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Quinn would have been 2nd-3rd round pick in this draft

So was Coach ejected or went to get treatment.

The Cincinnati Bearkats were one of the best teams in college football last season, but their opponents didn't realize it.

Manny isn't increasing his stock with another year. Athleticism is and has always been his limitation.

Clear osu made him a good nil offer. I just recall something about him not being the size that we expected during a visit or something along those lines. Maybe it was just an excuse and we were simply beaten by osu.

Wait a dang minute..🤔 seem to now have 9 Longhorns in the draft 😂

Of course she crushed it Katie😍

Bases loaded for Katie

I wouldn't have guessed that 16 other TEs would be taken while Endries is still on the board. Excited to see where he lands!

Pitching is great, fielding is pretty good, it's just that the bats are quiet.

Looks like I’m now a dolphins fan.

My recollection is we wanted Klare as our top TE choice but he preferred to stay in the Big 10 since he's from Ohio and played at Purdue. He wasn't highly rated out of high school but shined at Purdue so OSU became an option for him. OSU (allegedly) made him a very solid NIL offer since they were light at TE. Probably a no-brainer for him, we didn't really pass on him so much as he wanted to go to OSU and he passed on us. I can't recall him even making a visit to Austin. Endries was our consolation prize.

This isn't really a Longhorn thing. It's all nuts. Just look at Singleton and Kilgore being drafted so late. There are scores of weird picks.

Good for him!! Was kind of hoping he’d go to the Uggles and play with Makuba again!!

Taaffedaddy going to South Beach

My guess is that OSU was also willing to pay more than we were for Klare.

Earleywine's gotta get the bats going

Good grief, we look terrible today.

Was the staff passing on Klare and taking Endries really due to size? Because the NFL apparently didn’t agree

It is a tribute to the Texas coaches to be able to compete with so few NFL players on the roster compared with other schools. I see a lot of Aggies and Sooners going ahead of some our Horns in the draft. How did we ever beat them repeatedly with inferior talent? If the draft is correct in assessing talent, it becomes more clear that talent alone doesn't win games. Put that into the NIL equation and think about how college ball will proceed. Will alums be willing in the long haul to pay big money for one and done players? Will alums still want to pay up when some player has to look at his jersey to remember what team he is on? Doesn't seem like alums and players will identify themselves with a particular school when NIL is the main binding agent. Where is the school pride in that? How do you maintain the link that binds alums, players and universities when it is a revolving door? The coaches that can maintain what is commonly called culture have the best shot at creating that link. It is the link that will eventually sustain the NIL giving and the program. The GM and HC are now tasked with keeping the alums involved to keep the money flowing and wheels turning while managing payroll for a wide spectrum of talent. NIL isn't too different from the old system of schmoozing to run a top flight program, but it is certainly more intense and on a grander scale. Kudos to Sark and his guys for the job they are doing.

Yes they will. Manny was CB15 (!) in this draft. He should have been no lower than CB7 or CB8 (if you roll the dice on McCoy, who is a stud recovering from an ACL tear). When you look at all the guys picked above him that should not have been (Igbinosun, Davis, Everette, Neal, Husky, and Moore), they are all taller and bigger than he is. He got dinged for being 6', 182 lbs. Keionte Scott went right before Manny for the same reasons (5'11" slot corner).

Quinn has snuck into the draft room and is making the picks.

Let’s go!!! Miami Longhorns

Texas safety Michael Taaffe was selected by the Miami Dolphins with the No. 158 overall pick in the fifth round of the 2026 NFL Draft on Saturday. The former walk-on turned All-American put together a storybook career in Austin over the course of five years. In all, Taaffe recorded 222 tackles, 9.5 tackles for a loss, three sacks, 21 pass breakups and seven interceptions, including a pair of picks in back-to-back years against Texas A&M, fittingly enough. Taaffe started 36 games, appearing in 53 overall. He earned Second-Team AP All-American honors for his 2024 efforts. The Austin Westlake product opted to come back for one more season in 2025 to help Texas try and get back to the College Football Playoff. He’s the fifth Texas defensive back to be selected over the last three drafts, joining Malik Muhammad earlier in the day, Jahdae Barron and Andrew Mukuba in 2025, and Ryan Watts in 2024. Hank South contributed to this report. View full news story