Longhorns Spring Camp Takeaways: Transfer portal players look the part

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Longhorns Spring Camp Takeaways: Transfer portal players look the part

Texas spring camp is officially underway and the news has started to flow. Each week, until the spring game on April 18th, we will break down what happened at camp. It’s incredibly early and everything in spring should be taken with a grain of salt, but this team looks physically the part. Arch Manning, Ty’Anthony Smith and Justus Terry are sidelined but that’s making way for others to step into bigger roles. 

Let’s get into the major takeaways from Week One: 

This team is BIG 

That is the common theme among every single picture/video coming out of Austin. This team will not lack size. Ian Geffrard comes in at a whopping 378lbs(likely needs to and will drop). Lance Jackson is up to 278lbs following an interesting offseason diet. Even freshman Tyler Atkinson looks like he’s added weight since he’s been on campus. Size is obviously only part of the equation but this will absolutely not lack big bodies, something they’ll need in SEC play and a possible CFP. 

KJ Lacey looks like QB2 … for now 

With Arch Manning spectating, KJ Lacey has been the QB getting all the first-team reps. The battle for the QB2 spot will continue throughout the offseason, simply because there’s no need to name one before Week One. MJ Morris and Dia Bell will be given their fair shake, but for right now, it’s KJ Lacey’s job and he looks comfortable in it. I would bet Lacey is Manning’s understudy throughout 2026, starting with a strong spring camp.

New playmakers look the part 

How far Texas goes in 2026 will come down to how well the new playmakers on both sides of the ball perform. Cam Coleman is already turning heads as a game-changer on the outside, as is freshman Jermaine Bishop Jr.. Hollywood Smothers and Raleek Brown are already leading the RB room on and off the field. On defense, Bo Mascoe and Rasheem Biles have already been heaped with praise early in camp. Remains to be seen what comes of it but the early returns are very positive. 

Will Muschamp is still Will Muschamp 

Anyone that wondered if Muschamp would have the same fire having not coached for the last few years has their answer. The new Longhorns DC returned to Austin and immediately brought back the intense, in-your-ear coaching he’s known for. This is just the beginning of the (second) Muschamp experience for the Longhorns, but it seems punching a whiteboard is not off the table for the salty veteran. 

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