The Texas Longhorns had a good season that was capped off with the Alamo Bowl victory. Three players were highlighted by Pro Football Focus College for their individual performances. Of the 101 players mentioned in the article, three Longhorns cracked the list. Best news is that two of them will be suiting up in Austin for the 2020-21 football season.
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Top 101 Players for Texas.
- Devin Duvernay (57th)
- Sam Ehlinger (64th)
- Sam Cosmi (98th)
Devin Duvernay, WR, Senior
Possessing perhaps the nation’s best set of hands, Duvernay has dropped just five of the 180 catchable passes thrown his way over the years at Texas, and he capped that with career-highs in targets, yards, touchdowns and grades across the board in 2019. For the year, Duvernay hauled in 105 catches for 1,392 yards, nine scores and another 59 first-down receptions, the latter leading the nation. He also broke 23 tackles after the catch and finished third in the nation with 719 total yards after the catch. Duvernay also showed off his hands and ball skills with a zero in the fumble column as he went his entire career at Texas without a fumble on offense.
Sam Ehlinger, QB, Junior
The nation’s sixth-highest passing grade at the quarterback position belongs to none other than Ehlinger, who shook off some midseason rust to cap what became a career-year in Austin. Despite upping his overall attempts in each season, he has now increased his yards per attempt average every year over the past three years, and 2019 was his best yet, as he finished the year with an 8.0 yards per attempt with a whopping 456 passing attempts to his credit. He threw 32 touchdowns and finished with an elite passing grade of 87.1, nearly a full six points ahead of his previous career-best. Ehlinger can hit any level of the field but really did shine in the intermediate range (10-19 yards) of the field, as he completed 67 of his 108 attempts for 1,083 yards and 13 touchdowns against just four interceptions on such throws. Save for an ugly performance against TCU, the Longhorn signal-caller finished 2019 as the best passing quarterback in the conference.
Samuel Cosmi, OT, RS Sophomore
An anchor on the Texas line and an anchor for Ehlinger’s blindside, Cosmi dominated in 2019. Allowing just one combined sack or hit all season long, Cosmi’s 14 total pressures allowed look even better when you realize that 13 of them were just hurries. He finished three games with a clean sheet in pass protection and had another seven outings with just one hurry surrendered. He set a career-high in every grade facet this season and was even dominant among his peers in run-blocking, fielding the Big 12’s second-highest run-blocking grade in 2019.