Texas held its first practice of the season on Friday, and the media was granted access to a portion of the drills. Here are three observations: 1. Texas is set to return 20 players who started at le...

NEW ORLEANS — Senior John Burt has created highlights at Texas as both a receiver on the football team and a hurdler for the school’s track and field program. That, though, may not be the reason ...

Texas will be without one of its fastest players when it takes the field against Maryland on Saturday. The school confirmed that wide receiver John Burt will miss the season opener with a foot injury...

This weekend, John Burt will look to get back on track. Burt has been listed as an entrant in the 110-meter hurdles for the Longhorn Invitational. This will be the first indoor or outdoor meet in 201...

Almost without exception, the best athletes at Texas are among the very best in their respective sports. With that in mind, I decided to choose these 10 athletes from 10 Longhorn teams. Here’s ...

Texas sophomore defensive tackle Chris Nelson was once nicknamed “Heavy” by former teammate Hassan Ridgeway, but that’s nothing compared to what he goes by on the Longhorns’ S...

FIRST QUARTER Texas 7, Notre Dame 7 — Texas and Notre Dame exchanged touchdown catches on their first drives of the season. In his college debut, freshman quarterback Shane Buechele was 4 of 5 ...

Senior defensive back Sheroid Evans bragged on Monday that he had the best style among the players on the University of Texas’ football team, but he was also confident that the team’s fas...

In Sterlin Gilbert’s new high-flying offense, there should be plenty of balls to go around for every receiver. Trying to determine which Longhorn benefits the most could be difficult. Can John ...

Leading up to the start of August training camp, the Statesman will examine each position on the Texas roster. RECEIVERS The Texas passing game has been so bad the last two years, it’s difficul...

Senoj-Jay Givans qualified with the best time (9.96 seconds) in the men’s 100-meter semifinals at the NCAA Track & Field Championships in Eugene, Ore. on Wednesday night. Givans was the onl...

For the record, the first team beat the second team, 21-7. We only had one half to work with, but Saturday’s Orange-White Game still showed us plenty. Some quick observations: 1. Shane Buechele...

WHAT’S HUMPHREY STEPPING INTO? Charlie Strong said it himself earlier this week: Texas needs to find more play-making wide receivers beyond sophomore-to-be John Burt. Who’ll be throwing i...

In 2015, Texas freshman receiver John Burt was listed as a 6-foot-2-inch, 184 pound receiver. In 2016, Burt is 6-foot-3-inches and five pounds heavier. And that’s just the start when it comes t...

Kirk Bohls released this week’s nine things and one crazy prediction yesterday. A few were dedicated to the Longhorns. Here’s a sampling: His thoughts after UT’s 63-60 loss to ...

Charlie Strong’s first words to the media at his signing day press conference? “It was a great day today. A great finish.” And it was. Maybe the biggest signing day in UT history, w...

On Saturday, we will publish our top 10 Longhorns Stories of the Year. This week, we’re asking for you to chime with your opinion. Vote in the poll below. Steve Patterson, Shaka Smart and Jorda...

Is Texas football turning to the 2015 class to save the season? Was anyone else a little surprised to see a large number of freshmen hit the field for Texas football against Kansas? Is anyone redshir...

Charlie Strong’s West Virginia press conference has come and gone, and there were two words that dominated the 30 minutes of questions: Focus. Bowl. That’s what you’ll get when your...

The Longhorns need to develop a passing game to go with its run attack. Watching the Texas Longhorns ground the Oklahoma Sooners defense to dust was a thing of beauty.  Performances like that ha...

Texas Longhorns fans can take solace in the fact that the offense may have finally found its groove. Usually when we talk about the Texas Longhorns and offensive production, it isn’t very posit...

Devonaire Clarington, the last 2015 recruit Texas is waiting on, should learn this week if he is eligible to play for the Longhorns in 2015 or not. The answer as to whether or not 2015 Longhorns sign...

Former Longhorn Mykkele Thompson was a surprise draft pick of the New York Giants. Thompson’s storybook season came to an abrupt end when he was injured in the Giants’ opening preseason g...