Texas football lost nearly its entire starting defensive line after 2018. Second-year defensive tackle Keondre Coburn was the man for the job. Coburn redshirted his freshman season, and 2019 was his first year consistently seeing snaps at Texas in a position that came with the pressure to live up to other Tom Herman-era defensive tackles.
Every offseason, NCAA football coaches will leave a program in the middle of their contracts without penalty. This leaves the program in a tricky position.
Since the meteoric rise of the predominantly passing offense in the NFL, the free safety position has become one of the most valued positions on any team. Now, we are witnessing former Longhorn Earl Thomas transform the second defense of his career in this hard-to fill-role in the 2019-20 NFL season.
This year, the NFL Combine invited four Texas Football players: wide receivers Devin Duvernay and Collin Johnson, safety Brandon Jones and defensive lineman Malcolm Roach. With none of them rated as first-round prospects, the stakes are high as these players try to improve their draft status and potential earnings.
The history of Texas football is littered with legendary players in the backfield. Names like Campbell, Williams, Benson and Charles fill the record books. But one of the current carriers of the rock is sophomore Keaontay Ingram.
With Texas fielding eight new starters on defense, linebacker Joseph Ossai’s breakout season is exactly what the Longhorns needed in 2019. But where does the dominant linebacker go from here?
Texas’ football season ended over a month ago, but the offseason can be a time for both reflection and for looking forward to next fall. This piece, which focuses on Sam Ehlinger, will be the first of several deep dives into the performances of some of the key players from 2019.
