Once again, the Texas Longhorns social media department comes in clutch.
To help promote their draft-eligible prospects days before the 2020 NFL Draft, highlight videos began surfacing via Twitter on Tuesday. Texas wide receiver Devin Duvernay had an impressive senior season that led the nation in yards after the catch.
He’s consistent, having never missed a single game in his four-year collegiate career with only five total drops. He’s speedy, listed as one of the top ten fastest players in college football. But you get the point. The list of Duvernay’s unique attributes is endless.
Duvernay has the ability to be the first Longhorn taken off of the board in the coming days. While many believe safety Brandon Jones will have that honor, it’s been Duvernay who has garnered the most hype and steadily increased his draft stock.
Offensive line coach Herb Hand shared the highlight video of Duvernay’s senior year, one of the best individual seasons in Texas history.
👇🏼🚨DUDE-Vernay ALERT🚨👇🏼
Excited for this guy’s future…@Dev_Duv5 is going to make some GM in the @NFLDraft look very intelligent. pic.twitter.com/4EAzOWvgNv
— Herb Hand (@CoachHand) April 20, 2020
The speedy slot receiver may have been the most underrated player in 2019. Shockingly snubbed from any major postseason awards, Duvernay still found himself at the top of the college football statistical rankings.
As a senior, Duvernay finished the regular season leading the nation in total receptions. Earning All-Big 12 honors and Honorable Mention as Big 12 Offensive Player of the Year, he caught 103 passes for 1,249 yards and eight touchdowns.
He topped the Big 12 in nearly every major category for receivers, inducing total catches, catches per game, receiving yards, and receiving yards per game. The only receiver in Texas history to have more catches or reception yards in a single season was Jordan Shipley in 2009.