Exodus at running back gives Texas Football freshman opportunity
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The transfer window has been hard on Texas. No group has been hit harder than the running backs room. CJ Baxter, Tre Wisner and Jerrick Gibson are in the transfer portal. The Texas running game was so bad this season, UT coach Steve Sarkisian fired RB coach Chad Scott and hired former Florida Gators running back coach Jabbar Juluke.
Juluke will have more to work with next season when he’ll have soon-to-be freshman Derrek Cooper and a transfer or two. But for now, Texas is left with just Christian Clark (131 rushing yards), James Simon (122 rushing yards) and Michael Terry (0 rushing yards).
Terry is interesting. The freshman arrived at Texas with the ability to play multiple positions. A jack of all trades in high school, the former Alamo Heights standout played receiver, running back, tight end and wildcat quarterback. When Terry arrived on campus at the beginning of the spring semester, Sark wanted Terry to focus on one thing, wide receiver.
“We’ve really got him honed in on receiver right now,” Sarkisian said before the season. “And you see real flashes of the physical ability that he has. When you’re a jack of all trades, like he was in high school, we’re trying to get him to be a master of one first. Once he can master that, or come close to, then we can start to let him begin to spread his wings and do more things for us. Time will tell the impact it will have for us this fall.”
But Terry couldn’t break into the lineup at receiver. With the running back position depleted, Sark has decided to try Terry in the backfield.
In high school, Terry had 199 carries for 1,727 yards in four seasons. The Swiss Army Knife also had 954 yards receiving and even had 114 yards passing.
This article originally appeared on Longhorns Wire: Lack of running back depth gives Longhorn Michael Terry opportunity
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