OTF Premium Liona Lefau points out a couple of physical, violent members of the Texas defense

[Jeff Howe]

Like the quotes I posted from Thursday's media availability with DJ Campbell and Quintrevion Wisner, linebacker Liona Lefau spoke highly of a few Longhorns when asked about them individually.

On Trey Moore’s transition from EDGE to linebacker: “That's not a hard transition at all, especially the level that we play at. He's been doing a great job. He's a very smart player. He learned the playbook pretty fast. Now he’s just [working on] little movements and transitions here and there, like dropping into coverage and all of those things. He's doing a good job of getting extra work in to learn how to do that at a high level. I think he's doing a great job.”

On Ty’Anthony Smith's growth at linebacker: “I'm thankful for Ty because he's pushing us every single day, bringing the right energy, bringing the right juice. Every time he makes a play. He plays very physical, very violent.”

On what to expect from Brad Spence: “A very physical and violent player. He's exciting to watch.”

On what he’s seen from CJ Baxter: “He's picking up where he left [off]. They're pushing him in slowly. They don't want to rush him in and push him past the [limit], but he's doing a great job picking up where he left off.”

On competing against Jack Endries in practice: “As a linebacker, we play a lot of coverage on him and he blocks down on us, and a thing that stands out the most is his effort every play. He gives good effort in the run game and the pass game. He wants to do that stuff. There's not a lot of tight ends who want to block and run routes. He's good at doing both as well. It's a good challenge for us and we're happy we got him because he pushes us every single day.”