Recruiting pitches are usually rehearsed. This one wasn't, because it happened on the field.Early Saturday morning, long before most of the city had finished its coffee, TDECU was already crowded with the kind of audience a program wants when it is at its best. Some of the state's top prospects sat in the stands with their families taking notes with their own private scorecards, watching to see who Houston was when things went wrong. Things went wrong. Week 5 against UCF was not tidy, and it was not easy. The Cougars were down. Any recruit looking for a reason to doubt them had one in plain…
Houston's comeback didn't just win a game. It gave Brandon Derrough-Harris an answer.
The 2028 Royse City athlete came to TDECU to watch a program he liked. He left with an offer from one that wouldn't quit.

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