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Texas linebacker no longer part of the Longhorn football program

Eric Nahlinby:Eric Nahlin•04/10/24
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Texas redshirt freshman linebacker S’Maje Burrell is no longer a part of the team and expected to enter the transfer portal, Inside Texas has learned. Burrell was a member of Texas’ 2023 class but did not see action during the 2023 season.

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Burrell was listed as the driver of the other vehicle involved in the incident that resulted in T’Vondre Sweat‘s DWI arrest, according to an incident report acquired by LoneStarLive.com

Per LoneStarLive…

In a heavily redacted incident report provided to LoneStarLive.com by the Austin Police Department, redshirt freshman linebacker S’Maje Burrell is listed as the driver of the other vehicle. Per the incident report, Burrell was not arrested, nor was he charged with a crime.

According to a statement by the Austin Police Department provided to LoneStarLive.com on Monday afternoon, the driver of the blue Dodge, who was not named in the statement, left the scene of the crash immediately on foot. Neither the affidavit nor the incident report noted that.

Burrell is listed specifically in the incident report as his car having been in a collision at the scene.

On Wednesday morning, Inside Texas’ Eric Nahlin and Charlie Williams reported a player was expected to enter the portal. That player was Burrell.

With the portal starting to power up for a busy couple of weeks IT has learned of one player who is guaranteed to portal. In some ways it’ll be a surprise, in other ways it won’t. We’ll explain that contrast when we can. This player does not hurt the 2024 season and Texas has to get from 89 to 85 scholarships anyway. Now the staff has to get down from 88, but remember, they’re likely to add a player or two.

The portal opens on Monday, April 15.

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Burrell was ranked as the No. 317 overall prospect, the No. 33 linebacker, and the No. 59 player in Texas according to the On3 Industry Ranking, a proprietary algorithm that compiles ratings and rankings from all four primary recruiting media services.

On3 ranked Burrell as the No. 186 overall prospect, the No. 17 linebacker, and the No. 33 player in Texas.

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