Roundtable: Breakout player to watch for Texas football

Longhorns Wire staff members each made their selection for a breakout player to watch for 2021.

Griffin McVeigh – Kelvontay Dixon, WR

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One of the things Steve Sarkisian has noticed with the wide receiver room is the lack of elite-level speed. From the 2022 wide receiver targets alone, it is easy to assume Sarkisian wants to fix the problem as soon as possible. If there is a player on the roster who can fly past just about anybody, it is Kelvontay Dixon. We got a glimpse of it against Colorado in the Alamo Bowl. Jake Smith and Jordan Whittington are both assumed to be ahead of Dixon on the depth chart. However, if Dixon turns out to be the barn burner we have gotten small samples of, he’ll find his way onto the field.

Next, another wide receiver?