One of the many moves that the newly assembled Texas staff will have to do under Steve Sarkisian before Feb. 3’s National Signing Day is to identify talent. The next step is executing a plan to recruit those players to the Forty Acres.
Former Washington Huskies defensive coordinator Pete Kwiatkowski is bringing a whole new scheme to this team. It did wonders in the Pacific Northwest as a top tier defense since the moment he arrived from Boise State with Chris Petersen.
Not only did Kwiatkowski run a very effective defensive scheme in college football, he also developed NFL talent. To execute the scheme, you have to have the players to deploy it.
His defensive front is two defensive lineman and four linebackers. The outside backers play the role very similar to the ‘Jack’ role in Chris Ash’s scheme. Jacoby Jones, Marqez Bimage, or Moro Ojomo could fill that void but they need more than a couple of starters and a backup. One option could potentially be Tennessee linebacker Henry To’o To’o, who entered the NCAA transfer portal on Wednesday.
Tennessee LB Henry To'o To'o is in the portal. He led Tennessee in tackles in 2020 and is a former true freshman All-American. https://t.co/dMyADvbswJ
— 247Sports Transfer Portal (@247SportsPortal) January 20, 2021
To’o To’o led the Vols with 68 tackles over nine games this past season. He also added 7.5 tackles for loss, one sack and one interception returned for a touchdown. The former freshman All-American made plays all over the field. Would he be interested in coming to Texas?
During the recruiting cycle in 2019, To’o To’o was recruited by Sarkisian at Alabama and Kwiatkowski at Washington. That could play right into the hands of the Longhorns hands. He was the No. 3 outside linebacker from the class as a four-star recruit.
This is one transfer to keep an eye on.