The Longhorns are expected to land another linebacker from the NCAA transfer portal.
Throughout the offseason, Steve Sarkisian’s staff has been busy plucking top players out of the transfer portal and four of them are linebackers: Notre Dame’s Ovie Oghoufo, Alabama’s Ben Davis, LSU’s Ray Thornton and New Mexico State’s Devin Richardson.
On Friday, Matt Zenitz reported former five-star recruit and USC linebacker Palaie Gaoteote will transfer to Texas.
The expectation is that former USC linebacker Palaie Gaoteote will transfer to Texas, per sources.
Former five-star recruit who was a starter at USC last year before suffering a season-ending injury. Had 58 tackles in eight games in 2019.
— Matt Zenitz (@mzenitz) May 7, 2021
Over three seasons at USC, Gaoteote compiled 105 tackles, 7.5 tackles for loss and two sacks. He unfortunately suffered a concussion against Arizona in 2020 which caused him to miss the rest of the season.
Gaoteote entered his name in the transfer portal after the UCLA game last year. If he does transfer to Texas, it would be a major addition for Pete Kwiatkowski’s defensive unit.