Report: Texas WR Ryan Wingo completed LASIK surgery to improve 'very poor vision'

Texas receiver Ryan Wingo has reportedly recently undergone a unique procedure. Wingo had LASIK eye surgery after Longhorns staff discovered the talented sophomore “was struggling with very poor vision” during offseason workouts, according to Orangebloods’ Anwar Richardson.

Wingo was a former four-star 2024 signee for Texas. He reportedly dealt with visual issues last season when he ranked fourth on the roster with 472 receiving yards on 29 receptions and a pair of touchdowns as a true freshman.

According to my sources, Texas WR Ryan Wingo recently had LASIK surgery after the staff discovered he was struggling with very poor vision after struggling in workouts. Apparently, he dealt with it last season. However, he'll clearly see those dimes from Arch Manning this season. pic.twitter.com/vTMXTepyZG

— Anwar Richardson (@AnwarRichardson) March 14, 2025

Addressing Wingo’s vision issues this offseason was of particular importance. The Longhorns prepare for the beginning of the Arch Manning Era in Austin, with the former No. 1 overall recruit in 2023 taking the reins as Texas’ starting quarterback after two seasons backing up Quinn Ewers.

Steve Sarkisian on Ryan Wingo: ‘He’s humble and he just shows up every day trying to get better’

Wingo is the Longhorns’ top returning receiver after speedy juniors Matthew Golden and Isaiah Bond opted to enter the 2025 NFL Draft. The dynamic tandem accounted for 1,527 combined yards and 14 touchdowns on 92 receptions last season as Texas’ first and third-ranked pass catchers in 2024. Senior tight end Gunnar Helm led the team with 60 receptions for 786 yards and seven touchdowns last year.

Coming out of high school, Wingo was a four-star recruit rated as the No. 38 player in the country, per the On3 Industry Rankings, a proprietary algorithm that compiles ratings and rankings from all four primary recruiting media services. He was the No. 8 wide receiver in the 2024 class.

Wingo is in the midst of his second full Spring in Austin after the former early-enrollee turned heads in camp a year ago, with Texas head coach Steve Sarkisian praising the then-freshman’s “great work ethic.”

“He’s had one spring in our offense,” Sarkisian said in May 2024. “How he can just keep trying to elevate his comfort level systematically so that he can play as fast as he can play — You can never catch enough footballs. It’s the prerequisite for the position. So just continuing work and catching the ball and then finding his rhythm but the thing about Ryan — I say it a lot about a lot of kids — but he’s an awesome kid.

“He’s got great work ethic. He’s humble and he just shows up every day trying to get better and it showed this spring. He really has come on, and for him to have the way that he played [during the spring game] as his coach, that’s exciting. I wish every guy could have come out and played like that, who continues to work that hard. But just his approach to every day, I think has paid off for him.”

— On3’s Barkley Truax contributed to this report.