A few Texas Longhorns will continue to hear their name called today in the fourth through seventh round of the 2024 NFL Draft. 

In the day or two following the conclusion of the 2024 draft, the way-too-early 2025 mock drafts will begin being published. 

Before those start hitting the internet, I'm providing a list of where I think the 2025 draft eligible Longhorns start ahead of the 2024 season.

2025 NFL Draft projections

Quinn Ewers, QB, senior - 1st round (12-15)

Kelvin Banks, OT, junior - 1st round (10-20)

Isaiah Bond, WR, junior - 2nd or 3rd round

Trey Moore, LB/EDGE, junior - 3rd or 4th

Amari Niblack, TE, junior - 3rd or 4th round

Alfred Collins, DL, senior - 3rd or 4th round

Andrew Mukuba, S, senior - 4th or 5th round

Jahdae Barron, N, senior - 4th to 6th round

Gunnar Helm, TE, senior - 4th to 6th

Barryn Sorrell, EDGE, senior - 5th to 7th 

Jake Majors, C, senior - late/UDFA

Tia Savea, DL, senior - UDFA

Bill Norton, DL, senior - UDFA

Silas Bolden, WR, senior - UDFA

Bert Auburn, K, senior - UDFA

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DJ Campbell, OG, Arlington (Texas) Bowie

Ethan Burke, EDGE, Austin (Texas) Westlake 

Cameron Williams, RT, Duncanville (Texas) High

Jaydon Blue, RB, Klein (Texas) Cain 

Matthew Golden, WR, Klein (Texas) Cain

Cole Hutson, OG, Frisco (Texas) High

Malik Muhammad, CB, Dallas (Texas) South Oak Cliff

Anthony Hill, LB, Denton (Texas) Ryan

Derek Williams, S, New Iberia (La.) Westgate 

Cedric Baxter Jr., RB, Orlando (Fla.) Edgewater

Deandre Moore Jr., WR, Bellflower (Calif.) St. John Bosco

Johntay Cook II, WR, DeSoto (Texas) High 

The Longhorns are expected to set a program record for a seven round draft with eight to ten selections. The 2007 NFL Draft produced seven selections - Michael Griffin, Aaron Ross, Justin Blalock, Tim Crowder, Brian Robinson, Tarell Brown and Kasey Studdard.

The most players ever selected in the first seven rounds in program history was in 1984 with 10 (17 total in 12 round draft). Nine players were drafted in the first seven rounds of the 1982 draft with 12 total in the 12 rounds. 

Texas players in the 2024 NFL Draft

Byron Murphy, DL - 1st round lock 

Xavier Worthy, WR - 1st or 2nd round

Adonai Mitchell, WR - 1st or 2nd round

Jonathon Brooks, RB - 2nd or 3rd round

Ja'Tavion Sanders, TE - 3rd or 4th round

T'Vondre Sweat, DL - 3rd or 4th round

Christian Jones, OL - 4th or 5th round

Jaylan Ford, LB - 5th or 6th round

Ryan Watts, DB - 6th, 7th or UDFA

Keilan Robinson, RB - 7th or UDFA

Jordan Whittington, WR - 7th or UDFA

Ryan Sanborn, P - UDFA

The Texas Longhorns added a huge piece to 2024-25 team this afternoon.

Oregon State transfer PG/CG Jordan Pope committed to Texas over Texas A&M ten minutes ago. 

With Pope in the fold, the Longhorns will have constructed a back court that is versatile, multiple ball handlers, multiple shooters from three, size to play big, athleticism, depth and very good offensive feel. The Longhorns will have a deeper and bigger backcourt in 2024-25. 

Jordan Pope by the numbers

Pope (6-1.5, 170) averaged 15.1 points, 2.6 rebounds and 2.9 assists per game over 64 games (63 starts) in two seasons. He connected on 43.9% from the field, 37.4% from three and 86.1% from the foul line. He starred as a sophomore averaging 17.6 points, 2.6 rebounds and 3.4 assists in 2023-24. That included 45.1% from the field, 37.1% from three (66 makes) and 87.9% from the free throw line (94 of 107). 

Pope scored 20 or more in 12 games during the 2023-24 season. He scored a season high 31, including a game winner, against Arizona. 

His numbers in Pac-12 play included 17.9 points per game with 41 made three's. 

I was told on Tuesday that Jordan had decided to stay at Texas. Obviously, that decision flipped from what I was told yesterday.

Jordan is a class of 2022 signee and was currently running 3rd team at the star position. Even though he was 3rd team, Jordan was considered a valuable member of the Texas secondary.

Jordan is the second member of the secondary to declare an intent to transfer in as many days. Returning starting cornerback Terrance Brooks announced a similar decision on Tuesday. 

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The Texas spring game visitor list now includes another defensive lineman from the Southeast Region.

Port Orange (Fla.) Spruce Creek athletic 2025 defensive lineman Derry Norris tells OnTexasFootball that he will be making an unofficial visit to Texas for the spring game this weekend. 

Norris, 6-3 and 265 pounds, was offered by the Longhorns defensive line coach Kenny Baker March 5. Since that time, Baker and Norris have been staying in constant contact. This weekend will be the first visit to Texas for Norris and family.

The Sunshine State athletic defensive lineman sports 35 offers. The offer list includes Miami, Texas, LSU, N.C. State, Missouri, Florida, UCF and South Carolina. 

He has official visits scheduled to Georgia Tech May 31-June 2 and Miami June 7-9. 

Cunningham, 6-2.5 and 195, made an unofficial visit to Texas April 11. He was offered by the Longhorns February 1 after schools visits by Johnny Nansen and Steve Sarkisian. 

Texas scored eight runs in the 9th inning Sunday afternoon to take care of business 13–8. Conference series seemingly always start off rocky for the Longhorns, yet here we are with another series victory.

Texas improves to 22–15 on the season with a 9–6 record in Big 12 play. The Longhorns sit alone in 4th place in the conference at the moment as well, behind West Virginia and Oklahoma (11–4) and Oklahoma State (10–5).

With five conference series remaining, there remains plenty of opportunity for Texas to find consistency before the postseason begins. As things stand currently, Texas has the most home runs (74) of any team in the Big 12 and the third most runs (280).

For the Dallas native and former Longhorn, it's his second major championship (he also won the 2022 Masters).

In all, six different Longhorns have won one of the four major golf tournaments, Scheffler, Jordan Spieth, Mark Brooks, Tom Kite, Ben Crenshaw and Justin Leonard.

The Texas Longhorns spring game April 20 at 1 p.m. central on Longhorn Network is scheduled to have more than 15 combined 4-star and 5-star prospects in attendance.