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30 minutes ago, Bodacious Bevo said:

Didn’t Derek Williams enroll in the summer? He was playing quality snaps by the end of the year. 

Just a data point. I don’t expect Jonah to have an impact this year. The safety room is in a much better spot than when Derek came in, obviously.

Every player/position is different. Safety is position that is more reliant on instincts and football IQ, than raw athleticism. There are players like Caleb Downs that come in and have 0 learning curve. It is possible that Jonah Wiliams comes and is a star, I just do not think it is probable. 

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1 minute ago, Codaxx said:

Every player is different. Kelvin Banks andf Cosmi came in and were immediately plus players at LT, but those are the exceptions not the rule. Safety is position that is more reliant on instincts and football IQ, than raw athleticism. There are players like Caleb Downs that come in and have 0 learning curve. It is possible that Jonah Wiliams comes and is a star, I just do not think it is probable. 

yep.  Even Earl Thomas redshirted.  Don't recall what Stearns or Jones did, but as I recall Brandon Jones did not start until SO year.

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37 minutes ago, jdhorn92 said:

yep.  Even Earl Thomas redshirted.  Don't recall what Stearns or Jones did, but as I recall Brandon Jones did not start until SO year.

Sterns was pretty good straight away. Kinda felt like his first six games here were the best of his career, but part of that feeling was probably the general malaise of the Herman years 

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Not doubting, just curious - why is the belief here that Lance Jackson won't have much impact this year? DE seems to be a position where freshman can shine quickly and his measurables seem college ready.

Obviously I understand he's behind at least 3 vets but seems like he could find his way into the rotation especially if Vasek isn't healthy.

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49 minutes ago, Funk Doctor Spock said:

Can't wait to see Bo Barnes. Dude will wreck some shit. He's special. 

I would like to know which players/prospects do not jazz you up due to them not being special or a freak.  

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2025 Early Enrollees (22)
  • LB Elijah Barnes, Dallas (Texas) Skyline
  • OL Nick Brooks, Loganville (Ga.) Grayson
  • DL Myron Charles, Port Charlotte (Fla.)
  • DB Caleb Chester, Missouri City (Texas) Fort Bend Marshall
  • OL Jackson Christian, Groves (Texas) Port Neches-Groves
  • LB Jonathan Cunningham, Fort Worth (Texas) North Crowley
  • WR Jaime Ffrench, Jacksonville (Fla.) Mandarin
  • DB Zelus Hicks, Atlanta (Ga.) Carrollton
  • EDGE Lance Jackson, Texarkana (Texas) Pleasant Grove
  • QB KJ Lacey, Mobile (Ala.) Saraland
  • DB Graceson Littleton, Tampa (Fla.) Wiregrass Ranch
  • WR Kaliq Lockett, Sachse (Texas)
  • WR Daylan McCutcheon, Lucas (Texas) Lovejoy
  • EDGE Smith Orogbo, Houston (Texas) Alief Hastings
  • DB Kade Phillips, Missouri City (Texas) Hightower
  • DL Josiah Sharma, Sacramento (Calif.) Folsom
  • RB James Simon, Shreveport (La.) Calvary Baptist Academy
  • RB Rickey Stewart Jr., Tyler (Texas) Chapel Hill
  • DL Justus Terry, Manchester (Ga.)
  • ATH Michael Terry III, San Antonio (Texas) Alamo Heights
  • DB Jonah Williams, Galveston (Texas) Ball
  • TE Emaree Winston, Calhoun (Ga.)
 

It’s so “amazing” to an older guy how these young EEs can get a head start into Spring FB. It’s so much more beneficial than just showing up in August for Fall Camp.

The Strength/Conditioning, Food/Meal program, but the best part is participating in Spring Ball. When the season starts, it’s almost like they’re not Freshmen.

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3 hours ago, Tex-19 said:

Not doubting, just curious - why is the belief here that Lance Jackson won't have much impact this year? DE seems to be a position where freshman can shine quickly and his measurables seem college ready.

Obviously I understand he's behind at least 3 vets but seems like he could find his way into the rotation especially if Vasek isn't healthy.

DE can shine early if you don't care about them playing the run. We play sound defense, so we care. 

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On 2/1/2025 at 1:44 PM, Tex-19 said:

Not doubting, just curious - why is the belief here that Lance Jackson won't have much impact this year? DE seems to be a position where freshman can shine quickly and his measurables seem college ready.

Obviously I understand he's behind at least 3 vets but seems like he could find his way into the rotation especially if Vasek isn't healthy.

He plays the Jack. That requires more ability to anchor vs the run and set the edge. It may take him a bit to gain the lower body strength to hold up vs College tackles. The biggest hurdle for him is the Edge position appears to be one of the deepest on the roster. Burke and Vasek look like a solid 1-2 at the Jack. Vasek has shown some ability to get pressure albeit in limited snaps. Zina is there, hard to know where he is at this point. Simmons and Moore are at the Buck. Simmons had a nice path to the field last year. Start him out in pass rushing situations in the Nascar package. (Simmon, Broughton, Sorrell, and Burke/Moore). He slowly moved to playing standard downs. Simmons had that elite pass rushing skill. He set the Duncanville record for sacks with 22.5 in a season. Jackson had 9 sacks. Lance will need to be a better all around player to get heavy snaps. It is possible, just a much harder road. I think that is a good development. It is great not to need a true freshman to have to contribute. I think one of the true freshman DTs may surprise. I could definitely see Justus Terry coming in for pass rushing situations (13 sacks) early in the year and growing into a larger role. I think it is more about opportunity, than talent. 

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Dude is really raw and will have to wait a year or two to play some real snaps at safety but I'm pumped to see a Galveston Ball Tor out there in burnt orange.

This pic is so sick

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On 1/31/2025 at 10:20 AM, Bodacious Bevo said:

Sterns was pretty good straight away. Kinda felt like his first six games here were the best of his career, but part of that feeling was probably the general malaise of the Herman years 

Hard to improve when your focus is on the color of your piss and eating burnt toast because you lost some retarded drill that doesn't have to do with playing the position in-game.

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On 1/31/2025 at 9:38 AM, Codaxx said:

Every player/position is different. Safety is position that is more reliant on instincts and football IQ, than raw athleticism. There are players like Caleb Downs that come in and have 0 learning curve. It is possible that Jonah Wiliams comes and is a star, I just do not think it is probable. 

Yeah he would have to learn A LOT to see the field. I don't know if it's possible.

I don't really watch a ton of HS ball so it's hard to tell, but I'm sure many of these guys look raw out there because they are just so much faster and more talented they rely on that rather than much technique. He's one of those guys, a man amongst boys, just kind of overwhelming guys with his athleticism. Big sign of that is they just throw him in for 8 snaps at WR and toss it up towards him. 

Hope he stays healthy and learns a lot. He could be useful in as a joker or nickel or whatever they call it. I donno if he would get picked apart playing safety and having deep responsibilities so early.

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17 minutes ago, jimmyjazz said:

Forgive me for not scouring all 10 pages . . . what's our kicking situation going forward?

As someone who has scoured all 10 pages, I think the consensus is that we will not be punting or kicking next season.

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21 minutes ago, FloridaHorn said:

As someone who has scoured all 10 pages, I think the consensus is that we will not be punting or kicking next season.

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1 hour ago, jimmyjazz said:

Forgive me for not scouring all 10 pages . . . what's our kicking situation going forward?

We have Arch there is no need for kickers anymore. 

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1 hour ago, Red Five said:

I was referring to him getting benched. 

Yeah, he's returning.  He just doesn't have an inside track.  I was hoping we'd land some portal kicker who isn't prone to shitting the bed from the right hash mark.

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2 minutes ago, jimmyjazz said:

Yeah, he's returning.  He just doesn't have an inside track.  I was hoping we'd land some portal kicker who isn't prone to shitting the bed from the right hash mark.

I wouldn't be surprised if they get a good one in the spring portal period.

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7 hours ago, Codaxx said:

We have Arch there is no need for kickers anymore. 

Remember when we were kids playing street football and you would yell out "P for K!" and heave the ball down the street in place of punting?

Arch is gonna be allowed to do that. 

For field goals, too.

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On 2/4/2025 at 5:34 AM, Codaxx said:

He plays the Jack. That requires more ability to anchor vs the run and set the edge. It may take him a bit to gain the lower body strength to hold up vs College tackles. The biggest hurdle for him is the Edge position appears to be one of the deepest on the roster. Burke and Vasek look like a solid 1-2 at the Jack. Vasek has shown some ability to get pressure albeit in limited snaps. Zina is there, hard to know where he is at this point. Simmons and Moore are at the Buck. Simmons had a nice path to the field last year. Start him out in pass rushing situations in the Nascar package. (Simmon, Broughton, Sorrell, and Burke/Moore). He slowly moved to playing standard downs. Simmons had that elite pass rushing skill. He set the Duncanville record for sacks with 22.5 in a season. Jackson had 9 sacks. Lance will need to be a better all around player to get heavy snaps. It is possible, just a much harder road. I think that is a good development. It is great not to need a true freshman to have to contribute. I think one of the true freshman DTs may surprise. I could definitely see Justus Terry coming in for pass rushing situations (13 sacks) early in the year and growing into a larger role. I think it is more about opportunity, than talent. 

So who is going to be out nascar package this year? Simmons, Moore, Terry, and Burke?

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14 hours ago, linux said:

So who is going to be out nascar package this year? Simmons, Moore, Terry, and Burke?

We will see. Sometimes they put Moore at off-ball LB with Hill. They have a lot of flexibility. Best guess is Simmons (Edge), Terry (DT, replacing Broughton), Vasek/Burke (DT, replacing Sorrell), Moore (Edge). Terry having the lowest odds to make it. 

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Simmos, Moore, Spence, Lefau, Hill, Burke, Vasek, January and transfer DT's.  Throw in maybe our best secondary in some time (really hope Derek Williams is healthy), this Defense could be special.  Lance Jackson could be wildcard and of course the other young DE's who have been on campus, we may be on to something this year in terms of not a good defense, but a suffocating D.

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The Texas Longhorns updated their online roster ahead of SEC Media Days, adding freshmen and transfers to the list of players for the 2025 season.

A few numbers were assigned to transfers and weights were updated ahead of the 2025 season. Here’s the need-to-know data plus some additional thoughts.

Number updates

WR Emmett Mosley V will wear No. 3. He is a sophomore listed at 6-foot-2, 205 pounds.

QB Matthew Caldwell will wear No. 18. He is a senior listed at 6-foot-4, 212 pounds.

K Mason Shipley will wear No. 49. He is a senior listed at 6-foot-0, 185 pounds.

OL Devin Coleman will wear No. 59. He is a freshman listed at 6-foot-5, 331 pounds.

OL Jordan Coleman will wear No. 78. He is a freshman listed at 6-foot-5, 350 pounds.

TE Nick Townsend will wear No. 81. He is a freshman listed at 6-foot-3, 241 pounds.

TE Jack Endries will wear No. 88. He is a junior listed at 6-foot-4, 240 pounds.

DT Lavon Johnson will wear No. 96. He is a junior listed at 6-foot-2, 311 pounds.

DT Maraad Watson will wear No. 98. He is a sophomore listed at 6-foot-3, 313 pounds.

In spring ball…

EDGE Colin Simmons changed to No. 1

WR Ryan Wingo changed to No. 1

DB Jelani McDonald changed to No. 4

RB Quintrevion Wisner changed to No. 5

 

Five-plus pound weight changes

*Means summer enrollee.

All previous weights come from a post-spring update to the roster. Only changes of five pounds or more are listed.

RB CJ Baxter: 232 > 227

QB KJ Lacey: 183 > 189

DB Zelus Hicks: 193 > 198

DT Justus Terry: 262 > 268

WR Ryan Niblett: 192 > 187

DB Jordon Johnson-Rubell: 201 > 189

RB Rickey Stewart Jr.: 190 > 197

DB Santana Wilson: 179 > 174

LB Elijah Barnes: 239 > 244

DT Travis Shaw: Mistakenly listed at 242. Likely 342. Was 345 post-spring.

EDGE Smith Orogbo: 217 > 222

OL DJ Campbell: 314 > 321

*OL Devin Coleman: 375 > 331

OL Nate Kibble: 325 > 330

OL Jaydon Chatman: 301 > 306

OL Jackson Christian: 318 > 310

OL Andre Cojoe: 320 > 335

*OL Jordan Coleman: 337 > 350

OL Connor Stroh: 346 > 341

*TE Nick Townsend: 219 > 241

DL Hero Kanu: 305 > 299

 

Thoughts

The summer enrollees of Jordan Coleman, Devin Coleman, and Nick Townsend all prove how college athletes on dedicated nutrition and strength programs can change their bodies. Townsend, who was running track in the spring, jumped 22 pounds from his NSD 25 listing. Devin Coleman dropped over 40 pounds. Jordan Coleman gained 13 pounds.

 

The changes aren’t limited to just summer enrollees.

Lance Jackson was listed at 276 on signing day and is now 254.

Rickey Stewart was 179 on signing day and is now 197.

Kade Phillips, Smith Orogbo, KJ Lacey, Jordan Coleman, Michael Terry III, and Zelus Hicks have all gained at least 10 pounds since their signing day listing.

There weren’t a ton of major five-pound or more changes from the current roster, but Jordon Johnson-Rubell’s drop was notable. That might entail more coverage responsibilities. Andre Cojoe gaining 15 pounds to land at 335 is continued evidence of the developmental track the coaches saw in him. He’s still a teenager.

All the spring window transfers look to have good measurements, namely Maraad Watson at 313 pounds.

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