Texas Football Roster 2024 -- "You never lose a game if the opponent doesn’t score" DKR

[Sleepygrad 1040]

we have 4 regular season games left, plus however many post-season games and injuries happen.....what a bitch

[EZ$ 2125]

11 minutes ago, Sleepygrad said:

we have 4 regular season games left, plus however many post-season games and injuries happen.....what a bitch

My guess would be he was being a bitch after falling out of the rotation and finally was “asked” to leave. 

[Burt Macklin 19230]

46 minutes ago, Lerka Lerka said:

Why is it expected at this point? Just cause he wasn’t getting reps? 

The writing's been on the wall for a while. He's been underwhelming when he gets playing time and has fallen out of the rotation. We have 3-4 guys who will be returning ahead of him plus two 5 stars coming in and I'm sure Sark will take at least 1 transfer WR this offseason, so he'll be going into year 3 with no real prospect of playing.  The only unexpected part is that it happened mid-season. He was top of the list for attrition candidates this offseason.

[LTtxfan 49965]

Interesting title... 

Texas wide receiver Johntay Cook II is no longer with the program, according to 247Sports. Cook, who took snaps in each of the Longhorns' first six games, has not played since an Oct. 12 win against Oklahoma. He's played a combined 11 snaps since Week 5. 

247Sports notes that Cook has been battling a toe injury this season. Cook initially wanted to make it through the rest of the season, but Texas and Cook made the decision to mutually part ways. 

Cook has eight catches for 137 yards and two touchdowns on the year. A majority of that work came in blowout wins against Colorado State and UTSA, where he totaled six receptions for 91 yards, and he hauled in both of his scores against the Roadrunners. 

Cook, the No. 38 prospect nationally and No. 7 wide receiver in the Class of 2023, also had 136 yards as a true freshman. He was expected to feature heavily in Texas' 2024 wide receiver rotation given all the Longhorns lost to the NFL Draft, but Texas has leaned more on sophomore DeAndre Moore Jr. and five-star true freshman Ryan Wingo behind a pair of experienced transfer additions in Isaiah Bond (Alabama) and Matthew Golden (Houston). 

In fact, six players, including running back Jaydon Blue, have more yards receiving than Cook this season, and he's also ninth on the team in receptions. Texas also has plenty of wide receiver talent headed towards Austin, assuming its class holds during December's early signing period. 

The Longhorns currently have three top-20 wide receivers committed in their 2025 recruiting class, including five-star prospect Kaliq Lockett and Jacksonville, Florida, product Jaime Ffrench, the No. 8 wide receiver. In addition to Wingo, Texas also signed four-star wide receiver Aaron Butler in 2024. 

 

[Atticus 4207]

Butler, despite being more slight, is a pretty physical blocker. Enjoyed his film, hope he stays bought in 

[Hermanator 7651]

Ryan Niblett:

[CastHorn 902]

9 hours ago, Hermanator said:

Ryan Niblett:

I might be Ryan’s biggest fan. I always come away impressed by his limited snaps. He’s explosive and violent. He reminds me of Duvernay, but maybe less stiff. 

[Viper 12218]

7 hours ago, CastHorn said:

I might be Ryan’s biggest fan. I always come away impressed by his limited snaps. He’s explosive and violent. He reminds me of Duvernay, but maybe less stiff. 

I expect big things seeing as how he won a Heisman in my Texas dynasty with 99 speed and 99 acceleration. 

[BurntOrange&White 41842]

[LTtxfan 49965]

Major college coach believes possible end of walk-on programs would be an "atrocity"

College football rosters might expand to 105 scholarships but walk-ons may vanish

John Brice         16 hours ago

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It's a potential catch-22 for the sport that features a starting 11 on each side of the field.

College football is moving closer to a potential reality that allows member programs at the sport's highest, Football Bowls Subdivision level to fully fund 105-person scholarship rosters.

The current limit is 85, and teams can carry up to 120 with walk-on players typically comprising a critical, if unheralded, component of the ecosystem.

As the sport pushes into the future on the heels of Judge Claudia Wilken's preliminary approval last month of the House vs. NCAA settlement, revenue sharing and potential roster expansion could arrive as soon as next summer.

But those 20 extra scholarships could also mean the end of walk-on programs throughout the sport.

Count Auburn coach Hugh Freeze among those in vehement opposition to such a course.

"I think it would absolutely be an atrocity for there not to be [a walk-on program in college football,]" Freeze said on Wednesday's SEC teleconference. "Some of the greatest stories that we've heard of and that I've actually been a part of is just seeing the successes of walk-ons. 

"Whether it's them going from a walk-on to a scholarship or just the success that they have after football."

Freeze, echoing sentiments from another coach this week telling FootballScoop that some of his program's greatest Name, Image and Likeness resources, as well as help in capital investments for facilities come from walk-ons, believes a move that eliminates some of a program's most unsung contributors could be a path that eliminates some of its most generous benefactors.

"They (walk-ons) are typically probably more of the ones that come back and give back more, because of what they learned and what it meant to them," Freeze said.

"I just ... Man, the thought of that occurring doesn't sit well with any coaches."

 

[LTtxfan 49965]

More wailing on 105 roster limit settlement...

Swinney's former defensive coordinator spoke on coming to the same realization on Tuesday as well, calling the upcoming cuts "carnage."

 

The oncoming House v. NCAA settlement will result in more money for most college football players, but less opportunity for others.

As part of the settlement, the NCAA will place a hard cap of 105 players on the roster, all of whom will be eligible for a scholarship. But just about every FBS team has more than 105 players already on the roster, and would continue to do so if not for the House settlement.

With Signing Day set for Dec. 4 and the transfer portal set to open Dec. 9, plans are being made for who will be on each roster beginning in 2025... and just how many current players will no longer have a spot.

 

https://footballscoop.com/news/dabo-swinney-calls-this-coming-rule-change-the-worst-thing-in-my-whole-coaching-career

Edited November 19 by LTtxfan

[LTtxfan 49965]

2024 Texas Longhorns Redshirt Tracker

[LTtxfan 49965]

Thru 11 games...

2024 Texas Longhorns Redshirt Tracker

[LTtxfan 49965]

Not sure if portal players will still play or not...

[LTtxfan 49965]

Cross-posting Great Roster info from @AP101S 

From AP101S:  I added a 2025 tab to the depth chart spreadsheet

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1TzoBTIvCXfZIk7Sz3C9txMg0yPvrXyVM/edit?gid=1658728281#gid=1658728281

Those that are projected by Surly to declare for the NFL or portal are italicized, although when there's not a consensus, I'll assume they're returning.

I also updated the Texas Grid and Aggie Grid tabs which shows athletes by signing class rather than by remaining eligibility, along with their 247 composite rating (transfers get their transfer rating, no their HS rating). The Blue Chip Ratio is at the bottom of those tabs. Names are removed once they state they are entering the portal or declaring for the draft (i.e., no speculation for these tabs).

[LTtxfan 49965]

2025 Roster info... 🤘