Updating the Texas Longhorns redshirt tracker with four regular season games to go
When it comes to tracking freshman participation, there are only four games left to note as conference championship games, bowl games, and potential College Football Playoff matchups are not counted against FBS athletes for eligibility purposes.
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Here’s where members of the Longhorns’ 2025 class is entering the second bye.
Redshirt burnt
- EDGE Colin Simmons
- DB Kobe Black
- WR Ryan Wingo
- RB Jerrick Gibson
- LB Ty’Anthony Smith
- P Michael Kern
- DB Jordon Johnson-Rubell
- DT Alex January
- TE Jordan Washington
Please welcome Washington to the club. Even Ja’Tavion Sanders burned his redshirt while developing, and it looks like Washington might be in a similar boat.
There was no reservation about maintaining redshirts in this group of players. All have been needed this year, and several have become critical contributors on offense, defense, and special teams. There was little reason to think members of this group were going to be five-year players. Some of them may be in Austin just for three.
At the four-game limit
- OL Brandon Baker
- DB Xavier Filsaime
Baker is unlikely a five-year player and even though he’s seen action on mostly special teams, he’s had ample opportunity to develop as one of Texas’ tackles of the future.
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Filsaime carried lofty expectations as the No. 41 overall prospect in the On3 Industry Ranking. He could maintain his redshirt to provide a bit of a buffer for the program as it develops players to replace Jahdae Barron, Andrew Mukuba, and possibly others at the Star or safety positions after this season. However, injuries to Derek Williams and even Mukuba might make Filsaime needed over a certain stretch of games.
Redshirt needed
- QB Trey Owens (2)
- EDGE Zina Umeozulu (1)
Developmental years are good, just ask Arch Manning.
The talent ahead of Umeozulu right now doesn’t make redshirting a bad thing.
Have not played and should redshirt
- WR Aaron Butler
- DB Santana Wilson
- OL Daniel Cruz
- RB Christian Clark
- WR Freddie Dubose Jr.
- OL Nate Kibble
- DL Melvin Hills
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There are a lot of quality players in this group but their positions are very crowded or there are injuries keeping them off the field. An extra development year doesn’t mean they are destined to be five-year players, just that they might need a little bit of work before they can take snaps of any sort in a game. It worked for Johnathon Brooks. It’s working for Hayden Conner.
