For the past three years, Jerrod Turner has been casting an imposing shadow from his spot as one of the bookends of the Abilene High offensive line. 

On Wednesday afternoon, the 6-foot-5, 240-pound left tackle made official his intentions to take that shadow a few miles south for the next few years.

Turner, a second-team all-District 2-5A Division I and honorable mention All-Big Country Preps pick as a senior, committed to McMurry University during a Signing Day ceremony at the Chuck Moser Fieldhouse, pledging to continue a football journey that saw him help pave the way for some of the Eagles’ most explosive offenses in recent memory the past two seasons.