Steve Sarkisian after second Texas scrimmage: ‘We’re not where we need to be yet’
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On Saturday, the Texas Longhorns held the team’s second scrimmage of spring practice head of next Saturday’s Orange-White game at Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium. Following the scrimmage, Texas head coach Steve Sarkisian met with the media via Zoom to share his perspective on the 12th practice and where the Longhorns football program stands currently with only three practices remaining.
“I thought pretty much in all areas, all facets, we improved individually by player wise and then by unit wise. I think ultimately we improved as a team; we’re not where we need to be yet,” Sarkisian said. “There’s a lot of areas for us to get better at, but the encouraging part is we knew this was gonna be a big week from a developmental standpoint and I think the guys really responded.”
Big Play Potential? Texas Sarkisian See Explosiveness at Wide Receiver
After two seasons at Alabama, Steve Sarkisian is looking for his receivers big-play potential.
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An offense in football is only as strong as the weakest link. Find the link Steve Sarkisian s unit was missing for two years at Alabama.
The Texas head coach enters Austin after spending the College Football Saturdays seeing four future NFL wide receivers light up the scoreboard. What might be crazier than the fact that all four targets could be top-15 picks is how each role complimented each other.
In 2019, Henry Ruggs III represented the speed element, averaging 18.7 yards per catch. Jaylen Waddle was the yards after catch machine with 17 yards on 33 hauls. Jerry Jeudy was the possessional target, recording a team-high 77 catches.
Steve Sarkisian is ‘pleased’ with how Texas is developing at the QB position
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The Texas Longhorns are roughly two thirds through spring practice as the Orange-White game looms less than two weeks away. On Tuesday, new coach Steve Sarkisian met with reporters via Zoom and shared some of his most extensive comments to date about the quarterback situation that features junior Casey Thompson and redshirt freshman Hudson Card competing for the starting job.
On Saturday, the Longhorns went through the first scrimmage under Sarkisian and his coaching staff, providing one of the first big chances to evaluate their development.
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Texas WR Preview: How will Sarkisian unlock the Longhorn wideouts?
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Perhaps the most underwhelming position for the Texas Longhorns over the past decade has been at the wide receiver group. Since 2010, only four wideouts have been drafted and that includes Collin Johnson and Devin Duvernay, both of whom were taken in the 2020 NFL Draft.
But that could all change under new head coach Steve Sarkisian, who oversaw DeVonta Smith becoming the first wide receiver to win the Heisman Trophy since Desmond Howard in 1991.
While it would be a tall tale to expect that out of the Sarkisian era Longhorns right out of the gate, you can expect to see a jump in production at receiver under Texas’ new head coach.