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Steve Sarkisian provided some much-needed good news about the health of his team during his Monday press conference.
Texas has been hit by the injury bug a couple of times during fall camp. Continue reading “Steve Sarkisian provides an injury update following Saturday’s scrimmage”
Texas’ wide receiver depth has been tested over the last week.
Texas had a multiple injury scares in Saturday’s scrimmage. Those incidents bring to light the importance of depth for any team wishing to contend. Continue reading “Texas Football: Potential injuries reinforce the importance of depth”
Steve Sarkisian is more than excited to get Murphy and Omeire back on the field.
Texas is back on the football field as the Horns begin preparation for the 2022 college football season.
The Longhorns were treated with good news: Freshman quarterback Maalik Murphy and redshirt sophomore wide receiver Troy Omeire returned to the practice field healthy. Both players dealt with injuries throughout spring ball.
Steve Sarkisian is more than excited to get Murphy and Omeire back on the field.
Murphy is entering his first fall camp as a member of the Longhorns. He was a four-star recruit in the 2022 class with eye-catching arm talent. Murphy fell behind in the quarterback battle after being limited in spring practice with an ankle injury.
The return of Omeire is long awaited news for Texas faithful. He was all the talk of the 2020 preseason before injuries stuck and kept him on the sidelines for the last two years.
Sarkisian on freshman QB Maalik Murphy. “I think naturally there are some things he does really, really well.”
Sark added he was glad to have Murphy out there on the first day of fall camp after battling a foot injury. pic.twitter.com/zVgT6nQVaW
— CJ Vogel (@CJVogel_TFB) August 3, 2022
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Two players will be missing spring practices, while a few others will return at a later date.
The Longhorns kicked off their first spring practice on Tuesday. Continue reading “Texas provides injury update after the first day of spring practice”
Isaiah Neyor could be the perfect mentor for Troy Omeire.
Texas Longhorns fans have long been awaiting the debut of Troy Omeire, the young wide receiver who was hauling in amazing catches in spring ball two years ago but has yet to appear in a game.
The 6-foot-3 receiver has unfortunately been plagued by injuries throughout his couple years on campus, and has been unable to be available for a single regular season game. Availability has been a major issue for this position group, as the Longhorns second leading receiver from last season, Jordan Whittington, has also had an injury-plagued career.
This led to the staff’s heavy pursuit of transfer wide receivers in the portal, where they struck gold in Wyoming’s Isaiah Neyor. A 6-foot-3 receiver with blazing speed and an infinite catch radius, who ranks as the No. 18 overall player in the transfer portal.
247Sports recently wrote about the impact Neyor will have and has had on the team up to this point. Here is what they said about Neyor’s positive early impact on the position group:
Omeire will benefit from having an experienced player like Neyor in his position group. After redshirting as a freshman in 2019, Neyor followed up a 2020 season with eight catches for 248 yards (31 yards per catch) with 44 catches for 878 yards and 12 TD catches in 2021.
“Isaiah has an excellent work ethic and is already leading by example,” the team source said. “The more guys you can have like that, the better everyone in the position group becomes, including Troy (Omeire).”
If Texas can get the production from Neyor that he had at Wyoming, where he caught 44 passes for 878 yards and 12 touchdowns, the Longhorns will have a very dangerous one-two punch with him and Xavier Worthy.
It will also help Omeire to see a receiver built very similarly to him have success in this offense.
Texas’ offense will have talented options at wide receiver in 2022.
Brennan Marion was hired from Pitt to help boost wide receiver development and recruiting.
Marion has hit the ground running upon his arrival in Austin with the flip of Wyoming transfer Isaiah Neyor from Tennessee.
Neyor showed his big-play ability with his 878 yards and 12 touchdowns a year ago at Wyoming.
Texas needed a proven commodity to pair opposite Xavier Worthy and they got exactly with the addition of Neyor.
Wide receiver production took a major hit when Jordan Whittington went down with an injury midway through the 2021 season. A trio of Worthy, Neyor and Whittington has the potential to be explosive.
Whoever ends up winning the quarterback battle next season will have a plethora of weapons to throw to.
Here is a look at some of the notable wide receivers on Texas’s roster:
Troy Omeire’s debut at Texas has once again been put on hold.
Texas head coach Steve Sarkisian announced that wide receiver Troy Omeire will miss the remainder of the 2021 season after undergoing knee surgery this week. Continue reading “Texas WR Troy Omeire out for the season after undergoing knee surgey”
Cornerback Ishmael Ibraheem is out for the season, and two others will miss the Texas Tech game.
Although Texas enjoyed a 58-0 win over Rice in Week 3, one of their young and promising cornerbacks suffered a season-ending injury. Continue reading “Texas Football: Injury update ahead of the Texas Tech matchup”
Looking for a positive to come out of Arkansas, Texas mostly remained healthy. Only two players are expected to miss Saturday’s game vs Rice.
Looking for a positive to come out of the Arkansas game, Texas mostly remained healthy. Only two players are expected to miss to game against Rice on Saturday.
The first is wide receiver Troy Omeire. The redshirt freshman has yet to play a snap for the Longhorns despite it being his second year on campus. The former four-star is still rehabilitating a knee injury.
“Troy [Omeire] at this point, I would imagine, probably week to week,” Sarkisian said.
Cornerback Jahdae Barron is the second player expected to be out. After getting some snaps against Arkansas, the sophomore will not be back until the Red River Shootout against Oklahoma at the earliest. It’s another knee issue but this time, a sprain.
For some positive news, tight end Jared Wiley will be back in the lineup this weekend. Horns247 was the first to report he was back in practice and expected to play vs the Owls. The head coach confirmed the report on Thursday.
Adding Wiley back into the offense should open up a different dimension for Sarkisian on Saturday. From a blocking and pass game standpoint, using an experienced tight end should help a ton in 12 personnel.
It’s Rice but Texas desperately needs to get back on track. Wiley should be a great weapon for both Casey Thompson and Hudson Card.
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Head coach Steve Sarkisian provided an injury report before traveling to Arkansas.
Texas came out of the season opener against Louisiana without any major injuries. Junior Angilau was the only one to leave the game with a problem.
Head coach Steve Sarkisian confirmed the guard would be good to go Saturday against Arkansas. Angilau is expected to keep his place as the starting right guard and was at the position on the depth chart released Monday afternoon.
Flipping to the not-so-positive news, two players are in danger of missing the trip to Fayetteville.
Sarkisian said tight end Jared Wiley would be a game-time decision. He has been dealing with a shoulder injury throughout fall camp and only got a few snaps against Louisiana.
True freshman Gunnar Helm stepped up in his place as the H-back tight end. Neither player recorded a reception.
Wide receiver Tory Omeire was the only non-season-ending injury to miss out last week. It sounds like he will continue to miss time with a knee injury.
After tearing his ACL in fall camp last year, Omeire seemed to retweak the injury during the open practice in late August.
“Troy [Omeire] is rehabbing, he’s running, he looks good,” said Sarkisian. “Hopefully, we get him back sooner rather than later but we definitely want to make sure he is in the right space physically to do so.”
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