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

[Bunk Moreland]

@CJ Vogel would you expect Vasek and Spence to take more snaps when Texas isn’t going big to stop the run like they did against OSU? I was surprised to see those guys with so few snaps. Second question is, were you surprised to see Lance Jackson get more snaps than either of those two? And does that mean he’s taking someone’s job on 2nd team? 

[CJ Vogel]

Just now, Bunk Moreland said:

@CJ Vogel would you expect Vasek and Spence to take more snaps when Texas isn’t going big to stop the run like they did against OSU? I was surprised to see those guys with so few snaps. Second question is, were you surprised to see Lance Jackson get more snaps than either of those two? And does that mean he’s taking someone’s job on 2nd team? 

Definitely. 

Really, my biggest takeaway from that is the trust the staff had in Zina Umeozulu to play the run as often as he did. He was one of the edge rushers when Texas went big on the goal.

And no, not really too surprised by Jackson. He is a total stud and plays the run better than the other two. Vasek will see 25 snaps this weekend against a team that throws the ball 45 times.

[Bunk Moreland]

The surprising thing to me is why Brad Spence transferred from Arkansas just to get 5 snaps. Dude could have had a monster year at Arkansas and headed to the league. Hope we have a good plan for utilizing him appropriately this year.