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Guillory headed to Utah

Bearcats standout graduating early

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Raycine Guillory Jr. provided a lot of excitement during his two seasons as an Aledo Bearcat, rushing for many yards and scoring a plethora of touchdowns.

And now, he has his sights set on doing the same thing for fans in Salt Lake City. The junior running back signed a letter-of-intent this past week to play for the Utah Utes in the coming season.

“Great win Utah. I’m on the way,” Guillory posted on X, formerly known as Twitter.

Guillory, a four-star recruit, received offers from almost 40 schools. There was some speculation he might be headed to Ole Miss after a photo appeared on social media of him wearing one of the team’s jerseys with his No. 1 on it.

Also, Guillory made a verbal commitment to the University of Texas earlier this year only to rescind that decision shortly after in lieu of looking at all of his options.

Guillory announced the week before the high school playoffs began that he was decided to graduate early and forgo his senior season at Aledo. Ever since, much like LeBron James when he announced his decision to play for the Miami Heat in 2010, folks speculated where he’d land up to the point of his announcement.

Guillory played his final game as a Bearcat this past Saturday as they were eliminated from the Class 5A Division I playoffs with a 31-21 loss to Denton Ryan in the Region I final. He ended the season with 1,322 rushing yards and 25 touchdowns, along with 180 receiving yards and two more TD.

In two seasons with Aledo, Guillory accumulated over 2,900 yards of offense and scored 48 touchdowns. He moved to Aledo following his freshman season at Mansfield Lake Ridge.

At Lake Ridge, Guillory led the team in total yardage and touchdowns. He rushed for 769 yards and nine TD, along with catching passes for 154 yards and three scores.

He immediately made an impression at Aledo as a sophomore, rushing for 1,236 yards and 17 touchdowns, while collecting 175 receiving yards and four TD. All this while missing several games - including the final two and a half playoff games with a knee injury.

Following offseason knee surgery, Guillory responded with his best season yet. Included in his final season as a Bearcat was a six-touchdown performance in a 49-42 overtime win against Richland.

Guillory’s decision to play for Utah continues the program having an Aledo player on their roster. Senior Money Parks has been a standout wide receiver for the Utes since graduating from Aledo.  

Utah plays in the Big 12 Conference and has a game at Baylor in the coming season, date and time to be announced. TCU, Texas Tech and Houston are also in the conference.

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