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Spring Football Preview: Receivers

By: Joe Cook and @EricNahlin

Ahead of Steve Sarkisian's first spring as Texas head coach in 2021, there was good reason to think the Longhorn wide receiver room had competitive top-line talent but lacked quality depth. With players like Jordan Whittington, Troy Omeire, Joshua Moore, and Jake Smith, Texas could rely on those four in a potent offensive system and then hope someone else would render themselves serviceable.
 

2022 Texas Longhorns Spring Football Preview: Wide Receivers

Inside Texas looks at the wide receiver position in an installment of the Texas Longhorns Spring Football preview series.

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There’s a good chance this will be the most improved group year over year. Xavier Worthy isn’t just a fantastic player, he’s also emerged as a team leader. Before Isaiah Neyor arrived he was likely slated to play boundary receiver but he’ll move all over. He’s the fastest player on the team as measured by MPH top speed.

The second fastest is a bit of a surprise, but it’s Jordan Whittington. Or is it a surprise? Whittington is a powerhouse and is in the best condition in his time at Texas. If he stays healthy…that’s always the question for him. He has the slot locked down.

Isaiah Neyor has impressed with his agility, route running, and work ethic. All that’s left to hear about is him winning one on one versus the quality corners. Sources view him as a future draft pick.

Things have been quiet regarding Marcus Washington but rest assured he’s working. His improvement has been gradual, yet noticeable.

Two players we’ll be monitoring closely throughout the spring are Troy Omeire and Jaden Alexis. Those two rehabbed together and Alexis’ work ethic helped push Omeire through his second setback. Both have worked with the team through winter offseason, but neither is at full speed yet. A fully healthy Alexis is one of the fastest players on the team but he has not returned to that form.

Recruiting the position

Between last year’s struggles and the staff’s portal activity, you can tell wide receiver is a major priority. That’s been the case in previous cycles but Texas has not been able to capitalize for one reason or another. There’s a good chance that changes in this class as there’s reciprocal interest with more quality candidates than there’s room for. Look for the staff to try and add four or five from this list: Johntay Cook, Jaquaize Pettaway, Jalen Hale, Braylon James, Jonah Wilson, Kyle Parker, Jaden Greathouse, Jalen Brown, Rico Flores, and DeAndre Moore Jr.

Cook has seemingly been at the top of the staff’s wish list and it’s no coincidence he’s become close with Arch Manning, the nation’s No. 1 overall player as measured by the On3 Consensus. He has a spot until he signs. Texas should be considered the favorite but A&M is working to keep pace.

Some of the others are in direct competition for the same scholarship.

Most of the above players will visit Texas over the following weeks. Expect UT’s positioning with each to become even more clear in that time.

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1 hour ago, BurntOrange&White said:

Spring Football Preview: Receivers

By: Joe Cook and @EricNahlin

Ahead of Steve Sarkisian's first spring as Texas head coach in 2021, there was good reason to think the Longhorn wide receiver room had competitive top-line talent but lacked quality depth. With players like Jordan Whittington, Troy Omeire, Joshua Moore, and Jake Smith, Texas could rely on those four in a potent offensive system and then hope someone else would render themselves serviceable.
 

2022 Texas Longhorns Spring Football Preview: Wide Receivers

Inside Texas looks at the wide receiver position in an installment of the Texas Longhorns Spring Football preview series.

 www.on3.com

Insider notes

There’s a good chance this will be the most improved group year over year. Xavier Worthy isn’t just a fantastic player, he’s also emerged as a team leader. Before Isaiah Neyor arrived he was likely slated to play boundary receiver but he’ll move all over. He’s the fastest player on the team as measured by MPH top speed.

The second fastest is a bit of a surprise, but it’s Jordan Whittington. Or is it a surprise? Whittington is a powerhouse and is in the best condition in his time at Texas. If he stays healthy…that’s always the question for him. He has the slot locked down.

Isaiah Neyor has impressed with his agility, route running, and work ethic. All that’s left to hear about is him winning one on one versus the quality corners. Sources view him as a future draft pick.

Things have been quiet regarding Marcus Washington but rest assured he’s working. His improvement has been gradual, yet noticeable.

Two players we’ll be monitoring closely throughout the spring are Troy Omeire and Jaden Alexis. Those two rehabbed together and Alexis’ work ethic helped push Omeire through his second setback. Both have worked with the team through winter offseason, but neither is at full speed yet. A fully healthy Alexis is one of the fastest players on the team but he has not returned to that form.

Recruiting the position

Between last year’s struggles and the staff’s portal activity, you can tell wide receiver is a major priority. That’s been the case in previous cycles but Texas has not been able to capitalize for one reason or another. There’s a good chance that changes in this class as there’s reciprocal interest with more quality candidates than there’s room for. Look for the staff to try and add four or five from this list: Johntay Cook, Jaquaize Pettaway, Jalen Hale, Braylon James, Jonah Wilson, Kyle Parker, Jaden Greathouse, Jalen Brown, Rico Flores, and DeAndre Moore Jr.

Cook has seemingly been at the top of the staff’s wish list and it’s no coincidence he’s become close with Arch Manning, the nation’s No. 1 overall player as measured by the On3 Consensus. He has a spot until he signs. Texas should be considered the favorite but A&M is working to keep pace.

Some of the others are in direct competition for the same scholarship.

Most of the above players will visit Texas over the following weeks. Expect UT’s positioning with each to become even more clear in that time.

Hell with the WR talk, please tell me about these quality CBs. 

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I was just listening to Bobby Burtons state of the team on YouTube and I just have one question, 

I may be in the minority here but why is everyone already crowing Jamison as a starter at a CB spot??? Did I miss something cause I didn’t see anything to make me think he has a stamp of starter  on him. . Same for Jerrin Thompson at the safety, Oghoufo at end and Coburn at DT. . I just feel like you should make them earn it and I hope that’s what the coaching staff is doing. 

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31 minutes ago, D3zii said:

I was just listening to Bobby Burtons state of the team on YouTube and I just have one question, 

I may be in the minority here but why is everyone already crowing Jamison as a starter at a CB spot??? Did I miss something cause I didn’t see anything to make me think he has a stamp of starter  on him. . Same for Jerrin Thompson at the safety, Oghoufo at end and Coburn at DT. . I just feel like you should make them earn it and I hope that’s what the coaching staff is doing. 

Jamison and Thompson should not be considered safe by any means. Also, I am pretty sure Ovie is going to have a fight on his hands to hold his spot. Coburn is pretty locked in. He is what he is, but he is a plus run defender at least.

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Jamison and Thompson should not be considered safe by any means. Also, I am pretty sure Ovie is going to have a fight on his hands to hold his spot. Coburn is pretty locked in. He is what he is, but he is a plus run defender at least.

It wasn’t like Coburn played bad unlike the other three, it’s just Murphy  played really well last season 

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To be literal about this, no one should be given the starter role. Bijan has to keep working. Worthy needs to block better. Ewers needs to show he’s the guy.

As for guys like Jamison and Coburn, it’s surprising to me they are back. Maybe more so that they were wanted/allowed to return. But if you want to see impactful Coburn, like Burt says, watch KSU. He was seemingly more impactful in two series that game than the rest of the year combined.

It’s astonishing how seemingly every single defender we had with experience did not improve their game last year over the prior year (s). Maybe J Jones did but he missed half the season. Maybe Ojomo. Neither of those guys were “wow. He’s not the same player from last year” either.

I’m pretty confident in the ability of our roster. Even in retrospect, I believe it was better than most last year. Our biggest shortcoming is harassing the passer. I’m not sure that’s been addressed but progress with bodies being added was made to improve.

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6 hours ago, D3zii said:

I was just listening to Bobby Burtons state of the team on YouTube and I just have one question, 

I may be in the minority here but why is everyone already crowing Jamison as a starter at a CB spot??? Did I miss something cause I didn’t see anything to make me think he has a stamp of starter  on him. . Same for Jerrin Thompson at the safety, Oghoufo at end and Coburn at DT. . I just feel like you should make them earn it and I hope that’s what the coaching staff is doing. 

It also has to do with the fact that we’ve moved pieces around. Cook to safety means one of the CB’s needs to slide over. Jamison likely isn’t a good nickel. Barron makes sense there and he probably would have pushed Jamison if he stayed at CB. Crawford moved to safety. Brooks is talented but he’s a freshman so let’s have proper expectations. So you are left with Jamison, Watts, Jamier Johnson, Ibraheem and Guilbeau (who has about a 50/50 shot moving to safety or nickel). Johnson has no experience, Ibraheem has been too busy sending over porn and is barely on the team and Guilbeau is likely headed for a redshirt year or will mainly play on special teams. So you are really left with two guys.

Jerirn Thompson and Cook make the most sense at safety simply for the fact they are the only guys with experience back there. Coffey and BJ Allen will probably push them but yeah. I bet we take a safety through the portal between now and fall camp too and if we do then Jerrin Thompson could slide down to nickel as well to compete with Barron.

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It also has to do with the fact that we’ve moved pieces around. Cook to safety means one of the CB’s needs to slide over. Jamison likely isn’t a good nickel. Barron makes sense there and he probably would have pushed Jamison if he stayed at CB. Crawford moved to safety. Brooks is talented but he’s a freshman so let’s have proper expectations. So you are left with Jamison, Watts, Jamier Johnson, Ibraheem and Guilbeau (who has about a 50/50 shot moving to safety or nickel). Johnson has no experience, Ibraheem has been too busy sending over porn and is barely on the team and Guilbeau is likely headed for a redshirt year or will mainly play on special teams. So you are really left with two guys.

Jerirn Thompson and Cook make the most sense at safety simply for the fact they are the only guys with experience back there. Coffey and BJ Allen will probably push them but yeah. I bet we take a safety through the portal between now and fall camp too and if we do then Jerrin Thompson could slide down to nickel as well to compete with Barron.

Ibraheem? 

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7 minutes ago, Vito Andolini said:

Ok, 20 pages is a good place to end this thread (or suspend for a few weeks)… someone with a track record of good things happening in their life needs to create a spring thread.

I'd like to end the offseason thread with one last complaint about Sark not getting a couple of quality o-line starters from the transfer portal. Now, on to the spring!

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1 hour ago, Elmer_Fudd said:

I'm ready for the overflow of kool-aid practice reports.

Always the best. "The OL has made major strides and may even be a strength of the team". 3 sentences later "The DL was unblockable again this week". 

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