Moderators CJ Vogel Posted 7 hours ago Moderators Posted 7 hours ago The month of July has arrived, which means we are just one more flip of the calendar away from Texas Football returning for the 2025 season. As we sit today, the countdown to kickoff remains at 60 days to the meeting in Columbus with the defending national champions. On a side note, at times these past few months this offseason has felt like both the longest and shortest in recent memory. But anyways, the light as the end of the tunnel is getting brighter by the day. As we enter July, a quick look at the calendar for what is ahead for the team. *** For the current week of the 4th of July, the team is home and away from Austin. Most will return home, and some others may take a small trip during the off time. Of course, the team itself has been participating in summer conditioning for a month and when they return from the 4th of July, there will be about four weeks remaining of conditioning until fall camp begins. Speaking about fall camp, the Longhorns started true football activities on July 31, 2024 a year ago. A full one month before the meeting with Colorado State kicked off at DKR on August 31, 2024. I have Wednesday, July 30 circled as the day to watch for the beginning of fall camp this year. *** In case you missed my conversation with QB Arch Manning in Thibodaux, Louisiana, there was some solid feedback in regards to standouts on the offensive side of the ball and it matches what we have reported over the offseason as well. TE Jack Endries has clearly caught the attention of Manning since arriving in June. The former Cal tight end has collected more than 1,000 yards through the air over the last two seasons of football on the west coast. He now joins the Longhorns with hopes of continuing the big time numbers put up by Ja'Tavion Sanders and Gunnar Helm over the last three years. On the offensive line, Manning said the vocal leader of the group comes from the center spot, Cole Hutson. Having covered Hutson a good bit in high school, this does not come as much surprise. Hutson possesses the necessary type of passion and feistiness that is coveted on the interior. One name I can say I was not expecting when speaking with Manning about offseason standouts was freshman WR Kaliq Lockett. Don't get me wrong, I think that is a huge sign of approval from the Texas quarterback and perhaps a nod that he should be checked in on more, it just was not a name I was expecting to hear. Still, a great sign for the young Sachse native. *** Some Team Notes A couple of nuggets from the month of June – – RB CJ Baxter continues to inch closer towards the field. His participation in offseason workouts has increased and the intensity of workouts has increased. Still, there remains some ground that needs to be covered before he is deemed 100%, and even then I think there remains some necessary mental work to trust the knee again. Will Baxter be suited up for day one of fall camp? I don't know for certain. If he is, he will certainly be wearing a green, non-contact jersey. – Sticking at running back, redshirt freshman Christian Clark has had a great summer. Clark was able to get live reps in the spring after returning from a torn Achilles tendon and has parlayed that into a successful month of conditioning. Clark has been receiving plenty of run with the second unit in offseason sessions and if I had to handicap the RB room today, Clark would be the first in line right behind Wisner. – Defensively, the name Brad Spence continues to positively pop up in conversations. – In a fun nugget, I have heard there has been a bit of an ongoing competition for offseason drills between Colin Simmons and Anthony Hill Jr. The two are often seen paired with one another in conditioning drills, with jawing going back and forth on who places better in drills or workouts. Both DFW products have been locked in this summer as one would imagine. – The term glue guy gets thrown around a lot in basketball for a guy who doesn't do a whole lot of scoring but will fill up the box score in many other departments, in football it is much tougher to find that and for this guy I don't even think it's fair considering the production a year ago. But I don't know if there is a player on the roster that is admired and respected in the locker room as much as RB Tre Wisner. The ultimate teammate is how he gets described at times. 18 1 Quote
HudGar1922 Posted 7 hours ago Posted 7 hours ago @CJ Vogel when will OTF choose a pregame spot for the ohio state game? pops and i are heading to the game and would love to hit it up Quote
Moderators CJ Vogel Posted 7 hours ago Author Moderators Posted 7 hours ago 5 minutes ago, HudGar1922 said: @CJ Vogel when will OTF choose a pregame spot for the ohio state game? pops and i are heading to the game and would love to hit it up That’s a great question. I would bet probably 2-3 weeks from the game itself 2 Quote
McCoy2Shipley Posted 7 hours ago Posted 7 hours ago (edited) Edited 7 hours ago by McCoy2Shipley 1 1 Quote
Breezey A LH4LIFE Posted 7 hours ago Posted 7 hours ago Clark is seen 2nd string before Gibson? 👀 that’s huge coming off that injury. 1 Quote
Moderators CJ Vogel Posted 7 hours ago Author Moderators Posted 7 hours ago 8 minutes ago, Breezey A LH4LIFE said: Clark is seen 2nd string before Gibson? 👀 that’s huge coming off that injury. I think there is something to Clark’s ability to catch and run out of the backfield that will translate to more PT 6 Quote
Moderators CJ Vogel Posted 4 hours ago Author Moderators Posted 4 hours ago Fall camp is set to begin on July 31. 3 Quote
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