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  12.    <title>Longhorns Daily News: Check out Texas’ Quinn Ewers on the cover of EA Sports College Football 25’s deluxe edition </title>
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  20.  &lt;p&gt;Plus: Texas softball advances in Big 12 Tournament &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p id="ZYPJAO"&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.burntorangenation.com"&gt;Texas Longhorns&lt;/a&gt; quarterback Quinn Ewers, now entering his redshirt junior year, is now forever immortalized in EA Sports College Football lore. Today, we learned that Ewers is among the athletes features on the video game’s deluxe edition’s cover. Ewers stands alongside Colorado two-way starter Travis Hunter and Alabama quarterback Jalen Milroe. &lt;/p&gt;
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  23. &lt;p lang="en" dir="ltr"&gt;A PlayStation Store update has revealed a Deluxe Edition cover of EA Sports’ “College Football 25.”&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The artwork features, among others:&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;◽️Texas QB Quinn Ewers&lt;br&gt;◽️Colorado DB/WR Travis Hunter &lt;br&gt;◽️Alabama QB Jalen Milroe&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;More ⤵️&lt;a href="https://t.co/2Mkhn4403E"&gt;https://t.co/2Mkhn4403E&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;— The Athletic (@TheAthletic) &lt;a href="https://twitter.com/TheAthletic/status/1788966133468365034?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"&gt;May 10, 2024&lt;/a&gt;
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  28. &lt;p id="l1TOlA"&gt;It’s pretty good company at the end of the day. Or in this case, the work week. &lt;/p&gt;
  29. &lt;h3 id="0WaKtC"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;WHAT THEY’RE SAYING ABOUT THE LONGHORNS &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;
  30. &lt;p id="aK1SVc"&gt;&lt;a href="https://subscribe.statesman.com/restricted?return=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.statesman.com%2Fstory%2Fsports%2Fcolumns%2F2024%2F05%2F10%2Farch-manning-texas-football-quarterback-develops-future-star-doing-the-right-things%2F73581018007%2F&amp;amp;gps-source=CPROADBLOCKDH&amp;amp;sltsgmt=0051v2_B"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Austin American-Statesman&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;: Golden: Texas’ Arch Manning keeps doing the right things right in growth &lt;/p&gt;
  31. &lt;p id="kWA5gA"&gt;&lt;a href="https://subscribe.statesman.com/restricted?return=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.statesman.com%2Fstory%2Fsports%2Fcollege%2Flonghorns%2Fbaseball%2F2024%2F05%2F09%2Ftexas-baseball-now-getting-good-at-bats-from-struggling-longhorns-jack-odowd-and-porter-brown%2F73626309007%2F&amp;amp;gps-source=CPROADBLOCKDH&amp;amp;sltsgmt=0051v2_B"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Austin American-Statesman&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;: ‘We need them’: Texas hopes Porter Brown, Jack O’Dowd shake struggles &lt;/p&gt;
  32. &lt;p id="Xl9fq6"&gt;&lt;a href="https://247sports.com/college/texas/longformarticle/texas-longhorns-football-steve-sarkisian-josh-pate-10-takeaways-231621035/"&gt;247Sports&lt;/a&gt;: Morning Brew: 10 takeaways from Steve Sarkisian’s sit-down with Josh Pate of 247Sports&lt;/p&gt;
  33. &lt;p id="SZuDBg"&gt;&lt;a href="https://247sports.com/college/texas/article/texas-football-culture-quality-depth-keep-steve-sarkisian-texas-from-taking-risks-in-recruiting--231618848/"&gt;247Sports&lt;/a&gt;: Culture, quality depth keep Steve Sarkisian, Texas from taking risks in recruiting&lt;/p&gt;
  34. &lt;p id="TIAby2"&gt;&lt;a href="https://247sports.com/college/texas/longformarticle/quinn-ewers-arch-manning-2024-texas-longhorns-football-quarterback-room-steve-sarkisian-231605847/"&gt;247Sports&lt;/a&gt;: Steve Sarkisian on Quinn Ewers, Arch Manning and a deep, talented Texas QB room&lt;/p&gt;
  35. &lt;p id="kgjPpQ"&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.on3.com/teams/texas-longhorns/news/ityt-inside-the-program-assesses-five-longhorns-not-talked-about-enough-during-the-spring/"&gt;Inside Texas&lt;/a&gt;: ITYT: Inside the Program assesses five Longhorns not talked about enough during the spring&lt;/p&gt;
  36. &lt;p id="gxoAsM"&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.on3.com/teams/texas-longhorns/news/texas-one-of-three-sec-teams-described-as-having-a-national-title-ceiling/"&gt;Inside Texas&lt;/a&gt;: Texas one of three SEC teams described as having a national title ceiling&lt;/p&gt;
  37. &lt;p id="DdEQXb"&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.on3.com/teams/texas-longhorns/news/how-does-jermayne-lole-fit-at-texas/"&gt;Inside Texas&lt;/a&gt;: How does Jermayne Lole fit at Texas? &lt;/p&gt;
  38. &lt;h3 id="tQNqMp"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;ICYMI IN BURNT ORANGE NATION &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;
  39. &lt;p id="7CLscn"&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.burntorangenation.com/2024/5/9/24152974/jermayne-lole-commits-flips-texas-longhorns-oklahoma-sooners"&gt;Texas flips former Louisville DT Jermayne Lole from Oklahoma&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  40. &lt;p id="sSFwhO"&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.burntorangenation.com/2024/5/9/24144509/history-texas-longhorn-football-baseball-dual-athletes"&gt;A history of Texas Longhorn football-baseball athletes&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  41. &lt;h3 id="Qremhe"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;RECRUITING ROUNDUP &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;
  42. &lt;p id="borJOW"&gt;&lt;a href="https://247sports.com/college/texas/article/steve-sarkisian-texas-longhorns-football-2024-late-kick-josh-pate-sec-college-football-playoff-cfp-transfer-portal-231622604/"&gt;247Sports&lt;/a&gt;: Steve Sarkisian talks about the challenge of retaining top talent in the transfer portal era&lt;/p&gt;
  43. &lt;p id="Ph8Lzq"&gt;&lt;a href="https://247sports.com/college/texas/article/texas-football-recruiting-auburn-commit-devin-williams-locks-in-texas-ov-excited-to-see-austin-231601776/"&gt;247Sports&lt;/a&gt;: Auburn commit Devin Williams locks in Texas OV, excited to see Austin&lt;/p&gt;
  44. &lt;p id="kaWaLO"&gt;&lt;a href="https://247sports.com/college/texas/article/texas-longhorns-football-recruiting-london-smith-waco-university-2026-athlete-wide-receiver--231573823/"&gt;247Sports&lt;/a&gt;: 2026 Top247 WR London Smith sees an Austin-to-NFL pipeline on the Forty Acres&lt;/p&gt;
  45. &lt;p id="HTbRPX"&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.on3.com/news/elite-2026-4-star-qb-dia-bell-is-getting-closer-to-his-commitment/"&gt;Inside Texas&lt;/a&gt;: Elite 2026 4-star QB Dia Bell is getting closer to his commitment &lt;/p&gt;
  46. &lt;h3 id="GsyePl"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;BIG 12 BREAKDOWN &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;
  47. &lt;p id="wqR3tA"&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.bringonthecats.com/2024/5/9/24153183/kansas-state-basketball-max-jones-commits"&gt;Bring On The Cats&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="https://www.bringonthecats.com"&gt;Kansas State&lt;/a&gt; Basketball: Max Jones commits!&lt;/p&gt;
  48. &lt;p id="83KOI5"&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.rockchalktalk.com/2024/5/10/24153291/kansas-jayhawks-basketball-returning-players-dajuan-harris-kj-adams-hunter-dickinson-transfer-portal"&gt;Rock Chalk Talk&lt;/a&gt;: The KU Hoops Roster Situation: Returning starters&lt;/p&gt;
  49. &lt;p id="QdQoBm"&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.vanquishthefoe.com/2024/5/9/24152394/byu-2024-football-schedule-superlatives-road-game-non-conference-toughest-easiest"&gt;Vanquish The Foe&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="https://www.vanquishthefoe.com"&gt;BYU&lt;/a&gt; 2024 football schedule superlatives&lt;/p&gt;
  50. &lt;h3 id="hGu1pX"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;WHAT WE’RE READING &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;
  51. &lt;p id="xLzCtD"&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.sbnation.com/wnba/2024/5/10/24153353/caitlin-clark-indiana-fever-attendance-preseason-atlanta-dream-christie-sides"&gt;SB Nation&lt;/a&gt;: Caitlin Clark Fever has already overtaken Indiana, and it’s only the preseason&lt;/p&gt;
  52. &lt;p id="rPExgq"&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.sbnation.com/nfl/2024/5/9/24152825/dallas-cowboys-dak-prescott-contract-extension-risk-lamb-parsons"&gt;SB Nation&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="https://www.bloggingtheboys.com/"&gt;Dallas Cowboys&lt;/a&gt; are playing a dangerous waiting game with Dak Prescott&lt;/p&gt;
  53. &lt;p id="8HvcPO"&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.sbnation.com/nba/2024/5/10/24153371/luka-doncic-porn-sounds-press-conference-video-mavs-nba-playoffs"&gt;SB Nation&lt;/a&gt;: Luka Doncic was interrupted by porn sounds during his press conference&lt;/p&gt;
  54. &lt;h3 id="olD9VT"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;NEWS ACROSS LONGHORN NATION AND BEYOND &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;
  55. &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li id="T0DaVi"&gt;Texas softball Texas Tech last night to advance to the &lt;a href="https://www.sbnation.com/big-12-basketball-tournament"&gt;Big 12 Tournament&lt;/a&gt; quarterfinals versus Baylor. The Longhorns take on the Bears once again tonight at 7:30pm Central. &lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;
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  58. &lt;p lang="en" dir="ltr"&gt;another day, another opportunity  &lt;a href="https://t.co/00jeUmZ64r"&gt;https://t.co/00jeUmZ64r&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/HookEm?src=hash&amp;amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"&gt;#HookEm&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href="https://twitter.com/vivicmartinez23?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"&gt;@vivicmartinez23&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="https://t.co/m3XTTMuOU6"&gt;pic.twitter.com/m3XTTMuOU6&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;— Texas Softball (@TexasSoftball) &lt;a href="https://twitter.com/TexasSoftball/status/1788934013018681602?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"&gt;May 10, 2024&lt;/a&gt;
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  68.      <name>Xander Peters</name>
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  72.    <published>2024-05-09T17:00:00-05:00</published>
  73.    <updated>2024-05-09T17:00:00-05:00</updated>
  74.    <title>A history of Texas Longhorn football-baseball athletes</title>
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  77.    &lt;figure&gt;
  78.      &lt;img alt="University of Texas Longhorns vs University of Pittsburgh Panthers" src="https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/sAj51uDAzjDi4Ei2PhjO1lgFnp8=/32x0:5608x3717/1310x873/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/73338061/1470530705.0.jpg" /&gt;
  79.        &lt;figcaption&gt;Shea Morenz, seen here in Texas’s 30-28 win over Pittsburgh in 1994, was the last in a long line Longhorn athletes to make an impact on both the football and baseball programs. | Photo by Doug Pensinger/Allsport/Getty Images&lt;/figcaption&gt;
  80.    &lt;/figure&gt;
  81.  
  82.  &lt;p&gt;Over 70 student-athletes have won letters in both football and baseball at the University of Texas, but only a select few have excelled in both sports.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p id="7aE2yq"&gt;One of the highest-rated prospects in the 2025 recruiting class is Galveston Ball’s &lt;strong&gt;Jonah Williams&lt;/strong&gt;, a consensus five-star athlete who is currently ranked as that class’s 10th overall prospect by the 247Sports Composite. The “athlete” label is appropriate in multiple ways for Williams. He has the size and skill-set to conceivably play wide receiver, safety, or linebacker in college, and he is also a very talented baseball player and could be a high pick in the 2025 Major League Baseball draft after his senior year.&lt;/p&gt;
  83. &lt;p id="iUMDlO"&gt;Williams &lt;a href="https://twitter.com/Hayesfawcett3/status/1783919321569247622"&gt;reportedly named Texas as one of his seven finalists&lt;/a&gt; in late April. Current recruiting industry predictions for his eventual college destination lean toward Oklahoma, with a smaller number predicting Texas A&amp;amp;M, though the early signing period for the 2025 recruiting class is still over seven months away. Even after he signs with a college program, he could still be picked early in next year’s baseball draft, and depending on what level of signing bonus he is offered he could face a tough decision on whether to turn pro in that sport, play both football and baseball in college, or play one in college while giving the other up.&lt;/p&gt;
  84. &lt;p id="6aJB9C"&gt;His older brother &lt;strong&gt;Nick Williams&lt;/strong&gt;, himself a three-sport athlete at Galveston Ball who considered football his best sport in high school, was a top baseball recruit in the 2012 class and a longtime Texas commit before signing with Texas A&amp;amp;M, but he ended up playing for neither school after he was selected by the Texas Rangers in the 2nd round of the 2012 baseball draft and ultimately chose to accept a $500,000 signing bonus to turn pro.&lt;/p&gt;
  85. &lt;p id="OWztkR"&gt;Should Jonah spurn both Major League Baseball (at least temporarily) &lt;em&gt;and&lt;/em&gt; overtures from other colleges to sign with the University of Texas, he could become the latest in a long line of Longhorn dual-sport athletes who have starred in both football and baseball.&lt;/p&gt;
  86. &lt;hr class="p-entry-hr" id="EeSHsC"&gt;
  87. &lt;p id="5k7gB5"&gt;The football and baseball programs at the University of Texas are both among the most prestigious college programs in the country, and easily the most high-profile in their sports within the state of Texas. Texas has claimed four national championships in football and has won the College World Series six times since the NCAA Division I baseball tournament was first held in 1947. Not since 1939 has another Texas school won a Division I national championship in football, and all other Texas colleges in NCAA Divisions I, II, and III have won a combined five national titles in baseball (Rice is the only other Texas college to win a Division I championship).&lt;/p&gt;
  88. &lt;p id="7CFKrw"&gt;Many Longhorn student-athletes over the years have contributed to the prestige and accomplishments of both programs. Though it’s very much a rarity now, it was once common for the University’s best athletes to play multiple sports, and frequently that meant suiting up for both the gridiron and the baseball diamond. From the very start of the football and baseball histories at UT, there were figures who were familiar to local fans of both sports.&lt;/p&gt;
  89. &lt;p id="7NMsaE"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Richard Unett “Dick” Lee&lt;/strong&gt;, who played halfback on &lt;a href="https://www.burntorangenation.com/2023/11/30/23969371/university-of-texas-first-varsity-football-game-130-years-ago-today-1893"&gt;the first official UT football team in 1893&lt;/a&gt;, was also the captain of an early unofficial UT baseball team at a time when it was not yet a varsity sport. When baseball became a recognized varsity sport in 1895, UT’s first team was captained by catcher &lt;strong&gt;John O’Keefe&lt;/strong&gt;, a law student who also played halfback on the 1895 football team.&lt;/p&gt;
  90. &lt;p id="uMVf7P"&gt;Over the next 100 years, there were no less than 70 men who won letters at Texas in both football and baseball. The vast majority of them wore a UT uniform between the late 1890s and the late 1930s, and the football-baseball dual athlete was seldom seen at Texas in the years after World War II. There were a handful of notables between the late 1940s and the early 1990s, but they all but disappeared from UT athletics after that.&lt;/p&gt;
  91. &lt;p id="DR9Txf"&gt;Of the many Longhorns who played both sports, most were much better at one sport than the other, several were good enough to be starters in both, but only a select few truly excelled in both sports and made an undeniable impact on both the football and baseball programs at the University of Texas.&lt;/p&gt;
  92. &lt;p id="muCphF"&gt;In the following section I will list eleven Longhorns who I believe rate the highest as football-baseball dual athletes, based primarily on their collegiate accomplishments in both sports. This group will not include the relatively recent football stars &lt;strong&gt;Ricky Williams&lt;/strong&gt;, &lt;strong&gt;Cedric Benson&lt;/strong&gt;, and &lt;strong&gt;Quan Cosby&lt;/strong&gt;, all of whom played minor league baseball either during or before their Longhorn careers but never played baseball at Texas. It also will not include dual-sport Longhorns who were outstanding players in one sport but didn’t really distinguish themselves in the other, such as &lt;strong&gt;Frank “Pinky” Higgins&lt;/strong&gt; and &lt;strong&gt;Keith Moreland&lt;/strong&gt;, two UT baseball legends who played for a combined 26 seasons in the major leagues but who both won just one letter in football.&lt;/p&gt;
  93. &lt;p id="ZGGCzQ"&gt;The players below are listed in chronological order from the earliest to the most recent. The years listed for each player are the years that they won letters at Texas in the sports in question. If you believe I’ve overlooked an essential Longhorn football-baseball dual athlete, let me know in the comments.&lt;/p&gt;
  94. &lt;hr class="p-entry-hr" id="fixbSg"&gt;
  95. &lt;h2 id="vO6KcN"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Fenner Leslie&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;
  96. &lt;p id="C8jKxq"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;football&lt;/strong&gt; — 1900-01&lt;br&gt;&lt;strong&gt;baseball&lt;/strong&gt; — 1901-02&lt;/p&gt;
  97. &lt;p id="nBG6jp"&gt;Samuel Fenner Leslie, who was known primarily by his middle name, grew up near the small community of Bailey in north Texas’s Fannin County. He enrolled at the University of Texas as a 23-year-old law student in 1900 and was recruited onto the football team by a trio of players who also hailed from Fannin County. He had played little to no football in his life up to that point, but he learned the game fairly quickly and played halfback for two seasons at Texas, leaving an impression that was long remembered by the University’s early football fans. He possessed a combination of size, speed, and skill that was uncommon for his era, standing about six feet tall and weighing close to 200 pounds, he was bigger than most of the team’s linemen of that time and also had the speed to run the 100-yard dash in eleven seconds flat. (Long before the 40-yard dash became the standard metric for a football player’s speed, the distance they were most often timed in and compared against other players was at 100 yards.) He was named a first team halfback on virtually every published “All-Time Longhorn Football” team put together by sports writers, fans, former players, and longtime UT football observers during the first few decades of the 1900s.&lt;/p&gt;
  98. &lt;p id="cCo4lC"&gt;T.U. Taylor, the longtime dean of UT’s College of Engineering and an ardent fan of the UT football program from almost the very beginning, named Leslie as the first team right halfback on his personal “all-time team” in 1925. In &lt;a href="https://go.redirectingat.com?id=66960X1516590&amp;amp;xs=1&amp;amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.newspapers.com%2Farticle%2Faustin-american-statesman-ut-engineering%2F95849034%2F&amp;amp;referrer=sbnation.com&amp;amp;sref=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.burntorangenation.com%2F2024%2F5%2F9%2F24144509%2Fhistory-texas-longhorn-football-baseball-dual-athletes" rel="sponsored nofollow noopener" target="_blank"&gt;a column he wrote for the &lt;em&gt;Austin Statesman&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt; outlining his picks, he noted that Leslie, “had legs that looked more like beer kegs than parts of a human being.”&lt;/p&gt;
  99. &lt;p id="Ufkp4o"&gt;In baseball, Fenner Leslie played catcher for two years (1901-02) and was UT’s team captain in both seasons. He was renowned in his time for both his power hitting and his strong arm that he used effectively against would-be base-stealers. He graduated with a Bachelor of Laws degree in 1902, and after playing on a series of minor league baseball teams for the next three years he began what would be a long career as a lawyer in his native Fannin County.&lt;/p&gt;
  100. &lt;p id="ngRK6x"&gt;He was inducted into the UT Athletics Hall of Honor in 1983.&lt;/p&gt;
  101. &lt;hr class="p-entry-hr" id="V82TVg"&gt;
  102. &lt;h2 id="NT4wO7"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Maxey Hart&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;
  103. &lt;p id="1PCV1H"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;football&lt;/strong&gt; — 1916, 1919-20&lt;br&gt;&lt;strong&gt;baseball&lt;/strong&gt; — 1916-17, 1920-21 &lt;/p&gt;
  104. &lt;p id="0a75rP"&gt;Thomas Maxey Hart was a local product from Austin High School whose collegiate and athletic career was sandwiched around two years of service in the Army during World War I, and he was part of some very successful Longhorn teams in football and baseball and was the second man to be a team captain in both sports.&lt;/p&gt;
  105. &lt;p id="rpSrNw"&gt;He made the All-Southwest Conference football team in 1916 as an end, and in the following spring he played catcher and was captain of the 1917 Longhorn baseball team that compiled a record of 12-3 before spring athletics were canceled early due to the United States’ entry into World War I. Hart attended the Army’s officers training school in Leon Springs near San Antonio and was commissioned a lieutenant. He served in Europe with the 357th Infantry Regiment, and after the war was officially ended in November of 1918, he spent the first few months of 1919 in England continuing his studies at Cambridge while also playing on baseball teams with fellow American servicemen. &lt;/p&gt;
  106. &lt;p id="jUbmSE"&gt;Hart returned to the U.S. in the summer of 1919 and re-entered the University of Texas. He played end on the football team that fall, and a few weeks after the close of the 1919 season he was elected team captain for the 1920 football season. That 1920 Longhorn team was the program’s last one to go undefeated and untied until the 1963 national championship team, and they outscored their nine opponents by a combined total of 282-13.&lt;/p&gt;
  107. &lt;p id="tKIgpR"&gt;He played another two seasons of baseball at Texas after the war as well. He was once again the regular catcher in 1920 and 1921 for two conference champion teams, and as a senior in 1921 he led the team in hitting with a .438 average.&lt;/p&gt;
  108. &lt;p id="M7oHs4"&gt;Maxey Hart was inducted into the UT Athletics Hall of Honor in 1965.&lt;/p&gt;
  109. &lt;hr class="p-entry-hr" id="wckBEo"&gt;
  110. &lt;h2 id="9BpUBy"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Bibb Falk&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;
  111. &lt;p id="RFEwt3"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;football&lt;/strong&gt; — 1918-19&lt;br&gt;&lt;strong&gt;baseball&lt;/strong&gt; — 1918-20&lt;/p&gt;
  112. &lt;p id="rUmptg"&gt;Bibb Falk grew up in Austin as the son of Swedish immigrant parents. After graduating from Austin High School he enrolled at UT and was an impact player in both football and baseball. He played right tackle and served as a placekicker on the 1918 Longhorn football team and was viewed as a very solid player. That Longhorn team went 9-0 during the 1918 college football season that was affected both by World War I and the “Spanish Flu” pandemic, and Falk was named as the first team right tackle on &lt;em&gt;Austin American&lt;/em&gt; sportswriter F.E. Walker’s “all-Texas state football team”. He was even better in the 1919 season, in which he once again played right tackle and made the All-Southwest Conference team.&lt;/p&gt;
  113. &lt;p id="mz9ury"&gt;On the baseball diamond, Falk was a star pitcher and first baseman, and on the strength of his performance during the springs and summers of 1918 and 1919, he was signed by the Chicago White Sox of the American League in October of 1919. Falk completed that year’s football season, then was the leading hitter on the 1920 Longhorn baseball team that won the championship of the Southwest Conference for a sixth straight season.&lt;/p&gt;
  114. &lt;p id="x021HP"&gt;He reported to the White Sox after the close of the 1920 college baseball season and made his major league debut at age 21 on July 17 as a pinch hitter during a 20-5 loss to the New York Yankees. He spent most of that season on the bench, only making four appearances as a pinch hitter until the final series of the season, when Falk took over the left field spot after the suspension of superstar left fielder &lt;strong&gt;“Shoeless” Joe Jackson&lt;/strong&gt; and six other White Sox players in the wake of the &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Sox_Scandal"&gt;“Black Sox” scandal&lt;/a&gt;. Falk started in left field for the White Sox for the last three games of the 1920 season, and held that spot for the next eight seasons. He played in a total of 12 major league seasons (1920-31) and had a career batting average of .315. He was not the first ex-Longhorn to play professional baseball, but he was the first to have a sustained career in the major leagues, and he still ranks high among UT products in several career MLB hitting statistics.&lt;/p&gt;
  115. &lt;p id="Ck2lZA"&gt;Bibb Falk returned to UT in 1940 as its new head baseball coach, and in his 25 seasons at the helm (1940-42, and 1946-67) he guided the Longhorns to 20 outright or shared conference titles, ten College World Series appearances, and the program’s first two CWS championships in 1949 and 1950. He was inducted into the UT Athletics Hall of Honor in 1962, and is the partial namesake of UFCU Disch-Falk Field, the home stadium for Longhorn baseball.&lt;/p&gt;
  116. &lt;hr class="p-entry-hr" id="DzJxzV"&gt;
  117. &lt;h2 id="HfCymL"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Oscar Eckhardt&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;
  118. &lt;p id="9yB2lD"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;football&lt;/strong&gt; — 1922-23&lt;br&gt;&lt;strong&gt;baseball&lt;/strong&gt; — 1922-24&lt;/p&gt;
  119. &lt;p id="HIYuPV"&gt;Oscar Eckhardt had only a brief career on UT’s varsity football team, but he was among the program’s most highly-regarded all-around players of his time. An Austin High School graduate, he enrolled at Texas in 1919, but didn’t get his first regular playing time on the Longhorn football squad until 1922. He was a star at halfback for two years, and was a triple threat who could run, pass, and punt. &lt;/p&gt;
  120. &lt;p id="GS9Izh"&gt;After the 1923 football season he was unanimously voted to the All-Southwest Conference team, and he was given an honorable mention on Walter Camp’s All-America team. Though the SWC did not officially give superlative awards at this time, Eckhardt was named by several sports writers as the conference’s most valuable player of the 1923 season. &lt;em&gt;Austin American&lt;/em&gt; sports editor L.L. Engelking wrote at the end of that campaign that Eckhardt, “is probably the greatest running halfback south of the Mason and Dixon line”. The aforementioned professor T.U. Taylor named him as the second team right halfback (behind Fenner Leslie) on his all-time Texas team in 1925. A decade later in 1935, Eckhardt was cited as one of the Longhorns’ all-time halfbacks in a number of surveys of sports writers and longtime fans.&lt;/p&gt;
  121. &lt;p id="O1ew8g"&gt;He was also a star pitcher and outfielder for the Longhorn baseball team, on which he played for three seasons. Texas won SWC championships in two of his three seasons with the team, and in Eckhart’s final season (1924) he was an All-SWC pitcher on a team that produced an incredible record of 28-1. The first College World Series was not held until over two decades later, so we’ll never know how good this team was nationally.&lt;/p&gt;
  122. &lt;p id="GpkoIR"&gt;After spending most of the next three years out of baseball while working as a teacher and coach, Eckhardt returned to the game in 1928, at age 26, and had a very long run in professional baseball, though his career was spent almost exclusively in the minor leagues. He was a good left-handed contact hitter who was renowned as a good opposite field hitter and may have been the most prolific base hit collector in the history of the minor leagues. He is recorded as having a career minor league batting average of .366 in 14 seasons, and he had an incredible 315 base hits in 189 games played with the Mission Reds of the Pacific Coast League in the 1931 season. His lack of both fielding chops and power at the plate (he had just 63 career home runs in 7,204 minor league plate appearances) prevented him from ever becoming a major league regular, though he did have a pair of brief stays at the major league level. At age 30, he appeared in eight games as a pinch hitter with the Boston Braves during the 1932 season, and four years later he played in 16 games with the 1936 Brooklyn Dodgers, but he hit just .182 in 49 plate appearances and spent the rest of his career in the minors.&lt;/p&gt;
  123. &lt;p id="z77C7F"&gt;Four years before his first major league baseball appearance, he played his one and only season of pro football. He played in 11 games at fullback for the 1928 New York Giants, which was five years after his final season on the gridiron with the Texas Longhorns. He became the first of two Longhorn athletes to play in both the NFL and Major League Baseball.&lt;/p&gt;
  124. &lt;p id="2ThkGI"&gt;Oscar Eckhardt was inducted into the UT Athletics Hall of Honor in 1961. For his minor league hitting exploits he has been inducted into the halls of fame for both the Pacific Coast League and the Texas League.&lt;/p&gt;
  125. &lt;hr class="p-entry-hr" id="SQU3yY"&gt;
  126. &lt;h2 id="OuAcGz"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Ernie Koy Sr.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;
  127. &lt;p id="jDnPRw"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;football&lt;/strong&gt; — 1930-32&lt;br&gt;&lt;strong&gt;baseball&lt;/strong&gt; — 1931-33&lt;/p&gt;
  128. &lt;p id="FiuALb"&gt;Ernie Koy Sr. was an all-around star athlete from Sealy who excelled on the athletic fields at UT in the early 1930s and was arguably the most decorated football-baseball athlete the University had produced up to that point. In football, he played fullback and made the All-Southwest Conference first team three times, while in baseball he was thrice a first team All-SWC outfielder. &lt;/p&gt;
  129. &lt;p id="u7oQRx"&gt;Standing six feet tall and weighing 200 pounds, he was one of the Longhorns’ two or three heaviest players as a senior on the 1932 football team, of which he was a co-captain. In the following spring, he was the captain of the 1933 Longhorn baseball team and became one of UT’s first two baseball All-Americans along with his teammate, shortstop &lt;strong&gt;Ray Ater&lt;/strong&gt;. After signing with the New York Yankees in 1933, he toiled in the minor leagues for five seasons, then was sold to the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1938 and made his major league debut that year at age 28. He played for four teams in an MLB career that spanned five seasons (1938-42) and which came to an end when he joined the Navy during the height of World War II.&lt;/p&gt;
  130. &lt;p id="kVDSg2"&gt;Though there may have been some recency bias involved, Ernie Koy was viewed in his time by a number of longtime football observers as the best fullback in UT’s history. In 1934 and 1935, Koy was named as the first team fullback on All-Time Longhorn football teams produced by notable sports editors at newspapers in Austin, Dallas, and Waco. &lt;/p&gt;
  131. &lt;p id="idWTpE"&gt;His sons &lt;strong&gt;Ernie Koy Jr.&lt;/strong&gt; and &lt;strong&gt;Ted Koy&lt;/strong&gt; were both football stars at UT during the 1960s and played on the program’s national championship teams of 1963 (Ernie) and 1969 (Ted). The younger Ernie Koy went on to play six seasons in the NFL, while his brother Ted played five NFL seasons himself.&lt;/p&gt;
  132. &lt;p id="Pmh4V8"&gt;Ernie Koy Sr. was inducted into the UT Athletics Hall of Honor in 1960.&lt;/p&gt;
  133. &lt;hr class="p-entry-hr" id="tM3BFE"&gt;
  134. &lt;h2 id="EDK0P6"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Bohn Hilliard&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;
  135. &lt;p id="ehEN6O"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;football&lt;/strong&gt; — 1932-34&lt;br&gt;&lt;strong&gt;baseball&lt;/strong&gt; — 1933-35&lt;/p&gt;
  136. &lt;p id="ISf66O"&gt;Bohn Hilliard was a star athlete at Orange High School in southeast Texas, from which he graduated in 1928. After spending two years as a junior college student-athlete at the Schreiner Institute in Kerrville, he enrolled at Texas in 1930 and played that year for UT’s freshmen football team. (At that time, seasons spent at a junior college did not affect the eligibility clock for a student-athlete at the college level.) He withdrew from school for a year due to academic issues, then returned to UT and joined the football team in 1932, by which point he was a married, 24-year-old sophomore, and an expectant father.&lt;/p&gt;
  137. &lt;p id="oEsgpM"&gt;He showed himself to be one of the best backs in the south during his first season with the Longhorn varsity. In the 1932 game vs. Oklahoma, which was played five days after the birth of his son, Hilliard scored both Texas touchdowns in a 17-10 win, with the second of those touchdowns coming on a 95-yard punt return, which remains the longest punt return in program history. He also intercepted a pass while on defense and recovered a blocked punt in that game.&lt;/p&gt;
  138. &lt;p id="isnzjl"&gt;He went on to become one of the Longhorns’ brightest backfield stars in what may have been the program’s best decade ever in terms of its star power at halfback and fullback. He was not a big back like his sometime teammate Ernie Koy, standing 5’9” and weighing only about 165-170 pounds, but he was an explosive runner. He was a punter and occasional kicker as well as a halfback, and he led Texas in scoring for three straight seasons, finishing his career with 23 touchdowns.&lt;/p&gt;
  139. &lt;p id="Vg7FM0"&gt;He made the All-SWC first team as a sophomore in 1932, and the All-SWC second team in 1933. He was a team captain as a 26-year-old senior in 1934, and during that season he made a 94-yard touchdown run against Texas Tech, the longest run in program history at the time, and today the second-longest behind only &lt;strong&gt;Chris Gilbert&lt;/strong&gt;’s 96-yard touchdown run against TCU in 1967. His overall senior year production didn’t match that of his sophomore and junior seasons, as he battled an injury during that year, but he was given honorable mention on the Associated Press’s All-America team, and was the recipient of the 1934 Houston Post Trophy, which was awarded to the Southwest Conference’s most valuable player based on the votes of a group of prominent sportswriters who covered the conference.&lt;/p&gt;
  140. &lt;p id="rf3FxO"&gt;In three seasons with the Longhorn baseball team he played second base, outfield, and also pitched, and was twice named to the All-SWC team. His efforts on the diamond as a senior in 1935 helped lead Texas to a conference title. He briefly continued his baseball career in the summer of 1935 with the Gladewater Bears, then a Class C minor league team playing in the West Dixie League. Bohn Hilliard was inducted into the UT Athletics Hall of Honor in 1964.&lt;/p&gt;
  141. &lt;hr class="p-entry-hr" id="fucUUZ"&gt;
  142. &lt;h2 id="HXAs9T"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Pete Layden&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;
  143. &lt;p id="lIQrgK"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;football&lt;/strong&gt; — 1939-41&lt;br&gt;&lt;strong&gt;baseball&lt;/strong&gt; — 1939-41&lt;/p&gt;
  144. &lt;p id="zBHDSD"&gt;Pete Layden was one of the top Dallas athletes ever to wear a Longhorn uniform. After graduating from Dallas’s Adamson High School (formerly Oak Cliff High School), he came to UT and was a star in both football and baseball, and it was an open question whether he was a better fullback or outfielder.&lt;/p&gt;
  145. &lt;p id="35FrP0"&gt;He was a three-year letterman in football, playing fullback in coach Dana X. Bible’s single-wing offense. He was UT’s leading rusher in both 1940 and 1941, the leading passer in 1939 and 1940, the leading scorer (with 7 touchdowns) in 1940, and the team’s punter in 1940 and 1941. As a junior in 1940 he made the All-SWC first team and was one of the “Immortal Thirteen” players who helped the Longhorns topple undefeated Texas A&amp;amp;M by a 7-0 score. Layden scored the only touchdown in that legendary Thanksgiving Day upset, which denied the Aggies a chance at a second consecutive national championship.&lt;/p&gt;
  146. &lt;p id="35WfXo"&gt;Layden was elected a co-captain of the 1941 team, but ended up serving in that role alone after his fellow captain-elect &lt;a href="https://www.burntorangenation.com/2021/5/28/22454073/im-remembrance-of-captain-james-red-goodwin-memorial-day-world-war-2-texas-longhorns"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Red Goodwin&lt;/strong&gt; enlisted in the Army Air Force&lt;/a&gt;. The 1941 Longhorn team — perhaps the best team in school history up to that point — was the first in program history to be ranked #1 by the Associated Press after a dominating 6-0 start, and Layden was one of 14 members of the team who were famously featured on the cover of the November 17, 1941 issue of &lt;em&gt;Life&lt;/em&gt; magazine. The perfect season was ended with a tie against Baylor, followed by a 14-7 loss to TCU, but the Longhorns went on to beat 2nd-ranked Texas A&amp;amp;M 23-0 and would finish the year 8-1-1.&lt;/p&gt;
  147. &lt;p id="CCQ5ng"&gt;Following the 1941 season, Layden was again named to the All-SWC team, and was named to the All-America third team of the Central Press Association, and the AP’s honorable mention All-America team.&lt;/p&gt;
  148. &lt;p id="jKaCLv"&gt;Away from the gridiron, Layden played in the outfield for three consecutive conference champion Longhorn teams (1939-41). He was the captain of the 1941 UT baseball team and was the squad’s leading hitter with a batting average of .397, and he was named to the All-SWC team following that season.&lt;/p&gt;
  149. &lt;p id="s2YXHD"&gt;In December of 1941, he was signed by the Louisville Colonels, a minor league baseball team in the American Association then affiliated with the Boston Red Sox. That same month, he was one of ten Longhorns who were picked in the 1942 NFL Draft, which was held on December 22, 1941. Layden was picked in the 14th round by the New York Giants and was the 128th player selected overall.&lt;/p&gt;
  150. &lt;p id="F4EWYi"&gt;But his entry into professional sports was delayed by his military service during World War II. In early 1942, he enlisted in the Army Air Corps, and two years later he was serving as a B-25 instructor. His football skills were put to good use during that time, as he played on the &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1944_Randolph_Field_Ramblers_football_team"&gt;1944 football team for Randolph Field&lt;/a&gt; air base in San Antonio, which went 11-0 and allowed just 19 total points against a slate of opponents that included five colleges and six military base teams. That Randolph Field team, which was loaded with former college and pro football talents, beat Texas 42-6 in an October 7 game in Austin.&lt;/p&gt;
  151. &lt;p id="Pl5W0e"&gt;After the war, Layden joined the Red Sox organization and spent two years (1946-47) playing for a pair of Red Sox-affiliated minor league teams, then after the 1947 season he was traded to the St. Louis Browns, a franchise that later became the Baltimore Orioles. He made his major league debut with the Browns in April of 1948 and played in 41 games with that club, primarily as a center fielder with occasional appearances in right field or as a pinch hitter.&lt;/p&gt;
  152. &lt;p id="nBxbpW"&gt;After compiling a batting average of .250 with only three extra-base hits in 111 plate appearances, he was sent down to the Browns’ AA affiliate in San Antonio on July 24. One week later, Layden’s father died after a car accident. He completed the 1948 season with the San Antonio Missions, but batted just .200 in 35 games played, and thereafter gave up pro baseball.&lt;/p&gt;
  153. &lt;p id="sjnKa3"&gt;Following the conclusion of the 1948 baseball season, Layden finally began a belated pro football career, by which point he was 28 years old and nearly seven years removed from his last game as a Longhorn, and four years after he’d played on the 1944 Randolph Field football team. He reported to the New York (football) Yankees, a franchise that played in the short-lived All-America Football Conference (AAFC), and a team that had two other former Longhorns on its roster. The Yankees had already played four games by the time Layden joined the team, but he quickly became a regular in the lineup and ended up being its second-leading rusher, second-leading passer, and second-leading punter, and he also recorded three interceptions on defense. He played with the Yankees again in 1949, the final year of the AAFC’s existence, then played one more season of pro football in 1950 with an unrelated NFL franchise called the New York Yanks.&lt;/p&gt;
  154. &lt;p id="IqtN0t"&gt;Pete Layden was inducted into the UT Athletics Hall of Honor in 1961. He and Oscar Eckhardt remain the only two Longhorns to have played in both the NFL and in Major League Baseball.&lt;/p&gt;
  155. &lt;hr class="p-entry-hr" id="uboyr5"&gt;
  156. &lt;h2 id="EF449F"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Bobby Layne&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;
  157. &lt;p id="FoWC6G"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;football&lt;/strong&gt; — 1944-47&lt;br&gt;&lt;strong&gt;baseball&lt;/strong&gt; — 1944, 1946-48&lt;/p&gt;
  158. &lt;p id="f6Vsfc"&gt;Robert Lawrence “Bobby” Layne arrived in Austin in 1944, having won football all-state honors as a senior at Highland Park High School in Dallas and established a reputation as the best passer the state had produced in several years. He more than lived up to that billing during a four-year career with the Longhorn football team, during which he made the All-SWC team in all four seasons and won All-America plaudits as a junior and senior.&lt;/p&gt;
  159. &lt;p id="ZJRMQb"&gt;During World War II, the rules that had prohibited college freshmen from playing varsity sports since 1920 were briefly relaxed, allowing Layne to join the Longhorn baseball team immediately upon enrolling in the spring of 1944, and to start in the backfield as a freshman later that fall. He played primarily halfback in the the single-wing offense preferred by head coach Dana X. Bible, a system in which the team’s primary passer might be the halfback or fullback, or a different player from one snap to the next. Bible retired after the 1946 season (Layne’s junior year), and his successor, longtime assistant Blair Cherry, switched Texas to the T-formation and made Layne an under-center quarterback as a senior in 1947.&lt;/p&gt;
  160. &lt;p id="fBu0gb"&gt;Layne led the Longhorns in rushing in 1944 and 1946, was the team’s leading passer in every season from 1944 to 1947, became the first Longhorn to pass for over 1,000 yards in the 1946 season, and on the defensive side he had a team-leading six interceptions in 1946.&lt;/p&gt;
  161. &lt;p id="txg4TG"&gt;As a junior in 1946, he was named a second team All-American by the AP, the United Press, the Central Press Association, and the International News Service. As a senior in 1947 he was a consensus All-American and finished sixth in the Heisman Trophy voting. He re-wrote the passing record book at Texas, and his program record for career passing yardage stood until 1986, when it was broken by &lt;strong&gt;Bret Stafford&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
  162. &lt;p id="yODtvf"&gt;He also made a big impact in baseball, becoming one of the best pitchers in Longhorn history. He was a member of the team for four seasons, playing as a freshman in 1944, missing the 1945 season while serving in the Merchant Marines, and returning for the 1946 through 1948 seasons. He set career records for wins and strikeouts that stood until the 1970s, and during the 1946 season he pitched the program’s first two no-hitters. He struck out 16 Southwestern Pirates while throwing UT’s first no-hitter in a 7-0 win on March 28, 1946, and just over five weeks later he struck out 14 Texas A&amp;amp;M Aggies while giving up no hits, walking two batters, and allowing one unearned run in a 2-1 conference win.&lt;/p&gt;
  163. &lt;p id="Burghx"&gt;He had a career record of 28-0 as a starting pitcher in conference games while at Texas, and made the All-SWC first team in all four of his seasons on the diamond. After completing his last baseball season in Austin, he played for a minor league baseball team in Lubbock the summer of 1948, but turned down entreaties from major league baseball clubs in favor of going pro in football.&lt;/p&gt;
  164. &lt;p id="ChYiSE"&gt;He was picked by the Chicago Bears as the third overall selection in the 1948 NFL Draft, but as a rookie he was the third-string QB behind future Pro Football Hall of Famer &lt;strong&gt;Sid Luckman&lt;/strong&gt; and future All-Pro &lt;strong&gt;Johnny Lujack&lt;/strong&gt; (a former Notre Dame star and winner of the 1947 Heisman Trophy). Layne was traded after his rookie year and ended up spending the majority of his NFL career with the Detroit Lions, with whom he was a two-time All-Pro. Layne led the Lions to consecutive NFL Championship victories in the 1952 and 1953 seasons. He was also the starting QB for much of the 1957 season, which ended with another Lions championship win, but he was injured late in that campaign and did not start during the playoffs. He was traded to Pittsburgh early in the 1958 season and played for most of his final five seasons with that franchise.&lt;/p&gt;
  165. &lt;p id="tk0hu1"&gt;He played in 15 NFL seasons overall, and at the time of his retirement following the 1962 season he had the most career passing yards and passing touchdowns in NFL history (though he was second in the annals of pro football behind Y.A. Tittle, whose first three professional seasons were spent in the AAFC and whose totals from both leagues surpassed Layne’s). He was one of three QBs named to the Pro Football Hall of Fame’s 1950s All-Decade Team.&lt;/p&gt;
  166. &lt;p id="5wmMOb"&gt;Layne was inducted into the UT Athletics Hall of Honor in 1963, and four years later in 1967 he was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame, becoming the Hall’s first Texas Longhorn.&lt;/p&gt;
  167. &lt;hr class="p-entry-hr" id="0Bbid5"&gt;
  168. &lt;h2 id="A76O2I"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;James Street&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;
  169. &lt;p id="LAJH5t"&gt;football — 1968-69&lt;br&gt;baseball — 1968-70&lt;/p&gt;
  170. &lt;p id="eicufh"&gt;James Street, a multi-sport standout at Longview High School in east Texas, was the very first football recruit in the 1966 class to commit to the Texas Longhorns, doing so just a few days before Christmas in 1965. (Football recruiting moved at a very different speed back then.) By the end of his collegiate career, he was a certified two-sport legend for the Longhorns.&lt;/p&gt;
  171. &lt;p id="omkqIt"&gt;As a sophomore in 1967, he practiced as a backup QB and a backup tailback, and only appeared in a pair of games. He was the backup QB at the start of the 1968 season, which saw the Longhorns unveil the new wishbone triple-option offense. But after struggles in the wishbone’s first two games that resulted in a tie against Houston and a loss to Texas Tech, Street took over at quarterback, while former starting QB &lt;strong&gt;Bill Bradley&lt;/strong&gt; was moved to receiver, then ultimately to defensive back. All James Street did in two seasons as Texas’s starting QB was win games. Twenty consecutive games, in fact. The Longhorns won their last nine games of the 1968 season, capped off with a 36-13 domination of Tennessee in the Cotton Bowl, and were ranked 3rd in that season’s final AP poll.&lt;/p&gt;
  172. &lt;p id="VAOQIk"&gt;As a senior, Street was a team captain of the 1969 Longhorn team and started all 11 games at QB during that legendary season, which concluded with Texas beating 2nd-ranked Arkansas 15-14 in the “Game of the Century” on December 6, and then defeating Notre Dame 21-17 in the Cotton Bowl on New Year’s Day 1970 to secure the program’s second national championship in football.&lt;/p&gt;
  173. &lt;p id="LLmBpu"&gt;In his three seasons pitching for the Longhorn baseball team, Street made the All-SWC team every year, was a second team All-American in 1968 and 1969, was a member of three SWC championship teams, and helped Texas reach the College World Series in all three years. He was the first Longhorn to be named baseball team MVP three times, and he tossed the fifth and sixth no-hitters in program history. The latter of his two no-hitters was a perfect game against Texas Tech on April 3, 1970, still the only perfect game thrown by a Longhorn in baseball. He was taken in the 31st round of the 1970 MLB draft, but did not have a pro baseball career.&lt;/p&gt;
  174. &lt;p id="leg8nL"&gt;James Street was inducted into the UT Athletics Hall of Honor in 1982.&lt;/p&gt;
  175. &lt;hr class="p-entry-hr" id="l6xC4F"&gt;
  176. &lt;h2 id="kW5aWC"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Johnny Walker&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;
  177. &lt;p id="WNJhJ5"&gt;football (1987-90)&lt;br&gt;baseball (1990)&lt;/p&gt;
  178. &lt;p id="gY8D2S"&gt;Johnny Walker signed with Texas in 1987 after starring in both football and baseball at San Antonio Holmes. In football, he was one of the nation’s highest-rated wide receiver prospects and was part of an explosive Holmes offensive attack that included fellow future Longhorns &lt;strong&gt;Keith and Kerry Cash&lt;/strong&gt; as pass-catchers and future Michigan Wolverine and Angelo State Ram &lt;strong&gt;Wilbur Odom&lt;/strong&gt; at quarterback. The &lt;em&gt;Austin American-Statesman&lt;/em&gt; ranked Walker as the third overall prospect in the state on its “Fab 50” list for the 1987 class. He was also a speedy outfielder and power hitter for the Holmes baseball team, and after his senior season he was picked in the 43rd round of the 1987 MLB Draft by the Chicago Cubs, but he did not sign with them.&lt;/p&gt;
  179. &lt;p id="9qPssn"&gt;He totaled 19 receptions during his freshman and sophomore seasons at Texas, then he broke out as a junior in 1989 and made the All-SWC first team after catching 55 passes (a new single-season program record) for 785 yards (2nd all-time in Longhorn history at that point) and 4 touchdowns.&lt;/p&gt;
  180. &lt;p id="qvYyfy"&gt;After receiving little playing time in baseball during his first two years at UT, Walker played in 35 games as an outfielder during the 1990 baseball season, hitting .326 and helping the team reach the NCAA Central Regional tournament. In the first round of that tournament he had a walk-off two-run double to give Texas a 9-8 win over UT-Arlington, but Texas went on to drop two games to Cal State Fullerton to end its season.&lt;/p&gt;
  181. &lt;p id="W1x8n6"&gt;Despite not having a large body of work on the college baseball diamond for professional scouts to evaluate, some MLB teams were enamored with his athleticism and bat speed. Longhorn coach &lt;strong&gt;Cliff Gustafson&lt;/strong&gt; raved about his potential, but lamented his lack of experience, given that spring football practices conflicted with the college baseball season, and Walker had not played baseball during the summers as many other players had. Walker was drafted by the Atlanta Braves in the 4th round (as the 102nd overall pick) of the 1990 MLB Draft. He signed a contract with the Braves in June of 1990 that reportedly paid him a $172,000 signing bonus and allowed him to both return to Texas and play his senior season of football, and also to potentially pursue a pro football career while playing baseball, as &lt;strong&gt;Bo Jackson&lt;/strong&gt; and &lt;strong&gt;Deion Sanders&lt;/strong&gt; were both doing at that time. (Sanders was in his second season with the New York Yankees, and had played his rookie NFL season with the Atlanta Falcons during the previous year.) Walker played in 39 games for Atlanta’s rookie league affiliate in Pulaski, Virginia, then re-joined his Longhorn football teammates that fall. &lt;/p&gt;
  182. &lt;p id="EE3AA3"&gt;The 1990 season — the high-water mark of the David McWilliams era — saw the Longhorns go 10-2, finishing with their highest win total since 1983. Walker was again the team’s leading receiver, making 40 receptions for 565 yards, and though he didn’t find the end zone on any of his catches he still impressed enough to make the All-SWC first team. In the 1991 NFL Draft, he was taken by the Green Bay Packers in the 8th round with the 203rd overall pick.&lt;/p&gt;
  183. &lt;p id="8YharV"&gt;After hitting for a .212 batting average in 1990 during his first swim through the Rookie level of the minor leagues, Johnny Walker batted .315 with a slugging percentage of .493 in 18 games played during the summer of 1991 with the Idaho Falls Braves of the Pioneer League, but that would be his last appearance in affiliated baseball. Later that summer he reported to the Green Bay Packers’ training camp, but he was waived in August and never appeared in an NFL game.&lt;/p&gt;
  184. &lt;hr class="p-entry-hr" id="FWlou5"&gt;
  185. &lt;h2 id="TELQgt"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Shea Morenz&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;
  186. &lt;p id="LFncKv"&gt;football — 1993-94&lt;br&gt;baseball — 1993-95&lt;/p&gt;
  187. &lt;p id="BcBhK6"&gt;Shea Morenz was an elite two-sport recruit who came to UT from San Angelo Central in 1992. As a high school senior he was rated as the state’s top overall football prospect — and by some analysts as the nation’s top quarterback prospect — in his class. He was the headline signee of the first recruiting class of newly-hired head coach &lt;strong&gt;John Mackovic&lt;/strong&gt; and viewed as the potential savior of a sputtering Longhorn offense that had averaged under 18 points per game in the 1991 season and brought an end to the tenure of head coach &lt;strong&gt;David McWilliams&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
  188. &lt;p id="IYHen3"&gt;He also showed enough talent on the baseball diamond — he batted .507 with seven home runs as a senior for a Central team that only played in 25 games — that he was seen as a potential high-round baseball draft pick in the summer after he graduated high school. He was picked in the sixth round of the 1992 baseball draft by the Toronto Blue Jays and was reportedly offered a signing bonus more appropriate for a first round pick, but elected not to sign. (A post almost as long as this one could be written just about Morenz’s senior year of high school and the summer that followed it before he ultimately decided to put off pro baseball for the time being and enroll at Texas in the fall of 1992.)&lt;/p&gt;
  189. &lt;p id="wwHFmR"&gt;After redshirting during his first football season at Texas, Morenz became the starting QB as a redshirt freshman in 1993, and during that campaign he set new Longhorn freshmen records for pass attempts (335), completions (183), passing yards (2,341), and passing touchdowns (13). The 1993 Longhorns finished 5-5-1, but had high hopes going into the 1994 season with the return of Morenz and all-conference wide receivers &lt;strong&gt;Mike Adams&lt;/strong&gt; and &lt;strong&gt;Lovell Pinkney&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
  190. &lt;p id="O33OZj"&gt;The 1994 Longhorns opened with three straight wins, but Morenz suffered a sprained knee during a 34-31 loss to fourth-ranked Colorado that sidelined him for the following week’s game against Oklahoma, and permanently altered his future as the Longhorn QB. Redshirt freshman &lt;strong&gt;James Brown&lt;/strong&gt; got the start vs. Oklahoma and finished with 199 total yards and two touchdowns (one passing and one rushing) while completing 17 of 22 passes in a 17-10 win over the 16th-ranked Sooners.&lt;/p&gt;
  191. &lt;p id="TSQLDm"&gt;Morenz returned to start the following week against Rice, but his ailing knee limited his mobility and left him playing at well under 100%, and the UT offense was further neutered in the week leading up to that game by the suspensions of Mike Adams and Lovell Pinkney. Morenz completed just 18 of 39 passes for 163 yards and the Longhorns were held to just 16 rushing yards in a 19-17 upset loss, the program’s first loss to Rice since 1965. Morenz started in the next three games, but increasingly shared snaps with Brown, who usually made the most of his opportunities.&lt;/p&gt;
  192. &lt;p id="NpVUXt"&gt;After Morenz suffered a bruised right shoulder in a 34-10 loss to Texas A&amp;amp;M, Brown took over as the starting QB for the Longhorns’ last two regular season games, which resulted in a pair of high-scoring, lopsided wins over Houston and Baylor in which he passed for a total of nine touchdowns. Brown also got the nod for UT’s Sun Bowl date with North Carolina, a 35-31 win best remembered for Anthony (not yet “Priest”) Holmes’s 205 yards from scrimmage and four rushing touchdowns.&lt;/p&gt;
  193. &lt;p id="bM6AEz"&gt;While Morenz experienced an up-and-down career on the gridiron as a Longhorn, his baseball career blossomed after a freshman season in which he hit just .143 in limited at-bats. As a sophomore in 1994, he had a batting average of .330 and was a first team All-SWC outfielder while participating in both baseball and in football’s spring practices. After his injury-marred 1994 football season, he was allowed by Mackovic to skip spring practices and focus solely on baseball, and in the spring of 1995 he continued to establish himself as a bona fide baseball prospect by hitting .338 with nine home runs and 33 total extra-base hits in 210 at-bats, once again earning all-conference honors.&lt;/p&gt;
  194. &lt;p id="2C4Cya"&gt;The discussion of whether or not Morenz would return to football that fall and battle with James Brown to reclaim the starting QB spot became moot after he was picked by the New York Yankees in the first round (and 27th overall pick) of the 1995 MLB Draft. He played in five minor league seasons with teams affiliated with the Yankees and San Diego Padres, reaching the AAA level at the end of the 1998 season but never appearing in the major leagues. He retired from baseball after the 1999 season, in which injuries limited him to just 25 games.&lt;/p&gt;
  195. &lt;p id="xOPcR9"&gt;I know of no Longhorn since Shea Morenz’s time who has won letters in both football and baseball.&lt;/p&gt;
  196. &lt;hr class="p-entry-hr" id="eXCQBh"&gt;
  197. &lt;h2 id="X5AqJx"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Honorable Mention&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;
  198. &lt;p id="vJabnM"&gt;Here are five more football-baseball dual athletes who didn’t shine quite as brightly in both sports but who at least merit a mention in a post on this topic.&lt;/p&gt;
  199. &lt;h3 id="EOy7Ln"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;James Slaughter “Snaky” Jones&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;
  200. &lt;p id="S586Dj"&gt;football — 1895-96&lt;br&gt;baseball — 1896-97&lt;/p&gt;
  201. &lt;p id="0JgBAC"&gt;Jones was one of the first two men to be recognized as three-sport lettermen at UT, and the first to be a captain in both football and baseball. A resident of Bastrop, he enrolled at UT as a law student in 1895 after graduating from the Virginia Military Institute (VMI), and competed in football, baseball, and track &amp;amp; field while in Austin. He was captain of UT’s 1896 football team, and also captained the 1897 baseball team. He was inducted into the UT Athletics Hall of Honor in 1983.&lt;/p&gt;
  202. &lt;h3 id="dbKA1d"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Pete Edmond&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;
  203. &lt;p id="fMlk0i"&gt;football — 1913-15&lt;br&gt;baseball — 1913-16&lt;/p&gt;
  204. &lt;p id="RxcWn1"&gt;A Waco High School product, Edmond was one of the University’s top all-around athletes of his era. He was a standout end on the Longhorn football team and played third base on two conference championship baseball teams. In addition to that, he was also twice an All-SWC basketball player, and was a team captain in both baseball and basketball. He was killed in action while serving with the Army during World War I, and was one of &lt;a href="https://www.burntorangenation.com/2021/5/31/22461395/remembering-fallen-texas-longhorns-of-world-war-1-memorial-day"&gt;four Longhorn football lettermen who died while in service&lt;/a&gt; during that war. He was inducted into the UT Athletics Hall of Honor in 1959.&lt;/p&gt;
  205. &lt;h3 id="4sbfki"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Fred Thompson&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;
  206. &lt;p id="LJDjhn"&gt;football — 1924-25&lt;br&gt;baseball — 1925-26&lt;/p&gt;
  207. &lt;p id="NJxYWt"&gt;Thompson’s college career is one of the great, if forgotten, “what could have been” stories of Longhorn athletics. A Rusk native, he was a two-year letterman in both football and baseball. He was very inexperienced at football when he arrived in Austin but developed into a regular halfback and a good all-around player. In baseball, he was seen as the best player on campus even as a freshman in the spring of 1924, before he was eligible for the varsity squad and at a time when the team had two future major leaguers on the roster. UT’s longtime baseball coach &lt;strong&gt;Billy Disch&lt;/strong&gt; would later call Thompson, “one of the most brilliant major league prospects I ever saw in a college uniform.”&lt;/p&gt;
  208. &lt;p id="isfxEj"&gt;He was an All-SWC outfielder in 1925 and arguably the conference’s best power hitter. But late in the 1925 football season he suffered a separated shoulder while making a tackle vs. Texas A&amp;amp;M, which ruined his throwing arm. Forced to move to second base because of his arm’s limitations, he was an All-SWC player again in 1926, but he quit athletics after his graduation and went on to a long career as a teacher and school administrator.&lt;/p&gt;
  209. &lt;h3 id="KpgoxS"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Ransom Jackson&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;
  210. &lt;p id="OrKlz9"&gt;football — 1945&lt;br&gt;baseball — 1946-47&lt;/p&gt;
  211. &lt;p id="rmTGpB"&gt;Jackson graduated from Little Rock High School in Arkansas during the World War II years. After enrolling at Arkansas, he enlisted in the Navy and was part of its V-12 officer training program, which ended up transferring him first to TCU in 1944, then to Texas in 1945. He played football at both schools, becoming the first man ever to play in the Cotton Bowl for different schools in consecutive years. He played on two Longhorn baseball teams that dominated the Southwest Conference, and then signed with the Chicago Cubs in 1947. He made his major league debut in 1950, and ended up playing for three teams during a ten-year MLB career. Notably, he was a member of the 1957 Brooklyn Dodgers, the last year that franchise remained in Brooklyn before its move to Los Angeles. Ransom Jackson is the answer to the trivia question: “Who hit the last home run for the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1957 before the team moved to Los Angeles?”&lt;/p&gt;
  212. &lt;h3 id="gSoYqw"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Max Alvis&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;
  213. &lt;p id="Uk8Hz0"&gt;football — 1957&lt;br&gt;baseball — 1958&lt;/p&gt;
  214. &lt;p id="50FK6p"&gt;A talented dual-athlete from Jasper in southeast Texas, Alvis was a member of Darrell Royal’s first Longhorn football team as a sophomore in 1957 and started for most of that season at right halfback. He had skill as a passer, runner, receiver, and blocker, and was noted for his ferocious tackling while on defense. He would likely have been a three-year letterman and an all-conference candidate had he remained at Texas through his senior year, but he was too good at baseball. After playing on the 1958 Longhorn baseball team and leading the SWC in hitting, he was signed to a pro baseball contract by the Cleveland Indians (now the Guardians) in the summer of 1958. (This was seven years before the MLB’s first amateur draft, back when pro teams could sign amateurs at any point in their college careers.) Alvis made his MLB debut in 1962 and was Cleveland’s everyday third baseman for most of seven seasons and made two American League All-Star teams. He retired after the 1970 season.&lt;/p&gt;
  215. &lt;hr class="p-entry-hr" id="wAKqMb"&gt;
  216. &lt;h2 id="neacl4"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;University of Texas athletes who were team captains in both football and baseball&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;
  217. &lt;p id="sz7RSE"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;James “Snaky” Jones&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;Football: 1896&lt;br&gt;Baseball: 1897&lt;/p&gt;
  218. &lt;p id="mtr03s"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Maxey Hart&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;Football: 1920&lt;br&gt;Baseball: 1917&lt;/p&gt;
  219. &lt;p id="rkTEDT"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Ernie Koy&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;Football: 1932&lt;br&gt;Baseball: 1933&lt;/p&gt;
  220. &lt;p id="fWNidq"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Pete Layden&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;Football: 1941&lt;br&gt;Baseball: 1941&lt;/p&gt;
  221. &lt;hr class="p-entry-hr" id="qvQStS"&gt;
  222. &lt;h2 id="80Iccs"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Texas Longhorn football lettermen who appeared in at least one Major League Baseball game, in order of their MLB debut (year in parentheses)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;
  223. &lt;p id="es0YHB"&gt;Bibb Falk (1920)&lt;br&gt;Frank “Pinky” Higgins (1930)&lt;br&gt;Thomas Hughes (1930)&lt;br&gt;Oscar Eckhardt (1932)&lt;br&gt;Ernie Koy (1938)&lt;br&gt;Melvin Preibisch (1940)&lt;br&gt;Pete Layden (1948)&lt;br&gt;Ransom Jackson (1950)&lt;br&gt;Max Alvis (1962)&lt;br&gt;Gary Moore (1970)&lt;br&gt;Keith Moreland (1978)&lt;/p&gt;
  224. &lt;hr class="p-entry-hr" id="Z0ACM4"&gt;
  225. &lt;h2 id="ALMMo0"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Texas Longhorn baseball lettermen who played in the NFL&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;
  226. &lt;p id="G1fERK"&gt;Oscar Eckhardt&lt;br&gt;Pete Layden&lt;br&gt;Bobby Layne&lt;/p&gt;
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  232.      <name>Jonathan Wells</name>
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  236.    <published>2024-05-09T14:15:18-05:00</published>
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  238.    <title>Longhorns Daily News: TCU’s Sonny Dykes thinks Power Five, Group of Five will eventually ‘split into two separate divisions’ </title>
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  240.  
  241.    &lt;figure&gt;
  242.      &lt;img alt="TCU v Oklahoma" src="https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/vUjkBgUz_Hr1q7bUuF8SMDFxLBU=/0x0:3456x2304/1310x873/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/73337658/1871318180.0.jpg" /&gt;
  243.        &lt;figcaption&gt;Photo by Brian Bahr/Getty Images&lt;/figcaption&gt;
  244.    &lt;/figure&gt;
  245.  
  246.  &lt;p&gt;Plus: Texas softball’s Big 12 Tournament starts today &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p id="CrMVOQ"&gt;It’s a momentous time in college football. Not just for the &lt;a href="https://www.burntorangenation.com"&gt;Texas Longhorns&lt;/a&gt;, as the program prepares to enter the SEC alongside fellow new arrival and long-time rival Oklahoma. But for the sport at large, as many wonder what might be in store for its future structure. &lt;/p&gt;
  247. &lt;p id="VBEXyB"&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.frogsowar.com"&gt;TCU&lt;/a&gt; head coach Sonny Dykes has an opinion on the matter, per &lt;a href="http://TexasFootball.com"&gt;TexasFootball.com&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;
  248. &lt;p id="enP1r5"&gt;“There is such a big difference right now between the haves and the have nots and I think we’ll eventually split into two separate divisions,” he reportedly said. “Alabama and Louisiana Tech aren’t playing the same sport.”&lt;/p&gt;
  249. &lt;p id="0r56Tf"&gt;Is a split really coming? &lt;/p&gt;
  250. &lt;p id="Z1pnoE"&gt;Some believe so. &lt;/p&gt;
  251. &lt;div id="f2p0eG"&gt;
  252. &lt;blockquote class="twitter-tweet"&gt;
  253. &lt;p lang="en" dir="ltr"&gt;A split is coming for P4 and G5 football. &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;I asked coaches across the state about the future of FBS football and a two-division model with its own playoffs and Top 25 ranking. &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Thoughts from Dykes, Lashlee, Morris, Bloomgren. &lt;a href="https://t.co/6mUgw870hX"&gt;https://t.co/6mUgw870hX&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="https://t.co/oCQGNzeOVN"&gt;pic.twitter.com/oCQGNzeOVN&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;— Mike Craven (@CravenMike) &lt;a href="https://twitter.com/CravenMike/status/1788201542434046182?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"&gt;May 8, 2024&lt;/a&gt;
  254. &lt;/blockquote&gt;
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  256.  
  257. &lt;/div&gt;
  258. &lt;h3 id="I8Aedh"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;WHAT THEY’RE SAYING ABOUT THE LONGHORNS &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;
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  267. &lt;h3 id="DISLye"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;RECRUITING ROUNDUP &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;
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  269. &lt;p id="rrUDqj"&gt;&lt;a href="https://247sports.com/college/texas/article/texas-longhorns-football-jermayne-lole-defensive-tackle-flip-oklahoma-transfer-portal-231590466/"&gt;247Sports&lt;/a&gt;: With the addition of Jermayne Lole, Steve Sarkisian continuing to address Texas’ depth at defensive tackle&lt;/p&gt;
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  271. &lt;p id="OQgf1B"&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.on3.com/teams/texas-longhorns/news/2026-top-50-prospect-tradarian-ball-and-texas-continue-to-build/"&gt;Inside Texas&lt;/a&gt;: 2026 Top 50 prospect Tradarian Ball and Texas continue to build &lt;/p&gt;
  272. &lt;h3 id="or6i15"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;BIG 12 BREAKDOWN &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;
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  274. &lt;p id="9RwUaX"&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.statesman.com/story/sports/college/longhorns/softball/2024/05/08/will-the-big-12-tournament-champion-earn-the-no-1-overall-ncaa-softball-seed-texas-says-yes/73568174007/"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Austin American-Statesman&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;: No. 1 Texas has plenty of motivations for this year’s &lt;a href="https://www.sbnation.com/big-12-basketball-tournament"&gt;Big 12 Tournament&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;
  275. &lt;p id="GMoxC3"&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.frogsowar.com/2024/5/7/24151702/football-texas-db-transfer-austin-jordan-commits-to-tcu"&gt;Frogs O’ War&lt;/a&gt;: Football: Texas DB transfer Austin Jordan commits to TCU&lt;/p&gt;
  276. &lt;p id="tqUEvs"&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.vanquishthefoe.com/2024/5/8/24150109/utah-transfer-keba-keita-commits-to-byu-basketball-transfer-portal"&gt;Vanquish The Foe&lt;/a&gt;: Utah transfer Keba Keita commits to &lt;a href="https://www.vanquishthefoe.com"&gt;BYU&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  277. &lt;p id="J6YsbL"&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.vanquishthefoe.com/2024/5/9/24146934/2024-signee-isaac-davis-decommits-from-byu-basketball-commits-utah-state"&gt;Vanquish The Foe&lt;/a&gt;: 2024 signee Isaac Davis decommits from BYU, commits to Utah State&lt;/p&gt;
  278. &lt;h3 id="SfGy68"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;WHAT WE’RE READING &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;
  279. &lt;p id="kfHR5B"&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.sbnation.com/nfl/2024/5/9/24152825/dallas-cowboys-dak-prescott-contract-extension-risk-lamb-parsons"&gt;SB Nation&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="https://www.bloggingtheboys.com/"&gt;Dallas Cowboys&lt;/a&gt; are playing a dangerous waiting game with Dak Prescott&lt;/p&gt;
  280. &lt;p id="RPG0wk"&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.sbnation.com/nba/2024/5/8/24152527/josh-hart-reggie-miller-knicks-fans-chant-video-pacers-nba-playoffs"&gt;SB Nation&lt;/a&gt;: Josh Hart made sure Reggie Miller heard &lt;a href="https://www.postingandtoasting.com"&gt;Knicks&lt;/a&gt; fans chanting ‘f--- you’ in &lt;a href="https://www.sbnation.com/nba-playoffs"&gt;NBA Playoffs&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  281. &lt;p id="Vxg0wJ"&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.sbnation.com/nba/2024/5/9/24152852/shaq-nikola-jokic-mvp-nba-playoffs"&gt;SB Nation&lt;/a&gt;: Shaq’s awkward conversation with Nikola Jokic wasn’t wrong, but that doesn’t mean he was right&lt;/p&gt;
  282. &lt;h3 id="5F8WmO"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;NEWS ACROSS LONGHORN NATION AND BEYOND &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;
  283. &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li id="jZcjmY"&gt;Texas softball’s last Big 12 Tournament begins today at 5pm versus Texas Tech. &lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;
  284. &lt;div id="A30Fhr"&gt;
  285. &lt;blockquote class="twitter-tweet"&gt;
  286. &lt;p lang="en" dir="ltr"&gt;let the games begin  &lt;a href="https://t.co/00jeUmZ64r"&gt;https://t.co/00jeUmZ64r&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/HookEm?src=hash&amp;amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"&gt;#HookEm&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href="https://twitter.com/KatieStew2242?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"&gt;@KatieStew2242&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="https://t.co/IxLVokpq4S"&gt;pic.twitter.com/IxLVokpq4S&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;— Texas Softball (@TexasSoftball) &lt;a href="https://twitter.com/TexasSoftball/status/1788570113022579056?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"&gt;May 9, 2024&lt;/a&gt;
  287. &lt;/blockquote&gt;
  288. &lt;script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"&gt;&lt;/script&gt;
  289.  
  290. &lt;/div&gt;
  291.  
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  294.    <id>https://www.burntorangenation.com/2024/5/9/24153038/longhorns-daily-news-tcu-sonny-dykes-power-five-group-of-five-big-12-sec-big-ten</id>
  295.    <author>
  296.      <name>Xander Peters</name>
  297.    </author>
  298.  </entry>
  299.  <entry>
  300.    <published>2024-05-09T12:51:47-05:00</published>
  301.    <updated>2024-05-09T12:51:47-05:00</updated>
  302.    <title>Texas flips former Louisville DT Jermayne Lole from Oklahoma</title>
  303.    <content type="html">  
  304.  
  305.    &lt;figure&gt;
  306.      &lt;img alt="NCAA Football: Notre Dame at Louisville" src="https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/4dhgDgeOJ0APqSnWdmFHyXzOFto=/0x0:3815x2543/1310x873/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/73337397/usa_today_21613437.0.jpg" /&gt;
  307.        &lt;figcaption&gt;Jamie Rhodes-USA TODAY Sports&lt;/figcaption&gt;
  308.    &lt;/figure&gt;
  309.  
  310.  &lt;p&gt;The Longhorns pay back their Red River rivals for landing Damonic Williams last week.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p id="bwrgBZ"&gt;A week after the &lt;a href="https://www.burntorangenation.com"&gt;Texas Longhorns&lt;/a&gt; lost out on former &lt;a href="https://www.frogsowar.com"&gt;TCU Horned Frogs&lt;/a&gt; defensive tackle Damonic Williams to the &lt;a href="https://www.crimsonandcreammachine.com"&gt;Oklahoma Sooners&lt;/a&gt;, head coach Steve Sarkisian and his staff used that decision to their advantage, flipping former &lt;a href="https://www.cardchronicle.com"&gt;Louisville Cardinals&lt;/a&gt; defensive tackle Jermayne Lole from the Sooners.&lt;/p&gt;
  311. &lt;div id="pn6Dc2"&gt;
  312. &lt;blockquote class="twitter-tweet"&gt;
  313. &lt;p lang="qme" dir="ltr"&gt;&lt;a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/hookem?src=hash&amp;amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"&gt;#hookem&lt;/a&gt;    &lt;a href="https://t.co/mhkDRevrxl"&gt;pic.twitter.com/mhkDRevrxl&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;— Jermayne Tauinaola Lole   (@JermayneLole) &lt;a href="https://twitter.com/JermayneLole/status/1788613710073762111?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"&gt;May 9, 2024&lt;/a&gt;
  314. &lt;/blockquote&gt;
  315. &lt;script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"&gt;&lt;/script&gt;
  316.  
  317. &lt;/div&gt;
  318. &lt;p id="kzreN4"&gt;The 6’3, 310-pounder has one year of eligibility remaining and becomes the third defensive tackle the Longhorns have added through the NCAA transfer portal this offseason, joining former Wildcats Tia Savea and Bill Norton. Lole is ranked as the No. 867 player in the 247Sports NCAA transfer portal rankings and the No. 88 defensive lineman.&lt;/p&gt;
  319. &lt;p id="yHryER"&gt;Lole entered the portal as soon as the spring &lt;a href="http://www.sbnation.com/transfer-rumors"&gt;transfer window&lt;/a&gt; opened last month, departing Louisville despite originally announcing his intentions to return for a final season after he was granted a medical redshirt for the 2022 season, in which he appeared in two games before suffering a season-ending elbow injury.&lt;/p&gt;
  320. &lt;p id="21R659"&gt;Oklahoma was able to secure an official visit from Lole during their spring game and he committed two days later, but that wasn’t enough to ensure he’ll finish his college football career in Norman. Instead, he’ll line up across the field from the Sooners in burnt orange and white in the &lt;a href="https://www.sbnation.com/cotton-bowl"&gt;Cotton Bowl&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
  321. &lt;p id="Vg9ELo"&gt;In nine starts and 12 overall appearances for the Cardinals in 2023, Lole bounced back from two injury-plagued seasons to finish with 19 tackles, five tackles for loss, 1.5 sacks, one forced fumble, and two pass break ups. The Long Beach product had also missed the entire 2021 season at &lt;a href="https://www.houseofsparky.com"&gt;Arizona State&lt;/a&gt; with a triceps injury.&lt;/p&gt;
  322. &lt;p id="VFuzMG"&gt;The injuries derailed a promising start to Lole’s career with the Sun Devils — over three seasons and 28 appearances at Arizona State, he recorded 123 tackles, 20.0 tackles for loss, 11.0 sacks, eight pass deflections, and two forced fumbles.&lt;/p&gt;
  323. &lt;div id="GHrCrf"&gt;&lt;div style="left: 0; width: 100%; height: 0; position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.25%;"&gt;&lt;iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/HWrbpCzINFc?rel=0" style="top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; position: absolute; border: 0;" allowfullscreen="" scrolling="no" allow="accelerometer; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share;"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  324. &lt;p id="nFYtda"&gt;As a member of the 2018 recruiting class, Lole was a consensus three-star prospect out of Long Beach Poly ranked as the No. 551 player nationally and the No. 24 strong-side defensive end, according to the 247Sports Composite rankings. Lole chose Arizona State over 13 other offers, including Arizona and Tennessee, among others, also taking official visits to San Diego State and &lt;a href="https://www.cougcenter.com"&gt;Washington State&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
  325. &lt;p id="nvZxpo"&gt;Now Lole is poised to compete with Savea, Norton, and senior Vernon Broughton for the starting spot opposite senior Alfred Collins, filling the final major need along the defensive line as new position coach Kenny Baker attempts to replace Byron Murphy and T’Vondre Sweat, the nation’s top two interior defensive linemen in 2023, according to Pro Football Focus.&lt;/p&gt;
  326. &lt;p id="YnoakQ"&gt;Texas is now at 83 scholarships for the fall.&lt;/p&gt;
  327.  
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  329.    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.burntorangenation.com/2024/5/9/24152974/jermayne-lole-commits-flips-texas-longhorns-oklahoma-sooners"/>
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  331.    <author>
  332.      <name>Wescott Eberts</name>
  333.    </author>
  334.  </entry>
  335.  <entry>
  336.    <published>2024-05-08T16:59:19-05:00</published>
  337.    <updated>2024-05-08T16:59:19-05:00</updated>
  338.    <title>Four-star Auburn CB commit Devin Williams sets official visit to Texas </title>
  339.    <content type="html">  
  340.  
  341.    &lt;figure&gt;
  342.      &lt;img alt="" src="https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/WrlcEIBY3ldGbEfkGO-Y_Ecdb6U=/0x0:1200x800/1310x873/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/73335756/DevinWilliams.0.jpeg" /&gt;
  343.        &lt;figcaption&gt;Benjamin Wolk, 247Sports&lt;/figcaption&gt;
  344.    &lt;/figure&gt;
  345.  
  346.  &lt;p&gt;Longhorns set to host a committed prospect from Georgia. &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p id="dvp9y6"&gt;The summer official visitor list continues to grow for Steve Sarkisian and the Texas Longhorn coaching staff. As June draws closer, we are starting to see more and more names make arrangements to make their way to Austin to have the red carpet rolled out for them, and yesterday another SEC commit added his name to the ledger.&lt;/p&gt;
  347. &lt;p id="XdDc2j"&gt;Four star Buford (Ga.) cornerback Devin Williams has been committed to Auburn since February and scheduled to be in Auburn for an official visit on the weekend of June 14th. On Tuesday, Williams announced via his Twitter page that he has set an official visit to see Texas the following weekend beginning on the 21st. &lt;/p&gt;
  348. &lt;div id="Be5QAG"&gt;
  349. &lt;blockquote class="twitter-tweet"&gt;
  350. &lt;p lang="en" dir="ltr"&gt;Texas Official Visit, June 21-23…&lt;a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/HookEm?src=hash&amp;amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"&gt;#HookEm&lt;/a&gt;   &lt;a href="https://t.co/1y1OGc51DZ"&gt;pic.twitter.com/1y1OGc51DZ&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;— Devin Williams (@DevinWilliams21) &lt;a href="https://twitter.com/DevinWilliams21/status/1788014135411675591?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"&gt;May 8, 2024&lt;/a&gt;
  351. &lt;/blockquote&gt;
  352. &lt;script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"&gt;&lt;/script&gt;
  353.  
  354. &lt;/div&gt;
  355. &lt;p id="BBdzsj"&gt;As of Wednesday, Williams only has the two official visits setup for the month of June. With the trip to Auburn being right before his trip to Texas it will be interesting to see if Hugh Freeze and his staff take measures to shut down his recruitment to prevent him from seeing another destination. &lt;/p&gt;
  356. &lt;p id="sgV1Wk"&gt;The Longhorns have already had some attrition at the position this offseason and they are set to have more departures following 2024, so they are staying busy to try to replenish the talent pipeline at corner. &lt;/p&gt;
  357. &lt;p id="rzdm0h"&gt;Here is &lt;a href="https://247sports.com/player/devin-williams-46136036/"&gt;247Sports’ Andrew Irvin &lt;/a&gt;on what Williams brings to the table as a player:&lt;/p&gt;
  358. &lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;p id="4pNYKv"&gt;A potential coverage ace for a Power Five contender. Believed to be on the smaller side and under 5-foot-11, but owns some of the better track times in the 2025 cycle and has flashed elite short-area quickness along with superb body control. Won a pair of gold medals as an eighth grader at the Georgia Middle School State Championship and has gone as low as 10.65 in the 100-meter dash. High-IQ type of defender that can anticipate routes and put himself in position to make plays. Got plenty of burn on offense as a junior and proved to be a reliable deep target for five-star quarterback Dylan Raiola and at one point was averaging 27.5 yards per catch. Ball skills are impressive for his age and highlight tape is full of clips where he puts his body on the line to move the chains. Hasn’t been asked to press a ton of wide receivers, but has the skill set to thrive in a slot corner role if he can add some core strength and refine technique. Should be viewed as a potential impact player in the secondary that can help slow down pass-happy attacks.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;
  359. &lt;p id="ehMBFC"&gt;Williams is rated as the 22nd-ranked cornerback prospect in the country for the 2025 cycle according to 247Sports’ composite rankings, and the same metrics have him rated as the 186th-ranked player overall in the nation. &lt;/p&gt;
  360. &lt;div id="Psy2W2"&gt;&lt;div style="left: 0; width: 100%; height: 0; position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.25%;"&gt;&lt;iframe src="https://www.hudl.com/embed/video/3/16113434/65064b2f1600960ab08db25a" style="top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; position: absolute; border: 0;" allowfullscreen="" scrolling="no" allow="encrypted-media;"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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  365.    <author>
  366.      <name>Daniel Seahorn</name>
  367.    </author>
  368.  </entry>
  369.  <entry>
  370.    <published>2024-05-08T14:55:29-05:00</published>
  371.    <updated>2024-05-08T14:55:29-05:00</updated>
  372.    <title>Longhorns Daily News: Texas softball’s Reese Atwood is the latest Big 12 Player of the Year </title>
  373.    <content type="html">  
  374.  
  375.    &lt;figure&gt;
  376.      &lt;img alt="COLLEGE SOFTBALL: APR 05 Oklahoma at Texas" src="https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/a8kxY3GMcMR3dmIDN2B35In6Bpg=/0x0:3782x2521/1310x873/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/73335475/2141943351.0.jpg" /&gt;
  377.        &lt;figcaption&gt;Photo by David Buono/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images&lt;/figcaption&gt;
  378.    &lt;/figure&gt;
  379.  
  380.  &lt;p&gt;Plus: Big weekend ahead for Texas softball &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p id="yL1YYK"&gt;As the &lt;a href="https://www.burntorangenation.com"&gt;Texas Longhorns&lt;/a&gt; prepare for their departure from the conference, the Big 12 has named Texas softball catcher Reese Atwood as this year’s league “Player of the Year.” Atwood, a sophomore, also set the single-season Texas records for home runs, with 21 big at bats this year, and RBIs, with 83, while hitting .433. She leads the U.S in RBIs, as noted by the Corpus Christi Caller Times. Atwood attended high school in the Corpus region. &lt;/p&gt;
  381. &lt;div id="BWjuge"&gt;
  382. &lt;blockquote class="twitter-tweet"&gt;
  383. &lt;p lang="en" dir="ltr"&gt;The 2024 Big 12 Softball Player of the Year… Reese Atwood from the University of Texas  &lt;a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Big12SB?src=hash&amp;amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"&gt;#Big12SB&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href="https://twitter.com/TexasSoftball?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"&gt;@TexasSoftball&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="https://t.co/bogx5NmbAa"&gt;pic.twitter.com/bogx5NmbAa&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;— Big 12 Conference (@Big12Conference) &lt;a href="https://twitter.com/Big12Conference/status/1788222415153045910?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"&gt;May 8, 2024&lt;/a&gt;
  384. &lt;/blockquote&gt;
  385. &lt;script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"&gt;&lt;/script&gt;
  386.  
  387. &lt;/div&gt;
  388. &lt;h3 id="Dy1CmE"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;WHAT THEY’RE SAYING ABOUT THE LONGHORNS &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;
  389. &lt;p id="YTbybs"&gt;&lt;a href="https://subscribe.statesman.com/restricted?return=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.statesman.com%2Fstory%2Fsports%2Fcolumns%2F2024%2F05%2F08%2Ftexas-football-coach-steve-sarkisian-longhorns-2024-expectations-sounds-just-fine%2F73569012007%2F&amp;amp;gps-source=CPROADBLOCKDH&amp;amp;sltsgmt=0051v2_B"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Austin American-Statesman&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;: Bohls: Are we hyping up Texas football too much? Steve Sarkisian says no &lt;/p&gt;
  390. &lt;p id="0DcCaI"&gt;&lt;a href="https://247sports.com/college/texas/longformarticle/texas-longhorns-football-jayvion-cole-cornerback-transfer-san-jose-state-cal-poly-cody-vonappen-steve-sarkisian--231550132/"&gt;247Sports&lt;/a&gt;: New Longhorn Jay’Vion Cole’s former DC believes Texas is getting an ‘extreme competitor ready for the SEC’&lt;/p&gt;
  391. &lt;p id="pXPXne"&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.on3.com/teams/texas-longhorns/news/spring-football-is-over-what-happens-until-players-report-for-summer-workouts/"&gt;Inside Texas&lt;/a&gt;: Spring football is over. What happens until players report for summer workouts? &lt;/p&gt;
  392. &lt;p id="bk4y07"&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.on3.com/teams/texas-longhorns/news/texas-boasts-three-top-10-offensive-skill-position-groups-including-the-best-qb-room-in-the-nation/"&gt;Inside Texas&lt;/a&gt;: Texas boasts three top-10 offensive skill position groups, including the best QB room in the nation&lt;/p&gt;
  393. &lt;h3 id="30CK8z"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;ICYMI IN BURNT ORANGE NATION &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;
  394. &lt;p id="6eflnh"&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.burntorangenation.com/2024/5/1/24146573/texas-longhorns-ncaa-transfer-portal-jmond-tapp-billy-walton-zac-swanson-austin-jordan"&gt;Tracking Texas players in the NCAA transfer portal: DB Austin Jordan commits to TCU&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  395. &lt;h3 id="KXWtqu"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;RECRUITING ROUNDUP &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;
  396. &lt;p id="bnPaVJ"&gt;&lt;a href="https://247sports.com/college/texas/article/student-of-the-game-lb-tyler-atkinson-brings-leadership-elite-ability-to-the-field-georgia-tennessee-ohio-state-texas-auburn-231555444/"&gt;247Sports&lt;/a&gt;: Student of the game, LB Tyler Atkinson brings leadership, elite ability to the field&lt;/p&gt;
  397. &lt;p id="jhtO0z"&gt;&lt;a href="https://247sports.com/college/texas/article/from-a-family-loaded-with-talent-elite-2026-qb-dia-bell-making-a-name-for-himself-penn-state-lsu-miami-auburn-texas-raja-bell--231521275/"&gt;247Sports&lt;/a&gt;: From a family loaded with talent, elite 2026 QB Dia Bell making a name for himself&lt;/p&gt;
  398. &lt;p id="72SEXT"&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.on3.com/teams/texas-longhorns/news/updated-list-of-official-visitors-heading-to-texas-football-in-june/"&gt;Inside Texas&lt;/a&gt;: Updated list of official visitors heading Texas football in June &lt;/p&gt;
  399. &lt;p id="TqNSbX"&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.on3.com/teams/texas-longhorns/news/texas-standing-out-with-2025-four-star-rb-james-simon/"&gt;Inside Texas&lt;/a&gt;: Texas standing out with 2025 four-star RB James Simon &lt;/p&gt;
  400. &lt;h3 id="Vm7odr"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;BIG 12 BREAKDOWN &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;
  401. &lt;p id="YslShO"&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.statesman.com/story/sports/college/softball/2024/05/08/reese-atwood-earns-player-of-the-year-award-as-texas-dominates-big-12-softball-awards/73617053007/"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Austin American-Statesman&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;: Reese Atwood earns top honor as Texas dominates Big 12 softball awards &lt;/p&gt;
  402. &lt;p id="zxuSjm"&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.frogsowar.com/2024/5/7/24148197/2024-spring-transfer-window-key-big-12-departures-ncaa-college-football-transfer-portal"&gt;Frogs O’ War&lt;/a&gt;: 2024 Spring &lt;a href="http://www.sbnation.com/transfer-rumors"&gt;Transfer Window&lt;/a&gt;: Key Big 12 departures&lt;/p&gt;
  403. &lt;p id="mvswtg"&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.frogsowar.com/2024/5/8/24152082/mens-basketball-kansas-state-transfer-guard-r-j-jones-commits-to-tcu"&gt;Frogs O’ War&lt;/a&gt;: Men’s Basketball: &lt;a href="https://www.bringonthecats.com"&gt;Kansas State&lt;/a&gt; transfer guard R.J. Jones commits to &lt;a href="https://www.frogsowar.com"&gt;TCU&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  404. &lt;p id="UyMW1V"&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.vanquishthefoe.com/2024/5/7/24151643/4-star-2026-wing-dean-rueckert-talks-byu-offer-basketball-recruiting"&gt;Vanquish The Foe&lt;/a&gt;: 4-star 2026 wing Dean Rueckert talks &lt;a href="https://www.vanquishthefoe.com"&gt;BYU&lt;/a&gt; offer&lt;/p&gt;
  405. &lt;h3 id="1V5anJ"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;WHAT WE’RE READING &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;
  406. &lt;p id="5v80Gh"&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.sbnation.com/nba/2024/5/8/24150844/minnesota-timberwolves-denver-nuggets-nba-playoffs-defense-film-breakdown"&gt;SB Nation&lt;/a&gt;: How the Timberwolves’ defense is devouring the Nuggets in 2024 &lt;a href="https://www.sbnation.com/nba-playoffs"&gt;NBA Playoffs&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  407. &lt;p id="pVtyp2"&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.sbnation.com/mlb/2024/5/8/24151977/dodgers-no-hitter-prediction-mlb-network-video-jinx-marlins"&gt;SB Nation&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="https://www.truebluela.com/"&gt;Dodgers&lt;/a&gt; no-hitter prediction gone wrong is definitive proof baseball jinxes exist&lt;/p&gt;
  408. &lt;p id="mqRZLt"&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.sbnation.com/golf/2024/5/8/24151966/pga-tour-news-rory-mcilroy-not-return-policy-board"&gt;SB Nation&lt;/a&gt;: Rory McIlroy won’t be joining PGA Tour board after all, feels unwanted&lt;/p&gt;
  409. &lt;h3 id="nu5vva"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;NEWS ACROSS LONGHORN NATION AND BEYOND &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;
  410. &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li id="vjdTYI"&gt;Yep. &lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;
  411. &lt;div id="eIaKDO"&gt;
  412. &lt;blockquote class="twitter-tweet"&gt;
  413. &lt;p lang="en" dir="ltr"&gt;Next stop: OKC ⏳&lt;a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Big12SB?src=hash&amp;amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"&gt;#Big12SB&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href="https://twitter.com/USASHOFComplex?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"&gt;@USASHOFComplex&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="https://t.co/TxyUOOUK8m"&gt;pic.twitter.com/TxyUOOUK8m&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;— Big 12 Conference (@Big12Conference) &lt;a href="https://twitter.com/Big12Conference/status/1787254499167383941?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"&gt;May 5, 2024&lt;/a&gt;
  414. &lt;/blockquote&gt;
  415. &lt;script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"&gt;&lt;/script&gt;
  416.  
  417. &lt;/div&gt;
  418.  
  419. </content>
  420.    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.burntorangenation.com/2024/5/8/24152266/longhorns-daily-news-texas-softball-reese-atwood-big-12-player-of-the-year"/>
  421.    <id>https://www.burntorangenation.com/2024/5/8/24152266/longhorns-daily-news-texas-softball-reese-atwood-big-12-player-of-the-year</id>
  422.    <author>
  423.      <name>Xander Peters</name>
  424.    </author>
  425.  </entry>
  426.  <entry>
  427.    <published>2024-05-07T19:26:15-05:00</published>
  428.    <updated>2024-05-07T19:26:15-05:00</updated>
  429.    <title>Tracking Texas players in the NCAA transfer portal: DB Austin Jordan commits to TCU</title>
  430.    <content type="html">  
  431.  
  432.    &lt;figure&gt;
  433.      &lt;img alt="" src="https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/9Hzo39hWeiaBm6cIahs53MHyIgw=/117x4:1035x616/1310x873/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/73320872/jordan.10.png" /&gt;
  434.    &lt;/figure&gt;
  435.  
  436.  &lt;p&gt;The Denton Ryan product is staying in state.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p id="U0sSQ8"&gt;Since the spring &lt;a href="http://www.sbnation.com/transfer-rumors"&gt;transfer window&lt;/a&gt; opened in mid-April, the &lt;a href="https://www.burntorangenation.com"&gt;Texas Longhorns&lt;/a&gt; lost nine players to the NCAA transfer portal, including Terrance Brooks, the projected starter at boundary cornerback.&lt;/p&gt;
  437. &lt;p id="NyEmUy"&gt;This post will track where each of those players end up.&lt;/p&gt;
  438. &lt;hr class="p-entry-hr" id="t8b9dQ"&gt;
  439. &lt;h3 id="35D4O9"&gt;DB Austin Jordan — TCU&lt;/h3&gt;
  440. &lt;p id="xNs5RP"&gt;After taking an official visit over the weekend&lt;/p&gt;
  441. &lt;div id="xllHNy"&gt;
  442. &lt;blockquote class="twitter-tweet"&gt;
  443. &lt;p lang="en" dir="ltr"&gt;BREAKING: Former Texas DB Austin Jordan has Committed to TCU, he tells &lt;a href="https://twitter.com/On3sports?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"&gt;@on3sports&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The 6’1 200 DB totaled 11 Tackles and 1 INT in his time with the Longhorns&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Will have 2 years of eligibility remaining &lt;a href="https://t.co/ITsY7rEn6w"&gt;https://t.co/ITsY7rEn6w&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="https://t.co/1O3RdaIlxy"&gt;pic.twitter.com/1O3RdaIlxy&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;— Hayes Fawcett (@Hayesfawcett3) &lt;a href="https://twitter.com/Hayesfawcett3/status/1787992490022183392?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"&gt;May 7, 2024&lt;/a&gt;
  444. &lt;/blockquote&gt;
  445. &lt;script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"&gt;&lt;/script&gt;
  446.  
  447. &lt;/div&gt;
  448. &lt;p id="LXCsCE"&gt;It’s move Jordan is making in a quest to compete for a starting role somewhere in the secondary — he spent time at cornerback and nickel back with the Longhorns — but the floor for Jordan in the short term is continued contributions as a core special teams player.&lt;/p&gt;
  449. &lt;h3 id="ToExPx"&gt;DL Zac Swanson — Arizona State&lt;/h3&gt;
  450. &lt;p id="piM15I"&gt;After appearing in three games over two seasons for the Longhorns, Arizona product Zac Swanson is returning to his home state to play for the Sun Devils, joining former teammates J’Mond Tapp and Troy Omeire.&lt;/p&gt;
  451. &lt;div id="B0gQY0"&gt;
  452. &lt;blockquote class="twitter-tweet"&gt;
  453. &lt;p lang="en" dir="ltr"&gt;Back in the valley &lt;a href="https://t.co/4kWvUI5vTd"&gt;pic.twitter.com/4kWvUI5vTd&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;— zac swanson (@zacswanson4) &lt;a href="https://twitter.com/zacswanson4/status/1786217676559511714?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"&gt;May 3, 2024&lt;/a&gt;
  454. &lt;/blockquote&gt;
  455. &lt;script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"&gt;&lt;/script&gt;
  456.  
  457. &lt;/div&gt;
  458. &lt;hr class="p-entry-hr" id="kPazpO"&gt;
  459. &lt;h3 id="hdnsVX"&gt;Edge Billy Walton — SMU&lt;/h3&gt;
  460. &lt;p id="Ponp9s"&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.burntorangenation.com/2024/4/15/24131455/billy-walton-enter-ncaa-transfer-portal-texas-longhorns"&gt;The South Oak Cliff product departed the Forty Acres after playing 15 snaps in 2023 over two games with one assisted tackle&lt;/a&gt;. On Wednesday, Walton made the decision to head back to the Metroplex, following in a long line of recent Texas players to transfer to SMU.&lt;/p&gt;
  461. &lt;div id="uJigJR"&gt;
  462. &lt;blockquote class="twitter-tweet"&gt;
  463. &lt;p lang="en" dir="ltr"&gt;Back inna city    DDD &lt;a href="https://t.co/zGW3flNHaY"&gt;pic.twitter.com/zGW3flNHaY&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;— Billy Walton III (@cantstopbill__) &lt;a href="https://twitter.com/cantstopbill__/status/1785718099070595076?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"&gt;May 1, 2024&lt;/a&gt;
  464. &lt;/blockquote&gt;
  465. &lt;script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"&gt;&lt;/script&gt;
  466.  
  467. &lt;/div&gt;
  468. &lt;hr class="p-entry-hr" id="FoqMd1"&gt;
  469. &lt;h3 id="aJc4py"&gt;Edge J’Mond Tapp — Arizona State&lt;/h3&gt;
  470. &lt;p id="2Yh3Fv"&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.burntorangenation.com/2024/4/17/24133253/jmond-tapp-enters-ncaa-transfer-portal-texas-longhorns"&gt;The Louisiana product ended the 2023 season as the backup Jack end behind Ethan Burke after recording eight tackles, including 1.5 tackles for loss, as a redshirt freshman&lt;/a&gt;. Tapp is now headed to Tempe, joining his former teammate Troy Omeire and former Texas Director of Recruiting Bryan Carrington.&lt;/p&gt;
  471. &lt;div id="fXWmGs"&gt;
  472. &lt;blockquote class="twitter-tweet"&gt;
  473. &lt;p lang="en" dir="ltr"&gt;Former Texas edge rusher J’Mond Tapp is transferring to Arizona State. &lt;a href="https://t.co/pGwixeQ8NC"&gt;pic.twitter.com/pGwixeQ8NC&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;— Anthony Totri (@Anthony_Totri) &lt;a href="https://twitter.com/Anthony_Totri/status/1784669886171807931?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"&gt;April 28, 2024&lt;/a&gt;
  474. &lt;/blockquote&gt;
  475. &lt;script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"&gt;&lt;/script&gt;
  476.  
  477. &lt;/div&gt;
  478. &lt;hr class="p-entry-hr" id="jX1eNd"&gt;
  479. &lt;h3 id="i6kRdJ"&gt;IOL Payton Kirkland — Colorado&lt;/h3&gt;
  480. &lt;p id="RIMTmg"&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.burntorangenation.com/2024/4/15/24131170/payton-kirkland-enter-ncaa-transfer-portal-texas-longhorns"&gt;After one season with the Longhorns&lt;/a&gt;, Kirkland has opted in to the Deion Sanders Experience in Boulder with the Buffaloes desperate to land offensive lineman. Facing a difficult path to playing time at Texas, Kirkland has a shot to see the field quickly for CU.&lt;/p&gt;
  481. &lt;div id="jheUtF"&gt;
  482. &lt;blockquote class="twitter-tweet"&gt;
  483. &lt;p lang="en" dir="ltr"&gt;BREAKING: Former Texas OL Payton Kirkland has Committed to Colorado, he tells &lt;a href="https://twitter.com/On3sports?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"&gt;@on3sports&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The 6’6 350 OL will have 4 years of eligibility remaining &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;“Let’s continue building something special. Sko Buffs”&lt;a href="https://t.co/suqDmKvzDZ"&gt;https://t.co/suqDmKvzDZ&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="https://t.co/17Ss2UvqUy"&gt;pic.twitter.com/17Ss2UvqUy&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;— Hayes Fawcett (@Hayesfawcett3) &lt;a href="https://twitter.com/Hayesfawcett3/status/1782148869318390188?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"&gt;April 21, 2024&lt;/a&gt;
  484. &lt;/blockquote&gt;
  485. &lt;script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"&gt;&lt;/script&gt;
  486.  
  487. &lt;/div&gt;
  488. &lt;hr class="p-entry-hr" id="u0FNmA"&gt;
  489. &lt;h3 id="OXUDMX"&gt;Players in the portal&lt;/h3&gt;
  490. &lt;ul&gt;
  491. &lt;li id="KCG2C5"&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.burntorangenation.com/2024/4/11/24127607/smaje-burrell-enters-ncaa-transfer-portal-texas-longhorns-suspension"&gt;LB S’Maje Burrell&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  492. &lt;li id="WZB2Pp"&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.burntorangenation.com/2024/4/22/24137585/savion-red-to-enter-ncaa-transfer-portal-texas-longhorns"&gt;RB Savion Red&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  493. &lt;li id="IYg80s"&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.burntorangenation.com/2024/4/23/24138428/terrance-brooks-to-enter-ncaa-transfer-portal-texas-longhorns"&gt;CB Terrance Brooks&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  494. &lt;li id="jT1QDd"&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.burntorangenation.com/2024/4/30/24145845/kendrick-blackshire-enters-ncaa-transfer-portal-texas-longhorns"&gt;LB Kendrick Blackshire&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  495. &lt;/ul&gt;
  496.  
  497. </content>
  498.    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.burntorangenation.com/2024/5/1/24146573/texas-longhorns-ncaa-transfer-portal-jmond-tapp-billy-walton-zac-swanson-austin-jordan"/>
  499.    <id>https://www.burntorangenation.com/2024/5/1/24146573/texas-longhorns-ncaa-transfer-portal-jmond-tapp-billy-walton-zac-swanson-austin-jordan</id>
  500.    <author>
  501.      <name>Wescott Eberts</name>
  502.    </author>
  503.  </entry>
  504.  <entry>
  505.    <published>2024-05-07T18:49:46-05:00</published>
  506.    <updated>2024-05-07T18:49:46-05:00</updated>
  507.    <title>Longhorns Daily News: Texas’ Steve Sarkisian: We’ll be ready’ for Texas A&amp;M, SEC</title>
  508.    <content type="html">  
  509.  
  510.    &lt;figure&gt;
  511.      &lt;img alt="Texas Spring Football Game" src="https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/CUHLXj4zgd3yZCz2DDHaxOT7sBU=/0x1200:4000x3867/1310x873/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/73333643/2149333911.0.jpg" /&gt;
  512.        &lt;figcaption&gt;Photo by The University of Texas Athletics/University Images via Getty Images&lt;/figcaption&gt;
  513.    &lt;/figure&gt;
  514.  
  515.  &lt;p&gt;Plus: Texas softball’s next campaign &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p id="avostX"&gt;During an offseason to the Houston Touchdown Club, &lt;a href="https://www.burntorangenation.com"&gt;Texas Longhorns&lt;/a&gt; head coach Steve Sarkisian was asked about some of the enormous changes at hand across college football.&lt;/p&gt;
  516. &lt;p id="xAWrWB"&gt;That includes the renewal of Texas and &lt;a href="https://www.goodbullhunting.com"&gt;Texas A&amp;amp;M&lt;/a&gt;’s football rivalry. &lt;/p&gt;
  517. &lt;p id="X4ERlt"&gt;“... NIL, transfer portal, conference realignment, you name it — we’ve got a lot going on right now,” Sarkisian said, according to &lt;a href="https://www.on3.com/teams/texas-longhorns/news/well-be-ready-steve-sarkisian-says-his-players-will-understand-gravity-of-playing-texas-am/"&gt;Inside Texas&lt;/a&gt;. “But with that change what’s coming is renewing the rivalry with A&amp;amp;M and how to get our players that we recruit back into the vigor of that rivalry that I think y’all have enjoyed for decades and decades.”&lt;/p&gt;
  518. &lt;p id="QBicYO"&gt;Sarkisian added, “It’s not hard at all. We’ll be ready.”&lt;/p&gt;
  519. &lt;h3 id="8r9MkZ"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;WHAT THEY’RE SAYING ABOUT THE LONGHORNS &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;
  520. &lt;p id="jZH5YS"&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.statesman.com/story/sports/college/longhorns/football/2024/05/06/former-texas-longhorn-nfl-football-player-alex-okafor-elected-to-pflugerville-school-board/73592396007/"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Austin American-Statesman&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;: Former Texas, NFL player Alex Okafor elected to Pflugerville school board &lt;/p&gt;
  521. &lt;p id="VNmETG"&gt;&lt;a href="https://subscribe.statesman.com/restricted?return=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.statesman.com%2Fstory%2Fsports%2Fcolumns%2F2024%2F05%2F06%2Ftexas-baseball-big-bats-offense-keeps-longhorns-in-ncaa-tournament-contention-despite-pitching-woes%2F73582278007%2F&amp;amp;gps-source=CPROADBLOCKDH&amp;amp;sltsgmt=0051v2_B"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Austin American-Statesman&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;: Golden: Texas baseball’s big bats will make Longhorns NCAA-worthy &lt;/p&gt;
  522. &lt;p id="Oejmli"&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.on3.com/teams/texas-longhorns/news/texas-week-two-trip-to-michigan-could-set-a-longhorns-record/"&gt;Inside Texas&lt;/a&gt;: Texas’ week two trip to Michigan could set a Longhorns record&lt;/p&gt;
  523. &lt;p id="a8jwOK"&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.on3.com/teams/texas-longhorns/news/scouting-texas-defensive-tackle-play-from-the-spring/"&gt;Inside Texas&lt;/a&gt;: Scouting Texas’ defensive tackle play from the spring &lt;/p&gt;
  524. &lt;p id="0PcWQC"&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.on3.com/teams/texas-longhorns/news/steve-sarkisian-on-the-2024-schedule-this-is-an-awesome-schedule-its-going-to-be-a-heck-of-a-run/"&gt;Inside Texas&lt;/a&gt;: Steve Sarkisian on the 2024 schedule: ‘This is an awesome schedule. It’s going to be a heck of a run’&lt;/p&gt;
  525. &lt;h3 id="rphRoa"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;ICYMI IN BURNT ORANGE NATION &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;
  526. &lt;p id="WAYnt2"&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.burntorangenation.com/2024/5/2/24147741/damonic-williams-commits-oklahoma-sooners-texas"&gt;Former TCU DT Damonic Williams commits to Oklahoma over Texas, others&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  527. &lt;h3 id="KcLs12"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;RECRUITING ROUNDUP &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;
  528. &lt;p id="pxTtvR"&gt;&lt;a href="https://247sports.com/college/texas/article/top247-ath-kelshaun-johnson-looks-ahead-to-official-visits-231512689/"&gt;247Sports&lt;/a&gt;: Top247 ATH Kelshaun Johnson looks ahead to official visits&lt;/p&gt;
  529. &lt;p id="CmYEu5"&gt;&lt;a href="https://247sports.com/college/texas/article/coveted-2027-rb-landen-williams-callis-taking-recruiting-process-slowly-231511517/"&gt;247Sports&lt;/a&gt;: Coveted 2027 RB Landen Williams-Callis taking recruiting process slowly&lt;/p&gt;
  530. &lt;p id="WES9jq"&gt;&lt;a href="https://247sports.com/college/texas/article/texas-football-recruiting-top100-rising-junior-jordan-clay-says-playing-at-texas-would-be-a-dream--231511286/"&gt;247Sports&lt;/a&gt;: Top100 rising junior Jordan Clay says playing at Texas would be a dream&lt;/p&gt;
  531. &lt;p id="XiigJk"&gt;&lt;a href="https://247sports.com/college/texas/article/unpacking-latest-recruiting-news-as-no-2-prospect-visits-ohio-state-texas-trends-for-4-star-rb-231486130/"&gt;247Sports&lt;/a&gt;: Unpacking latest recruiting news as No. 2 prospect visits &lt;a href="https://www.landgrantholyland.com"&gt;Ohio State&lt;/a&gt;, Texas trends for 4-star RB&lt;/p&gt;
  532. &lt;p id="Xu0nuf"&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.on3.com/teams/texas-longhorns/news/texas-checks-in-with-top-2026-wr-and-longhorn-legacy-jalen-lott-plus-evaluation/"&gt;Inside Texas&lt;/a&gt;: Texas checks in with top 2026 WR and Longhorn legacy Jalen Lott, plus evaluation&lt;/p&gt;
  533. &lt;p id="fvZrws"&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.on3.com/teams/texas-longhorns/news/texas-recruiting-notes-after-visiting-with-lufkin-4-star-dt-zion-williams/"&gt;Inside Texas&lt;/a&gt;: Texas recruiting notes after visiting with Lufkin 4-star DT Zion Williams &lt;/p&gt;
  534. &lt;p id="X8hKsr"&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.on3.com/teams/texas-longhorns/news/texas-football-and-the-transfer-portal-by-the-numbers/"&gt;Inside Texas&lt;/a&gt;: Texas football and the transfer portal by the numbers&lt;/p&gt;
  535. &lt;p id="0AzRV9"&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.on3.com/teams/texas-longhorns/news/texas-longhorns-recruiting-intel-kyle-flood-visits-elite-o-linemen-ut-in-louisiana/"&gt;Inside Texas&lt;/a&gt;: Texas Longhorns Recruiting Intel: Kyle Flood visits elite o-linemen, UT in Louisiana &lt;/p&gt;
  536. &lt;h3 id="fiX5Wc"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;BIG 12 BREAKDOWN &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;
  537. &lt;p id="4SEpC8"&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.statesman.com/story/sports/college/red-raiders/2024/05/06/oklahoma-baseball-making-tracks-to-a-title-big-12-baseball-power-rankings/73550937007/"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Austin American-Statesman&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;: Big 12 baseball power rankings: Oklahoma baseball making tracks to title &lt;/p&gt;
  538. &lt;p id="STQbyz"&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.frogsowar.com/2024/5/6/24150601/baseball-tcu-scores-big-12-sweep-against-baylor"&gt;Frogs O’ War&lt;/a&gt;: Baseball: &lt;a href="https://www.frogsowar.com"&gt;TCU&lt;/a&gt; scores Big 12 sweep against Baylor&lt;/p&gt;
  539. &lt;h3 id="68vGR5"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;WHAT WE’RE READING &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;
  540. &lt;p id="10wX0x"&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.sbnation.com/nfl/2024/5/7/24151185/nfl-schedule-release-primetime-games-teams-colts-cardinals-saints"&gt;SB Nation&lt;/a&gt;: 3 NFL teams who deserve more primetime games on 2024 schedule, and 2 who don’t&lt;/p&gt;
  541. &lt;p id="Vntz5V"&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.sbnation.com/nba/2024/5/7/24149356/shai-gilgeous-alexander-nba-playoffs-oklahoma-city-thunder-film-breakdown"&gt;SB Nation&lt;/a&gt;: Shai Gilgeous-Alexander is showcasing a dangerous new skill in the &lt;a href="https://www.sbnation.com/nba-playoffs"&gt;NBA playoffs&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  542. &lt;p id="Dg1bV7"&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.sbnation.com/nba/2024/5/7/24151213/rudy-gobert-birth-child-virginity-three-nba-wolves"&gt;SB Nation&lt;/a&gt;: Rudy Gobert missed NBA Playoffs game for child birth 9 months after joking he lost virginity&lt;/p&gt;
  543. &lt;h3 id="5wCoYA"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;NEWS ACROSS LONGHORN NATION AND BEYOND &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;
  544. &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li id="vxFboe"&gt;The &lt;a href="https://www.sbnation.com/big-12-basketball-tournament"&gt;Big 12 tournament&lt;/a&gt; starts Thursday for Texas softball. &lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;
  545. &lt;div id="Fr7Bwh"&gt;
  546. &lt;blockquote class="twitter-tweet"&gt;
  547. &lt;p lang="en" dir="ltr"&gt;for the first time since 2010, YOUR BIG 12 REGULAR SEASON CHAMPIONS   &lt;a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/HookEm?src=hash&amp;amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"&gt;#HookEm&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="https://t.co/ci4cMWBhBM"&gt;pic.twitter.com/ci4cMWBhBM&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;— Texas Softball (@TexasSoftball) &lt;a href="https://twitter.com/TexasSoftball/status/1787191863541133411?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"&gt;May 5, 2024&lt;/a&gt;
  548. &lt;/blockquote&gt;
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