83 Days Away — Who’s Your Favorite To Wear No. 83?

[Blake Munroe]

We’re down to just 83 days before the Longhorns take on Ohio State. Who’s your favorite Horn to ever wear 83?

Mike Adams:

 

Spencer Shannon:

 

Deryl Comer:

[Blake Munroe]

Deryl Comer’s hands were like football magnets. Soft lobs and Heat-seeking passes searched for his hands. Deryl could convert a complicated route, bad pass, and challenging catch into a Picasso art form.

https://texaslsn.org/2022-deryl-comer/

From Grok:

Deryl Comer (1966–1968): A tight end, Comer earned All-Southwest Conference honors in 1968. While not a statistical leader like Adams, his recognition as an all-conference player marks him as a notable figure for his era. Specific stats for Comer are less documented, but his role helped solidify the tight end position during a successful period for Texas, including the 1968 season when the Longhorns went 9–1–1.

[Blake Munroe]

Regarding Adams (per Grok):

The best Texas Longhorn to wear No. 83 is Mike Adams, a wide receiver from 1992–1996. Adams is third all-time in Texas history with 3,032 receiving yards, trailing only Roy Williams and Jordan Shipley. In 1992, as a freshman, he earned USA TODAY Sports’ Freshman All-American honors, amassing 964 all-purpose yards on 63 touches, including three touchdowns (one receiving, one rushing, one punt return). His career total of 5,822 all-purpose yards ranks third in school history, behind only Ricky Williams and Cedric Benson. Adams was a standout for his era, setting a high standard for Longhorn receivers.

[cochamps]

Deryl Comer was such a stud that DKR would play him at DE in goal line and short yardage situations

Sadly, he tore a knee up in the Cotton Bowl vs Tenn and was never the same player.  (The bright side was Ark didn't think enough of his replacement to cover him).  😃

 

[HenryJames]

Mike Adams was really underrated, imo.

[Oldest Horn]

22 minutes ago, cochamps said:

Deryl Comer was such a stud that DKR would play him at DE in goal line and short yardage situations

Sadly, he tore a knee up in the Cotton Bowl vs Tenn and was never the same player.  (The bright side was Ark didn't think enough of his replacement to cover him).  😃

 

You do know Street threw into bracket coverage on that play. 

[cochamps]

1 minute ago, Oldest Horn said:

You do know Street threw into bracket coverage on that play. 

Actually< I always heard one of our OL crashed into him on that play - his long time roommate in fact.  That doesn't preclude bracket coverage though...

[DanielOnorato]

#83 former walk on who Herman gave a scholarship WR Kai Money

 

Money had the first touchdown by a Longhorn who joined the team as a walk-on since fullback Ahmard Hall caught a touchdown pass against Texas A&M in 2005

Edited Sunday at 12:35 PM by DanielOnorato

[Oldest Horn]

1 hour ago, cochamps said:

Actually< I always heard one of our OL crashed into him on that play - his long time roommate in fact.  That doesn't preclude bracket coverage though...

Crashed into who, Street? That didn’t happen either. 
 

Peschal? Who could that have happened?

[Brian Richardson]

Why didn't Mike Adams play in the NFL? Size? Speed? I don't think he got drafted.

[NothinButDaHorns34]

Would be really nice to see Spencer Shannon step up this season. 

[Blake Munroe]

9 minutes ago, Brian Richardson said:

Why didn't Mike Adams play in the NFL? Size? Speed? I don't think he got drafted.

He was drafted in seventh round and then screwed up his knee badly. 

[Bobby Burton]

3 hours ago, Brian Richardson said:

Why didn't Mike Adams play in the NFL? Size? Speed? I don't think he got drafted.

It was a combo of speed, size and injury. He had good speed but not elite. And he wasn’t really an NFL-sized player.

[Modern Day Warrior]

Mike sure had great career as a longhorn. 

[Drunk randoke]

Loved me some Adams.  

[cochamps]

On 6/8/2025 at 8:34 AM, Oldest Horn said:

Crashed into who, Street? That didn’t happen either. 
 

Peschal? Who could that have happened?

One of our OL ran into Comer, You are the one who mentioned Street and his pass.  Street didn't play in the O line.  I don't care to mention the lineman's name because it was an accident, and it happened a long time ago.  He probably wouldn't want his name mentioned as being involved in the knee injury that wrecked Comer's career.  Capiche?

Edited yesterday at 02:49 AM by cochamps

[Oldest Horn]

8 hours ago, cochamps said:

One of our OL ran into Comer, You are the one who mentioned Street and his pass.  Street didn't play in the O line.  I don't care to mention the lineman's name because it was an accident, and it happened a long time ago.  He probably wouldn't want his name mentioned as being involved in the knee injury that wrecked Comer's career.  Capiche?

Gotcha, because you directly responded to that play against arky. But you were actually discussing a play that occurred dearly a year before. 

Edited yesterday at 11:41 AM by Oldest Horn

[Jc Dobbs]

On 6/8/2025 at 12:35 PM, Bobby Burton said:

It was a combo of speed, size and injury. He had good speed but not elite. And he wasn’t really an NFL-sized player.

Circa 1993 my Ex wife adopted two abandoned kittens from a rescue shelter in Dallas. The manager asked that the kittens be kept together since they were brothers and had already had a difficult time in their young lives.

My Ex wasn't sure they truly were brothers due to their markings and colorations but they certainly were "teammates."

One kitten was bigger with a long sleek frame and long legs and was primarily black and gray.

The other one was an orange tabby cat. He was smaller and made quick starts, stops and sprints and loved to play "fetch" with the kids.

She named them "Pinckney and Adams" and got "Adams" an orange collar with a name tag disc that had "Adams" on one side and "83" on the flip side.

True story. They were great pets for our Texas Ex household.

 

 

[cochamps]

6 hours ago, Oldest Horn said:

Gotcha, because you directly responded to that play against arky. But you were actually discussing a play that occurred dearly a year before. 

I get ya now.  Think you may have miissed my first post about #83 - Deryl Comer, on a follow up I mentioned the play at Ark only bc Peschel would hve never been playing if we had a healthy Deryl Comer.  Comer was one of the few players off those great teams that had NFL potential until his injury.  A real ball player at about 6'2 or 6'3 and 230.

[Oldest Horn]

2 hours ago, cochamps said:

I get ya now.  Think you may have miissed my first post about #83 - Deryl Comer, on a follow up I mentioned the play at Ark only bc Peschel would hve never been playing if we had a healthy Deryl Comer.  Comer was one of the few players off those great teams that had NFL potential until his injury.  A real ball player at about 6'2 or 6'3 and 230.

I know, Comer was a great one. Awful injury. Back then 6’3” 230 was prototype NFL tight end. Hell, he was bigger than most of our OL those days!