The injury bug has bitten the running back room. With C.J. Baxter and Christian Clark out for the season, Sark was asked about the possibility of adding a non-RB to the unit. Sark was also asked about Barryn Sorrell's growth, the conerback position, and more.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
The Longhorns are preparing for a brand new football season,
and they continue. They come off of scrimmage Number one,
had a practice yesterday afternoon, They have a practice tonight
or early this evening. And these are kind of in
these dog days of August and of fall camp, training
(00:22):
camp workouts pause for civil water, and Sark has continued
to say he's impressed by how his guys have approached this,
even though we're still eighteen days away from kickoff and
there is the grind of practices going on. There's one
(00:42):
more scrimmage to come this Saturday, but there's work to
be done. And they come off of that scrimmage on Saturday,
and Sark was asked, and this is kind of a
salient point now, especially with a second running back beat injured,
but he was asked, which running backs stood out or
(01:05):
made an impression on him in the Saturday scrimmage.
Speaker 2 (01:08):
Yeah, no, I thought. I thought Jayden played well. I
thought Trey played well. Both those guys did a nice job.
I thought Christian and Jeric got their introduction to college
football a little bit. You know, both guys put the
ball on the ground once and that that's part of it.
Jayden had to go up and remind them of his
first scrimmage and Cedric had to remind them of his
first scrimmage and what that's like. But they also did
(01:30):
some really good things too, and so they're they're they're
definitely further down the road than maybe some would think,
but you know, we we've definitely been impressed with.
Speaker 1 (01:39):
Them, okay. And then of course, that again was before
Moore was known about Christian Clark being injured in yesterday's practice.
So the extent of which is not has not yet
been announced released whatever, and we'll see it is hoped
(02:02):
anyway that it's certainly not as serious as the one
that has taken CJ. Baxter out of the entire twenty
twenty four season to come, but not yet knowing what
the situation is, only time will tell and eventually the
football program will tell us. Now, there are veterans on
(02:25):
both sides of this team who, in some cases, like
an Alfred Collins or some guys on the offensive line
that have been kind of biting their time. I think
of a DJ Campbell, those kinds of guys who now
(02:46):
have the opportunity because they would appear to be the
one stepping into a starting role at those specific spots
to be able to step forward and to deliver and
with it being their time and maybe have a real
(03:07):
breakout year. One of those guys that has been mentioned
in that category as Baron Surrell's on the defensive off
the edge. That's for a variety of reasons. One, let's
be honest, the defensive front has been good the past
few years, and there's this anticipation, if you will, of
(03:30):
who's the next guy to break out, who's the next
guy to stepped forward, who is the next guy to
have a big impact from that defensive front. Now, it's
pretty easy to go to the inside guys, because we've
seen the inside guys going all the way back to
Puna Ford and then and then through that for guys
(03:53):
like Moro Ojamo and KeAndre Coburn and then obviously to
and Andre Sweat and Byron Murphy, all these guys who
have stepped up in the interior of the defensive line.
But and Sark said it to me when I asked
him about is it if not unfair? Is it kind
(04:13):
of expected that folks are going to zero in more
on that than maybe they should on the outside guys.
And he said, yeah, probably so, but he said, our
outside guys give us really good work. You know, Ethan
Burke had some real quality snaps last year, and obviously
Baron Cerell's had real quality snaps last year. So the
(04:35):
question for Sark about Cerel's was, coming off of that
scrimmage on Saturday, does he look to be positioning himself
for a breakout year?
Speaker 2 (04:44):
You know, you guys have heard me say this. I
think so many times we get so caught up in
instant kind of instantaneous like success, and Baron's a prime example.
Jan Davis is another one guys who are going into
year four in our program, and part of that is
the development in the weight room. It's their own physical maturation.
(05:04):
Part of it is a real understanding schematically and them
having confidence, and part of it is them growing up
in our culture, so that whole developmental process for them.
We're seeing the best version of a Baron Serell right
now that we've seen in any of the previous three years. Obviously,
physically he's he's in great shape, but I think he's
(05:25):
he's in a great mental space of coming into this season.
And for me, you know, it's like new crop of leaders.
I mean Baron Cerel is one of the leaders on
our team because he does all the things we ask
of the players, and he's holding his teammates accountable, and
so we're benefiting on a lot of levels of an
older version, a truly wholeheartedly committed version of a Baron Serel.
Speaker 1 (05:49):
So that's good to see. And he's one of those guys.
And if you talk to Cirel's by the way, whose
nickname is Freak, if you talk to him, he'll you
he expects it of himself, not just because of what's
come before him, but what he feels he's capable of accomplishing.
Same to me said for the running backs. If you
(06:10):
talked to Jayden Blue Trey Wisner known the kids since
he was in high school, and he's always, never ever
lacked for confidence. And it's a good thing now with
this running back room being thinned a bit, that those
guys are capable and could do it. So question for
Sark now, with the bang ups going on in the backfield,
(06:35):
is the options still being considered to add a non
running back, in other words, convert somebody you know, remember
he did that with save on Read. They obviously the
prime example, certainly Roshan Johnson going from quarterback to running back.
Although I can tell you when Roshan got here, the
(06:56):
expectation was is that he probably wasn't going to remain
a quarterback, and is what he did as running back
was amazing and that's why he's in the National Football
League now. So the question went back to Sart, is
he still considering adding a non running back converting him
over and into the running back room. Yeah.
Speaker 2 (07:16):
No, we're looking at some different options, and I think
we're looking at it creatively. You know, whether it's a
couple of guys on the offensive side of the ball
and the potential player on the defensive side of the ball,
or two for that matter. So we're kind of taking
it day by day. Again, we've got plenty of time.
We're just trying to get a sense in a feel
of how not only will they play on offense at runner,
(07:37):
but how does that impact this at other positions if
we take a player. So we're looking at it not
just kind of the immediate fix at running back, but
also kind of from a ten thousand foot view of
how it can affect other position groups too if we
take a player from there.
Speaker 1 (07:51):
Yeah, it's a very good point robbing Peter to pay Paul.
You're trying to shore a point area. Maybe if you
plug one hole heavily get another. So that's part of
what the having to do. And then finally one other thing.
Sark was asked for an update about the battle on
the corners with a cornerback position, but he was also
(08:13):
asked for an update on one specific guy that you've
heard him describing glowing terms, and that's Leanga Lafoul not
only for what he gives them in terms of the
energy and all that sort of stuff, but his leadership
in the locker room, what he does on the field,
how hard he works on special teams, how he hard
(08:36):
he works in the linebacking course. So Sark with some
thoughts on Leafal and also the guys who have stood
up and stood out at the corner position.
Speaker 2 (08:46):
Now, Leonga is such like the do right player. You know,
he's always spot on with what he's supposed to do.
Run fits, you know, pass coverage, special teams. The thing
that I've been impressed with him this year as opposed
to his true freshman year, I really feel like he's
cutting it loose more. You know, he's confident and knowing
(09:06):
and what he needs to do and he's letting it go,
and in turn, I think he's in and around the
ball more often than he was a year ago, So
that's been impressive. I think Nanny has played at a
very high level at corner. I think John A and
Jalen when they've gone out to corner have done some
really nice things. I think Kobe Black has made really
(09:27):
good strides from spring to fall camp. And I think
we're getting the best version of Gavin Holmes right now.
So we're in a pretty good spot there right now.
Speaker 1 (09:36):
Okay, there's some more thoughts from Sark and again, the
team will have a practice late this afternoon, early this
evening and as they continue their work, and we'll probably
hear from a couple of long worn players tomorrow as well.
All Right, we've got some baseball notes we need to
get to. Those are next when we continue on sports
Radio AM thirteen under the Zone in the iHeartRadio ad
The Longhorns are preparing for a brand new football season,
and they continue. They come off of scrimmage Number one,
had a practice yesterday afternoon, They have a practice tonight
or early this evening. And these are kind of in
these dog days of August and of fall camp, training
(00:22):
camp workouts pause for civil water, and Sark has continued
to say he's impressed by how his guys have approached this,
even though we're still eighteen days away from kickoff and
there is the grind of practices going on. There's one
(00:42):
more scrimmage to come this Saturday, but there's work to
be done. And they come off of that scrimmage on Saturday,
and Sark was asked, and this is kind of a
salient point now, especially with a second running back beat injured,
but he was asked, which running backs stood out or
(01:05):
made an impression on him in the Saturday scrimmage.
Speaker 2 (01:08):
Yeah, no, I thought. I thought Jayden played well. I
thought Trey played well. Both those guys did a nice job.
I thought Christian and Jeric got their introduction to college
football a little bit. You know, both guys put the
ball on the ground once and that that's part of it.
Jayden had to go up and remind them of his
first scrimmage and Cedric had to remind them of his
first scrimmage and what that's like. But they also did
(01:30):
some really good things too, and so they're they're they're
definitely further down the road than maybe some would think,
but you know, we we've definitely been impressed with.
Speaker 1 (01:39):
Them, okay. And then of course, that again was before
Moore was known about Christian Clark being injured in yesterday's practice.
So the extent of which is not has not yet
been announced released whatever, and we'll see it is hoped
(02:02):
anyway that it's certainly not as serious as the one
that has taken CJ. Baxter out of the entire twenty
twenty four season to come, but not yet knowing what
the situation is, only time will tell and eventually the
football program will tell us. Now, there are veterans on
(02:25):
both sides of this team who, in some cases, like
an Alfred Collins or some guys on the offensive line
that have been kind of biting their time. I think
of a DJ Campbell, those kinds of guys who now
(02:46):
have the opportunity because they would appear to be the
one stepping into a starting role at those specific spots
to be able to step forward and to deliver and
with it being their time and maybe have a real
(03:07):
breakout year. One of those guys that has been mentioned
in that category as Baron Surrell's on the defensive off
the edge. That's for a variety of reasons. One, let's
be honest, the defensive front has been good the past
few years, and there's this anticipation, if you will, of
(03:30):
who's the next guy to break out, who's the next
guy to stepped forward, who is the next guy to
have a big impact from that defensive front. Now, it's
pretty easy to go to the inside guys, because we've
seen the inside guys going all the way back to
Puna Ford and then and then through that for guys
(03:53):
like Moro Ojamo and KeAndre Coburn and then obviously to
and Andre Sweat and Byron Murphy, all these guys who
have stepped up in the interior of the defensive line.
But and Sark said it to me when I asked
him about is it if not unfair? Is it kind
(04:13):
of expected that folks are going to zero in more
on that than maybe they should on the outside guys.
And he said, yeah, probably so, but he said, our
outside guys give us really good work. You know, Ethan
Burke had some real quality snaps last year, and obviously
Baron Cerell's had real quality snaps last year. So the
(04:35):
question for Sark about Cerel's was, coming off of that
scrimmage on Saturday, does he look to be positioning himself
for a breakout year?
Speaker 2 (04:44):
You know, you guys have heard me say this. I
think so many times we get so caught up in
instant kind of instantaneous like success, and Baron's a prime example.
Jan Davis is another one guys who are going into
year four in our program, and part of that is
the development in the weight room. It's their own physical maturation.
(05:04):
Part of it is a real understanding schematically and them
having confidence, and part of it is them growing up
in our culture, so that whole developmental process for them.
We're seeing the best version of a Baron Serell right
now that we've seen in any of the previous three years. Obviously,
physically he's he's in great shape, but I think he's
(05:25):
he's in a great mental space of coming into this season.
And for me, you know, it's like new crop of leaders.
I mean Baron Cerel is one of the leaders on
our team because he does all the things we ask
of the players, and he's holding his teammates accountable, and
so we're benefiting on a lot of levels of an
older version, a truly wholeheartedly committed version of a Baron Serel.
Speaker 1 (05:49):
So that's good to see. And he's one of those guys.
And if you talk to Cirel's by the way, whose
nickname is Freak, if you talk to him, he'll you
he expects it of himself, not just because of what's
come before him, but what he feels he's capable of accomplishing.
Same to me said for the running backs. If you
(06:10):
talked to Jayden Blue Trey Wisner known the kids since
he was in high school, and he's always, never ever
lacked for confidence. And it's a good thing now with
this running back room being thinned a bit, that those
guys are capable and could do it. So question for
Sark now, with the bang ups going on in the backfield,
(06:35):
is the options still being considered to add a non
running back, in other words, convert somebody you know, remember
he did that with save on Read. They obviously the
prime example, certainly Roshan Johnson going from quarterback to running back.
Although I can tell you when Roshan got here, the
(06:56):
expectation was is that he probably wasn't going to remain
a quarterback, and is what he did as running back
was amazing and that's why he's in the National Football
League now. So the question went back to Sart, is
he still considering adding a non running back converting him
over and into the running back room. Yeah.
Speaker 2 (07:16):
No, we're looking at some different options, and I think
we're looking at it creatively. You know, whether it's a
couple of guys on the offensive side of the ball
and the potential player on the defensive side of the ball,
or two for that matter. So we're kind of taking
it day by day. Again, we've got plenty of time.
We're just trying to get a sense in a feel
of how not only will they play on offense at runner,
(07:37):
but how does that impact this at other positions if
we take a player. So we're looking at it not
just kind of the immediate fix at running back, but
also kind of from a ten thousand foot view of
how it can affect other position groups too if we
take a player from there.
Speaker 1 (07:51):
Yeah, it's a very good point robbing Peter to pay Paul.
You're trying to shore a point area. Maybe if you
plug one hole heavily get another. So that's part of
what the having to do. And then finally one other thing.
Sark was asked for an update about the battle on
the corners with a cornerback position, but he was also
(08:13):
asked for an update on one specific guy that you've
heard him describing glowing terms, and that's Leanga Lafoul not
only for what he gives them in terms of the
energy and all that sort of stuff, but his leadership
in the locker room, what he does on the field,
how hard he works on special teams, how he hard
(08:36):
he works in the linebacking course. So Sark with some
thoughts on Leafal and also the guys who have stood
up and stood out at the corner position.
Speaker 2 (08:46):
Now, Leonga is such like the do right player. You know,
he's always spot on with what he's supposed to do.
Run fits, you know, pass coverage, special teams. The thing
that I've been impressed with him this year as opposed
to his true freshman year, I really feel like he's
cutting it loose more. You know, he's confident and knowing
(09:06):
and what he needs to do and he's letting it go,
and in turn, I think he's in and around the
ball more often than he was a year ago, So
that's been impressive. I think Nanny has played at a
very high level at corner. I think John A and
Jalen when they've gone out to corner have done some
really nice things. I think Kobe Black has made really
(09:27):
good strides from spring to fall camp. And I think
we're getting the best version of Gavin Holmes right now.
So we're in a pretty good spot there right now.
Speaker 1 (09:36):
Okay, there's some more thoughts from Sark and again, the
team will have a practice late this afternoon, early this
evening and as they continue their work, and we'll probably
hear from a couple of long worn players tomorrow as well.
All Right, we've got some baseball notes we need to
get to. Those are next when we continue on sports
Radio AM thirteen under the Zone in the iHeartRadio ad
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