If you could pick….

[Blake Munroe]

If you could wave a magic wand and Texas get ONE specific player that’s in the portal… who would it be?

Only one. 

They have to be in the portal/have announced their intentions to enter the portal  

Who yall taking? Who helps Texas the most?
 

[Bunk Moreland]

2 minutes ago, Blake Munroe said:

If you could wave a magic wand and Texas get ONE specific player that’s in the portal… who would it be?

Only one. 

They have to be in the portal/have announced their intentions to enter the portal  

Who yall taking? Who helps Texas the most?
 

I might be in the minority here, but I’m going with the Arkansas DT. There just aren’t that many massive, space-eating DTs that can move well walking the face of the earth. I have no doubt that we will find really really good players at IOL, WR, RB, LB, and secondary. But there aren’t too many guys like him who can add exactly what Texas needs at a critical position of need.

[Joe Zura]

Any OL with a pulse 

[Deadhead_Horn]

Coleman. Easy answer, but its the right answer. If you stack up every player in the portal, he is probably the most special player at his position. 

[Rocky P]

Scudero.  I don't like most of the linemen in the portal right now.  i feel like he provides a different skillset than what we have and we know he can play because he did fine against us.  

[Atticus]

8 minutes ago, Blake Munroe said:

If you could wave a magic wand and Texas get ONE specific player that’s in the portal… who would it be?

Only one. 

They have to be in the portal/have announced their intentions to enter the portal  

Who yall taking? Who helps Texas the most?
 

Za’Lance Heard. Too expensive for the value he provides our team though. 

[Q]

The linebacker from Auburn. Position is super light on numbers. And unless Ty Smith puts on some good weight, we need another thumper with experience to play the run the entire season. 

Edited 1 hour ago by Q

[Connor Vaughn]

Well since the portal entrants overall are mediocre at best, the simple answer is going with a guy who doesn’t need a year to learn the offense.

 

Parker Livingstone.

[coltonmartinez]

5 minutes ago, Rocky P said:

Scudero.  I don't like most of the linemen in the portal right now.  i feel like he provides a different skillset than what we have and we know he can play because he did fine against us.  

I second Scudero! I think he will be really good for someone next year!

[EHoff99]

1 minute ago, Connor Vaughn said:

Well since the portal entrants overall are mediocre at best, the simple answer is going with a guy who doesn’t need a year to learn the offense.

 

Parker Livingstone.

Cam Coleman is just a much better player than him. It's not really close either.

[Connor Vaughn]

6 minutes ago, EHoff99 said:

Cam Coleman is just a much better player than him. It's not really close either.

We’ve had GREAT receivers come in and take more than half the season to truly learn the offense and then get rolling. Cam Coleman would be no different. The 2026 schedule is not one to use as a “learning,” year. 

[Shea Cook]

I'll go with Baugh or someone as close to him as we can get.  After watching Indiana yesterday and Georgia all year, I'm convinced that a power running game will get us to another level.

[EHoff99]

Just now, Connor Vaughn said:

We’ve had GREAT receivers come in and take more than half the season to truly learn the offense and then get rolling. Cam Coleman would be no different. The 2026 schedule is not one to use as a “learning,” year. 

Who exactly are you referring to?

[Deadhead_Horn]

3 minutes ago, Connor Vaughn said:

We’ve had GREAT receivers come in and take more than half the season to truly learn the offense and then get rolling. Cam Coleman would be no different. The 2026 schedule is not one to use as a “learning,” year. 

What are you talking about? AD Mitchell and Matthew Golden were KEY players to Texas making playoff runs. You can make the argument Coleman may be better than both. 

[Connor Vaughn]

Matthew Golden and AD Mitchell. 
 

Mitchell took all season to learn to block on the perimeter (which let’s be honest, he never really did well by the end of the year) 

as for golden, he really didn’t become the go to guy until midway through the year.

Both had success here don’t get me wrong and obviously were drafted high, but both also had the benefit of playing in either completely different conference or had a much easer SEC schedule than what 2026 will look like. 

How many times does the OTF crew bring up the importance of learning this scheme as a WR and learning to BLOCK on the perimeter? 
 

[Connor Vaughn]

5 minutes ago, Deadhead_Horn said:

What are you talking about? AD Mitchell and Matthew Golden were KEY players to Texas making playoff runs. You can make the argument Coleman may be better than both. 

Can he block? 

[Jordan91]

Waiting on two of the top two lineman in the portal. Sorry I know you said one. 

[4thandFive]

Heard, OL from Tennessee 

[John F.]

6 minutes ago, 4thandFive said:

Heard, OL from Tennessee 

Sneaky good answer. Would be huge if Goosby leaves, but even if not Baker could kick in to guard and probably be better than most portal options there. 

[Jbro52]

Baugh, game changing back both in the run and passing game

edit, miss read the IN the portal

In that case it’s Coleman 

Edited 42 minutes ago by Jbro52

[Waxahorn]

An Outland finalist left guard, and I have no idea who that is.

[AceHorn23]

37 minutes ago, Connor Vaughn said:

Can he block? 

Where do you people come from? F@#k!!

[Alex Butler]

Dan Neil, Casey Studdard, and Jake Majors lol. Seriously though OL OL OL OL. I want to see us win the LOS on both sides of the ball next season and impose our will on people. I do like the DT 0 tech out of Arkansas and would love to have Baugh but it’s all moot if we can’t protect Arch and establish a physical run game. 

[FaxMachine]

59 minutes ago, Connor Vaughn said:

We’ve had GREAT receivers come in and take more than half the season to truly learn the offense and then get rolling. Cam Coleman would be no different. The 2026 schedule is not one to use as a “learning,” year. 

This is something Sark needs to change. It shouldn’t take long for receivers to pick up an offense as it’s one of the easiest offensive positions to transition. He needs to simplify the offense in terms of learning curve. Well also in terms of scheme as well but that is a conversation for another thread. 

[Connor Vaughn]

12 minutes ago, AceHorn23 said:

Where do you people come from? F@#k!!