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Texas is likely to have another good showing for the 2025 NFL draft.
Texas is likely to have another good showing for the 2025 NFL draft. Continue reading “Three Longhorns land in first round of way-too-early 2025 NFL mock draft”
Kelvin Banks leads Texas with three Top 15 players in college football player rankings.
The Texas football offseason hype machine is firing on all cylinders. The Longhorns are viewed as having three of the best players in college football heading into 2024.
CBS Sports analyst Blake Brockermeyer ranked the Top 15 players in college football. Three Texas players made the list.
Checking in at No. 10 was Texas left tackle Kelvin Banks who drew the following explanation for his ranking.
“Banks has had a solid sophomore year and is still on pace to be one of the better tackles in the country but showed a few cracks with added responsibility and a target on him after an incredible freshman year. Still, Banks allowed only one sack and 14 total pressures in 2023 and has what it takes to be one of the top picks in the 2025 NFL Draft. He’s tracking to be a first-round pick; Texas has not had an offensive lineman selected in that round since 2002.”
After Banks at No. 14 was Alabama transfer and presumably Texas’ No. 1 wideout Isaiah Bond. Brockermeyer views Bond as a good replacement for what Texas lost at receiver this offseason.
“Texas landed one of the best wide receivers in the country after losing big time playmakers Adonai Mitchell and Xavier Worthy. Bond is a playmaker — an excellent route runner with the track speed ability to take the top off a defense. In many ways, he’s a fusion of Mitchell and Worthy. Bond led Alabama and was at his best in the clutch. He’ll be WR1 for Quinn Ewers and they’ll depart for the NFL together in 2025.”
Texas quarterback Quinn Ewers earned the No. 15 ranking after a good campaign in 20233. Brockermeyer wants to see Ewers continue his progression in the upcoming season.
“Ewers took his game to another level in 2023. There are no excuses, with a loaded offense around him, to not have one of the best seasons in the country in 2024. Ewers has all the traits you want as a quarterback as a pure drop back passer with a cannon for an arm and the ability to make the off-platform throws. I’d like to see him more consistently hit the tight windows. Could be the most important player in college football with all eyes on him as Texas enters the SEC.”
We’ll have a good idea of whether or not Ewers has improved when the Longhorns face the Michigan pass defense in Week 2.
Dave Campbell’s Texas Football ranks two Texas offensive linemen in its Top 10 among Texas players.
The Texas offensive line is among the best in the country heading into the 2024 season. Those within the state are taking notice.
Dave Campbell’s Texas Football’s Mike Craven ranked the top offensive linemen within the state of Texas. Kelvin Banks Jr. took the top ranking while DJ Campbell ranked No. 6 in the state.
Craven went in detail on why Banks is the best at the position.
“The big man from Humble Summer Creek is a future Top 10 draft pick in 2025. He’s started every game in his college career (27) at left tackle for the Longhorns. He was a second-team all-Big 12 selection as a (freshman) and a first-team member as a (sophomore) in 2023. He was the best offensive lineman in Texas entering 2023 and that remains true in 2024.”
Texas transfer and current SMU offensive lineman Logan Parr made the list at No. 7 behind DJ Campbell.
Surprisingly, the list did not include Texas center Jake Majors the veteran who begins his fourth season as a starter in Austin. Nevertheless, it’s clear the Longhorns’ offensive line has the respect of many heading into the 2024 season.
You need good offensive linemen to win in the SEC. Here are the top 20 returning in 2024.
College football has changed quite a bit over the years, but one fact remains unchanged. You need good offensive linemen to win big in this sport.
Georgia and Alabama have won national titles behind an offensive line filled with future NFL players. LSU’s national title-winning team in 2019 featured an offensive line that won the Joe Moore Award.
The most recent title game, with Michigan and Washington, featured two offensive lines that were finalists for the Joe Moore Award.
The bottom line is you need to be good in the trenches to win.
Here, we’ll be taking a look at the best returning offensive linemen in the SEC.
Texas could have three early first-round draft picks in 2025.
We’re still roughly two months away from the 2024 NFL draft, but it’s never too early for some to begin looking at prospects for next year. Continue reading “Three Longhorns in top 16 picks of way-too-early 2025 NFL mock draft”
Christian Jones ranks as Texas’ top pass blocker so far this season according to PFF.
The No. 9 Texas Longhorns returned all five starting offensive linemen from last season and now have one of the best pass blockers in the Big 12 conference. Continue reading “Ranking the best pass blockers on the Texas offensive line per PFF”
Five players to watch when the Oklahoma Sooners take on the Texas Longhorns in the Red River Rivalry.
The week is here. The stage is set, and the Oklahoma Sooners are set to take on their most despised rival, the Texas Longhorns.
After beating Cincinnati on the road and hanging 50 points in a 30-point win against Iowa State, Oklahoma is 5-0 (2-0 Big 12). Texas is also 5-0 (2-0 Big 12) and has beaten Alabama on the road. The win against Alabama has catapulted the Longhorns’ season into the stratosphere. The expectations for Texas are now sky-high.
They enter the game ranked No. 3 in the US LBM Coaches Poll, while Oklahoma is No. 12.
When looking at how each team has recruited, Texas is more talented than the Sooners.
They are a deep team with a plethora of talent at every position group. Oklahoma’s hands will be full on Saturday. While the anticipation builds, we’ve highlighted five Texas players who will play a significant part in deciding who wins this game.
Check it out below.
Five-star tackle Brandon Baker picks Texas as 2023 continues to fall in the Longhorns’ favor.
Five-star California offensive tackle Brandon Baker is committed to The University of Texas. The move continues a 2023 season in which everything seems to be falling right for the program.
Baker garners his fair share of acclaim from recruiting sites. The player ranks as the No. 1 offensive tackle and No. 23 overall player in the country in the 2024 On3 consensus.
As you might imagine, the move is making waves on social media. The Texas fanbase, hungry to return to recent prominence it enjoyed in the early 2000’s, is seeing its team do what it couldn’t do for several years. The Longhorns are recruiting the best offensive linemen in the country and winning those recruits.
Offensive line coach Kyle Flood has transformed recruiting, but done even more in the way of development. Two second year five-star offensive offensive linemen are starters in Devon Campbell Jr. and Kelvin Banks Jr. Banks earned freshman All-American honors last year.
Texas is turning into a problem up front for future opponents. Here’s how social media is viewing the news.
The duo earned second-team honors.
On Monday, Texas wide receiver Xavier Worthy and left tackle Kelvin Banks earned preseason All-American honors from the Associated Press. Continue reading “Texas’ Xavier Worthy, Kelvin Banks named AP preseason All-Americans”
Texas RT Christian Jones looks massive.
Texas held their second practice of fall camp on Thursday. Continue reading “LOOK: Photos of Texas players, coaches during second practice of fall camp”
