2026 Texas 2 Deep Projection and Transfer Portal Wishlist

[Lam Dinh]

Offense (2 deep)

QB - Arch Manning (KJ Lacy)
RB - CJ Baxter OR Tre Wisner
WR - Emmett Mosley OR Ryan Wingo
WR - Parker Livingstone (Kaliq Lockett OR Jamie Ffrench)
WR - DeAndre Moore Jr (Daylon McCutcheon OR Jermaine Bishop)
TE - Jack Endries (Nick Townsend)
LT - Trevor Goosby (Nick Brooks)
LG - Conner Stroh OR Neto???
C - Conner Robertson (Daniel Cruz)
RG - Nate Kibble OR ???
RT - Brandon Baker (Andre Cojoe)

Biggest Holes: LG, RG, and RB. We don’t have 1 starting caliber Guard on the team going into next year and we yet have 2 open starting spots (gulp). I think we need a bruising RB from the portal who has no injury history. The rest of the offense is going to better in 2026 with an extra year of experience.

Defense (2 deep)

DE - Colin Simmons (Colton Vasek OR Smith Orogpo OR Richard Wesley)
DT - Alex January (Maraad Watson)
DT - Hero Kanu (Lavon Johnson/Justus Terry)
DE - Lance Jackson (Zina Umeozulu)
LB - Tyanthony Smith (Leona Lefau)
LB - Brad Spence (Bo Barnes)
CB - Graceson Littleton (Warren Roberson)
CB - Kade Phillips (Kobe Black)
Star - Wardell Mack (Smoke Matthews)
S - Derek Williams (Jonah Williams)
S - Xavier Filsaime (Jordan Johnson Rubbell)

Biggest Holes: CB and Safety. We need at least 1 starting level CB, maybe even 2. We also need 1 starting level safety, I don’t trust Filsaime.

My Top 5 Transfer Portal Christmas List (from teams who have fired their coaches)

1. Roderick Kearney OG - Florida (started several games as SO this year, has NFL potential) 
2. Ashton Stamps CB - LSU (12 PBUs in 2024)
3. Caden Durham RB - LSU (our new Jaydon Blue)
4. P4/G5 starting level OG
5. P4 starting quality Safety

Who do you guys want most from the portal that isn’t going to completely break the bank?