Skip to main content
texas logo

Texas adds transfer portal QB CJ Rogers after Friday Austin visit

On3 imageby:Justin Wells•01/03/25
CJ Rogers
CJ Rogers. (Justin Wells/Inside Texas)

Texas needed to snag a quarterback for the 2025 team after likely losing Quinn Ewers and Cole Lourd after this season. So, they added transfer portal signal-caller CJ Rogers today.

[Join Inside Texas TODAY and get 7 days for just ONE DOLLAR!]

The former Argyle 4A-D1 state champion had stops at Baylor, Texas State, and Houston Christian over the last few years, and now gets one more season of CFB in Austin. He will be a preferred walk-on.

“Playing at the University of Texas is a dream come true,” Rogers told Inside Texas. “I’m very excited to be able to learn from Coach (Steve) Sarkisian and Coach (AJ) Milwee and help the program.”

The 6-foot-3, 205-pounder was instrumental in Argyle’s state run in 2020. Then he signed with Baylor and the Bears won the Big 12 Championship that fall.

Then he transferred to Texas State to play for GJ Kinne, but TJ Finley got most of the snaps during his time in San Marcos.

It was at Houston Christian where he was able to see the field in 2024. He had a few injuries derail his first season with the Huskies, so he entered the portal once again. Then Texas and John Michael Jones called.

Rogers took an unofficial visit to Texas today, hung out with some of the staff and really bonded with QB coach AJ Milwee. Then he headed home to make his decision. By the time he pulled into the driveway, Rogers was ready to make the call.

He’ll join a room with Arch Manning, Trey Owens, and KJ Lacey in the Spring of 2025. Sources tell IT that the Longhorns will carry four quarterbacks this fall.

He made the Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll in the Fall of 2021. He was the Dallas Morning News 4A Player of the Year after he passed for 3,420 passing yards and 48 touchdowns through the air, with six scores on the ground during his senior year. He was also an outstanding basketball player for Argyle.

Join Inside Texas for Market-Leading Texas Longhorns Football coverage!

InsideTexas.com provides just what passionate Texas fans expect: Market-leading coverage of Longhorns athletics and recruiting.

Join the best Texas fan community and receive all the benefits that come with it:

  • Elite team and recruiting coverage of the program you love
  • Immediate access to any Longhorns break news
  • Exclusive insider practice reports and year-round team info as well as board Q&A’s with IT staff
  • High level discourse with the most passionate and informed Longhorns fans across multiple board forums.
  • Market leading team analysis for those who are looking to increase their understanding of Steve Sarkisian and Pete Kwiatkowski’s preferred concepts
  • So much more!

SIGN UP and ensure no Longhorns information gets by you: Join Inside Texas community today!

Talk about this story and many more with fellow Longhorn diehards on the Members Only forum.

You may also like