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TEXAS WRAPS SECOND SPRING one of only six players in school history UNDER STRONG: capped its with at least 1,000 receiving yards in a sea- 2015 SPRING second spring under head coach Charlie son with 1,051 in 2014. Nine of the 10 lost Strong on Saturday, April 18, with the offensive and defensive starters were either NOTES annual Orange-White Scrimmage. The selected in the 2015 NFL or signed scrimmage concluded the four-week spring as free agents. William Russ and Michael practice season which began on March 25. Davidson each served as the No. 1 punter The Longhorns open the 2015 regular sea- last season, and both were seniors. Russ WHAT’S INSIDE... son on Sept. 5 at Notre Dame. ended his career No. 4 on the school’s all- time punting average (42.35) chart, with pg. 1 2015 pg. 8 Horns in the STARTERS RETURNING: Texas wel- all of his 66 attempts occurring last season. Schedule NFL comes back starters at 12 positions, includ- pg. 1 Quick Facts pg. 9-49 Returning ing seven on offense and five on defense. pg. 1 Horns Player Bios BREAKING DOWN THE 2015 SCHED- At-A-Glance pg. 50-60 Newcomer There are 11 offensive players who started ULE: UT will play eight of its 12 games pg. 2-3 Roster Bios a game in 2014 back in the fall, including this season against teams that reached pg. 4-8 Notes pg. 61-72 Coaches Bios offensive linemen Sedrick Flowers, Marcus a bowl game in 2014. Those eight bowl pg. 7 By The pg. 73-86 2014 Hutchins and Kent Perkins, who each start- teams all registered at least seven wins. Last Numbers Statistics ed all 13 games. There are 12 defensive season, Texas played nine teams that were players back who had starts in 2014, includ- in bowl games in 2013. As in most years, ing three with 10 or more. Texas will play a challenging nonconfer- Duke Thomas started all 13 games, safety ence schedule, with Notre Dame and Rice notes as of May 11 Dylan Haines had 12, and both reaching bowl games a year ago. UT Hassan Ridgeway 10. The Longhorns also will also face Cal, a Power 5 Conference CONNECTING WITH THE HORNS return place-kicker Nick Rose. team that missed the postseason by one Twitter:______@Longhorn_FB only game. Texas open the season at Notre ______@Strong_TexasFB STARTERS LOST: The Longhorns will Dame, as two of the top three winningest Facebook:__ www.facebook.com/TexasLonghorns have to replace 10 offensive and defensive programs in history meet. ______www.facebook.com/utfootball starters, as well as their punter. The defense YouTube:______Notre Dame holds an 8-2 series advan- was hit hardest with six starters having __ www.youtube.com/user/TexasLonghornsVideo tage, having won the most recent game in departed. Two of them - DT Malcom 1996 in Austin, 27-24. Longtime Southwest Brown and LB - earned All- Conference foes, Texas and Rice will meet TEXAS ATHLETICS MEDIA RELATIONS America honors in 2014. Brown, a con- for the first time since 2011, the same sea- Assoc. AD/Media Relations Director: John Bianco sensus first-team All-American, was also son Cal faced the Longhorns the last time. E-Mail: [email protected] a finalist for both the Bronko Nagurski Trophy (nation’s top defensive player) Texas • 2015 Opponents Assoc. Media Relations Director: Thomas Stepp and Outland Trophy (nation’s best inte- Opponent Bowl, Result 2014 Record E-Mail: [email protected] rior lineman). Texas also lost Quandre Notre Dame Music Bowl, W 8-5 Diggs, a four-year starting cornerback, Rice Hawai’i Bowl, W 8-5 Assoc. Media Relations Director: Joe Hernandez Cedric Reed, a two-time California None 5-7 E-Mail: [email protected] All-Big 12 player, and two-year starting Oklahoma St. Cactus Bowl, W 7-6 safety Mykkele Thompson. In addition TCU Peach Bowl, W 12-1 Asst. Media Relations Director: Shawn Nestor Oklahoma Russell Athletic Bowl, L 8-5 to starting Malcolm Brown, E-Mail: [email protected] Kansas St. Alamo Bowl, L 9-4 the offense lost two of its starting wide Iowa St. None 2-10 receivers in Jaxon Shipley and John Harris. Kansas None 3-9 Shipley ended his career third on the UT W. Virginia Liberty Bowl, L 7-6 all-time receptions list (218) and sixth in Texas Tech None 4-8 receiving yards (2,510), and Harris became Baylor Cotton Bowl, L 11-2 4 2015 Texas Football Spring Guide • Notes COMPETITION AT : played only a handful of snaps during receiver remaining on the roster, having One year after starting 12 games at quar- 2013. The loss of senior center Dominic posted a combined 49 catches for 663 terback when starter David Ash went Espinosa (broken foot) in the opening receiving yards in 2013-14. Daje Johnson, down with an injury in the opener, junior game last season was a major blow as he a senior, has also shown flashes of his Tyrone Swoopes saw stiff competition was the only returning o-line starter from explosiveness, but was limited to just six from redshirt freshman Jerrod Heard in 2013. But last year’s offensive line eventu- games last season. However, in his career, the spring and that is expected to con- ally started to come together when Doyle Johnson has scored on an 84-yard run, a tinue into preseason practice. Head coach took over as the starting center in the sixth 70-yard reception and an 85-yard punt said Heard had ‘really game. Flowers was the lone offensive line- return. There are also a number of other closed the gap’ heading into the Orange- man to start at the same position in all 13 options with junior Jacorey Warrick and White Scrimmage. “It’s good that you have games, though Hutchins had one start at sophomores Dorian Leonard, Lorenzo Joe competition because that makes both of right tackle and the final 12 at left tackle. and Armanti Foreman seeing the most them better,” Strong said. Swoopes played Last season, freshmen Elijah Rodriguez, time last season. Foreman and Joe were sparingly in six games as a true freshman Terrell Cuney and Alex Anderson all red- the most productive of that group, each during 2013 before being inserted into the shirted and now hope to add depth to the registering 10 receptions. Sophomores starting lineup in game two last season. unit. This spring, the returning group was Andrew Beck and Blake Whiteley will He went on to complete 224 of 384 passes buoyed by the addition of four incom- look to replace Swaim. Beck began last (58.3 percent) for 2,409 yards. Swoopes ing recruits. Brandon Hodges, Tristan year as a before moving to tight threw for more than 300 yards in three Nickelson, Garrett Thomas and Connor end in the preseason where he proved to games, which is tied for fourth on the UT Williams enrolled in classes in January be a capable blocker in his reserve role. single-season list. Heard, who led Guyer and added depth and competition dur- Whiteley redshirted in 2014 after transfer- High School to state titles as a junior and ing practice. “It’s always good when you ring from Arizona Western Community senior, served as the backup last season get depth, when you add four guys to the College where he played one season, but though he ended up redshirting. “What group, because it just helps now when emerged as the No. 1 JUCO in happens is they push each other and get you go out to practice, you just don’t wear the nation. better and better—that’s what you want down a group,” head coach Charlie Strong to see,” Strong said after spring practice said in the spring. “Now you have some NO GRAY AREA: Texas will have to ended. “We didn’t have that issue last year, guys you can practice and go develop and replace running back Malcolm Brown, who but it’s good that we have that problem get better.” ended his career as the ninth-leading rusher now. Now, you just have a chance to watch in school history (2,678 yards) and started two of them go out and compete each and LOOKING FOR REPLACEMENTS AT all 13 games in 2014, but senior Johnathan every day.” WIDEOUT AND TIGHT END: The Gray has been a key part of the offense the Texas receiving corps is going through last three seasons. Gray ranks 15th on the STARTING O-LINE BACK IN 2015: an overhaul with the departure of starting UT career rushing list (2,118), but that The Longhorns hope to benefit in 2015 by wideouts John Harris and Jaxon Shipley, total could be higher had he not suffered an playing a number of inexperienced offen- and tight end Geoff Swaim. Last season, Achilles injury which caused him to miss sive linemen last season. All five starters - Harris (68 for 1,051) and Shipley (59 for the final four games in 2013. He played all LT Marcus Hutchins, LG Sedrick Flowers, 577) ranked 1-2 on the team in both recep- 13 games in 2014 and rushed for 637 yards C Taylor Doyle, RG Kent Perkins and tions and receiving yards. Swaim only to go with a team-high seven , RT Camrhon Hughes - from last season caught 10 passes, but was a key cog in the but said this spring he didn’t feel all the way are back, along with Jake Raulerson, who running game with his blocking skills, back until the West Virginia game on Nov. combined to start five games at both cen- which helped him get taken by in 8. Gray also catches the ball well coming ter and right tackle. Flowers and Perkins the seventh round of the 2015 NFL Draft. out of the backfield. He had a career-high have the most experience as each played The Longhorns return players who pro- 20 receptions last season. “If you block reserve roles in 2013. But Hutchins and duced just 32 percent of the receptions and people for him he’s one of those guys Hughes saw their first-ever action along 30 percent of the receiving yards. Senior that can open up and run and he doesn’t the offensive line last season, and Doyle Marcus Johnson is the most productive mind running behind his pads,” head coach Charlie Strong said in the spring. Gray will be joined in the backfield by tail- NCAA ALL-TIME TEAM RECORDS backs D’Onta Foreman and Duke Catalon. YEARS RECORD PCT. YEARS WINS Foreman played sparingly last season as a 1. Notre Dame____126____882-310-42_____.732 1. Michigan______135______915 true freshman, but showed promise before 2.. Michigan______135____915-328-36_____.729 2. Notre Dame____126______882 injuring his hand and missing the final two 3. Boise State______47_____ 408-155-2______.724 3. TEXAS______122______881 games. Catalon redshirted during his true 4. Ohio State______125____863-319-53_____.720 4. Nebraska______125______874 freshman season. The Longhorns do return 5. Oklahoma______120____850-317-53_____.718 5. Ohio State______125______863 their top two fullbacks in senior Alex De 6. Alabama______120____851-324-43____ .716 6. Alabama______120______851 La Torre and junior Dominic Cruciani. De 7. TEXAS______122____881-346-33____ .712 7. Oklahoma______120______850 La Torre has been a stable force at fullback 9. USC______121____805-327-54____ .702 8. Tennessee______118______811 the last two seasons with Cruciani seeing 8. Nebraska______125____874-361-40____ .701 9. USC______121______805 limited action. www.TexasSports.com 5 CHANGES ALONG THE DEFENSIVE a career-best 131 tackles from his middle the nickel cornerback position which was LINE: Texas will have a tough time replac- linebacker spot. He had 323 career tackles, manned by Diggs and Thompson the last ing All-America defensive tackle Malcom which was just 23 shy of the UT all-time two seasons. Brown, who ended up being a first-round top 10. Seniors Dalton Santos and Peter pick of New England in the 2015 NFL Jinkens, and junior Timothy Cole have ROSE RETURNS, PUNTER JOB OPEN: Draft, but two experieced and talented the most experience on the current roster. Place-kicker Nick Rose is back in the fold players should help ease the transition. Jinkens has 11 starts in his career and for his senior year, but the Longhorns Desmond Jackson, a fifth-year senior, Santos has nine. The Longhorns were thin are in search of a new punter with the returns after missing nearly all of the at linebacker during the spring as Santos departure of William Russ and Michael 2014 season with a foot injury. He started missed the second half with an injury, Davidson, who were both seniors last sea- the first three games at defensive tackle though they were fortunate one of the son. Rose connected on 14 of 21 field goals before lisfranc surgery on his injured foot six early enrollees was linebacker Malik in 2014, including 7 of 11 on attempts of ended his season after three games. Hassan Jefferson, among the more-highly regard- 40 yards or more. He was also a weapon Ridgeway stepped into his spot and per- ed prospects nationally in the 2015 sign- on kickoffs, with 44 of 61 attempts (72.1 formed admirably alongside Brown, who ing class. Jefferson’s talent was on display percent) going for touchbacks. Texas will went on to earn consensus first-team All- in the Orange-White Scrimmage when also need a replacement for deep snapper America honors and was named a finalist he posted six tackles, one forced Nate Boyer, who served in that role the for the both the Nagurski Trophy and and a pass breakup. Edwin Freeman, who last three seasons. Junior Kyle Ashby has Outland Trophy. Brown led the team in scooped up the Jefferson forced fumble experience, having served as the snap- sacks with 6.5 and Ridgeway was second and returned it for 33 yards for a touch- per for punts during 2013. Sophomore with 6.0. Head coach Charlie Strong calls down, is a converted safety who redshirted Mitchell Becker handled most of the punt- Ridgeway “a mainstay in the middle.” last season. “They are two very athletic ing chores in the spring, though sopho- , who saw time as a true fresh- ,” head coach Charlie Strong more Matt Simms had one attempt in man in 2014, junior Paul Boyette Jr. and said. the Orange-White Scrimmage. Russ and junior Alex Norman should also expect Davidson combined for a 42.3-yard punt- to see time in the defensive tackle rota- RELOADING IN THE SECONDARY: ing average last season. Russ dropped 33 tion, along with redshirt freshmen Chris Cornerback , a four-year percent of his punts (22 of 67) inside the Nelson and Jake McMillon, who moved starter, and safety/nickel corner Mykkele opponents’ 20-yard line. back to defensive tackle in the offseason. Thompson, a two-year starter, were select- McMillon served as a reserve offensive ed in the 2015 NFL Draft, but senior lineman last season. Cedric Reed will be Duke Thomas, junior Dylan Haines, another difficult player to replace. The sophomore Jason Hall and junior Adrian two-time All-Big 12 defensive end record- Colbert return as starters in the secondary. ed 29 tackles for loss and 15.5 sacks during Thomas has started the last two seasons at his final two seasons. Naashon Hughes, cornerback. He led the team in pass break- Shiro Davis and Caleb Bluiett split snaps ups (10) and was tied for second in inter- at the defensive end spot opposite Reed. ceptions (3) in 2014. Haines was a pleasant Davis started the first three games in surprise last season, climbing the depth 2014 and Hughes seven of the last eight. chart beginning in the spring. The former UT ALL-TIME RECORDS Juniors Bryce Cottrell and Quincy Vasser walk-on was inserted in the starting lineup Overall (122 years)______881-346-33 (.712) also figure to garner some playing time at safety in the second game and ended the Home______507-129-13 (.791) in the fall. Cottrell played in nine games year with a team-best four , Away______273-143-10 (.653) last season and Vasser joined the team in plus seven pass breakups (second on the Neutral______101-74-10 (.573) January from Navarro College where he team). His 86 tackles were third on the was a second-team JUCO All-American in team and are the most among returning vs. Ranked Opponents 2014. Redshirt freshman players. Hall and Colbert split time at one All-time*______132-142-8 (.482) missed the spring with a shoulder injury of the starting safeties. The hard-hitting Home______48-41-4 but is expected back in the summer. Hall registered 49 tackles and Colbert Away______38-47-0 tallied 20. Senior Sheroid Evans, junior Neutral______46-53-4 LINEBACKER JOBS OPEN: Texas spent Bryson Echols and sophomore Antwuan Ranked matchup______109-79-5 the majority of 2014 in a two-linebacker Davis are with playing experi- As the higher-ranked team+______71-34-2 set and both of those productive players ence. Evans missed all of last season with As the lower-ranked team+______38-46-3 have departed. Jordan Hicks and Steve * as ranked by either The AP Poll or Coaches Poll a knee injury and was again sidelined in + both teams ranked Edmond were the top two tacklers on the spring. Echols started once last season the team last season. Hicks, a 2014 sec- and has played in 26 career games. Davis W/L vs. unranked opponents (since 1936) ond-team All-American and third-round played in nine contests last year, most- All-time*______487-119-7 (.801) choice by Philadelphia in the 2015 NFL ly on special teams. Cornerback should Home______273-52-2 Draft, collected a career-high 147 tackles, get a boost from redshirt freshmen John Away ______186-59-3 tied for the seventh-highest total on the Bonney and Jermaine Roberts Jr. Bonney Neutral______28-8-2 UT single-season list. Edmond chipped in was praised in the spring for his grasp of 6 2015 Texas Football Spring Guide • Notes STAFF ADDITIONS: There were three from 2004-06. In addition, he coached in adjustments on head coach Charlie the NFL with Indianapolis (1998-2001) TEXAS BY THE NUMBERS Strong’s staff following his first season: and Oakland (2002-03). • Brick Haley joined the staff in February • Jeff Traylor joined the staff in February 5: All five starters return on the offen- as defensive line coach. He spent the last as tight ends coach/special teams coor- sive line: LT Marcus Hutchins, LG Sedrick Flowers, C Taylor Doyle, RG Kent Perkins six seasons as LSU’s defensive line coach. dinator. Traylor is in his first stop at the and RT Camrhon Hughes. That group has His resume also includes stops with the collegiate level after a tremendously suc- accounted for 58 career starts, with all but two (2007-08/DL), Mississippi cessful high school career. Traylor was occurring last season. Flowers and Perkins State (2004-06/DL) and Baylor (1999-2001/ Gilmer [Texas] High School’s head coach each started once in 2013. Jake Raulerson DC/LB). During his time at LSU (2009- for the past 15 seasons (2000-14), amass- also started five games last year as a reshirt 14), Haley coached 10 defensive linemen ing three state championships (2004, ‘09 freshman. Center Dominic Espinosa was the selected in the NFL Draft, including a ‘14) and a 175-26 overall record (.871). He lone returning offensive line starter heading pair of first-round picks in DT Michael also led Gilmer to state runner-up finishes into 2014. Brockers (No. 12 overall in 2012) and in 2007 and 2012, along with 12 district The Longhorns return five of their top DE Barkevious Mingo (No. 6 overall in titles. Gilmer reached the 10-win mark 11 5: six rushers from last season, though the lone 2013). Danielle Hunter was selected in the times under Traylor’s direction, all in the departure is leading ground gainer Malcolm third round of the 2015 NFL Draft by the last 12 years, while also recording seven Brown. He posted 708 rushing yards and , extending LSU’s streak 13-win campaigns. The Buckeyes reached ended his career No. 9 on the UT all-time list of years with at least one defensive lineman the 15-win plateau three times, all of which (2,678). picked in the draft to 12. resulted in undefeated state championship • Jay Norvell was named wide receivers years, including two 16-0 marks in 2004 8: The Longhorns have eight of their top 15 coach in January. Novell has three stints and 2014. tacklers back from last season, but only one as an offensive coordinator, mostly recent- among the top seven. Dylan Haines was third on the team with 86. ly at Oklahoma where he served as co- offensive coordinator/wide receivers from 10: Texas returns 10 of the 15 players who 2011-14 and assistant offensive coordina- caught a pass in 2014, but will have to replace tor/wide receivers coach from 2008-10. its top two receivers. John Harris posted 68 Three of the top four players on OU’s all- catches for 1,051 receiving yards and Jaxon time receptions chart have played under Shipley had 59 receptions for 577 yards. Norvell’s direction – Ryan Broyles (349), Kenny Stills (204) and 15: Senior Johnathan Gray ranks No. 15 on (202) – while five of the top six single- the school’s all-time rushing list (2,109). season reception marks have come under 17: Duke Thomas (10) and Dylan Haines Norvell. He was also the OC/ (7) accounted for 17 of the team’s 41 pass coach at UCLA in 2007 and at Nebraska breakups (41.5 percent) last season.

LONGHORNS ACTIVE IN THE NFL 176: Over the last nine years, Texas has the most Academic All-Big 12 selections of any As of May 11, there were 42 former players on Michael Huey, San Diego Chargers (OL) team in the conference with 176. NFL rosters and three coaching in the NFL. Jackson Jeffcoat, Washington Redskins (LB) Derrick Johnson, (LB) Emmanuel Acho, Philidelphia Eagles (LB) Cullen Loeffler, Minnesota Vikings (LS) , Chicago Bears (LB) Colt McCoy, Washington Redskins (QB) Chykie Brown, (CB) , (DT) Curtis Brown, (CB) Roy Miller, (DT) Malcolm Brown, St. Louis Rams (RB) Alex Okafor, (LB) Malcom Brown, (DT) , (LB) Nate Boyer, (LS) Adrian Phillips, San Diego Chargers (S) Carrington Byndom, Carolina Panthers (CB) Cory Redding, Arizona Cardinals (DT) , Kansas City Chiefs (RB) Cedric Reed, (DE) John Chiles, Chicago Bears (WR) Keenan Robinson, Washington Redskins (LB) Phil Dawson, (PK) , Minnesota Vikings (DE) Quandre Diggs, (CB) Kyle Shanahan, (OC) Marquise Goodwin, Buffalo Bills (WR) Jaxon Shipley, Arizona Cardinals (WR) Jerry Gray, Minnesota Vikings (DB Coach) Geoff Swaim, (TE) Michael Griffin, Tennessee Titans (S) , Seattle Seahawks (S) Donald Hawkins, Miami Dolphins (OL) Mykkele Thompson, New York Giants (S) John Harris, (WR) , (PK) Jordan Hicks, Philadelphia Eagles (LB) , (S) Richard Hightower, San Francisco 49ers (ST) Chris Whaley, Dallas Cowboys (DT) Trey Hopkins, (OG) Fozzy Whittaker, Carolina Panthers (RB) Lamarr Houston, Chicago Bears (DT) Aaron Williams, Buffalo Bills (CB)

www.TexasSports.com 7 2015 NFL DRAFT NEWS AND NOTES: The 2015 NFL Draft saw five Longhorns LONGHORNS 2015 NFL DRAFT NOTES being selected over the three-day pro- • The Longhorns have had 335 players chosen and Raymond Clayborn (16th overall in 1977) cess and five more players signing as free on draft day and had at least one player selected were the other Longhorns drafted in the first agents in the following days. On the open- in 77 of the 80 NFL Drafts, including a record round by the Patriots. ing day, defensive tackle Malcom Brown 76 consecutive (1938-2013). • Jordan Hicks became the fourth Texas line- landed in the first round (32nd overall) • With Jordan Hicks’ selection in the third backer selected in the draft during the last six round, the Longhorns have had at least two play- years. Keenan Robinson (fourth round in 2012 to New England, and one day later line- ers taken in the first three rounds in 13 of the last to Washington), Emmanuel Acho (sixth round backer Jordan Hicks was taken with the 15 NFL Drafts. New England selected Malcom in 2012 to Cleveland) and Roddrick Muckelroy 20th pick (84th overall) in the third round Brown in the first round. In fact, at least two (fourth round in 2010 to Cincinnati) join Hicks by Philadelphia, giving Texas at least a Longhorns have been drafted in 51 of the last 54 on the list. Acho has spent the last two seasons pair of selections in the first three rounds years, dating back to 1962. in Philadelphia. in 13 of the last 15 years. It was also the • Texas has had 44 players selected in the first • With the selection of Mykkele Thompson’s 51st time in the last 54 years (since 1962) round with three of those — Kenneth Sims, and Quandre Diggs, Texas has had seven defen- the Longhorns had two or more picks in 1982; Earl Campbell, 1978; Tommy Nobis, sive backs chosen in the last six drafts. In the NFL Draft. One year after having its 1966 — earning the honor of being the first addition, there have been at least two defensive player selected overall. backs taken in four of the last 10 years with the NFL-record streak snapped at 76 seasons • This is the fourth year in the last seven the last occurrence in 2011 with Aaron Williams of having a player selected in the draft, Longhorns had a first-round draft choice includ- (second round, Buffalo) and Curtis Brown (third Texas had its most chosen in five years ing Kenny Vaccaro (2013 by New Orleans), Earl round, Pittsburgh). (six in 2010). On the final day of the draft, Thomas (2010 by Seattle) and Brian Orakpo • Geoff Swaim is the first Longhorn to be the New York Giants chose defensive back (2009 by Washington). drafted by Dallas since 1999 (WR Wane Mykkele Thompson in the fifth round, • Brian Orakpo was the last Longhorn defen- McGarity, fourth round) and only the second Detroit tabbed cornerback Quandre Diggs sive lineman to go in the first round (13th over- since 1987. The last UT tight end to be chosen in the sixth round, and Dallas picked tight all to Washington in 2009) and Marcus Tubbs was Jermichael Finley, going in the third round end Geoff Swaim in the seventh round. the previous UT defensive tackle to be selected of the 2008 draft to Green Bay. in the opening round (23rd overall to Seattle in • The Longhorns’ five selections this year are This was the fifth time in last 10 years UT 2004). the most since they had six in 2010. This is also has had five or more draft picks. In the • Malcom Brown became the fifth player under the fifth time in last 10 years UT has had five or days following the draft, five Longhorns Strong to be drafted in the first round during more selections. signed as rookie free agents with NFL the last two years. Louisville’s DeVante Parker • Despite not having a player selected in the teams: went in the first round (14th overall) to Miami. 2014 draft, seven Longhorns ended up sign- • DS Nate Boyer – Seattle Last season, Louisville had three first round ing as free agents. Six from that class were on • RB Malcolm Brown – St. Louis picks in safety Calvin Pryor (18th overall to NFL rosters last season, including Carrington • WR John Harris – Philadelphia New York Jets), defensive end Marcus Smith Byndom (Carolina), Donald Hawkins (Dallas), • DE Cedric Reed – Buffalo (26th overall to Philadelphia) and quarterback Trey Hopkins (Cincinnati), Jackson Jeffcoat Teddy Bridgewater (32nd overall to Minnesota). (Washington), Adrian Phillips (San Diego) and • WR Jaxon Shipley – Arizona Strong was the head coach with the Cardinals Chris Whaley (Dallas). The six first-year play- from 2011 to 2014. Since 1995, Strong has ers on NFL rosters was tied with Baylor and coached 14 players selected in the first round Oklahoma for the most among Big 12 schools and 35 taken in the first four rounds. and tied for 21st in the nation. • David Thomas (third round in 2006) was the • Texas holds the NFL record with 17 players last Longhorn selected in the NFL Draft by New selected in the 1984 draft. England. Kenneth Sims (first overall in 1982)

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