Report: Temple to hire Texas assistant Stan Drayton as next head coach

Texas Longhorns are in the midst of piecing tighter a top recruiting class.

But that has not stopped moves on the coaching staff. On Wednesday, Bruce Feldman reported that sources close to the program have pinned the Longhorns running backs coach and run game coordinator Stan Drayton, as the new head coach for Temple.

And now appears that those talks have escalated, in a positive way for Drayton, as he is likely on his way to Philadelphia, per Feldman.

“Texas RB coach/run game coordinator Stan Drayton has accepted the job to become the new head coach at Temple,” Feldman tweeted Wednesday night.

Being a native of the Cleveland, OH area, Drayton has familiarity with the region. He also made stops at Penn and Villanova in the late 1990s as the running backs coach. 

Drayton has been one of the top recruiters on the Texas staff and was a huge reason Bijan Robinson ended up in Austin. Current NFL running back stars, including Ezekiel Elliot, have praised the coach along the way as well.

Texas DB announces transfer destination

Former Texas Longhorns safety Tyler Owens has finally decided on what school he will call home next season. Owens entered the transfer portal in October after experiencing almost no playing time with the Longhorns this season. The 6-foot-2 junior out of Plano (Texas) played sparingly in just two games for Texas, against the Texas Tech Red Raiders and the Rice Owls. And next year Owens will suit up for one of those two schools.

On Tuesday night, the Texas Tech Red Raiders announced that Owens has committed to playing in Lubbock for the 2022 season. The move was announced courtesy of the Red Raiders Twitter account, welcoming the junior back home to East Texas with this tweet.

2021 was not the only year in which Owens struggled to get on the field for the Longhorns. in each of his three seasons at Texas, he failed to register more than eight total tackles for a season. And in two seasons, he did not register in any other statistical category. Owens’s career at Texas concludes with 13 total tackles, 10 solos, and one pass deflection over three years. In the 2020 season, he did have one punt return for 21 yards.