WATCH: Texas players are pumped up for first padded practice

The excitement is high around the Texas football program.

The excitement is high around the Texas football program entering an important spring. A talented group of newcomers highlighted by an excellent transfer haul and top five 2022 recruiting class has brought a new feel to the team.

The Longhorns look to leave last season’s 5-7 record behind them and make significant improvement before next fall. Texas has many intriguing storylines they hope to figure out before the end of spring ball. Leaders need to step up and the defense has to show major improvement from a year ago.

Saturday marked the first day of padded practice and it is safe to say the energy from the players and coaching staff was at a high level.

Along with spring practice heating up, Texas is hosting an impressive group of recruits and signees on-campus.

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