Texas adds UNC transfer DT Travis Shaw
Texas needed defensive tackles. Another one just jumped into the boat. North Carolina defensive tackle Travis Shaw committed to Texas today. The 6-foot-5, 330-pound former four-star took an official visit to Austin on Friday and Saturday before making his decision.
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Shaw possesses the size and strength needed for the Texas D-line covets as it looks to replace Alfred Collins, Vernon Broughton, Jermayne Lole, and Bill Norton this offseason.
Shaw, a Greensboro (N.C.) Grimsley native, is a former top-50 national recruit in the 2022 class, with 55 career tackles and 6 tackles for loss in 35 career games.
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Here are his PFF grades by season:
Shaw joins Purdue’s Cole Brevard in the DL portal class for the Longhorns. Steve Sarkisian and Kenny Baker would like to add two defensive linemen before the beginning of the 2025 season.
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Shaw is a two-sport star at Grimsley. On the football field as a junior, he led Grimsley to a 10-0 record and the North Carolina Class 4A state title in the spring. He also averaged 6.5 points, 7.6 rebounds and 2 assists in basketball in 2021. Grimsley head coach Darryl Brown said he first noticed Shaw’s athletic ability on the basketball court as a seventh-grader. “When I walked into the gym, Travis was at the top of the key dribbling the basketball. I saw him dribble, move, make a no-look pass, and I knew then he was special. I watched him play basketball for a few minutes, and I was like, ‘Who in the world is this?’ He was different then, and he has only gotten better.” Brown also describes Shaw as a “dynamic personality” that has been a “great leader” for his program. Shaw plans on majoring in math in college. He lists his hobby as playing video games.
