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July 9th... 

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Bad news: Senior transfer outside linebacker Ben Davis broke a bone in his foot and will be out of service for 6-8 weeks. While it hurts he won’t be able to get in conditioning work and will miss some of August practice, it also hurts that it’ll be tougher for him to help entrench the type of culture the staff is trying to cultivate.

From an understanding of scheme standpoint, this shouldn’t affect Davis much and when healthy he’ll be able to return as soon as he’s in football shape. He’s said to be a pretty quick study.I

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July 14th

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We previously reported Ben Davis might miss a significant portion of camp. He broke a toe in multiple places from what we’ve heard but he’s ahead of schedule and might be available for the start of camp. He’s expected to be out of his walking boot in two weeks. Players report on August 5th and there’s a good chance he’ll at least be a partial participant.

Clearly this would be big news. Davis is a need on the field and he’s also a key member of the enforcement arm for new regime culture.

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Aug 5th 

Texas enters fall camp with predominantly healthy roster

ByTAYLOR ESTES 14 hours ago

AUSTIN, Texas — The Longhorns will soon begin fall camp as Texas football prepares for the official start of the Steve Sarkisian era on the Forty Acres. Texas will kick off preseason training camp this Friday and have a nearly 100 percent healthy roster entering the first practice of fall camp with only two players who will start practice in a limited capacity.

Grad transfer linebacker Ben Davis and grad transfer running back Gabriel Watson will be limited early on in preseason training camp though neither player is viewed as having a serious concern, according to Sarkisian.

"Gabe Watson and Ben Davis will be limited to start camp," Sarkisian said Thursday. "Neither of them are seriously out, but we need to monitor them here early on in camp, which is important. But everybody else is good to go."

While Sarkisian did not go into details about either player's specific injury, Horns247 previously reported that Davis suffered a toe injury during summer workouts and was expected to spend six to eight weeks in a walking boot.

The injury update is a positive development for Texas after several players missed spring football while recovering from various injuries. The Longhorns will welcome the return of the players who missed spring practice and the spring game due to injury, including punter Ryan Bujcevski (knee), offensive lineman Rafiti Ghirmai (hamstring), linebacker Derrick Harris (knee), wide receiver Dajon Harrison (ankle), linebacker Jaden Hullaby (knee), offensive lineman Derek Kerstetter (ankle), tight end Brayden Liebrock (shoulder), deep snapper Justin Mader (shoulder), linebacker DeMarvion Overshown (shoulder) and defensive lineman T'Vondre Sweat (shoulder).

Ghirmai, Harrison and Hullaby sustained injuries during spring practice, while Bujcevski, Harris (injured his senior year of high school prior to enrolling early), Kerstetter, Liebrock, Mader, Overshown and Sweat's injuries came prior to the start of spring ball.

Texas will also have redshirt freshman wide receiver Troy Omeire (ACL) at full capacity after he tore his ACL during last year's fall camp and subsequently missed the entire 2020 season. While Omeire did go through spring ball with the Longhorns, he participated in a limited role throughout spring practice and in the Orange-White spring game.

The Longhorns will spend the next month getting ready for the 2021 football season as they make their way through their first preseason training camp under Sarkisian and his staff.

"I think we had a really good summer. I think our strength and conditioning staff and our players worked extremely hard here for about eight weeks and put our team in position to now go compete in training camp," Sarkisian said Thursday.

"I don't by any means believe we're a finished product yet. That's why we need these weeks leading up to our first ball game to get ourselves prepared to play the best of our capability. And that's what we'll do."

 

 

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Also from today...

Joe Cook -- "Junior wide receiver Joshua Moore and sophomore tight end Brayden Liebrock were not present during the media viewing portion of Wednesday's practice at Darrell K Royal - Texas Memorial Stadium. We will find out more about the reason behind their absence." 

 

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Davis practicing again...

9.95er Wednesday:  "Today was the first day that I saw Ben Davis working in with this sort of depth/primary reserve group, but it will be interesting to see how much he plays as he is clearly behind Ovie Oghuofo at the OLB spot right now that we do not know how often that position will be deployed. That's where he's lining up and working out, though."

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Thx for this @BurntOrange&White 

From "The Humidor"

Mild Injuries

Kelvontay Dixon has a high ankle sprain, an injury that has somewhat lingered since late spring.

Demarvion Overshown has a sore shoulder, the same shoulder that’s hampered him for the last few seasons. He might miss the scrimmage for precautionary reasons. He didn’t practice on Thursday, at least during the team portion.

Josh Thompson has a sore hamstring. It’s not considered serious, but he may miss the scrimmage. He didn’t practice on Thursday, at least during the team portion.

Brayden Liebrock and Joshua Moore have been missing practice with injuries (shoulder for both) as well.

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So thanks for finding this today on IT @Hiphopopotamos 

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WOW -- So reviewing some WRs status:

  • Omeire getting knee evaluation
  • Joshua Moore has missed practices  (shoulder)
  • Kelvontay Dixon still out ??   (high ankle sprain)
  • Whittington may have hurt his hammy ??
  • Xavier Worthy still out sick  (Reportly not Covid) 

And I think Keilan Robinson (RB) was also held out of part of the Wed practice 

 

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So thanks for finding this today on IT @Hiphopopotamos 

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WOW -- So reviewing some WRs status:

  • Omeire getting knee evaluation
  • Joshua Moore has missed practices  (shoulder)
  • Kelvontay Dixon still out ??   (high ankle sprain)
  • Whittington may have hurt his hammy ??
  • Xavier Worthy still out sick  (Reportly not Covid) 

And I think Keilan Robinson (RB) was also held out of part of the Wed practice 

 

I would like to think that everyone except Omeire will be well by September 4th.  

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WOW -- So reviewing some WRs status:

  • Omeire getting knee evaluation
  • Joshua Moore has missed practices  (shoulder)
  • Kelvontay Dixon still out ??   (high ankle sprain)
  • Whittington may have hurt his hammy ??
  • Xavier Worthy still out sick  (Reportly not Covid) 

And I think Keilan Robinson (RB) was also held out of part of the Wed practice 

 

Thx for the following update @Hookem2147

From IT -- The team will hold its second scrimmage of August camp at 12:30 today.

WR Troy Omeire: Omeire has a sprained knee but it was originally thought to be worse. He’ll miss the scrimmage and some more time after that but should be ready for the first game of the year. He’s had a quiet camp but the feeling is he’s been hindered by his knee brace. IT heard the sprain occurred while he wasn’t wearing the brace.
TE Cade Brewer: IT has heard Brewer will miss today after having his previously injured knee drained. This was described as routine. Brewer has missed a couple practices.
WR Jordan Whittington: IT expects Whittington to sit out the rest of camp to nurse a hamstring injury. Hamstrings are finicky so this isn’t the best news, especially considering Whittington’s general injury history.
Joshua Moore was back at practice this week.

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Rehab process on injured knee underway for Texas WR Troy Omeire

ByJEFF HOWE 14 hours ago

It’s been a long year for Texas wide receiver Troy Omeire, but a knee injury has put the redshirt freshman’s debut as a member of the 21st-ranked Longhorns set for the Sept. 4 season opener with No. 23 Louisiana in jeopardy. After suffering a season-ending knee injury in a preseason scrimmage on Aug. 16, 2020, Omeire missed Saturday’s second camp scrimmage ahead of the 2021 season as he deals with what head coach Steve Sarkisian said is “a subtle strain to his knee.”

“He's in the rehab process,” Sarkisian said after the scrimmage. “I don't want to call it day-to-day, but I also don't want to think it's months either. I think the reality of this thing with him — it could be a week, maybe two, we'll see, but we're underway. We're under the process of getting him back to 100-percent healthy and getting him back on the field.”

Omeire’s torn right ACL ended what was an outstanding camp heading into what would ultimately be the final season of the Tom Herman era on the Forty Acres. The 6-foot-3-inch, 220-pound former 247Sports Composite prospect (No. 241 overall in 2020) was higher in the pecking order than Brennan Eagles, who finished the season ranking second only to Joshua Moore among all Longhorns in receptions (28), yards receiving (469) and touchdown receptions (five) before opting out of the Alamo Bowl and declaring for the 2021 NFL Draft (Eagles went undrafted and was recently released by the Dallas Cowboys after signing with the club as a free agent).

Limited throughout spring practice until getting cleared for some live work leading up to and including the spring game, Omeire was in the mix for a prominent role at the time of his latest setback. With Eagles gone, Jake Smith (23 receptions for 294 yards and three touchdowns last season) transferring to USC, Brenden Schooler (12 catches, 140 yards and two touchdowns) moving to safety in the spring and Tarik Black (240 yards and a touchdown on 10 receptions) spending only one season in the program after transferring in from Michigan, Sarkisian’s first offseason was one Omerie and the other wideouts in the program entered with a tremendous opportunity to take a step forward in front of them.

In Wednesday’s practice, however, Longhorn fans and media members watched from the stands at Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium with the workout open to the public saw Omerie’s opportunity get put on hold when he fell to the turf at the end of a snap in a 7-on-7 period. On a deep ball down the sideline from quarterback Casey Thompson, Omeire and cornerback D'Shawn Jamison got tangled up with Omerie ultimately requiring assistance from the medical staff to get to his feet and off of the field.

He didn’t return to practice, but he was spotted standing on the sideline during the team’s red-zone periods to close out the session without the use of crutches. Wednesday’s practice was also one of the first for Omerie without the brace he’d been wearing in camp, a time where Sarkisian said making his way back onto the field mentally has been every bit as challenging as the physical aspect of recovering from a serious injury.

“Ultimately, when guys get injured, and guys are coming off of a significant injury like he's coming off with an ACL, the body can recover and you can get healthy, but the mind sometimes can talk you into 'am I or am I not?'” Sarkisian said after one of the team’s first preseason practices. “I think he knows his knee is healthy, now he's got to start to remove the doubt and that's all part of the process, which is not abnormal to him. That's pretty normal for this process. It's just starting to overcome those things. I thought he has steadily improved, and we’ve just got to continue on the path that he's on.”

 

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IT Update...  Thx @Big Woodrows

There’s been a non-Covid virus making its way around the state that found its way into the locker room. The last two days consisted of full pads but a number of players were held out. Names aren’t important. The good thing is it hit this week rather than next.

Wide receiver Jordan Whittington has been dressing out but not practicing. Wide receiver Troy Omeire hasn’t been dressing out. Wide receiver Kelvontay Dixon has re-aggravated a lingering ankle issue.

The staff is working on getting these guys with minor issues healthy before the first game because “the injuries they enter the season with often stick with them so they need to be right from the start,” said one source.

 

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FCB Update... Thx @Getafix 

FLU BUG WORKING ITS WAY THROUGH TEAM

A flu-type virus (not COVID-19) has been working its way through the Texas locker room the past week.

Receiver Xavier Worthy had it and missed last Wednesday’s open practice, then backup punter Isaac Pearson missed Saturday’s scrimmage because of it.

And then cornerbacks Josh Thompson and D'Shawn Jamison and safety B.J. Foster had it, missing time in practice earlier this week.

“It’s been a concern for sure,” a team source said.

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INJURY UPDATE ON TIGHT END BRAYDEN LIEBROCK
Sophomore tight end Brayden Liebrock (6-4, 228) has a torn labrum in his right shoulder and will require surgery that could end his season, a team source told Horns247.

The injury came as Liebrock, a third-year sophomore, had gotten off to a good start in fall camp, the source said.

“In the offense, the two-tight-end sets call for a tight end and also call for more of an H-back,” the source said. “Cade Brewer plays the H-back role, and Liebrock also plays the H-back role well.

“(Jared) Wiley is too tall to play that H-back role, and the freshmen tight ends are still learning, so Liebrock probably would’ve gotten a lot of time in that H-back role. His injury is a blow.”  

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Just updating thread...

Jordon Thomas not currently with team.  Per Eric Nahlin at IT it is "...for reasons that don’t need to be disclosed. Nothing criminal related."

Also last updates that I've seen on WRs

  • Omeire still out for at least another week or more. 
  • Dixon returned to practice, but had setback on high ankle sprain
  • Worthy back from illness and practicing
  • Whittington in bubblewrap and practicing
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Louisiana game...

  • Jamison hurt -- returned to game
  • Bijan hurt on awkward tackle -- returned to game
  • Wiley's shoulder injury is a real concern, was limited
  • Angilau injured his knee

 

Jeff Howe wrote:  

— Jared Wiley was dealing with a shoulder injury coming into the game, which limited him and led to Gunnar Helm getting significant playing time. Junior Angilau was being evaluated for a knee injury after the game, which isn't good news for an offensive line that played a role in allowing three sacks five tackles for loss all while struggling to establish an edge on the line of scrimmage in the first half 

 

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Any news on Alfred Collins availability ?? 

Did he even play vs UL Cajuns yesterday?

Nahlin posted this

— I only saw Alfred Collins on one snap. We’ll find out why he didn’t play more but from my vantage it reads like coaches sending him a message.

 

(Still wonder if Collins is dinged up -- have not heard about effort ever being an issue with him.)

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— I only saw Alfred Collins on one snap. We’ll find out why he didn’t play more but from my vantage it reads like coaches sending him a message.

 

(Still wonder if Collins is dinged up -- have not heard about effort ever being an issue with him.)

Could be that he was just limited like Wiley. Hopefully not a bigger attitude issue

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Nahlin...

Injuries: Cornerback Jahdae Barron and wide receiver Troy Omeire will miss Saturday's game. Kitan Crawford will see snaps in Barron's place. Omeire has been practicing lately, and we believe he could play in a pinch, but no reason to rush him. Omeire is still building back confidence in his knee.  "A lot of players have aches and pains that could possibly be exacerbated by playing but that’s football."

Returning: Jared Wiley. He practiced some this week and is still expected to be limited. This isn’t really the week to test his shoulder/pec.

 

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