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Texas' open practice was a pretty interesting affair given the matchups that head coach Steve Sarkisian allowed to take place on the field. By adding

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What did the offensive line show in spring practice?

The 2026 Texas fan day gave a pretty nice peak at the upcoming season with an open practice. The scrimmage portions of the practice didn’t include

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Five quick thoughts after the 2026 spring practice

This last winter workout period was a very important one for Texas football. There were several established players on the team who needed to gain

Lance Jackson

How does the spring roster signal Texas' 2026 offensive & defensive identity?

Believe it or not, there are college football players who stick with a school for four years, biding their time for an opportunity. If those players

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It's now or never for these fourth-year Longhorns

AggieYell.com starts its look at where Texas A&M's 2026 Power 5 opponents stand with the closing of the transfer portal -- and whether those

NCAA Football: Texas A&amp;M at Texas

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Offseason damage report: Texas

With the defensive scheme changing under Will Muschamp, the key question facing Texas isn’t simply whether help is needed along the defensive line —

Texas DL Breakdown: Zero-Tech vs 4i Fits and Portal Targets

This is the most excited I've been about a defensive coordinator hire since the Longhorns hired Pete Kwiatkowski. The PK era was a pretty great one

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What is the Will Muschamp defense?

Senior members of the Texas Longhorns football team will be honored ahead of the final home game of the 2025 season versus Texas A&M on Friday.

Who will Texas honor at senior day? We'll find out later in the week

The Texas defense pitched a shutout against Sam Houston State on Saturday night from Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium, per PFF. Here's the

Top PFF defensive grades from Texas' 55-0 win over Sam Houston State

Texas' defense is coming off one of its best years as a unit in some time. After Saturday's loss to Ohio State in Columbus, they're picking up where

Alex January

Top PFF defensive grades from Texas' 14-7 loss to Ohio State

Texas has produced some legendary defenses over the past two decades, but three seasons stand apart: 2005, 2009, and 2025. Each of these teams was

Texas Football’s Greatest Defenses: Comparing the 2005, 2009, and 2025 Units

Texas has held four football practices so far and there’s been plenty to discuss in the last week. Let’s take a closer look at the storylines from

Five Texas Football Storylines After Four Practices

I'm not calling something that starts on July 30 fall camp. Anyway...  The Texas Longhorns take to the practice field later this afternoon, marking

Steve Sarkisian

The case for Texas Longhorns optimism at each position as preseason camp opens

As excited as fans are about the Arch Manning era kicking off this season, they should be even more excited about what should be a nationally

Derek Williams

Five Texas defensive players to pay extra close attention to in August

After Texas won the Big 12 Championship and made the College Football Playoff following the 2023 season, Longhorns head coach Steve Sarkisian told

Steve Sarkisian has a "hungry" team, but it's by no means starving

A counterintuitive truth of college football is that the best defenses are generally not built by assembling an army of pass-rushers. College

Colin Simmons

Can the 2025 Longhorns win the National Championship with pass-rush?

Texas has without a doubt expanded its recruiting reach nationally. From California to North Carolina, the Longhorns are looking all over the country

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How talented is the state of Texas in 2026 and 2027 compared to years past?

Barryn Sorrell will likely go down as one of the more under appreciated Longhorns of the Steve Sarkisian era. His 2022 season stood out for how he

Barryn Sorrell

The importance of replacing Barryn Sorrell in 2025

Texas' defensive identity in 2025 was something of a pleasant surprise. Of course Inside Texas readers were able to anticipate the shift toward

What will Texas' defensive identity be in 2025?

The countdown to kickoff is on. Inside Texas will take a look at every player on the roster ahead of the season opener versus Ohio State on August

Ethan Burke

Texas football roster countdown: Nos. 99-89

Texas has a lot of good linebackers on the roster for 2025.  Too many maybe, or too many to actually use at the same time. At least that's the case

Johnny Nansen

Can Texas play more linebackers in 2025?

Steve Sarkisian's 2025 spring roster for the Texas Longhorns football program has been publicly released. Texas' rosters have historically been a

Jordan Washington, Trey Moore

What stands out on the Texas 2025 spring roster?

One of the recent revelations about what Steve Sarkisian and his staff are planning for 2025 is a heavier emphasis on dime defense.  Texas used dime

Jelani McDonald

How can Texas run more Dime defense in 2025?

The Longhorns lost the services of several key players at various points in the 2024 season, and many of those key cogs are still recovering from

CJ Baxter

Steve Sarkisian lists players who won't be full participants in Texas football spring practices

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Football

Colton Vasek has football in his blood. His father, Brian Vasek, is the defensive line coach at Austin Westlake, and he played college football for the Texas Longhorns. Colton had an outstanding junior season that helped put him on the national recruiting map. He recorded 56 tackles, 16 tackles for a loss, 10 sacks, one pass breakup and two forced fumbles. He’s also a winner, playing a key role in two Class 6A state titles for the Chaps. In fact, Vasek was also awarded defensive MVP in Westlake's 40-21 win over Denton Guyer in the 2020 6A Division I State Championship game. Away from the field, Vasek enjoys hunting and fishing.

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Colton Vasek's technical acuity with his quick hands and array of pass rush moves reminds us of Trey Hendrickson. Vasek is a little taller than Hendrickson and is a more touted high school prospect. 

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