the On3 Recruiting Prediction Machine, Texas has a commanding lead for Hudson’s commitment at 80.0%. However, the Longhorns are far from the only school working hard to land him.

“Ohio State, Alabama, Georgia, Florida and Tennessee have hit me up lately,” Hudson told Justin Wells of Inside Texas on April 3. “Obviously Texas and Texas Tech are all over me.”

Three schools have the attention of Hudson

Hudson shared with On3’s Chad Simmons on Jan. 11 that three programs will make his top schools list. They are Ohio State, Texas and Texas Tech.

He proceeded to share his interest in the Buckeyes, Longhorns and Red Raiders.

Ohio State: “Ohio State is always gonna have good receivers, so I feel like going to a school with other good receivers is gonna drive you even more and push you even more to be great. That competition right next to you and those guys are probably going to be wanting the same thing for you.”

Texas: “What keeps me interested in them is it’s just Texas football. Texas football is always gonna be known for having great athletes, good football players and things like that. It’s really the culture and that’s pretty much what it is. They(‘ve) got a good coaching staff and they may have lost a few people and things like that, but I do like the staff there.”

Texas Tech: “It almost feels like I’m part of the team already and I’m there. Just having people that actually care about me as a person and not just as a player and what I can do for them, even though I (can) contribute and stuff like that, they just want to make sure that even academically-wise or whatever I want to major in and stuff, that they have it there. Not just, ‘Hey, we can see you right here at x or z or something like that.’ But I ask them questions. They answer them for me.”