OTF Premium Texas Snap Counts vs. Ohio State (Sunday)

[CJ Vogel]

A look at the Texas snap counts vs. Ohio State on Saturday.

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Defense

Out of 59 defensive snaps.

• 59 – Jelani McDonald, Michael Taaffe
• 55 – Malik Muhammad
• 54 – Anthony Hill Jr.
• 45 – Jaylon Guilbeau
• 39 – Liona Lefau
• 37 – Ethan Burke, Hero Kanu, Trey Moore
• 35 – Colin Simmons
• 30 – Maraad Watson
• 26 – Alex January
• 24 – Cole Brevard
• 21 – Ty'Anthony Smith
• 19 – Travis Shaw, Graceson Littleton
• 16 – Kobe Black
• 12 – Derek Williams Jr.
• 7 – Lance Jackson
• 6 – Zina Umeozulu
• 5 – Brad Spence
• 4 – Colton Vasek
• 3 – Xavier Filsiame, Justus Terry

Texas only deployed 24 players on the defensive side of the ball in the season opener, right where I expected them to be.

I did not expect to see 37 snaps from Hero Kanu, leading the way for the interior defensive linemen.

19 snaps for Graceson Littleton is a number that rivals Colin Simmons vs. Michigan and Anthony Hill vs. Alabama, a great sign for the frosh.

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Offense

Out of 67 offensive snaps.

• 67 – Ryan Wingo, Brandon Baker, Trevor Goosby, Arch Manning, DJ Campbell, Cole Hutson
• 65 – Parker Livingstone
• 60 – Jack Endries
• 56 – Connor Stroh
• 51 – DeAndre Moore
• 41 – Quintrevion Wisner
• 26 – CJ Baxter
• 19 – Spencer Shannon
• 11 – Neto Umeozulu
• 3 – Jordan Washington
• 2 – Daylan McCutcheon
• 1 – Nick Townsend

Four tight ends saw time on the field. Only two running backs were on the field for the offense.

With how often Texas was under center, I was surprised to not see any 2-back looks from Sarkisian.

[Chop]

Livingstone with more snaps than Moore??

[CJ Vogel]

1 minute ago, Chop said:

Livingstone with more snaps than Moore??

Only on the sideline for two snaps.

When Texas goes to 12 personnel, it was Livingstone and Wingo.

[Hornmatic]

I didn’t notice, where did Trey Moore line up and play mostly? 

[Hornmatic]

And thanks for doing these every week. I have been waiting since the game ended to see this breakdown. 👍

[CJ Vogel]

1 minute ago, Hornmatic said:

I didn’t notice, where did Trey Moore line up and play mostly? 

Mostly at EDGE, Texas deployed a lot of Bear fronts against Ohio State early on after it was clear they were going to ground and pound.

27 EDGE snaps

10 BOX snaps

[Tuco Ramirez]

9 minutes ago, CJ Vogel said:

With how often Texas was under center, I was surprised to not see any 2-back looks from Sarkisian.

This surprised me as well. If I recall, the pony package created a lot of explosive plays last year. 

[coltonmartinez]

No Christian Clark or Jerrick Gibson was a surprise to me 

[Assistant Regional Manager]

3 minutes ago, coltonmartinez said:

No Christian Clark or Jerrick Gibson was a surprise to me 

Not the time to give a guy his first college action coming off an Achilles tear, or trot out a guy with chronic fumbling issues.

I'm sure they will get plenty of carries the next 3 weeks.

[Jbro52]

Vasek i thought would get more snaps and shocked at Moore not being in in 12 personnel good stuff CJ

[CJ Vogel]

Just now, Assistant Regional Manager said:

Not the time to give a guy his first college action coming off an Achilles tear, or trot out a guy with chronic fumbling issues.

I'm sure they will get plenty of carries the next 3 weeks.

Agreed.

The circle is very small on these marquee preseason matchups.

[coltonmartinez]

2 minutes ago, Assistant Regional Manager said:

Not the time to give a guy his first college action coming off an Achilles tear, or trot out a guy with chronic fumbling issues.

I'm sure they will get plenty of carries the next 3 weeks.

Very true! I guess the surprise that also comes with this one is the amount of snaps CJ got. I’m sure we would’ve seen one of the younger RBs if CJ wasn’t 100% but it’s great news that he played as much as he did