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The Texas Football team is back on the field.
Here are a few notes from a very abbreviated practice window that the media was allowed to view during the first practice of 2022 fall camp:
- I'm sure Anwar will talk about the QBs. I didn't watch every throw, but both Card and Ewers looked good to me. I can't say that one or the other looked more accurate, poised or stronger-armed than the other in drills against air. There weren't many dropped passes or errant throws I noted from either in the reps I witnessed.
- I'd love to have the take that one guy was clearly outpacing the other, but that's just not how I saw it. The coaches will have much more to go on, of course, so it will be interesting to hear Sark's thoughts on how they are coming along -- and also interesting to watch them in future availabilities where we might get more actionable periods to witness, and where my head is not swimming to take in so much other new info in the short half-hour we're allowed to be there. It's a better situation to be in with me saying I didn't see much of a difference because both looked good than if I were to have not noticed a difference because both looked bad, though, right?
- Clearly, the offensive line has an all-new look to it with the infusion of the talented and large 2022 class. To say the look and feel of the group, in general, from spring ball to today was worlds different may be an understatement.
- With that said, none of the freshman were working in with the first two groups during the periods of practice open to the media, and that will most certainly change in short order given that the "second' team featured two walk-ons, while the third group was entirely new freshman.
- The first group was basically no real surprise, except for Junior Angilau switching sides from left guard to right guard: LT Andrej Karic, LG Hayden Conner, C Jake Majors, RG Junior Angilau, RT Christian Jones.
- The "second group" was LT Jaylen Garth, LG Max Merrill, C Logan Parr, RG Micheal Baliss (walk on) and RT Chad Wolf (walk on).
- The third group today was the most interesting as we get to see the initial evaluations of the staff as to where they like these guys lining up: LT Kelvin Banks, LG Malik Agbo, C Conner Robertson, RG DJ Campbell and RT Cam Williams.
- With the second RG and RT roles up for grabs, plan on there being plenty of shuffling to see who makes the jump to work with the twos first. Furthermore, Garth and Merrill look like they are going to have trouble holding off the young guys as well.
- Cam Williams is such a beast. He's a giant, but moves as well as I remember seeing him at camp, and he looks like he has shed a little baby fat. I can't believe how long his arms are. After seeing him in one practice on a college football field (without pads no less), I'm more confident than ever that he's going to be good.
- The OL spent almost all of the time we were out there working two-man run drills versus sleds and dummies, drilling techniques, footwork, hand placement and timing of double teams. DJ Campbell worked alongside Malik Agbo on one of the two-man sled drills and got such a powerful force into it that it wheeled the sled around, showing a level of explosiveness that Agbo just couldn't compete with.
- Neto Umeozulu was out there as well, and, while I didn't see him working with the primary 5 who made up the all-freshman "third" group, he did run in sled drills as if he were lined up at right guard.
- Sawyer Gorham-Welch has moved from guard to center for now.
- At receiver, the starters are as you would have imagined - Xavier Worthy at Z, Whittington in the slot and Neyor at the X. By viewing their rotation in drills, I would say that the general camp-opening depth chart looks like this:
X
Isaiah Neyor
Casey Cain
Troy Omeire
slot
Jordan Whittington
Tarique Milton
Brennen Thompson
Savion Red
Z
Xavier Worthy
Agiye Hall
Jaden Alexis
- Brennen Thompson is going to be good. He's fast and he is a hands-catcher. Excellent framer of the football, he looks it in and bursts upfield like a jackrabbit. He does look slighter than I had imagined, but I shouldn't have been imagining him being a bigger guy anyway as he's only listed at 162 pounds. He was larger than life on a high school football field, but on a college field, the first guy he reminded me of was Calvin Austin from Memphis who was drafted by the Steelers this year and is already making plays in rookie camp.
- Xavier Worthy is set to explode- not that this is news to anyone. He ran a dig route today with a break back to the football out of his stem that was so sudden, it was shocking. If I would have attempted to plant my foot and replicate such a feat, I would tear my ACL and every other ligament attached to it.
- Jatavion Sanders looks like the starting TE primarily backed up by Gunnar Helm, but let's not forget about Juan Davis. He's back healthy, and, as usual, looks like a guy people should be talking more about. It's gonna be hard to get so many of these TEs involved on gamedays, but the smart money should be on Sanders at this early juncture to be the statistical leader of the pack if he stays on his current trajectory.
- On defense, it was a tough situation to figure out as we only really had two pursuit drills per unit to identify who was going with what groups. They were 200 yards away, and through binos, it was hard to write and watch all at once. With that said, I can confirm the first unit on defense today was:
DE Barryn Sorrell
NT Keondre Coburn
DT Moro Ojomo
EDGE Ovie Oghuofo
WLB Demarvion Overshown
MLB Jaylan Ford
NCB Jahdae Barron
CB D'Shawn Jamison
CB Ryan Watts
S Anthony Cook
S Jerrin Thompson
- I'm not sure what is going on with Alfred Collins, who started at DT in the spring, but Ojomo is certainly practicing in front of him right now, and, in the very limited sample of stuff we got to see today, it felt like T'Vondre Sweat was sort of rotating in at the DT before he would, as well as some action for Vernon Broughton. It could be nothing, or it could be something. We know that the outlook of the OL will change, so the same could be true of the DL.
- I think we'll see a lot of looks where Texas has 3 big, interior bodies on the line and when they do, I think the sub-package player who'll get the first call in those situations is, as of now, slotted to be Sweat.
- LB Diamonte Tucker Dorsey was working at the second will linebacker alongside Devin Richardson at the mike. Two undersized former small-school guys, but Tucker sure has some speed.
- Prince Dorbah appears to be Oghuofo's primary backup at the EDGE for now, but keep your ears open to reports about No.17, J'Mond Tapp. He was working with the threes, but in some of the group work they were doing, he displayed a level of athleticism that really, really, popped. He has a very impressive first step and good explosion through the hips into his punch. He's going to be one of the players I'll be monitoring to see if he gets more chances, because putting reps like that on tape will absolutely earn more practice time at such a thin position.
- Ishmael Ibraheem was practicing today and it was the first time I had laid eyes on the guy, but he's a hell of a good looking corner. He was in with the second group during pursuit drills, too.
- Behind Barryn Sorrell looks to be Justice Finkley, and (I think) DJ Harris Jr., which is a little bit of change from the spring where Harris Jr. lined up on the other edge.
- LB Luke Brockermeyer is back on the field, but he has apparently taken a real plunge on the depth chart. It's confusing to me how the staff could have thought enough of the guy to start him so much last season from the very beginning of camp and on into the season, and now, with the linebacker room really no different than before, he looks to buried with the 3rd and 4th teams.
As with everything else, things can and will change through camp, but that's where we are right now based on today's media availability.
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The Texas Football team is back on the field.
Here are a few notes from a very abbreviated practice window that the media was allowed to view during the first practice of 2022 fall camp:
- I'm sure Anwar will talk about the QBs. I didn't watch every throw, but both Card and Ewers looked good to me. I can't say that one or the other looked more accurate, poised or stronger-armed than the other in drills against air. There weren't many dropped passes or errant throws I noted from either in the reps I witnessed.
- I'd love to have the take that one guy was clearly outpacing the other, but that's just not how I saw it. The coaches will have much more to go on, of course, so it will be interesting to hear Sark's thoughts on how they are coming along -- and also interesting to watch them in future availabilities where we might get more actionable periods to witness, and where my head is not swimming to take in so much other new info in the short half-hour we're allowed to be there. It's a better situation to be in with me saying I didn't see much of a difference because both looked good than if I were to have not noticed a difference because both looked bad, though, right?
- Clearly, the offensive line has an all-new look to it with the infusion of the talented and large 2022 class. To say the look and feel of the group, in general, from spring ball to today was worlds different may be an understatement.
- With that said, none of the freshman were working in with the first two groups during the periods of practice open to the media, and that will most certainly change in short order given that the "second' team featured two walk-ons, while the third group was entirely new freshman.
- The first group was basically no real surprise, except for Junior Angilau switching sides from left guard to right guard: LT Andrej Karic, LG Hayden Conner, C Jake Majors, RG Junior Angilau, RT Christian Jones.
- The "second group" was LT Jaylen Garth, LG Max Merrill, C Logan Parr, RG Micheal Baliss (walk on) and RT Chad Wolf (walk on).
- The third group today was the most interesting as we get to see the initial evaluations of the staff as to where they like these guys lining up: LT Kelvin Banks, LG Malik Agbo, C Conner Robertson, RG DJ Campbell and RT Cam Williams.
- With the second RG and RT roles up for grabs, plan on there being plenty of shuffling to see who makes the jump to work with the twos first. Furthermore, Garth and Merrill look like they are going to have trouble holding off the young guys as well.
- Cam Williams is such a beast. He's a giant, but moves as well as I remember seeing him at camp, and he looks like he has shed a little baby fat. I can't believe how long his arms are. After seeing him in one practice on a college football field (without pads no less), I'm more confident than ever that he's going to be good.
- The OL spent almost all of the time we were out there working two-man run drills versus sleds and dummies, drilling techniques, footwork, hand placement and timing of double teams. DJ Campbell worked alongside Malik Agbo on one of the two-man sled drills and got such a powerful force into it that it wheeled the sled around, showing a level of explosiveness that Agbo just couldn't compete with.
- Neto Umeozulu was out there as well, and, while I didn't see him working with the primary 5 who made up the all-freshman "third" group, he did run in sled drills as if he were lined up at right guard.
- Sawyer Gorham-Welch has moved from guard to center for now.
- At receiver, the starters are as you would have imagined - Xavier Worthy at Z, Whittington in the slot and Neyor at the X. By viewing their rotation in drills, I would say that the general camp-opening depth chart looks like this:
X
Isaiah Neyor
Casey Cain
Troy Omeire
slot
Jordan Whittington
Tarique Milton
Brennen Thompson
Savion Red
Z
Xavier Worthy
Agiye Hall
Jaden Alexis
- Brennen Thompson is going to be good. He's fast and he is a hands-catcher. Excellent framer of the football, he looks it in and bursts upfield like a jackrabbit. He does look slighter than I had imagined, but I shouldn't have been imagining him being a bigger guy anyway as he's only listed at 162 pounds. He was larger than life on a high school football field, but on a college field, the first guy he reminded me of was Calvin Austin from Memphis who was drafted by the Steelers this year and is already making plays in rookie camp.
- Xavier Worthy is set to explode- not that this is news to anyone. He ran a dig route today with a break back to the football out of his stem that was so sudden, it was shocking. If I would have attempted to plant my foot and replicate such a feat, I would tear my ACL and every other ligament attached to it.
- Jatavion Sanders looks like the starting TE primarily backed up by Gunnar Helm, but let's not forget about Juan Davis. He's back healthy, and, as usual, looks like a guy people should be talking more about. It's gonna be hard to get so many of these TEs involved on gamedays, but the smart money should be on Sanders at this early juncture to be the statistical leader of the pack if he stays on his current trajectory.
- On defense, it was a tough situation to figure out as we only really had two pursuit drills per unit to identify who was going with what groups. They were 200 yards away, and through binos, it was hard to write and watch all at once. With that said, I can confirm the first unit on defense today was:
DE Barryn Sorrell
NT Keondre Coburn
DT Moro Ojomo
EDGE Ovie Oghuofo
WLB Demarvion Overshown
MLB Jaylan Ford
NCB Jahdae Barron
CB D'Shawn Jamison
CB Ryan Watts
S Anthony Cook
S Jerrin Thompson
- I'm not sure what is going on with Alfred Collins, who started at DT in the spring, but Ojomo is certainly practicing in front of him right now, and, in the very limited sample of stuff we got to see today, it felt like T'Vondre Sweat was sort of rotating in at the DT before he would, as well as some action for Vernon Broughton. It could be nothing, or it could be something. We know that the outlook of the OL will change, so the same could be true of the DL.
- I think we'll see a lot of looks where Texas has 3 big, interior bodies on the line and when they do, I think the sub-package player who'll get the first call in those situations is, as of now, slotted to be Sweat.
- LB Diamonte Tucker Dorsey was working at the second will linebacker alongside Devin Richardson at the mike. Two undersized former small-school guys, but Tucker sure has some speed.
- Prince Dorbah appears to be Oghuofo's primary backup at the EDGE for now, but keep your ears open to reports about No.17, J'Mond Tapp. He was working with the threes, but in some of the group work they were doing, he displayed a level of athleticism that really, really, popped. He has a very impressive first step and good explosion through the hips into his punch. He's going to be one of the players I'll be monitoring to see if he gets more chances, because putting reps like that on tape will absolutely earn more practice time at such a thin position.
- Ishmael Ibraheem was practicing today and it was the first time I had laid eyes on the guy, but he's a hell of a good looking corner. He was in with the second group during pursuit drills, too.
- Behind Barryn Sorrell looks to be Justice Finkley, and (I think) DJ Harris Jr., which is a little bit of change from the spring where Harris Jr. lined up on the other edge.
- LB Luke Brockermeyer is back on the field, but he has apparently taken a real plunge on the depth chart. It's confusing to me how the staff could have thought enough of the guy to start him so much last season from the very beginning of camp and on into the season, and now, with the linebacker room really no different than before, he looks to buried with the 3rd and 4th teams.
As with everything else, things can and will change through camp, but that's where we are right now based on today's media availability.
