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Texas scraped by West Virginia on Saturday and will now enter its third bye week of the season. The week off could not be coming at a better time for the Longhorns, as their final three games are going to be the most important stretch in Tom Herman’s tenure.
Luckily, Texas will be dealing with very few injuries before playing Kansas on Nov. 21. Starting with defensive tackle Keondre Coburn who suffered an injury during the first quarter of the West Virginia game.
Herman says Coburn’s has “pretty mild high ankle sprain” and will be in a walking boot for a couple more days. The redshirt sophomore has recorded 17 tackles this season, 2.0 which were for a loss.
The Longhorns’ wide receiver group could get a big boost as Joshua Moore and Jordan Whittington are expected to play against Kansas. Both could return to practice as soon as Sunday.
Moore is currently in a sling after spraining his shoulder on Saturday. He is the team’s leading receiver in catches, yards, and touchdowns.
As for Whittington, the true freshman has not played since the Red River Shootout. He had ten receptions and 65 yards in the loss to Oklahoma.
Finally, there were reports that punter Ryan Bujcevski had torn his ACL and would be out for the season. Herman confirmed those reports and said Cameron Dicker will take over the punting duties for the rest of the season.
Bujcevski was “literally just running down there to be a safety on the punt coverage team and planted wrong on the turf. Knee buckled on him.”
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