Texas Longhorns fans have long been awaiting the debut of Troy Omeire, the young wide receiver who was hauling in amazing catches in spring ball two years ago but has yet to appear in a game.
The 6-foot-3 receiver has unfortunately been plagued by injuries throughout his couple years on campus, and has been unable to be available for a single regular season game. Availability has been a major issue for this position group, as the Longhorns second leading receiver from last season, Jordan Whittington, has also had an injury-plagued career.
This led to the staff’s heavy pursuit of transfer wide receivers in the portal, where they struck gold in Wyoming’s Isaiah Neyor. A 6-foot-3 receiver with blazing speed and an infinite catch radius, who ranks as the No. 18 overall player in the transfer portal.
247Sports recently wrote about the impact Neyor will have and has had on the team up to this point. Here is what they said about Neyor’s positive early impact on the position group:
Omeire will benefit from having an experienced player like Neyor in his position group. After redshirting as a freshman in 2019, Neyor followed up a 2020 season with eight catches for 248 yards (31 yards per catch) with 44 catches for 878 yards and 12 TD catches in 2021.
“Isaiah has an excellent work ethic and is already leading by example,” the team source said. “The more guys you can have like that, the better everyone in the position group becomes, including Troy (Omeire).”
If Texas can get the production from Neyor that he had at Wyoming, where he caught 44 passes for 878 yards and 12 touchdowns, the Longhorns will have a very dangerous one-two punch with him and Xavier Worthy.
It will also help Omeire to see a receiver built very similarly to him have success in this offense.