More to follow, but this should get you your fix.
- Sam Ehlinger received the first-team reps during the portion of practice we watched, followed by Shane Buechele.
- Ehlinger was precise in short passes, but struggled at times to throw the deep ball. That can probably be attributed to a little rust on the first day of practice. None of the long passes were dramatically bad, so take a deep breath. It was just a timing issue that will likely improve throughout the spring.
- Buechele may have been the second-string quarterback, but his long passes were extremely crisp. He connected on deep passes to Jordan Pouncey, Brennan Eagles and John Burt. Buechele caught his receivers in stride and was impressive on day one.
- I thought Casey Thompson looked great on day one. He definitely needs to add weight (listed at 190 pounds), but his arm is much better than I expected. Whenever he throws the ball, it pops. Thompson is not a guy who really needs work on his throwing motion. In addition, he ran to every drill. I view him as a guy with a lot of potential.
- Cameron Rising was third in throwing reps, behind Ehlinger and Buechele, respectively. However, Rising was throwing to backups and walk-ons, which makes it hard to judge his performance.
- The first-team starting offensive line was Denzel Okafor (left tackle), Patrick Vahe (left guard), Zach Shackelford (center), Elijah Rodriguez (right guard) and Derek Kerstetter (right tackle). The second-string offensive line was Samuel Cosmi (left tackle), Mikey Grandy (left guard), Austin Allsup (center), Tope Imade (right guard) and J.P. Urquidez (right tackle).
- Texas redshirt freshman tight end Reese Leitao built like one hell of an athlete. He is listed as 6-foot-3 and 245 pounds, but he has very little body fat. He got some work with the ones looked sharp when the offense was playing against air. He knew where to be and looked very comfortable on the field.
- Whenever Jerrod Heard was in motion, he was flying across the field. He looks like a guy who is going to be hard for opposing defenses to keep up with. However, Heard did drop one deep ball down the far sideline.
- Sam Ehlinger received the first-team reps during the portion of practice we watched, followed by Shane Buechele.
- Ehlinger was precise in short passes, but struggled at times to throw the deep ball. That can probably be attributed to a little rust on the first day of practice. None of the long passes were dramatically bad, so take a deep breath. It was just a timing issue that will likely improve throughout the spring.
- Buechele may have been the second-string quarterback, but his long passes were extremely crisp. He connected on deep passes to Jordan Pouncey, Brennan Eagles and John Burt. Buechele caught his receivers in stride and was impressive on day one.
- I thought Casey Thompson looked great on day one. He definitely needs to add weight (listed at 190 pounds), but his arm is much better than I expected. Whenever he throws the ball, it pops. Thompson is not a guy who really needs work on his throwing motion. In addition, he ran to every drill. I view him as a guy with a lot of potential.
- Cameron Rising was third in throwing reps, behind Ehlinger and Buechele, respectively. However, Rising was throwing to backups and walk-ons, which makes it hard to judge his performance.
- The first-team starting offensive line was Denzel Okafor (left tackle), Patrick Vahe (left guard), Zach Shackelford (center), Elijah Rodriguez (right guard) and Derek Kerstetter (right tackle). The second-string offensive line was Samuel Cosmi (left tackle), Mikey Grandy (left guard), Austin Allsup (center), Tope Imade (right guard) and J.P. Urquidez (right tackle).
- Texas redshirt freshman tight end Reese Leitao built like one hell of an athlete. He is listed as 6-foot-3 and 245 pounds, but he has very little body fat. He got some work with the ones looked sharp when the offense was playing against air. He knew where to be and looked very comfortable on the field.
- Whenever Jerrod Heard was in motion, he was flying across the field. He looks like a guy who is going to be hard for opposing defenses to keep up with. However, Heard did drop one deep ball down the far sideline.
