Texas Tech gets big recruiting win with 2027 five-star defender 

Texas Tech offered Guyton in May, he visited Lubbock in June and now, in August, he's committed. It was the visit that really made the Red Raiders stand out to him.

“The best thing about the visit was just feeling at home,” he said, according to Chad Simmons of Rivals. “I wanted to get away, try something new — and the people there made it easy. The people make me feel like family. You can tell what’s real and what’s fake, and they’re real at Texas Tech. It felt like family. Nothing weird, nothing forced — it is all natural with them.”

To say that this is a massive recruiting win for Tech would be an understatement. According to the 247Sports Composite, Guyton is the No. 1 edge-rusher in the 2027 class and the No. 2 recruit overall. He's also the top player from Georgia.

The Georgia Bulldogs are certainly going to try to flip Guyton and get him to stay in-state and, per Rivals, South Carolina may be a factor as well. For what it's worth, the five-star isn't completely shutting things down on the recruiting trail.

“I’ll still take some visits, and I’m always going to listen,” he said. “But once I pick a school, I zero in. I feel good about the commitment after the talks we have had, but I will go to games and take visits.”

McGuire and the Red Raiders really seemed to make an impact on Guyon, though, so as long as McGuire is the head coach in Lubbock, the Red Raiders are a good bet to hold on to this commitment.

“Coach McGuire cares about his players — every coach there does. They have something going on. The energy in the program is real, and it’s growing," Guyton said.