The 2022 Texas Longhorns football team represents the
University of Texas at Austin
The University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin, UT, or Texas) is a public research university in Austin, Texas. It was founded in 1883 and is the oldest institution in the University of Texas System. With 40,916 undergraduate students, 11,075 ...
as a member of the
Big 12 Conference
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during the
2022 NCAA Division I FBS football season. Led by second-year head coach
Steve Sarkisian
Stephen Sarkisian (born March 8, 1974)Stephens, Ken. – "QB GENEALOGY – Steve Sarkisian is latest in long line of talented BYU quarterbacks". –
FUN FACT, Sarkisian’s father is actually Texas Tech Head Coach, Joey McGuire.
''Dallas Mo ...
, the Longhorns play home games at
Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium
Darrell K Royal Memorial Stadium (formerly War Memorial Stadium, Memorial Stadium, and Texas Memorial Stadium), located in Austin, Texas, on the campus of the University of Texas, has been home to the Longhorns football team since 1924. The sta ...
in
Austin, Texas
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.
Previous season
The Longhorns finished the
2021 season with a 5–7 record, 3–6 in Big 12 play.
Offseason
Departures
Over the course of the off-season, Texas lost 46 total players. 23 players graduated, while the other 24 entered the transfer portal. Of the 47 lost, 16 were starters for multiple games last season including starting quarterback
Casey Thompson
Casey Thompson (born October 3, 1998) is an American football quarterback for the Oklahoma Sooners. He previously played college football for Texas, Nebraska, and Florida Atlantic.
High school career
Thompson played his first three years of hig ...
.
Team departures
Outgoing transfers
Note: Players with a dash in the new school column didn't land on a new team for the 2022 season.
Coaching staff departures
During the off-season, Texas lost 2 position coaches and 3 support staff members. The two position coaches that departed the team were running backs coach
Stan Drayton
Stanley Drayton (born March 11, 1971) is an American football coach. He is currently the head coach at Temple University. He formerly served as the associate head coach, running backs coach, and run game coordinator at The University of Texas at ...
and wide receivers coach
Andre Coleman
Andre Clintonian Coleman (born September 19, 1972) is an American football coach and former player. He played professionally for five seasons as a wide receiver in the National Football League (NFL) with the San Diego Chargers, the Pittsburgh ...
. Drayton took an upgrade by becoming the 32nd head coach at
Temple
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, while Coleman was relieved of his duties at Texas. Furthermore, Drayton and Coleman were the final 2 coaches that were under both previous head coach
Tom Herman
Thomas Herman III (born June 2, 1975) is an American football coach and head coach of the Florida Atlantic Owls. He was the head football coach for the Texas Longhorns at the University of Texas at Austin from 2017 to 2020. Prior to that, he se ...
and current head coach
Steve Sarkisian
Stephen Sarkisian (born March 8, 1974)Stephens, Ken. – "QB GENEALOGY – Steve Sarkisian is latest in long line of talented BYU quarterbacks". –
FUN FACT, Sarkisian’s father is actually Texas Tech Head Coach, Joey McGuire.
''Dallas Mo ...
.
Note: Andre Coleman didn't find a new coaching job at the collegiate level for the 2022 season.
Acquisitions
Incoming transfers
Over the off-season, Texas added 7 players from the transfer portal. According to 247 Sports, Texas had the 8th ranked transfer class in the country. The first transfer was quarterback
Quinn Ewers
Quinn Tucker Ewers (born March 15, 2003) is an American football quarterback for the Texas Longhorns. Ewers attended Ohio State University in 2021 before transferring to Texas in 2022, where he became their starter. He is noted for being the fir ...
. Ewers transferred from
Ohio State
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and was the highest ranked recruit since former Longhorn quarterback
Vince Young
Vincent Paul Young Jr. (born May 18, 1983) is a former American football quarterback who played in the National Football League (NFL) for six seasons. Young was drafted by the Tennessee Titans as the third overall pick in the 2006 NFL Draft, and ...
. On the offensive side, Texas also added
Alabama
(We dare defend our rights)
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tight end
Jahleel Billingsley
Jahleel Billingsley (born May 17, 2001) is an American football tight end who currently plays for the San Antonio Brahmas of the XFL. He played college football for the Texas Longhorns and Alabama Crimson Tide.
Early life and high school
Billi ...
, Alabama wide receiver Agiye Hall,
Wyoming
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wide receiver
Isaiah Neyor, and
Iowa State wide receiver Tarique Milton. However, Texas only took 2 defensive transfers in Ohio State defensive back Ryan Watts and
JMU linebacker Diamonte Tucker-Dorsey.
2022 recruits
2022 overall class ranking
2023 recruits
2023 overall class ranking
Walk-ons
Coaching staff additions
NFL undrafted free agents
No Longhorns were selected in the 2022 NFL Draft, a first since 2014. However, 6 players were signed as undrafted free agents.
NFL Draft Combine
† Top performer
DNP = Did not participate
Returning starters
Texas returns 7 starters on offense, 12 starters on defense, and 1 starter on special teams. 3 of the 7 offensive starters are seniors, 9 of the 12 defensive starters are seniors, and the lone special teams player is a senior.
Offense
Defense
Special Teams
Preseason
The preseason poll was released on July 7, 2022.
Award watch lists
Listed in the order that they were released
Preseason Big-12 awards
2022 Preseason All-Big 12 teams
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Preseason All-Americans
Personnel
Coaching staff
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Support staff
* Jason Grooms – Chief of Staff
* Matt Smidebush – Director of Operations
* Jason Rodriquez – Assistant Operations Coordinator
* Billy Glasscock – Director of Player Personnel
* Chris Gilbert – Director of High School Relations
*
Brandon Harris
Brandon Harris (born January 24, 1990) is an American football coach and former cornerback who is currently the cornerbacks coach at Florida Atlantic University. He was drafted by the Houston Texans in the second round of the 2011 NFL Draft. ...
– Director of Recruiting
* John Michael Jones – Assistant Director, Player Personnel, Offense
* Robert Merritt – Assistant Director, Player Personnel, Scouting
* Austin Shelton – Assistant Director, Player Personnel, Defense
* Taylor Searels – Director of Recruiting Operations
* Tyler Johnson — Coordinator of Recruiting Operations
* Kevin Washington – Director of Player Development
*
Michael Huff
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– Assistant Director of Player Development
* Matt Rutherford — Director, Equipment Operations
* Trevor Cook — Assistant Equipment Manager
* Joshua Peterson — Assistant Equipment Manager
* Derek Ochoa — Director of Football Creative Media
* Kyle Barkle — Assistant Director of Creative Media
* Patrick Perala — Senior Graphic Designer
* Michael Good — Content Creator
* James Bray — Head Team Physician
* Donald Nguyen — Senior Associate Athletic Trainer, Head Athletic Trainer
* Daryl Faulkner — Associate Athletic Trainer
* Johnathan Tran — Assistant Athletic Trainer
* Stephen Galvan — Assistant Athletic Trainer
* Cory Castro — Assistant Coach, Athletic Performance
* Isaiah Gonzales — Assistant Coach, Athletic Performance
* Markus James — Assistant Coach, Athletic Performance
* Joe Vaughn — Assistant Coach, Athletic Performance
* Jeff Nelson — Director of Football Academic Services
* Amy Culp — Assistant Athletic Director, Sports Dietitian and Clinical Wellness
* Kirsten Gregurich — Assistant Sports Dietitian
* DJ Welte — Director, Football Video Operations
* Bob Napoles — Senior Video Coordinator
* Desmond Dildy — Video Coordinator
* Esmee Smiley — Video Coordinator
* Kyrah McCowan – Director, Football Administration and Program Relations
* Amy Biegel — Assistant Program Administrator
Analysts
*
Gary Patterson
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– Special Assistant to the Head Coach
* David Brock — Senior Analyst, Offense
* Greg McMahon — Analyst, Special Teams
* Jeff Crosby – Senior Analyst, Special Teams
* Henry Fernandez – Senior Analyst, Defense
* Joey Thomas – Senior Analyst, Defense
* John Dozier Dean – Analyst, Offense
* Michael Bimonte – Analyst, Offense
* Ray Pickering – Analyst, Offense
Graduate assistants
* Tyler Fambrough — Offense
* Mitch Zoloty — Offense
* Tevis Bartlett — Defense
* Nico Johnson — Defense
Roster
''Source:''
Roster outlook
(*)Redshirt
Schedule
Texas and the Big 12 announced the 2022 football schedule on December 1, 2021. Texas will play 7 home games, 4 away games, and 1 neutral site game. The 7 home games will be played against Louisiana-Monroe, Alabama, UTSA, West Virginia, Iowa State, TCU, and Baylor. The 4 away games will be played against Texas Tech, Oklahoma State, Kansas State, and Kansas. The 1 neutral site game will be played against Oklahoma at the
Cotton Bowl in
Dallas, Texas
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in the annual
Red River Showdown
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.
Game summaries
vs. Louisiana–Monroe
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vs. No. 1 Alabama
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Stats
ESPN College GameDay announced that they were returning to Austin for the 8th time, and the first time since 2019. They were set up at the LBJ Lawn.
Fox brought their
Big Noon Kickoff
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pregame show to Austin for the first time, it was set up at the Winship Circle as part of the "Hook 'Em Hangout".
vs. UTSA
*Sources:'
Stats
at Texas Tech
*Sources:'
Stats
vs. West Virginia
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Stats
vs. Oklahoma
*Sources:'
Stats
Largest margin of victory versus Oklahoma.
Oklahoma was shutout for the first time since
November 7, 1998 versus
Texas A&M
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.
Texas shutout Oklahoma for the first time since
October 9, 1965.
Most points scored (49) versus Oklahoma all-time, surpassing the 48 scored October 6, 2018.
vs. Iowa State
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Stats
at No. 11 Oklahoma State
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Stats
at No. 13 Kansas State
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Stats
vs. No. 4 TCU
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Stats
ESPN College GameDay returned to Austin for the 2nd time of the season, and 9th time overall.
at Kansas
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Stats
vs. Baylor
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Stats
vs. No. 12 Washintgon (Alamo Bowl)
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Statistics
Team statistics
Individual statistics
Offense
Defense
Key: POS: Position, SOLO: Solo Tackles, AST: Assisted Tackles, TOT: Total Tackles, TFL: Tackles-for-loss, SACK: Quarterback Sacks, INT: Interceptions, BU: Passes Broken Up, PD: Passes Defended, QBH: Quarterback Hits, FR: Fumbles Recovered, FF: Forced Fumbles, BLK: Kicks or Punts Blocked, SAF: Safeties, TD : Touchdown
Special teams
Awards and honors
National awards and honors
Conference honors
All-Americans
All Star games
TV ratings
All totals via Sports Media Watch.
Streaming numbers not included. † - Data not available.
Rankings
References
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