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AUSTIN, Texas -- Time and again over the past two years, Texas coach Mack Brown has been true to his word: The best players, no matter the age or experience level, will play. That has led to 34 true freshmen -- the most in FBS -- hitting the fiel...

AUSTIN, Texas -- Texas has 19 starters back from last season. But when Texas gets back to work, all might not be in the same positions. Therein lies the luxury of having so many starters as well as having played 34 freshmen and sophomores over the...

David Ash is Texas' starting quarterback, but freshman Tyrone Swoopes showed in the Orange-White scrimmage that he could supplant Case McCoy as Ash's backup.

With so much change to its offense, it seems Texas should move on to a backup QB who best represents the future: Connor Brewer. But Mack Brown isn't convinced Texas or Brewer is ready, so Case McCoy's role will continue to muddy the waters.

No member of Texas' 28-man recruiting class in 2012 expected anything less than early playing time when he joined the program, especially after the Longhorns had seemingly thrown every freshman they had on the field the previous season. You alread...

AUSTIN, Texas -- Nobody has played more true freshmen than Texas over the past two years. Eighteen hit the field in 2011. Another 16 in 2012. In 2013, few teams will play less newcomers than the Longhorns. The simple fact is Texas, despite the ...

Outside linebacker Naashon Hughes (Harker Heights, Texas/Harker Heights) was prepared to grayshirt to stay with Texas and be near his brother, Camrhon Hughes, a redshirt freshman offensive tackle, and best friend Darius James, a fellow 2013 commitmen...

Texas is back in the market for a junior college quarterback. A source close to the program confirmed to HornsNation that Texas has begun recruiting Arizona Western College quarterback Tanner McEvoy. The redshirt freshman began his career at So...

If 2016 running back Kameron Martin (Port Arthur, Texas/Memorial) were a politician he wouldn't need a campaign team to get his message out to the masses. He can handle that on his own. Martin (5-foot-10, 170 pounds) is as proactive a freshman as ...

A few years have passed, but Blake Blackmar still hasn't forgotten the day before his first career varsity start. The Houston Clear Lake offensive lineman got called up in his freshman year, on the week of the Saturday night homecoming game. Befor...

Texas started the game last week by putting the ball in Daje Johnson's hands. While the freshman might not get it the first play against Kansas, the touches will still be there for Johnson. "He will have some stuff out of the backfield and some st...

AUSTIN, Texas -- The play is called 27 Stretch. Texas lines up in a pistol formation with Johnathan Gray, its budding true freshman star, in the backfield. Trey Hopkins pulls to his left on the snap. He and Donald Hawkins seal off the edge. Jaxon ...

Underclassman Desmond Jackson has set the mark in toughening up Texas' defensive line, which is finally showing signs of the strength necessary to survive in the Big 12.

Campus location: Stillwater, Okla. Nickname: Cowboys Conference: Big 12 Record: 2-1 Record vs. Texas: 4-22 Last game: The Cowboys got the win over a lowly Louisiana-Lafayette team but suffered the loss of quarterback Wes Lunt. The freshman wa...

AUSTIN, Texas -- Head coach Mack Brown and the rest of the Longhorns coaching staff will continue to evaluate their freshmen class as they try to determine which players to redshirt as the season wears on. Texas has played 14 freshmen through thre...

True freshman middle linebacker Dalton Santos has found the starting point of his career as a standout on the Texas Longhorn's "Wild Bunch" kickoff coverage unit.