The Umeozulus join a long history of Longhorn football brothers
The addition of Zina Umeozulu to the Longhorns’ 2024 class means he’ll join older brother Neto on the Texas roster ahead of next season. When that happens, the Umeozulus will become the next family to claim siblings who suited up for the UT football program.
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The incomparable Jonathan Wells provided Inside Texas with an extensive list of brothers who have been a part of the program since the first season in 1893.
Longhorn football brothers
- Paul (1893) and Ray McLane (1893-95)
- Victor (1893-95) and Arthur Moore (1894)
- Lamar (1896-98) and Cade Bethea (1897-99)
- Jack (1897) and Hartford Jenkins (1899)
- Mark (1898-1901) and William McMahon (1900-01)
- Raymond (1899) and Victor Keller (1901)
- Vance (1900-02) and Bowie Duncan (1905-08)
- Bob (1905-07), Fred (1906-07), and Marshall Ramsdell (1909-11)
- Harry (1908-09, 11) and Offie Leonard (1909-11)
- W.P. (1908-09) and Bert Walker (1914-15)
- Edgar (1910-11) and Marion Harold (1911)
- Eugene (1912-13) and K.L. Berry (1912, 14-15, 24)
- Bob and Paul Simmons (both 1913, 15)
- George W. (1919) and John McCullough (1925-27)
- Clem “Ox” Higgins (1925-27) and Frank “Pinky” Higgins (1928)
- Hugh (1934, 36-37) and Danny Wolfe (1947-49)
- Rube Lee “R.L.” Harkins (1939-41) and Henry Harkins (1941)
- Harold “Buddy” (1940-41) and Charles Jungmichel (1947)
- George (1944, 47-48) and Charles Petrovich (1951-53)
- Les (1942) and Ben Proctor (1948-50)
- Phil (1951-53) and Clair Branch (1956, 58-59)
- Tom (1950-52) and Bill Stolhandske (1958)
- Will and Wes Wyman (both 1955-57)
- Drew (1958-60) and Brett Morris (1962)
- David (1959-61), Marvin (1963-65), and Paul Kristynik (1968-69)
- Don (1959-61), Charles (1961-63), and Diron Talbert (1964-66)
- Ernie (1962-64) and Ted Koy (1967-69)
- Jim (1962-64) and Earl Hudson (1966)
- Dan (1963-64) and Stan Mauldin (1969-71)
- Ronnie (1965, 67-68) and Ken Ehrig (1968-69)
- Jeff (1968-70) and Bill Zapalac (1970-71)
- Mike and Tom Campbell (1968-69)
- Mike (1970-72) and Bobby Rowan (1975)
- Bill (1971-73) and Jim Wyman (1975)
- Rick (1973-75) and Ken Thurman (1977)
- Earl (1974-77), Tim (1975-77, 79), and Steve Campbell (1978)
- Dave (1975-77) and Les Studdard (1978-80)
- Randy (1976) and Ronnie Miksch (1977-78)
- Keith and Kerry Cash (both 1987-90)
- Bobby (1985-88) and Duane Duncum (1986-89)
- Shay (1990-91) and Shad Shafie (1991)
- Dennis (1991-92) and Hunter McWilliams (1999-2000)
- Cole (1999-2000) and Chase Pittman (2003)
- Derrick (1999-2002) and Cedric Dockery (2005-08)
- Austin (2002-03) and Lyle Sendlein (2003-06)
- Michael (2003-06) and Marcus Griffin (2004-07)
- Tony (2004-07) and Jeremy Hills (2009, 11-12)
- Mark and Matt McCoy (both 2006)
- Colt (2006-09) and Case McCoy (2011-13)
- Jordan (2006-09) and Jaxon Shipley (2011-14)
- Sam (2007-10) and Emmanuel Acho (2008-11)
- Kenny (2009-12) and Kevin Vaccaro (2012, 14-16)
- Armanti (2014-17) and D’Onta Foreman (2014-16)
- Dakota (2014) and Dylan Haines (2014-16)
- Kirk (2015, 18-19) and Collin Johnson (2016-19)
- Kris (2015-18) and Demarco Boyd (2017)
- Devin (2016-19) and Donovan Duvernay (2019)
- Keaontay Ingram (2018-20) and Kelvontay Dixon (2020-21)
These other four pairs of brothers featured one who lettered and another who was a member of the team but did not letter.
- Sam (2017-20) and Jake Ehlinger (did not letter)
- Bob (1960-61) and Jim Moses (did not letter)
- Wayne (1955-56) and Mike Wash (did not letter)
- Dan (1894-97) and Richard Parker (did not letter)