A closer look at Texas’ redshirt players from the Class of 2022
Athletes are allowed to participate in four games in a season and not have it affect their eligibility status as far as the five-years-to-complete-four-seasons rule in the NCAA.
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With spring football beginning next week, we decided to produce a snapshot of which players in the class of 2022 redshirted last year.
Fourteen athletes from the 28-player Class of 2022 did not burn their redshirts in Texas’ 8-5 campaign. Here a list of those men, what they did last year and what’s on the horizon:
Malik Agbo, OL
The four-star player from Federal Way, Wash. worked on reshaping his body during his redshirt year and is expected to compete at guard.
BJ Allen Jr., DB
The four-star player from Aledo did not see the field in 2022. He will have to step up to get meaningful reps in a loaded secondary room.
Jaray Bledsoe, EDGE
A four-star from Marlin, Bledsoe played in one game, had one tackle in 2022 and had some freaky plays. He’s a phenomenal athlete, and could spell Barryn Sorrell at SDE.
X’Avion Brice, DB
The three-star player from Arlington came to the 40 Acres as an athlete and settled into the secondary, playing in two games and making a tackle. Brice has good traits but needs to put it together to contend for playing time in the loaded defensive backfield.
Derrick Brown, EDGE
Brown earned a four-star ranking while at Texas High School in Texarkana and is a good athlete but is light (202 pounds) for the position. He did not see the field in 2022 and is working to find a spot on defense.
Aaron Bryant, DL
A four-star player from Southaven, Miss., Bryant is in contention to be in the NT rotation. He’s bulked up to 307 pounds after playing in two games in 2022.
Trevell Johnson, LB
The three-star player from Arlington is light for the linebacker position, needs to add weight (he’s just 187 pounds) and get back to being the player he was as a prep junior. Johnson did not see the field in 2021 (his senior season in high school) or last year.
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Maalik Murphy, QB
The four-star athlete from Gardena, Calif. didn’t see any action last year. He faces an uphill battle to get on the field in 2023 but has turned heads at times and is serious about contending for playing time.
Connor Robertson, OL
A three-star player from Austin Westlake, Robertson is a center candidate who did not see the field in 2022. He will miss spring drills due to injury.
Kristopher Ross, DL
Ross was a four-star D-lineman at Galena Park North Shore and played in one game last year, making two tackles against ULM. It’s a huge spring for him and he needs to get bigger to compete for playing time in the interior of the defense.
Zac Swanson, DL
The four-star player from Phoenix played in two games and had one tackle last year but spent the majority of 2022 on the scout team. He’s working to move into two-deep contention.
J’Mond Tapp, EDGE
Tapp earned a four-star rating coming out of Ascension Catholic in Donaldsonville, La., where he was a great football player who didn’t have much position specialization. He played in two games in 2022, recording a tackle and a quarterback hurry, and is contending for playing time at Buck.
The four-star athlete from Mission Hills, Calif. was oft injured in high school but played in four games last season for the Longhorns, mostly on special teams. Turner-Gooden is looking to move up in the safety ranks this spring.
Neto Umeozulu, OL
A four-star lineman from Allen, Umeozulu played in three games in 2022, all in mop up action. He could contend to be swing man in the line as the tackle spots are tough to crack with returners Kelvin Banks and Christian Jones entrenched in those positions.
