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Texas' leading tackler transfers to Tennessee Field Level Media Former Texas linebacker Juwan Mitchell announced Monday he is transferring to Tennessee. Mitchell led the Longhorns with 62 tackles in 2020, with 4.5 tackles for loss, one pass defended and one fumble recovery. He played in nine games in each of the past two seasons for Texas and will be a senior in 2021. Mitchell entered the transfer portal after the 2019 season as well, but eventually removed himself and remained at Texas. This year, however, the Longhorns replaced coach Tom Herman with Steve Sarkisian, who's implementing his o...

Steve Sarkisian after second Texas scrimmage: ‘We’re not where we need to be yet’ Share this story Texas football On Saturday, the Texas Longhorns held the team’s second scrimmage of spring practice head of next Saturday’s Orange-White game at Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium. Following the scrimmage, Texas head coach Steve Sarkisian met with the media via Zoom to share his perspective on the 12th practice and where the Longhorns football program stands currently with only three practices remaining. “I thought pretty much in all areas, all facets, we improved individually by...

Texas S Tyler Owens teases apparent move to LB Share this story Kevin Jairaj-USA TODAY Sports With senior linebacker Juwan Mitchell in the NCAA transfer portal, it appears the Texas Longhorns are addressing the need at linebacker with a position change, spinning junior safety Tyler Owens down towards the line of scrimmage. As Owens alludes to in his tweet, senior DeMarvion Overshown made a similar move last season that paid off for the Arp product with a productive season, including 60 tackles, eight tackles for loss, a sack, four quarterback hurries, and two interceptions. But with Overshown...

The junior college product entered the portal last year and eventually returned to the team, but that seems unlikely to happen twice.

Hookem The Texas defense is about to learn its third defensive scheme in as many seasons. Todd Orlando and his odd-man front was replaced by Chris Ash's 4-2-5 system before the 2020 season. Steve Sarkisian replaced Ash in January with Washington's Pete Kwiatkowski, who utilizes a three- and four-man front in his defensive philosophy, sometimes even deploying a 2-4-5 with four linebackers. Luckily for Kwiatkowski, he inherits some young, talented linebackers alongside a tandem of returning starters. On campus FYI: Four-stars, from Arp; ranked 52nd nationally, No. 6-ranked safety in 2018 Overs...