The 2023 Texas Longhorns football team represented the University of Texas at Austin as a member of the Big 12 Conference during the 2023 NCAA Division I FBS football season. They were led by third-year head coach Steve Sarkisian. The Longhorns played their home games at Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium in Austin, Texas. The Texas Longhorns football team drew an average home attendance of 101,625 in 2023.
The season marked the team's last season as members of the Big 12 Conference before joining the Southeastern Conference on July 1, 2024.
Offseason
Departures
Team departures 2023 Texas Offseason departures Anthony Cook 11 CB 6’1” 195 lbs Senior Houston, TX Graduated Bijan Robinson 5 RB 6'0” 222 lbs Junior Tucson, AZ Declared for 2023 NFL draft Brayden Liebrock 89 TE 6’4” 228 lbs Junior Chandler, AZ Retired Chris Hannon 52 EDGE 6’2” 219 lbs Senior Houston, TX Graduated Daniel Trejo 35 P 6’2” 195 lbs Senior Fort Worth, TX Graduated DeMarvion Overshown 0 LB 6’4” 220 lbs Senior Arp, TX Graduated Diamonte Tucker-Dorsey 3 LB 5’10” 219 lbs Senior Norfolk, VA Graduated D'Shawn Jamison 5 5’10” 187 lbs Senior Houston, TX Graduated Gabe Sulser 83 WR 5’9” 163 lbs Senior Billings, MT Graduated Keondre Coburn 99 DT 6’2” 344 lbs Senior Houston, TX Graduated Luke Brockermeyer 47 LB 6’3” 224 lbs Senior Fort Worth, TX Graduated Michael Balis 64 OL 6’5” 275 lbs Senior Plano, TX Graduated Moro Ojomo 98 DT 6’3” 284 lbs Senior Katy, TX Graduated Parker Alford 87 WR 5’10” 176 lbs Senior Dripping Springs, TX Graduated Roschon Johnson 2 RB 6’2” 222 lbs Senior Port Arthur, TX Graduated Tarique Milton 16 WR 5’10” 192 lbs Senior Bradenton, FL Graduated Zach Edwards 29 DS 5’11” 212 lbs Senior Azle, TX Graduated
Outgoing transfers
Agiye Hall 15 WR 6'3” 196 lbs Valrico, FL Sophomore — Andrej Karic 69 OL 6’5” 306 lbs Southlake, TX Sophomore Tennessee Ben Ballard 16 QB 5’11” 203 lbs Austin, TX Senior FAU Brenen Thompson 11 WR 5’10” 163 lbs Spearman, TX Freshman Oklahoma D.J. Harris Jr. 42 EDGE 6’2” 235 lbs New Caney, TX Redshirt Freshman USF Devin Richardson 30 LB 6’3” 234 lbs Klein, TX Senior Washington State Hudson Card 1 QB 6’2” 201 lbs Austin, TX Sophomore Purdue Isaac Pearson 49 P 6’2” 223 lbs Newcastle, AUS Redshirt Freshman SMU Ishmael Ibraheem 19 DB 6’2” 169 lbs Dallas, TX Redshirt Freshman Marshall Jaden Alexis 13 WR 6’0” 186 lbs Pompano Beach, FL Redshirt Freshman USF Jamier Johnson 31 DB 6’0” 175 lbs Pasadena, CA Sophomore Indiana JD Coffey III 27 DB 6’0” 189 lbs Kennedale, TX Sophomore San Diego State Junior Angilau 75 OL 6’6” 311 lbs Salt Lake City, UT Senior Oregon Logan Parr 71 OL 6’4” 314 lbs Helotes, TX Sophomore SMU Ovie Oghoufo 18 EDGE 6’3” 239 lbs Lathrup Village, MI Senior LSU Prince Dorbah 32 EDGE 6’3” 232 lbs Dallas, TX Sophomore Arizona State Troy Omeire 21 WR 6’3” 213 lbs Sugar Land, TX Sophomore Arizona State Zach Edwards 29 DS 5'11” 212 lbs Azle, TX Senior —
Note: Players with a dash in the new school column didn't land on a new team for the 2023 season.
Coaching staff departures Brennan MarionWide Receivers Coach/passing game coordinatorUNLVOffensive CoordinatorRay PickeringOffensive AnalystNorfolk StateOffensive coordinator/quarterbacks coach
Acquisitions
Incoming transfers
Gavin Holmes DB 5'11", 175 lbs New Orleans, LA Sophomore Wake Forest Jalen Catalon DB 5'10", 201 lbs Mansfield, TX Junior Arkansas Ryan Sanborn P 6'3", 207 lbs San Diego, CA Senior Stanford Adonai Mitchell WR 6'4", 190 lbs Missouri City, TX Sophomore Georgia DeAngelo "Trill" Carter DT 6'2", 300 lbs Leesburg, GA Graduate Student Minnesota
2023 recruits
2023 overall class ranking On3 Recruits #3 #1 3 13 9 0 0 0 Rivals #3 #1 2 15 8 0 0 0 247 Sports #3 #1 4 16 8 0 0 0 ESPN — — 2 16 7 0 0 0
Walk-ons Brady Sarkisian LB 6’1” 230 lbs Newport Beach, CA Corona del Mar High School Brooks Kieschnick Jr. OL 6’3” 242 lbs San Antonio, TX Alamo Heights High School Bryce Chambers WR 6’1” 203 lbs Austin, TX Westlake High School Dorian Black DL 5'10” 270 lbs Harker Heights, TX Harker Heights High School Ian Ratliff P 5'11” 177 lbs Humble, TX Atascocita High School Ja’Faar Johnson Jr. DB 5'11” 186 lbs Bastrop, TX Cedar Creek High School Reed Malphurs K 6'6” 194 lbs Dallas, TX Hillcrest High School Rett Andersen WR 5'11” 188 lbs San Antonio, TX Alamo Heights High School Robert Sweeney OL 6'5” 269 lbs Dallas, TX Highland Park High School Tate Harver DS 6'0” 226 lbs Westlake Village, CA Oaks Christian High School Ty Boatright WR 6'0” 178 lbs Kingwood, TX Kingwood High School
Coaching staff additions
Chris JacksonWide receivers coachJacksonville JaguarsWide receivers coachJoe DeCamillisSpecial assistant to the head coachLos Angeles RamsSpecial teams coordinatorPaul ChrystOffensive analystWisconsin BadgersHead coach
Entered 2023 NFL draft
Bijan Robinson RB
Returning starters The Longhorns return 18 starters from the previous season. They return 9 on offense, 6 on defense, and 3 on special teams.
+ Offense Quinn Ewers Sophomore QB Xavier Worthy Junior WR Jordan Whittington Senior WR Ja'Tavion Sanders Junior TE Jake Majors Junior OL Hayden Conner Junior OL Kelvin Banks Sophomore OL Cole Hutson Sophomore OL Christian Jones Senior OL
+ Defense T'Vondre Sweat Senior DL Barryn Sorrell Junior EDGE Jaylan Ford Senior LB Jahdae Barron Senior DB Jerrin Thompson Senior DB Ryan Watts Senior DB
+ Special teams Bert Auburn Sophomore K Will Stone Sophomore K Lance St. Louis Sophomore DS
Preseason
+ Big 12 media poll 1 Texas 886 (41) 2 Kansas State 858 (14) 3 Oklahoma 758 (4) 4 Texas Tech 729 (4) 5 TCU 727 (3) 6 Baylor 572 7 Oklahoma State 470 (1) 8 UCF 463 9 Kansas 461 10 Iowa State 334 11 BYU 318 12 Houston 215 13 Cincinnati 202 14 West Virginia 129
Award watch lists Listed in the order that they were released Lott IMPACT Trophy Jaylan Ford LB Senior Maxwell AwardXavier WorthyWRJuniorQuinn EwersQBSophomore Outland Trophy Kelvin Banks Jr. OL Sophomore Bronko Nagurski Trophy Jaylan Ford LB Senior Ray Guy Award Ryan Sanborn P Senior Lou Groza Award Bert Auburn K Junior Wuerffel Trophy Christian Jones OL Senior Paul Hornung Award Xavier Worthy WR Junior John Mackey Award Ja'Tavion Sanders TE Junior Rimington Award Jake Majors OL Junior Biletnikoff Award Xavier Worthy WR Junior Davey O’Brien Award Quinn Ewers QB Sophomore Butkus Award Jaylan Ford LB Senior Walter Camp Player of the Year AwardXavier WorthyWRJuniorQuinn EwersQBSophomore Bednarik Award Jaylan Ford LB Senior Manning Award Quinn Ewers QB Sophomore Lombardi AwardJaylan FordLBSeniorJa'Tavion SandersTEJuniorKelvin Banks Jr.OLSophomoreEarl Campbell Tyler Rose AwardXavier WorthyWRJuniorQuinn EwersQBSophomore Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award Quinn Ewers QB Sophomore Shaun Alexander Freshman of the Year AwardCJ BaxterRBFreshmanJohntay CookWRFreshmanAnthony Hill Jr.LBFreshmanMalik MuhammadDBFreshman
Preseason Big-12 awards
+ Big 12 Defensive Player of the Year Player No. Position Class Source Jaylan Ford 41 LB Senior
+ 2023 Preseason All-Big 12 teams Position Player Class OffenseWRXavier WorthyJuniorTEJa'Tavion SandersJuniorOLKelvin Banks Jr.Sophomore DefenseDLByron Murphy IIJuniorLBJaylan FordSenior Source:
Preseason All-Americans
Second Team All-Americans Player No. Position Class Selector(s) Source(s) Jaylan Ford 41 LB Senior Sporting News Xavier Worthy 1 WR Junior AP Kelvin Banks Jr. 78 OL Sophomore AP
Schedule
Personnel
Coaching staff Steve SarkisianHead Coach3rdJeff BanksAHC/TE/ST3rdKyle FloodOC/OL3rdA. J. MilweeCo-OC/QB3rdTashard ChoiceRB2ndChris JacksonWR1stPete KwiatkowskiDC/OLB3rdJeff ChoateCo-DC/ILB3rdBo DavisDL3rdTerry JosephDB3rdBlake GideonS3rdTorre BectonS&C3rd
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Roster Source: 2023 Texas Longhorns Football RosterQuarterback 3 – Quinn Ewers – Sophomore (6'2, 195) 6 – Maalik Murphy – Freshman (6'5, 238) 14 – Charles Wright – Sophomore (6'1, 203) 16 – Arch Manning – Freshman (6'4, 212) 18 – Joe Tatum – Sophomore (5'11, 180) 19 – Cole Lourd – Junior (6'2, 216)
Running back 4 – CJ Baxter – Freshman (6'1, 218) 7 – Keilan Robinson – Senior (5'9, 188) 17 – Savion Red – Sophomore (5'10, 214) 23 – Jaydon Blue – Sophomore (6'0, 191) 24 – Jonathon Brooks – Sophomore (6'0, 207) 26 – Quintrevion Wisner – Freshman (6'0, 185) 27 – Colin Page – Sophomore (5'10, 206) 29 – Ky Woods – Sophomore (5'9, 175)
Wide receiver 1 – Xavier Worthy – Junior (6'1, 172) 2 – Johntay Cook II – Freshman (6'0, 186) 5 – Adonai Mitchell – Junior (6'4, 196) 8 – Casey Cain – Sophomore (6'3, 197) 9 – Isaiah Neyor – Senior (6'3, 215) 11 – DeAndre Moore Jr. – Freshman (6'0, 194) 13 – Jordan Whittington – Senior (6'1, 204) 18 – Ryan Niblett – Freshman (5'10, 183) 35 – Rett Andersen – Freshman (5'11, 188) 36 – Quinn Merritt – Sophomore (6'1, 194) 37 – Bryce Chambers – Freshman (6'1, 203) 38 – Remy Patson – Sophomore (5'9, 172) 39 – Hamilton McMartin – Sophomore (6'0, 174) 49 – Thatcher Milton – Junior (5'10, 183) 84 – Reece Beauchamp – Sophomore (6'2, 189) 86 – Paxton Anderson – Senior (6'4, 213) 89 – Ty Boatright – Freshman (6'0, 178)
Tight end 0 – Ja'Tavion Sanders – Junior (6'4, 243) 48 – Patrick Bayouth – Senior (6'4, 281) 81 – Juan Davis – Junior (6'4, 219) 82 – Gus Asel – Senior (6'1, 226) 83 – Spencer Shannon – Freshman (6'7, 241) 85 – Gunnar Helm – Junior (6'5, 250) 87 – Will Randle – Freshman (6'4, 235)
Kicker/Punter 15 – Will Stone – Sophomore (6'0, 194) (K) 27 – Ryan Sanborn – Senior (6'3, 211) (P) 43 – Reed Malphurs – Freshman (6'6, 194) (K) 45 – Bert Auburn – Junior (6'0, 183) (K) 47 – Charlie Feris – Sophomore (6'2, 196) (K) 49 – Ian Ratliff – Freshman (5'11, 177) (P) 96 – Gabriel Lozano – Senior (6'1, 185) (K)
Deep Snapper 52 – Tate Haver – Freshman (6'0, 226) 57 – Christian Rizzi – Junior (5'11, 225) 58 – Lance St. Louis – Sophomore (6'0, 219) Offensive line 52 – DJ Campbell – Sophomore (6'3, 343) 54 – Cole Hutson – Sophomore (6'5, 318) 56 – Cameron Williams – Sophomore (6'5, 369) 61 – Sawyer Goram-Welch – Junior (6'4, 307) 62 – Connor Robertson – Freshman (6'4, 319) 63 – Rick McBroom – Sophomore (6'2, 305) 64 – Robert Sweeney – Freshman (6'5, 269) 65 – Jake Majors – Junior (6'3, 315) 67 – Malik Agbo – Freshman (6'4, 294) 68 – Brooks Kieschnick Jr. – Freshman (6'3, 242) 70 – Christian Jones – Senior (6'6, 321) 71 – Payton Kirkland – Freshman (6'6, 350) 72 – Neto Umeozulu – Freshman (6'4, 311) 73 – Max Merril – Sophomore (6'4, 294) 74 – Trevor Goosby – Freshman (6'7, 285) 75 – Jaydon Chatman – Freshman (6'4, 308) 76 – Hayden Conner – Junior (6'5, 320) 77 – Andre Cojoe – Freshman (6'6, 355) 78 – Kelvin Banks Jr. – Sophomore (6'4, 324) 79 – Connor Stroh – Freshman (6'7, 364)
Defensive line 42 – Ben Armstrong – Sophomore (6'3, 264) 45 – Vernon Broughton – Junior (6'4, 291) 53 – Aaron Bryant – Freshman (6'2, 301) 90 – Byron Murphy II – Junior (6'1, 308) 93 – T'Vondre Sweat – Senior (6'4, 362) 94 – Jaray Bledsoe – Freshman (6'4, 274) 95 – Alfred Collins – Senior (6'5, 317) 96 – Zac Swanson – Freshman (6'4, 270) 97 – Kristopher Ross – Freshman (6'2, 255) 98 – Trill Carter – Senior (6'2, 300) 99 – Sydir Mitchell – Freshman (6'6, 335)
EDGE 1 – Justice Finkley – Sophomore (6'2, 250) 17 – J'Mond Tapp – Freshman (6'3, 266) 31 – Billy Walton III – Freshman (6'3, 225) 46 – Tausili Akana – Freshman (6'4, 209) 88 – Barryn Sorrell – Junior (6'4, 261) 91 – Ethan Burke – Sophomore (6'6, 257) 92 – Colton Vasek – Freshman (6'5, 242) Linebacker 0 – Anthony Hill Jr. – Freshman (6'3, 234) 15 – S'Maje Burrell – Freshman (6'0, 219) 18 – Liona Lefau – Freshman (6'1, 227) 32 – Brady Sarkisian – Freshman (6'1, 240) 33 – David Gbenda – Senior (6'0, 225) 37 – Morice Blackwell Jr. – Junior (6'1, 208) 40 – Derion Gullette – Freshman (6'3, 231) 41 – Jaylan Ford – Senior (6'3, 242) 43 – Jett Bush – Senior (6'2, 242) 44 – Tannahill Love – Senior (5'11, 225) 50 – Michael Flanagan – Sophomore (6'2, 241) 51 – Marshall Landwehr – Junior (6'0, 226) 55 – Winston Smith – Sophomore (6'1, 202)
Defensive back 2 – Derek Williams Jr. – Freshman (6'2, 191)