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Adding Nick Hudson shows how Texas is adjusting to changing roster construction dynamics
Brown defensive back Nick Hudson’s commitment to Texas on Friday makes him the latest addition to the roster for the 2026 season. Like the additions of Darius Snow and Paris Patterson Jr., recruiting Hudson from the portal speaks to how the Longhorns are maximizing the new age of roster building in college football. With roster construction mimicking an NFL model, Texas landing Hudson is akin to an NFL club signing a free agent ahead of training camp. That’s not to minimize what Hudson- 11 comments
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AUSTIN, Texas — The 2024 Texas defense was a national championship-caliber unit. Even when the offense struggled, the defense’s knack for the football and their ability to keep opponents out of the end zone positioned the Longhorns painfully close to getting over the College Football Playoff semifinal hump. One of the things that made Pete Kwiatkowski’s group elite was the defense’s ability to create havoc plays. When the curtain fell on a 16-game season, Texas ranked among the nation’s lea
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How Steve Sarkisian's defensive practice plan has streamlined Will Muschamp's return to Texas
AUSTIN, Texas — Part of what endeared Will Muschamp to Texas football fans the way Mike Campbell and Leon Fuller did before him was his intensity and demand for physicality, which were traits his Longhorn defenses showed during his first stint as defensive coordinator. What Muschamp doesn’t get enough credit for is his attention to detail. Playing for Muschamp requires a razor-sharp focus, which bred discipline that helped Muschamp field championship-caliber defenses and change the football- 29 comments
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Texas has secured the commitment of transfer forward David Punch, addressing one of its most significant roster needs for the 2026-27 season. Punch went public with his commitment Sunday night, posting the news on Instagram. A national top-100 recruit out of Harker Heights in the 2024 class, Punch joins the Longhorns after two seasons at TCU. As a sophomore, the 6-foot-7-inch, 245-pound Punch was an honorable mention All-Big 12 selection, averaging 14.1 points, 6.8 rebounds, 2.0 assists, 1.
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Looking to rebound after suffering a 9-8 loss on Friday, No. 2 Texas succumbed to an eight-run first inning by No. 18 Texas A&M in an 11-4 loss to the Aggies at Blue Bell Park on Saturday. In their first series loss of the season, the Longhorns watched a 1-0 lead in the top of the first evaporate. Luke Harrison was tagged for two runs on three hits before the game entered a 98-minute rain delay, after which Harrison surrendered extra-base hits to three of the next four batters he faced.
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Texas forward Camden Heide is the program's first unexpected departure to the NCAA transfer portal. Jonathan Giovny of Draft Express first reported Heide's intent to enter the portal on Thursday. On Texas Football expected Heide to be a part of Sean Miller's club for the 2026-27 season, which will be Heide's last in college basketball after playing two seasons at Purdue before joining the Longhorns for the 2025-26 campaign. After playing in 75 career games for the Boilermakers, Heide s
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Texas guard Simeon Wilcher is entering the NCAA transfer portal, On Texas Football has learned. Wilcher is the second known portal departure from Sean Miller’s program, joining forward Nic Codie. A transfer from St. John’s, Wilcher has one season of eligibility remaining after spending one season with the Longhorns. Wilcher played in 36 games during the 2025-26 season, making one start and averaging 5.6 points, 1.8 rebounds and 1.7 assists per game. Wilcher’s departure means the T
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En route to a 12-2 record, a conference championship and the program’s first trip to the College Football Playoff, Steve Sarkisian fielded his most well-rounded, productive Texas offense in 2023. Through Sarkisian's five seasons, his third offense is the most prolific Longhorn attack in points per game (35.8), yards per play (6.67) and total offense (477.5 yards per game). Texas also tallied 244 explosive plays in 14 games (the fourth most in FBS), matching the 2024 offense’s 16-game total
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If you read Bobby Burton’s Monday post regarding trends emerging in spring practice, the first four had to do with the outstanding transfer class Steve Sarkisian and the organization reeled in during the portal window. To continue the theme of highlighting a deep, talented group of incoming transfers, I wanted to rank the five previous transfer hauls from the most to the least impactful. If nothing else, it’ll help set the bar for what the 2026 group of Longhorn newcomers must accomplish to
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Texas player media availability takeaways on pounding the rock, Ryan Niblett's role and KJ Lacey's leadership
Last season’s Texas running game was the worst Steve Sarkisian has produced across 16 seasons as an FBS head coach or offensive coordinator. The Longhorns averaged 137.8 yards per game on the ground. That’s the lowest single-season average by an offense Sarkisian has been associated with since USC averaged 128 rushing yards per game in 2006 (Lane Kiffin’s last season as Pete Carroll’s offensive coordinator and one season after the Trojans lost Reggie Bush and LenDale White to the NFL).- 19 comments
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