It makes sense, but it doesn’t.

Lake Travis offensive lineman Taylor Doyle is fulfilling a dream by verbally committing to the University of Texas.

The junior made  his commitment last Friday to the Longhorns.

“I really like the coaches at Texas, and I think it’s a really honest group,” Doyle said. “It’s the best place for me, I’ve grown up watching the games and it was pretty easy decision to make.”

But by making that decision, he’s also agreeing to three more years of Paden Kelley – his former Lake Travis teammate. Kelley, a freshman on the Longhorn football team, made a habit of playfully tormenting Doyle when he was a senior at Lake Travis.

“It might be a little rough,” Doyle laughed. “But I’ve talked to him in the last couple days. I’m sure he’s going to get on my case a little once I’m there, but that’s fine.”

All joking aside, it was a dream come true for Doyle, who joins not only Kelley, but also former teammates Garrett Gilbert and Cade McCrary at Texas. The whole process has been a relief after a stressful end to the football season, when he broke his ankle in the state championship game.

“I actually thought it was going to slow down the recruiting the process and push everything back a little bit,” he said. “But the coaches said they were going to keep their word.”

The recruiting process has been enjoyable for Doyle, who had offers from Auburn, Baylor, Houston, Texas Tech and Tulsa, along with Texas.

“It was really fun going around to all the schools and considering the options, but the best option was the city I’ve lived in all my life,” he said.

The decision was made easier by some advice given to Doyle by Lake Travis offensive line coach Kyle Spano.

“He told me,” Doyle said. “’If something happened, and you could never play football again, where would you want to be?’ He also said coaches can come and go, and it’s going to be the players that stick around. That all really helped make the decision easier. Texas was the easy choice.”

The 6-foot-5, 270-pound lineman was the third verbal commit of the 2011 class for Texas, which added 10 more verbal commitments over the weekend. He was the first offensive lineman to commit in a year in which the school is attempting to build significant depth.

Now, Doyle will focus on his recovery from the injury, which has him on schedule for full speed and full contact just before the season starts in August.

He’s excited about another run at a state championship, and is happy the coaching staff at Lake Travis hasn’t changed since former head coach Chad Morris decided to take the offensive coordinator job at the University of Tulsa.

“I mean, it was tough to see Coach Morris go, but it was the best thing for him and his family,” Doyle said. “It was pretty cool to have Coach [Hank] Carter take over and nothing really changed.”

Brewer still receiving offers

With verbal commitments flying out of the mouths of other players in the 2011 class just days after signing day, Michael Brewer is taking it slow.

The heralded Lake Travis junior quarterback has got a lot to think about.

“I haven’t really narrowed it down yet,” Brewer said of the list of schools that he’s interested in. “I’ve got eight offers on the table right now. It’s just starting to pick up, though, and I’m starting to hear from a lot of schools I’d never have expected to.”

Those offers are from Texas, Baylor, Texas Tech, Kansas, Auburn, Tulsa, East Carolina, Arizona State and Rice.

And just before he picked up the phone for his interview, he was on the phone with Oklahoma.

It’s an enviable position in many ways, but Brewer also admits it can be a little stressful at times.

“You know, to be honest, I didn’t really know what to expect, being the oldest child in the family and the firs tone to go through it,” he said. “The longer it gets strung out, the more stressful it gets.”

It’s relatively common knowledge that Brewer grew up a Texas fan, being the son of former Longhorn Robert Brewer. But he said he’s not letting his fandom get in the way of one of the biggest decisions of his life.

“My dad just wants me to take lots of things into consideration,” Brewer said. “Who’s ahead of you, playing time and the coaching staffs. There are some definite things to consider.”

He’s taking advice from everyone he knows and trusts that’s been in his shoes, and while he’s not remotely planning on dragging the process out, he still doesn’t have a timetable.

“It’s just one of those things when you know when you know,” he said. “I’d like to get it over with as soon as possible, but you never know when that’s actually going to be.”