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    Blake Munroe
    For the 2023 season, the Longhorns ended up with 32 sacks, which was a six-sack improvement from the year before.  However, they now are losing three defensive linemen, including arguably two of the best players on defense in T'Vondre Sweat and Byron Murphy II, along with two linebackers.
    So just how much sack production will be lost as the Horns move forward to the 2024 season?
    In short: Not much.
    In somewhat of a surprising result, Texas returns over 65% of that sack production, including three of their top four defenders who recorded the most sacks.
    Let's also not forger that, due to the transfer portal and recruiting, the Longhorns have added pieces such as defensive end Trey Moore from UTSA (14 sacks last season), defensive tackle Tiaoalii Savea from Arizona (1.5 sacks) and some very talented high schoolers such as five-star edge prospect Colin Simmons.
     
    CJ Vogel
    It has been a busy month of recruiting for Steve Sarkisian and it is not slowing down anytime soon.
     
    Sarkisian brought two of his top recruiters with him to see TE commit Emaree Winston in Georgia this afternoon – Jeff Banks and Tashard Choice.
    Choice has been digging around in Georgia for the last week or so, having extended offers to five prospects on the trip.
    Sarkisian is expected in Saraland tomorrow to see QB commit KJ Lacey.
    CJ Vogel
    The NFL Draft conversation is about to get louder and louder over the next couple of days. There are eight Texas Longhorns participating in the All-Star games in preparation for the Draft.
    Reese's Senior Bowl
    WR Jordan Whittington OL Christian Jones DL T'Vondre Sweat DL Byron Murphy LB Jaylan Ford East-West Shrine Bowl
    RB Jonathon Brooks TE Ja'Tavion Sanders CB Ryan Watts ****
    Byron Murphy will not be participating this week as he is still recovering from a late season injury.
    Ja'Tavion Sanders and Jonathon Brooks are not participating in workouts either according to the East-West Shrine game roster.
    CB Ryan Watts turned on the jets in the first practice session. This was a question mark for Watts, good to see him answering some questions ahead of the Combine.
     
    By money opportunities for Jaylan Ford, Jordan Whittington and Ryan Watts.
    Bobby Burton
    Barring something major - like the immediate unexpected exodus of a couple of linemen from Michigan - Texas is officially done with portal recruiting for the spring semester.
    In review, the Horns grabbed eight players who expect to contribute immediately, six of them heavily. Meanwhile, the Horns lost 15 players to the portal, of which I'd say four or five would have been contributors of some level. Perhaps one departure really, really hurt - Trill Carter (Auburn).
    Carter would have been immediate, helpful depth at a position of need.
    The others of note: safety Jerrin Thompson (Auburn), safety Kitan Crawford (Nevada), receiver Isaiah Neyor (Nebraksa) and quarterback Maalik Murphy (Duke).
    Thompson and Crawford would have provided a lot of experience in the secondary. Crawford was a demon on special teams; he will be missed there.
    So, yes, there were some losses.
    But overall, the portal is clearly a net gain. Three starter-level receivers, a starting TE from a college football playoff team, an edge rusher with 14.5 sacks, an experienced back-up linebacker, a defensive tackle with some starting experience, and a three-year starting DB from a nationally ranked team.
    Sark and his personnel staff yet again used the opportunity available to them to improve the roster. Ongoing improvement, piece by piece, continues to be perhaps the biggest theme of Sark's tenure.
    It's not his offense, or his quarterback tutelage, not merely his top-notch recruiting, it's been his pursuit of upping the ante, improving his team and roster, at every chance that has made him - and Texas - into a force to be reckoned with.
    If Texas keeps adding pieces to the puzzle, replacing ones that go to the NFL or portal out, then we're on a path of being a program, not just a
    We don't know where this will all end up for Texas. But the steady incline of the program is what we're seeing.
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