Texas football has finished six of the fifteen days of spring camp as of Friday, March 29, after Friday’s spring practice. Texas has been off for the past few days; the squad won’t practice again until April 1.
What the first two weeks of spring football have shown us about Texas football’s depth chart
A number of Longhorns athletes have drawn attention to themselves throughout the first few weeks of spring training. With just a few weeks left before the Orange-White spring football game at DKR on April 20, head coach Steve Sarkisian and crew have been able to better arrange the two-deep depth chart thanks to this.
It is evident that Texas has put together a team that is loaded with NFL talent on both sides of the ball. Given the Longhorns’ recent surge in national success, Sarkisian should have little trouble attracting and developing the kind of players this club needs to compete in the SEC this coming season.
The coaches now have more faith in some of these younger players who have shown promise throughout the first six spring sessions because of the repetitions they are receiving in both individual and team drills.
These four Longhorns players have advanced early in spring training on the depth chart.
When it comes to proven depth and quality joining the SEC in 2024, Neto Umeozulu, Kyle Flood, the offensive line, and Texas are among the best groups. Texas may have one of the top offensive line units in the nation for the upcoming season because of how well the team has recruited and developed over the past several years.
However, this does not imply that Flood and the Longhorns are done experimenting in practice with different personnel combinations, even with the offensive line having such a strong group this spring. Texas is still figuring out which five-lineman combination will work best for them to start in the autumn.
Early in the spring, the starting units along the offensive line have mixed and matched at the guard and right tackle positions. Three flexible offensive linemen have moved around this spring for Flood and the Longhorns to test their abilities and dependability at multiple spots: redshirt sophomore interior lineman Neto Umeozulu, junior Cole Hutson, and senior Hayden Conner.
Umeozulu has been the most prominent riser among the trio of Texas offensive linemen who have been active this spring. This spring, he has improved his movement skills and awareness of various blocking techniques, according to multiple practice reports.
Umeozulu has spent the majority of this week’s spring practice working with the first-team offensive line at left guard, according to a March 31 report from CJ Vogel of On Texas Football. In offensive guard individual and team exercises, he has been receiving the majority of the first-team reps, taking the place of junior DJ Campbell.