Kyle Flood and the interior OL

[ChanmanV]

Outside of the tackle position, Kyle Flood has been awful in developing and recruiting interior OL since he's been at Texas. Here are the list notable OL he's recruited:

DJ Campbell
Cole Hutson
Connor Robertson
Hayden Connor
Neto Umeozulu
Connor Stroh
Daniel Cruz
Nate Kibble
Jayden Chapman
Jordan/Devin Coleman
Max Merrill
Andrej Karic
Nick Brooks
Brandon Baker

None of these guys have been standouts (JAGs mostly) and some have even transferred which is crazy given how poor the starters have been. That's a lot of misses for 5-6 years. You'd think at least 1 player would have been all conference material from a reputable OL coach. He's put 2 OT in the NFL and soon to be 3 which he should get full credit for but the interior line has been an issue almost every year. He's lucky Jake Majors (Herb Hand/Herman recruit) carried that role for him so long but since he's been gone, it's been a disaster. 

It's clear as day that high school recruiting for interior offensive line has been a huge failure for us. So either we need to put more money into getting top talent at every position on the Oline (ie Ohio State) or Kyle Flood needs to go. We're all tired of the same Oline narrative every year. 

[Red Five]

I think we're running some kind of social experiment. How long can the IOL be the worst part of your team while the OL coach keeps his job (and gets offseason raises)?

[Shmatt]

Yeah keeping Kyle Flood is just coaching malpractice by Sark

If he wants to keep his job he will have to make these “hard” decisions 

[TexTheHorn24]

Dylan Sikorski genuinely the only acceptable guy we’ve ever had in the interior OL under flood ever lmao 

[JMarquette]

11 minutes ago, Shmatt said:

Yeah keeping Kyle Flood is just coaching malpractice by Sark

If he wants to keep his job he will have to make these “hard” decisions 

It’s unfortunate because I think we were all gaslit into thinking that Flood would be better with better personnel. 

[ThatHornsGuy87]

There's a reason @Joe Z and myself have been 10 toes down on this for a few years. Got Quinn killed and now Arch

[Joe Z]

Just now, ThatHornsGuy87 said:

There's a reason @Joe Z and myself have been 10 toes down on this for a few years. Got Quinn killed and now Arch

We are tough soldiers brother. Trust me I never wanted to be right about it either 

[Jeff Howe]

Outside of guys inherited from the previous regime (Hayden Conner and Jake Majors turned out to be NFL players) and the 2022 recruiting class (DJ Campbell was drafted, albeit later than expected), I’ve been disappointed.

Interior offensive line play should be markedly better than it was last season. You can argue that it’s worse.

[FHS Mr B]

4 minutes ago, Jeff Howe said:

Outside of guys inherited from the previous regime (Hayden Conner and Jake Majors turned out to be NFL players) and the 2022 recruiting class (DJ Campbell was drafted, albeit later than expected), I’ve been disappointed.

Interior offensive line play should be markedly better than it was last season. You can argue that it’s worse.

@Jeff Howe  no argument.... it's worse, worse, worse....

[Red Five]

5 minutes ago, Jeff Howe said:

Outside of guys inherited from the previous regime (Hayden Conner and Jake Majors turned out to be NFL players) and the 2022 recruiting class (DJ Campbell was drafted, albeit later than expected), I’ve been disappointed.

Interior offensive line play should be markedly better than it was last season. You can argue that it’s worse.

It's most definitely worse than it was at the end of the 2025 season. About the same as it was with Stroh playing, which is simply amazing. 

[ClubWhatever]

The Head Coach signs off on every take.

[Joe Z]

But don’t worry Gerry will defend flood for it watch