3 ‘pleasant surprises’ from Week 1 of Texas spring practice
After one week of Texas football spring hone, who has risen that most Longhorns fans and media might have composed off on the two-deep profundity chart on both sides of the back
After the primary week of spring hone, Texas football has begun to distinguish which players are making greater impressions and who is making advance on the two-deep profundity chart on each side of the ball. Texas formally hit five spring hones on Walk 27, checking one-third of the days of camp to presently be within the books for head coach Steve Sarkisian and staff.
Texas football features a great blend of upperclassmen and youthful players who have made positive strides early this spring
The Longhorns have 10 spring hones remaining until the yearly Orange-White spring football amusement at DKR on April 20.
A enormous storyline from the early stages of spring ball is the players who have shocked and made waves at the start of camp. With the sum of crude ability and profundity Texas has at nearly each single position gather on both sides of the ball, the breakout players can truly come from anyplace.
It’s not fair the more youthful players that have made waves early in spring camp. A few of the returning upperclassmen have too made enormous strides amid the primary week of spring hone.
Here are three of the “pleasant shocks” from the primary five spring hones for the Longhorns.
Juan Davis, TE
Jeff Banks and the Longhorns have a good mix of youthful ability creating for long haul and experienced impact players who are prepared to begin this up and coming season within the tight conclusion room this spring. Texas returns one of its beginning tight closes (when Sarkisian ran 12 faculty), rising senior Gunnar Steerage.
The Longhorns moreover included an affect tight conclusion who will include another energetic and downfield risk to the Texas passing amusement through the exchange entry in previous Alabama sophomore Amari Niblack.
Niblack and Steerage are anticipated to be Texas’s two beginning tight closes this season, giving Sarkisian a pleasant combination of blocking capacity and accepting dangers.
The foremost experienced Texas has within the tight conclusion room exterior of the two anticipated starters is senior Juan Davis. The 6-foot-4 and 230-pound fourth-year tight end Davis didn’t get much of an opportunity to create an affect in live-game action within the final few a long time at Texas.
Prior this offseason, Davis was exceptionally near to entering the exchange entry some time recently the staff was able to persuade him to return to Austin for another year.
That choice to return to Texas looks to be paying dividends for Davis and the Longhorns this spring. Davis has inspired with his performances early in spring hone. He looks more physical and persuaded in person and one-on-one recipient drills this spring, leading to more buzz coming out of camp for him than we listened at any point within the final few offseasons amid hone.
Sarkisian gave a gesture to Davis for the work he’s put in this spring in a press conference prior this week. He actually said that Davis has been a “wonderful astonish” for the Longhorns early in spring hone. Sarkisian moreover specified that this has “unquestionably been his best spring so far since we’ve been here”.
Usually a huge year for Davis to create his way up the depth chart and push for more live-game reps this up and coming season within the SEC. In case Davis doesn’t have that breakthrough minute presently on the profundity chart, it might not ever happen for him at Texas.
