Get to know 2025 signee Josiah Sharma
Whether you’re a diehard recruiting fan in need of a refresher or a casual fan in need of only the particulars, this will be the series for you.
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The first national signing day for college football begins December 4 and runs through December 6. This series gives you the chance to familiarize yourself with the next class charged with keeping Texas in a position of national prominence.
To win at a consistently high level means stacking talented class after talented class. The top-five 2025 class does just that following top-six finishes in the 2022, 2023, and 2024 classes.
On the first national signing day, Inside Texas will offer profiles of each member of the 2025 signing class. Up next, Josiah Sharma.
The Player: Josiah Sharma, DT, Folsom (Calif.)
The Rating: 92.14 (four-star)
The Ranking: Sharma is ranked as the No. 158 overall prospect, the No. 13 defensive lineman, and the No. 11 player in California in the On3 Industry Ranking. On3 ranks Sharma as the No. 160 overall prospect, the No. 15 defensive lineman, and the No. 11 player in California.
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The Highlights:
The Recruitment: Sharma was originally committed to Kalen DeBoer’s staff at Washington before decommitting in January after DeBoer took the Alabama job. Oregon topped Alabama, Washington, and Texas for Sharma’s commitment, but Texas flipped Sharma in July and held on for the four-star’s signature following a surge by USC
The Projection: Josiah Sharma is another in the mold of T’Vondre Sweat and Alex January who’s going to be an outstanding fit at 3-technique in Pete Kwiatkowski‘s defense and likely better than the recruiting ranking suggests. He moves very well at 6-foot-3.5 and 320 pounds, getting off the ball with real suddenness which combined with the size makes him an impossible matchup for guards. With his length and build he’ll be able to eat some double teams at times but as a 3-technique in PK’s Over fronts they can park him in the path of the run game and free up other players to run free while creating opportunities for him to get 1-on-1s in the pass-rush. He has the ability to have that sort of 3-down impact with good development, much of which will center around playing with better pad level as it is for most big guys playing D-tackle
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The Final Word: This is a wide human. Film shows 5-technique, 3-tech, and 0-tech/shade. Plays with good football IQ Looks like he has some good hip, knee, and ankle flexibility. He will be an instant impact when he steps on campus after a off season with Becton
