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Who were the best and worst performers in Texas’ win over Baylor?
Texas was fortunately able to get back into the win column after defeating Baylor 27-16. Continue reading “Texas Football: Studs an Duds from the victory over Baylor”
Pro Football Focus has released the snap counts and grades for the Texas Longhorns victory over the Baylor Bears on Saturday.
The Longhorns are coming off their first win in three week after Texas held on to a 27-16 victory over Baylor. The Bears made a late push in the game after falling behind 27-3 heading into the fourth quarter. The defense was able to limit the success of the Baylor running game and Sam Ehlinger found the deep ball again as the Longhorns ended their two-game losing streak.
Here are the snap counts and top five grades per PFF.
| Sam Ehlinger | 71 | Cade Brewer | 62 | Bijan Robinson | 26 |
| Samuel Cosmi | 71 | Joshua Moore | 55 | Tarik Black | 18 |
| Junior Angilau | 71 | Jared Wiley | 37 | Roschon Johnson | 12 |
| Derek Kerstetter | 71 | Brennan Eagles | 36 | Kai Money | 11 |
| Denzel Okafor | 71 | Keaontay Ingram | 35 | Kelvontay Dixon | 10 |
| Christian Jones | 71 | Jake Smith | 30 | Alvonte Woodard | 9 |
| Tarik Black | 74.9 |
| Samuel Cosmi | 71.0 |
| Jared Wiley | 69.7 |
| Sam Ehlinger | 68.9 |
| Brennan Eagles | 67.8 |
| Juwan Mitchell | 68 | D’Shawn Jamison | 45 | Tvondre Sweat | 35 | Jalen Green | 25 |
| DeMarvion Overshown | 68 | Ta’Quon Graham | 44 | Moro Ojomo | 32 | Alfred Collins | 24 |
| Josh Thompson | 66 | Chris Brown | 38 | Keondre Coburn | 31 | Anthony Cook | 16 |
| Caden Sterns | 65 | Joseph Ossai | 37 | Jett Bush | 30 | Reese Leitao | 8 |
| Chris Adimora | 52 | B.J. Foster | 36 | Jacoby Jones | 28 |
| Joseph Ossai | 80.4 |
| Chris Brown | 78 |
| Jacoby Jones | 73.7 |
| Ta’Quon Graham | 73.6 |
| Keondre Coburn | 68.9 |
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Longhorns Wire chooses the Studs and Duds from the conference matchup between Texas and TCU on Oct. 3.
Nothing went Texas’ way in the 33-31 loss to Texas Christian on Oct. 3. Continue reading “Texas Football: Studs and Duds in the loss to TCU”
The Texas Christian Horned Frogs took the lead heading into the half. The Longhorns couldn’t get anything going offensively.
The second quarter started off as rocky as the first quarter began with penalties. The Frogs driving as the first quarter ended. More penalties ensued. Linebacker Juwan Mitchell was ejected for targeting and TCU quarterback Max Duggan ran it in from five yards out to retake the lead 14-7.
On a third and 10 on the first drive for the Longhorns, Sam Ehlinger looked the way of Jake Smith for a long conversion to keep the drive going. On the next play Ehlinger finds Brennan Eagles running free down the middle of the field for 45-yards touchdown.
FLY @_BrennanEagles_ 🤘🦅 pic.twitter.com/oCzGnohp6D
— Texas Football (@TexasFootball) October 3, 2020
After TCU was able to get into Texas territory, the hold on third and 10 to force the punt with under 10 minutes to play in the second. The Longhorns would punt the ball right back to TCU. On third and long Ehlinger went deep to Eagles but it falls incomplete.
On the next drive the Horned Frogs were able to drive deep into Longhorns territory. After getting into the redzone, the defense tightened up on the Frogs to force a Griffin Kell field goal to retake the lead, 17-14 with under two minutes left to go.
After getting the ball back, Ehlinger throws an interception on what looked to be a miscommunication between he and Joshua Moore. TCU got the ball deep in Texas territory. After an unsportsmanlike penalty by the Horned Frogs, they were able to get into the redzone once again. Again TCU settles for a field goal attempt from Kell to make it 20-14.
The Longhorns played conservative after getting the ball back to go into halftime 20-14. The Horned Frogs will receive the second half kickoff.
Stats:
Ehlinger: 5/16 132 yards, 2 TDs and 1 INT
Roschon Johnson: 3 carries, 18 yards
Jake Smith: 2 reception, 23 yards 1 TD
Eagles: 1 recption, 45 yard 1 TD
The first quarter between the TCU Horned Frogs and Texas Longhorns went an entire hour. Lots of sloppy play that ends with a 7-7 tie.
The game started out with the Texas Longhorns receiving the opening kickoff. It took three times due to penalties to get the kick off to the Longhorns on offense. One negated a Bijan Robinson return that would have put Texas at the Horned Frogs one-yard line. Quarterback goes 0-3 on the first drive to force a punt to TCU.
After the Frogs drove inside Texas territory, the Longhorns were able to get a stop to force a TCU punt. The other big story early on in the quarter were the penalties early on. Delay of game on fourth down caused TCU to punt when they originally lined up to go for it. The Longhorns once again had a big play wiped out by a penalty and forced to punt back to the Frogs.
The Longhorns defense allowed TCU to go down the field and punch it in for the early 7-0 lead. Darwin Barlow punched it in for the Frogs.
The first TD of the game goes to @TCUFootball's @darwin_barlow! 🙌🐸 pic.twitter.com/riIQHTggtR
— FOX College Football (@CFBONFOX) October 3, 2020
During the first quarter defensive back Tyler Owens went down with a hamstring injury and was announced that he wouldn’t be back for this game. Through the first 10 minutes of the game Ehlinger hadn’t completed a single pass on three attempts. On his first completion, Jake Smith was called for pass interference to wipe it out. On third and 25, he finds Jared Wiley for 52 yards and a first down.
After their initial first down of the game, Ehlinger threw it down the sideline to Eagles but the ball was ripped out at the last second. The play was reviewed and upheld. The Longhorns were able to get the training rolling in the right direction. They cap off the drive with a touchdown pass from Ehlinger to Jake Smith.
The Longhorns are on the board! @jakesmith27 ties things up for @TexasFootball to cap off an impressive drive 👏👏 pic.twitter.com/enfztWZ7lV
— FOX College Football (@CFBONFOX) October 3, 2020
Quarter ends with a 7-7 tie.
Stats
Sam Ehlinger 3/10 69 yards, 1 TD
Roschon Johnson 1 carry, 9 yards
Jared Wiley 1 reception, 52 yards
Jake Smith, 1 reception, 5 yards, 1 TD
Penalties- 7 for 40 yards
LonghornsWire will be looking at each scholarship player listed on the Texas roster. Today, we will be looking at sophomore TE Jared Wiley.
Going into the 2020 football season, LonghornsWire will be looking at each scholarship player listed on the Texas roster.
Over the summer, each profile will cover where the player is from, how recruiting websites rated them coming out of high school, and what role they will play for Tom Herman this season.
Today, we will be looking at sophomore tight end, Jared Wiley.
Height: 6-7 / Weight: 255
Class: Sophomore
Hometown: Temple, Texas
High School: Temple
HS ranking (247Sports): Three-star / No. 39 position / No. 112 in-state
HS ranking (Rivals): Three-star / No. 20 position / No. 59 in-state
Analysis: Tight end has been a position of struggle under Tom Herman and Jared Wiley is expected to help in 2020. Playing in 12 games last season, Wiley is ready to have his role expanded this season.
Coming out of high school, Wiley played for Texas High School Football powerhouse Temple. During his freshman season, he played in all 12 games, getting his first career start against Baylor.
His one career catch came in the season finally against Texas Tech, going for 15 yards. Not utilized much last season, Mike Yurich has discussed how important the tight end will be under his offense. Wiley should become a more frequent target for Sam Ehlinger.
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Cade Brewer will lead the 2020 Texas Longhorns at tight end heading into the spring but who could be on the horizon?
The tight end position hasn’t been one that has been used much in Austin over the past several years but his year under Mike Yurcich could be different. In the past, Yurcich has used them on offense to help spread out a defense. For the Longhorns there are several to keep an eye on this spring as they battle it out for playing time.
Cade Brewer:
Brewer comes into 2020 as the incumbent starter, he required ankle surgery during the 2019 campaign. Brewer would appear in seven games with 11 receptions for 159 yards and a touchdown. With so much uncertainty surrounding the wide receiver position in 2020, Brewer could be in for a big senior campaign in 2020.
Malcolm Epps:
For the Longhorns, Epps could make an impact in multiple spots on offense. Epps was recruited as a tight end but made the switch to wide receiver last season. With Yurcich’s affinity for multiple tight end usage on offense he could find himself back at his original position in some capacity for the Longhorns.
Reese Leitao:
Leitao found his way into two games during the 2019 season, mostly due to the injury to Brewer. Much like Epps, Leitao could work his way onto the field in 2020. Brewer will be a season in 2020 and the Longhorns need to have some development into the next tight end in Austin.
Jared Wiley:
Wiley is a young tight end who signed as part of the 2019 recruiting class as an early signee. The 6’6″ tight end caught one pass against Texas Tech in 2019 for 15 yards. He will likely battle it out with Leitao and Brayden Liebrock for backup duties to Brewer in 2020.
Brayden Liebrock:
Liebrock should be the dark horse of the entire group. He has all the makings of a great tight end at the University of Texas. The four-star prospect was named to the USA Today All-American second team and participated in the Under Armour All-American game. He appeared in the Rice and Texas Tech games but did not register a reception. Liebrock is the one player outside of Epps who could really give opposing defenses fits in coverage and the tight end to watch this spring.
