Top 2026 DL Recruit Puts Texas Longhorns In Top 8

His top eight consisted of Oklahoma, Texas, USC, Nebraska, Georgia, Auburn, South Carolina and Florida.

Sone is originally from Malmö, Sweden, but has been playing for Blue Ridge High School in Virginia. Despite only playing American football for just a few years, the six-foot-three lineman has turned plenty of heads with his playing time, including notably at a joint practice where Charles Power, the On3 Director of Scouting has this to say about him:

“Sone had several flash moments on Wednesday. Sone was the only defensive lineman we saw notch a win against Oklahoma offensive tackle signee Ryan Fodje in 1-on-1’s during the morning. Sone put Fodje on the ground with a vicious swim move. We later saw the Sweden native make some plays on the interior in the joint practice.”.

Valdin participated in the Navy All-American Bowl at the beginning of the year, where he showed off his mobility and ability to fire off the line of scrimmage.

According to On3, the number 13 DL recruit is the second top 20 prospect of that position to place the Longhorns among the finalists for them in the last month, joining Dylan Berymon, who put them in his top five.