CJ Vogel
Texas' Roster Release + Week 1 of Practice
The Texas Football 2025 Spring roster has been updated, creating one of my favorite days of the year when I can sit and scroll down the website while observing weight gains, number changes and acclimating my brain with the early enrollees.
A few nuggets, I wanted to share from the roster update that I have yet to mention elsewhere.
– CB Wardell Mack ran with the first team at STAR on Tuesday. Is that a surprise? Perhaps. But to see Mack listed at 212 pounds on the roster update is a tremendous sign for his ability to play near the LOS.
– On the flipside, CB Manny Muhammad is listed at 178 pounds, down quite a bit from his listing on the fall 2024 roster at 190.
– I was shocked to see RB CJ Baxter listed at 230 pounds. I wonder if that will be amended by the fall or if that is truly what weight he is at currently.
– I have noticed Texas likes its linebackers in one of two molds. A bigger body that pushes close to 240 pounds, and a leaner body that closes in around twenty pounds lighter.
Anthony Hill Jr. | 6–3, 237
Brad Spence | 6–2, 238
Bo Barnes | 6–1, 246
Group two.
Liona Lefau | 6–1, 218
Ty'Anthony Smith | 6–1, 220
Jonathan Cunningham | 6–2, 190
Worth mentioning that Trey Moore is listed as a LB, not an EDGE. He is listed at 6–3 and 246 pounds.
– RB Quintrevion Wisner is listed at 194 pounds, though I remember Tashard Choice telling reporters in Atlanta in December that Wisner was playing at 202 pounds. I was hoping to see a number closer to 210, but perhaps that will come in the summer months.
– Lightest Players on the Team
163 – Aaron Butler
176 – Santana Wilson
178 – Malik Muhammad
178 – Daylan McCutcheon
179 – Caleb Chester
182 – KJ Lacey
– Heaviest Players on the Team:
365 – Josiah Sharma
353 – Nick Brooks
352 – Cole Brevard
352 – Connor Stroh
350 – Travis Shaw
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Comparison of 2024 DL to Projected 2025 DL
From a pure mass perspective, I don't think Texas will be hurting when it comes to bodies on the interior of the defensive line. Now, mass does not correlate to good play nor production, but it is worth pointing out how large the Texas defensive line is.
2024 Group – Alfred Collins, Vernon Broughton, Jermayne Lole, Bill Norton, Alex January
Average weight of 318 pounds.
Average height of 6'4.6"
2025 Group – Cole Brevard, Travis Shaw, Alex January, Hero Kanu
Average weight of 332
Average height of 6'4.5"
That of course does not include 365-pound Josiah Sharma and 327-pound Myron Charles. Good to see 317 pounds listed next to MelvinHills III as well.
As for the interior of the Offensive Line:
2024 Group – Hayden Conner (314 at Combine), Jake Majors (305 at Combine), DJ Campbell (330) ... average weight of 316.67
2025 Group – Neto Umeozulu (327), Cole Hutson (315), DJ Campbell (322)... average weight of 321.33
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A spring ball nugget.
– EDGE Colton Vasek is out of a sling. His status to get back on the field this spring remains up in the air, but a step forward in his recovery.
– Freshman DL Justus Terry battled a strained hamstring on day one, the reason for his limitation in practice.