He was a good RB and hope he lands somewhere and has success.  Fumbles and a deep room were too much for him to overcome.

This is who I was talking about this morning.

Sucks to see. I thought he played well in short yardage situations and was hoping Sark would use him more. Maybe that’s Simon’s role in the future..

Wish Gibson all the best wherever he goes 🤘

Good luck to you young man

Also will stone going to sit and preserve his redshirt. 

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Will was great at kickoffs. Bummed about this. Will watch both he and gibson wherever they land. 🤘 

14 minutes ago, Bobby Burton said:

This is who I was talking about this morning.

Looks like he played in 5 games. Weird to leave the team when you can’t redshirt.  OU, Florida, San Jose St, uTep, SHSU

20 minutes ago, Rocky P said:

He was a good RB and hope he lands somewhere and has success.  Fumbles and a deep room were too much for him to overcome.

Deep room?  

Wish him the best.

7 minutes ago, Derek Handler said:

Looks like he played in 5 games. Weird to leave the team when you can’t redshirt.  OU, Florida, San Jose St, uTep, SHSU

I don't think he got snaps against Florida 

Dang. Wish Jerrick and Will the best. Even after a few years of the portal being around, feels so odd that this happens at the halfway point in a season.

Sad to see him leave. He was a good contributor at times. Unfortunate he wont be able to fit into the plans here at Texas. Hoping he goes somewhere and has tons of success…as long as it’s not against us. 

28 minutes ago, Bobby Burton said:

This is who I was talking about this morning.

Honestly didn’t expect this. Was sure hoping he was going to emerge as a potential goal line back, because he’s been pretty decent in short yardage situations. Best of luck to him, regardless. 

4 minutes ago, Roy Hinojosa said:

I don't think he got snaps against Florida 

I don’t remember him but Texas has him in 5 games and so does cfb stats.com

Sounds like his view is he’s leaving due to politics in rb room which is a typical response to be fair to Chad Scott.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

With the crazy portal rules, in theory, could Texas take a Penn State RB transfer mid-season? I'm not suggesting they do but curious if portal rules allow? 

Well....

 

 

bye. 
 

 

 

these kids have zero clue how to handle adversity. That is the real pandemic 

Will Stone also in the portal. Tough losses but wishing them the best. Longhorns for Life.

14 minutes ago, Roy Hinojosa said:

I don't think he got snaps against Florida 

I don’t think he did. He went in the game but then actually never recorded a snap after a presnap penalty IIRC. 

4 minutes ago, jarrodw said:

With the crazy portal rules, in theory, could Texas take a Penn State RB transfer mid-season? I'm not suggesting they do but curious if portal rules allow? 

Nope. 

Give more carries to James Simon

Who's been kicking kick offs if not Will? I thought he was starter.

 

3 minutes ago, Brazos21 said:

Who's been kicking kick offs if not Will? I thought he was starter.

 

I believe Mason Shipley handled those on the two games Stone missed.

Gipson, I get it.   Although I don't think it is a good choice.

But, Will!  This one baffles me.  He isn't an NFL kicker.  He could get some NIL here.  But, for his personal long-term, as a UT graduate and a football letterman, he would have a lot of open doors. 

11 minutes ago, LTWOTIMES said:

Give more carries to James Simon

It seems like the coaches had already started shifting Gibson’s carries to Simon anyway, so a pretty natural reaction. 

14 minutes ago, Bobby Burton said:

I don’t think he did. He went in the game but then actually never recorded a snap after a presnap penalty IIRC. 

I bet he was pissed nit to see the field in his home state. I always liked baby rhino. The fumbles were a thing but I wish him all the future success’ he can manifest… unless it’s against us.