The 2021 Texas Longhorns football team represented the University of Texas at Austin during the 2021 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Longhorns played their home games at Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium in Austin, Texas. They are a charter member of the Big 12 Conference. They were led by first-year head coach Steve Sarkisian.

Schedule

Offseason

Position key BackBCenterCCornerbackCBDefensive backDBDefensive endDEDefensive linemanDLDefensive tackleDTEndEFullbackFBPlace KickerPKGuardGHalfbackHBKickerKKickoff returnerKROffensive tackleOTOffensive linemanOLLinebackerLBLong snapperLSSplit endSEPunterPPunt returnerPRQuarterbackQBRunning backRBSafetySTight endTEWide receiverWR

Players 2021 Texas offseason departures Sam Cosmi 52 OT 6’7 309 Junior Humble, TX Declared for NFL Draft Caden Sterns 7 DB 6’1 207 Junior Cibolo, TX Declared for NFL Draft Joseph Ossai 46 LB 6’4 253 Junior Conroe, TX Declared for NFL Draft Brennan Eagles 13 WR 6'4 229 Junior Houston, TX Declared for NFL Draft Sam Ehlinger 11 QB 6’3 225 Senior Austin, TX Graduated Chris Brown 15 DB 5’11 187 Senior Houston, TX Graduated Tarik Black 0 WR 6'3 217 Senior Hamden, CT Graduated Jack Geiger 40 P 5’11 205 Senior San Jose, CA Graduated Ta'Quon Graham 49 DE 6’4 294 Senior Temple, TX Graduated John Lily 90 DL 6’1 262 Senior Houston, TX Graduated Tristan Bennett 96 DL 6'3 235 Senior Irving, TX Graduated Cort Jaquess 57 LB 6'1 239 Senior San Antonio, TX Graduated

Transfers

Outgoing Keaontay Ingram #26 RB 6’0 235 Carthage, TX Junior USC Jalen Green #3 DB 6’1 197 Houston, TX Junior Mississippi State Ja'Quinden Jackson #3 QB 6’2 232 Dallas, TX Freshman Utah Daniel Carson #88 DL 6'4 276 Kansas City, MO Sophomore Western Illinois Xavion Alford #4 DB 6'0 190 Pearland, TX Freshman USC Kenyetta Watson #2 CB 6’1 190 Loganville, GA Redshirt Freshman Georgia Tech Byron Vaughns #50 LB 6’3 216 Fort Worth, TX Redshirt Junior Utah State Willie Tyler #55 OL 6'7 335 Racine, WI Redshirt Sophomore Syracuse Marqez Bimage #42 DL 6'2 251 Brenham, TX Senior California Juwan Mitchell #6 ILB 6'1 235 Middletown, NJ Senior Tennessee Malcolm Epps #19 TE 6'5 218 Houston, TX Junior USC Reese Moore #76 OL 6'7 304 Seminole, TX Junior Abilene Christian Jake Smith #7 WR 6'0 195 Scottsdale, AZ Junior USC

Incoming Ben Davis #6 LB 6’4 243 Gordo, AL Senior Alabama Devin Richardson #30 LB 6’3 215 Spring, TX Junior New Mexico State Ovie Oghoufo #18 LB 6’3 215 Farmington, MI Junior Notre Dame Ray Thornton #46 LB 6’3 225 Killeen, TX Senior LSU Darion Dunn #4 CB 6’1 192 Oakdale, LA Senior McNeese State Keilan Robinson #7 RB 5’9 190 Washington D.C. Sophomore Alabama Gabriel Lozano #96 K 6’0 172 Austin, TX Sophomore Texas Tech Carlton Smith #53 LB 6’3 237 Houston, TX Senior LSU

Coaching staff departures

Tom Herman Head Coach Chicago Bears Offensive Analyst/Special Projects Chris Ash Defensive coordinator Jacksonville Jaguars Defensive Backs Mike Yurcich Offensive coordinator Penn State Offensive coordinator Jay Valai Cornerbacks coach Alabama Cornerback coach Oscar Giles Defensive lines coach Coleman Hutzler Co-defensive coordinator/linebackers coach Ole Miss Special teams coordinatorHerb Hand Co-Offensive coordinator/offensive line coachUCF Offensive line coach Jay Boulware Assistant head coach/special teams/tight ends coach Bryan Carrington Director of Recruiting USC Quality Control Analyst

2021 Recruits

Spring game The spring game was played on Saturday, April 24

Sources:Stats

Team Category Player StatisticsOrange Passing Casey Thompson 23–42, 242 yards, 0 TDs Rushing Bijan Robinson 10 carries, 54 yards, 1 TDs Receiving Jordan Whittington 5 receptions, 56 yards, 0 TDsWhite Passing Hudson Card 16–26, 191 yards, 1 TDs Rushing Roschon Johnson 7 carries, 28 yards, 0 TDs Receiving Kai Money 6 receptions, 79 yards, 0 TDs

2021 NFL draft

# 2 51 Sam Cosmi OT Washington Football Team # 3 69 Joseph Ossai LB Cincinnati Bengals # 5 148 Ta'Quon Graham DE Atlanta Falcons # 5 152 Caden Sterns S Denver Broncos # 6 218 Sam Ehlinger QB Indianapolis Colts

Returning starters

+ Offense Junior Angilau Junior Offensive Line Christian Jones Junior Offensive Line Roschon Johnson Junior Running Back Bijan Robinson Sophomore Running back Joshua Moore Junior Wide ReceiverReference:

+ Defense Moro Ojomo Junior Defensive End Keondre Coburn Junior Defensive Line DeMarvion Overshown Senior Linebacker D'Shawn Jamison Senior Cornerback Josh Thompson Senior Cornerback Chris Adimora Junior SafetyReference:

+ Special teams Cameron Dicker Senior Kicker Ryan Bujcevski Senior PunterReference:

Preseason

Award watch lists Listed in the order that they were released

Lott TrophyJosh ThompsonDBRS Sr.Maxwell AwardBijan RobinsonRBSo.Bednarik AwardKeondre CoburnDLJr.Doak Walker AwardBijan RobinsonRBSo.Mackey AwardCade BrewerTESr.Butkus AwardDeMarvion OvershownLBSr.Lou Groza AwardCameron DickerKSr.Ray Guy AwardRyan BujcevskiPSr.Hornung AwardD'Shawn JamisonDBSr.Walter Camp AwardBijan RobinsonRBSo.Patrick Mannelly AwardJustin MaderLSSr.Johnny Unitas Golden Arm AwardCasey ThompsonQBJr.Biletnikoff AwardXavier WorthyWRFr.

Big 12 media poll Big 12 media poll 1 Oklahoma 386 (35) 2 Iowa State 351 (4) 3 Texas 273 4 Oklahoma State 266 5 TCU 255 6 West Virginia 185 7 Kansas State 163 8 Baylor 124 9 Texas Tech 103 10 Kansas 39

Preseason All-Big 12 teams Offense

1st team

Bijan Robinson – RB (Coaches, Media)

Defense

1st team

D'Shawn Jamison – DB (Coaches, Media)

Personnel

Coaching staff

Steve SarkisianHead Coach1stAlabama (OC)Jeff BanksAHC/TE/ST1stAlabama (TE/ST)Kyle FloodOC/OL1stAlabama (OL)A. J. MilweeQB1stAlabama (offensive analyst)Andre ColemanWR3rdKansas State (OC/WR)Stan DraytonAHC/RGC/RB5thChicago Bears (RB)Pete KwiatkowskiDC/OLB1stWashington (DC/OLB)Jeff ChoateCo-DC, ILB1stMontana State (HC)Bo DavisDL1stDetroit Lions (DL)Terry JosephDB1stNotre Dame (DB)Blake GideonS1stOle Miss (ST)Torre BectonS&C1stCalifornia (S&C)

Roster Source: 2021 Texas Longhorns footballQuarterback  1 Hudson Card – freshman (6'2, 200)  11 Casey Thompson – junior (6'1, 200)  14 Charles Wright – freshman (6'1, 200) 16 Ben Ballard – sophomore (5'11, 196) 19 Cole Lourd – freshman (6’2, 228)

Running back  2 Roschon Johnson – junior (6'2, 219)  5 Bijan Robinson – sophomore (6’0, 214)  7 Keilan Robinson – sophomore (5’9, 183) 23 Jarrett Smith – junior (5'7, 206) 24 Jonathon Brooks – freshman (6'0, 199) 27 Skyler Bonneau – senior (6'1, 220) 31 Anton Simieou – freshman (5’11, 209) 32 Daniel Young – senior (6’0, 220) 33 Gabriel Watson – senior (6'2, 235)

Wide receiver  4 Jordan Whittington – sophomore (6'1, 203)  6 Joshua Moore – junior (6'1, 168)  8 Xavier Worthy – freshman (6'1, 160)  9 Al'Vonte Woodard – junior (6'2, 193) 13 Jaden Alexis – freshman (6’0, 188) 15 Marcus Washington – junior (6'2, 191) 16 Kelvontay Dixon – freshman (6'0, 179) 21 Troy Omeire – freshman (6'3, 220) 30 Dajon Harrison – freshman (5’10, 165) 39 Montrell Estell– senior (6’1, 196) 82 Kartik Akihal – junior (6'2, 192) 83 Kai Money – junior (6'0, 179) 84 Travis West – junior (6'0, 174) 86 Paxton Anderson – freshman (6'4, 215) 87 Parker Alford – sophomore (5’10, 180) 88 Casey Cain – freshman (6’3, 192)

Tight end  3 Ja'Tavion Sanders – freshman (6'4, 256) 18 Jared Wiley – junior (6'7, 251) 42 Nathan Hatter – sophomore (6'2, 233) 80 Cade Brewer – senior (6'4, 243) 81 Juan Davis – freshman (6'4, 226) 85 Gunnar Helm – freshman (6'5, 238) 89 Brayden Liebrock – sophomore (6'4, 228)

Kicker/Punter  8 Ryan Bujcevski – P – senior (6'0, 177) 17 Cameron Dicker – K – senior (6'1, 216) 38 Erwin Von Nacher - K – freshman (6'1, 167) 45 Bert Auburn - K – freshman (6'0, 172) 49 Isaac Pearson - P – freshman (6'2, 224) 96 Gabriel Lozano – K – sophomore (6'0, 172) Offensive line 57 Christian Rizzi – freshman (5’11, 215) 64 Michael Balis – sophomore (6'5, 287) 65 Jake Majors – freshman (6'3, 310) 66 Chad Wolf – sophomore (6'3, 270) 67 Tope Imade – senior (6'6, 361) 68 Derek Kerstetter – senior (6'5, 310) 69 Andrej Karic – freshman (6'4, 300) 70 Christian Jones – junior (6'6, 314) 71 Logan Parr – freshman (6'4, 308) 72 Tyler Johnson – sophomore (6'6, 325) 73 Isaiah Hookfin – sophomore (6'5, 299) 74 Rafiti Ghirmai – junior (6'5, 296) 75 Junior Angilau – junior (6'6, 319) 76 Hayden Conner – freshman (6'5, 332) 77 Jaylen Garth – freshman (6'5, 309) 78 Denzel Okafor – senior (6'4, 322) 79 Max Merril – freshman (6'4, 285)

Defensive line 3 Jacoby Jones - senior (6'4, 255) 32 Prince Dorbah – freshman (6'3, 234) 43 Chris Hannon – junior (6'2, 229) 45 Vernon Broughton – freshman (6'4, 306) 50 Jordon Thomas – freshman (6'3, 273) 55 David Abiara – freshman (6'4, 256) 88 Barryn Sorrell – freshman (6’3, 246) 90 Byron Murphy II – freshman (6'1, 297) 91 Sawyer Goram-Welch – freshman (6'4, 301) 92 Myron Warren – sophomore (6'2, 285) 93 T'Vondre Sweat – junior (6'4, 335) 95 Alfred Collins – sophomore (6'5, 302) 97 Patrick Bayouth – sophomore (6'4, 280) 98 Moro Ojomo – junior (6'3, 286) 99 Keondre Coburn – junior (6'2, 346)

Deep Snapper 43 Zach Edwards – junior (5’11, 211) 47 Chandler Kelehan – junior (6’1, 195) 54 Justin Mader – senior (6'2, 236) Linebacker  0 DeMarvion Overshown – Senior (6'4, 223)  6 Ben Davis – Senior (6'4, 236) 13 Marcus Tillman, Jr. – sophomore (6'1, 239) 18 Ovie Oghoufo – junior (6'3, 237) 29 Jaden Hullaby – freshman (6'2, 223) 30 Devin Richardson – junior (6'3, 233) 33 David Gbenda – sophomore (6'0, 224) 35 Terrence Cooks II – freshman (6'2, 220) 37 Morice Blackwell Jr. – freshman (6'1, 203) 40 Ayodele Adeoye – junior (6’1, 240) 41 Jaylan Ford – sophomore (6'2, 230) 42 D.J. Harris Jr. – freshman (6’2, 226) 46 Ray Thornton – senior (6'3, 238) 47 Luke Brockermeyer – junior (6'3, 225) 51 Marshall Landwehr – freshman (6'0, 218) 52 Jett Bush – junior (6'2, 236) 53 Carlton Smith – senior (6'3, 237)

Defensive back  1 Chris Adimora – junior (6'1, 204)  4 Darion Dunn – senior (6'1, 192)  5 D'Shawn Jamison – senior (5'10, 184)  9 Josh Thompson – senior (6’0, 191) 11 Anthony Cook – senior (6’1, 191) 14 Brenden Schooler – senior (6’2, 206) 19 Ishmael Ibraheem – freshman (6'1, 160) 21 Kitan Crawford – sophomore (5’11, 196) 23 Jahdae Barron – sophomore (5’11, 186) 24 Marques Caldwell – sophomore (6'1, 198) 25 B.J. Foster – senior (6'2, 199) 26 Christian Tschauner – sophomore (5'11, 188) 27 JD Coffey III – freshman (6’0, 183) 28 Jerrin Thompson – sophomore (6’0, 188) 31 Jamier Johnson – freshman (6'0, 166) 36 Michael Taaffe – freshman (6'0, 182) 37 Doak Wilson – sophomore (6'0, 190) 38 Tremayne Prudhomme – junior (6'1, 187) 39 Turner Symonds – junior (6’1, 178) 44 Tannahill Love – freshman (5’11, 213) 44 Tyler Owens – junior (6'2, 203) 49 Thatcher Milton – freshman (5’10, 181)

Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible

Redshirt

Depth chart

True Freshman

Game summaries

Vs. No. 23 Louisiana

Sources:Stats

Statistics LouisianaTexas First downs 24 20 Total yards 359 435 Rushing yards 77 170 Passing yards 282 265 Turnovers 1 0 Time of possession 26:47 33:13 Team Category Player StatisticsLouisiana Passing Levi Lewis 28–40, 282 yards, 1 TDs Rushing Chris Smith 11 carries, 55 yards, 1 TDs Receiving Jalen Williams 5 receptions, 71 yards, 0 TDsTexas Passing Hudson Card 14–21, 224 yards, 2 TDs Rushing Bijan Robinson 20 carries, 103 yards, 1 TDs Receiving Jordan Whittington 7 receptions, 113 yards, 1 TDs

At Arkansas

Sources:Stats

Statistics TexasArkansas First downs 15 20 Total yards 256 471 Rushing yards 138 333 Passing yards 118 138 Turnovers 1 1 Time of possession 29:00 31:00 Team Category Player StatisticsTexas Passing Hudson Card 8–15, 61 yards, 0 TDs Rushing Bijan Robinson 19 carries, 69 yards, 1 TDs Receiving Xavier Worthy 2 receptions, 41 yards, 0 TDsArkansas Passing KJ Jefferson 14–19, 138 yards, 0 TDs, 1 INT Rushing Trelon Smith 12 carries, 75 yards, 1 TDs Receiving Tyson Morris 1 receptions, 45 yards, 0 TDs

Vs. Rice

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