Bobby Burton

Wow! This baseball team is the biggest sports surprise on campus this year IMO.

Steve Sarkisian recap of NFL Draft: “There’s nothing like seeing our players achieve their lifelong dreams of being drafted to the NFL, and that goes for the ones that will sign as free agents, too. When you look at last year’s draft with a school-record 11 guys, and this year breaking that with 12, that’s 23 players in two years drafted off a team that in year one (in 2021) we didn’t have any. That says a lot about the work these guys have poured into building our program and the trajectory of where we’re headed because of these guys. This group of guys went to back-to-back college football playoff semifinals, led us to top-five rankings the last two years, won the Big 12, were in the SEC Championship game in overtime – things that hadn’t been done at Texas for a long time. They set a standard and there’s a lot of be proud of with this group because of what they’ve meant to our program. To think, when we got here there were 32 players total from Texas on rosters in the NFL and when you add this group in, we’ve nearly equaled that number in the last three drafts (28) – 23 in the last two alone – which is pretty incredible. I couldn’t be prouder of every one of these guys and the future they have ahead of them. It’s not really when you get drafted, it’s what you do with the opportunity, and I’m confident all these guys – along with the ones signing as free agents –understand that and will maximize the opportunity in front of them.” “These guys are one of the groups that helped change the culture of our program. We were excited to see their names called on draft day, but more importantly, want to let the teams that picked them know that they’ll not only give it their all on the field, but be great teammates, tremendous representatives of their franchises and outstanding members of the community. We are incredibly proud of each and every one of them and so happy for them and their families.” “They really put in the work, bought in, committed to being great, and it says a lot about our staff and all they poured into them, as well. Their explosiveness and power, football IQ, ability to do a great job interviewing with teams, the way they conduct themselves, those are all things we take great pride in here, and these guys are a great reflection of that. It’s a great moment for them and their families, but it’s also definitely motivating for the guys that are on our roster now. The message to them is if you follow the recipe for success here and focus on team success, the individual accolades, awards and honors will come. We’ve got a hungry group that wants to help the team be successful. It’s a roster full of ‘want to’ guys and not ‘have to’ guys, and I credit a lot of the players before them for creating that ‘want to’ mentality that our team has right now.” View full news story

They’re currently on a two-game losing streak. 😉

Majors / Bucs Bolden / Vikings Holmes / Lions Norton / Rams Gbenda / Titans Nothing yet on Blackwell or Bond.

Just sad.

Lots of current Longhorns headed to Jahdae Barron’s draft party tonight.

Lots of current Longhorns headed to a draft party that Jahdae Barron is hosting.

Derrick Johnson is going to join us for a while on the Livestream tonight.

Guys I think are better than where they’re ranked and/or expected to go: - Colston Loveland - Will Johnson - Jalen Walker - Josh Simmons If I had to guess, Simmons goes a lot higher than expected. I would not take Ashton Jeanty that high. Makes no sense to me to take an RB in top five unless you’re close to sure that he’s a Hall of Famer.

As long as he visits Texas, we’ll see how it goes.

This is accurate. They are cutting to 105.

105 and that’s where Texas plans to stay. 85 scholarships, 20 additional roster spots.

And the NCAA takes yet another hit.

Not super surprised. If Jalen Lott wants to be a receiver, that changes the board.