Fall Camp Scoop: Manning’s Accuracy, Loaded WR Room & Muschamp’s Early Impact

Summary

Inside Texas Football – Fall Camp Scoop

Episode: Manning’s Accuracy, Loaded WR Room & Muschamp’s Early Impact
Date: August 7, 2026
Hosts: Inside Texas Team (Evan Vith, Tyler Horka, and “Core”)

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Episode Overview

This episode recaps the first two days of Texas Longhorns’ fall football camp with a deep dive into offensive developments—especially Arch Manning’s progress—and the loaded wide receiver room. The hosts also break down the revitalized defense under new coordinator Will Muschamp, focusing on coaching culture, emerging stars, and position group dynamics.

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Arch Manning’s Accuracy: Early Camp Assessment

[02:25 – 06:03]

• Mixed Impressions: Arch Manning has shown flashes (“wow” moments on deep balls), like hitting Ryan Wingo and Cam Coleman downfield. However, there are concerns with short/intermediate accuracy, noted particularly when throws missed targets like Emmett Mosley on crossing routes.
• Comparison with KJ Lacy & Diabell:
  • During early “on air” accuracy drills, KJ Lacy and Diabell displayed more precision than Manning.
  • Tyler Horka: “I think I literally saw Arch Manning… walk away from his rep, and it looked like he was down on himself. It looked like he was like, you know what? I could have thrown that a little bit better, a little bit more accurately.” (03:08)
• Context Matters: The rust is natural for QBs after the summer, especially with Manning limited in spring reps. The hosts agree it’s much too early for concern, expecting Manning to settle in as camp progresses.
• Quote:
  • Evan Vith: “Part of it is also—this is not an indictment on Arch… KJ Lacy was really, really good… He’s got to be able to place the ball well… That’s a good from Lacy and an understandable for Manning.” (04:59)

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Reloaded Skill Positions: WRs and RBs

[06:41 – 10:33]

Wide Receivers

• Depth & Versatility:
  • New faces like Cam Coleman, Jermaine Bishop, Cohen Brown, and returners Ryan Wingo and Emmett Mosley all stand out.
  • Cohen Brown highlighted as possibly the fastest on the team—“he was tracked, I think, 22 miles an hour in the offseason.” (08:30)
  • “Shifty, run good routes, look the part… important even on just air routes.” (Tyler Horka, 07:30)

Running Backs

• Options Abound: Top backs like Derek Cooper and Smothers are “standing out.” Ryan Niblett described as a “gadget guy” for situational use.
  • “It’s the versatility… I’m really impressed by.” (D, 08:06)

Tight Ends

• Not Just Blockers:
  • Increased athleticism and pass-catching on display, with Amari Winston and Michael Massunas impressing.
  • “If Texas is going to be able to throw the ball to a plethora of wide receivers, the tight ends can be a sneaky little option as well for Arch Manning.” (09:52)

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Offensive Line Updates

[11:18 – 14:57]

• Transfers Making an Impact:
  • Melvin Ciani and Lawrence Seymour (both via portal) project as immediate contributors.
  • Praise for Seymour’s quick feet and Ciani’s raw power: “It’s so clear that he’s the strongest guy in that unit from our point of view.” (13:45)
• Improved Depth:
  • Compared to last season, “second tier” O-linemen are bigger and stronger, giving reassurance about subs.
  • Cole Hudson’s return adds essential experience.
  • Key battle at left guard spot—expected to resolve as camp progresses.

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Defensive Culture Shift: Will Muschamp’s Early Impact

[16:46 – 21:57]

Coaching Style & Energy

• Noticeable Difference:
  • Muschamp’s loud, high-energy approach is a dramatic change from Pete Kwiatkowski’s analytical, low-key style.
  • “You can hear him from across the street…” (Evan Vith, 17:23)
• DB-Heavy Emphasis:
  • New focus on interception drills and reaction speed for secondary—“aggressive defensive backs that want to go hunt the football.”
  • Coaches are unafraid to repeat drills until performed right.
  • “There is a very high standard for what’s being asked of them and they want the reaction time to be quick.” (D, 18:38)
• Emerging Leadership:
  • Jelani McDonald steps up vocally and as an organizer in the secondary.

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Defensive Standouts and Position Battles

[20:10 – 25:17]

Defensive Line

• Justice Terry:
  • Tipped as big breakout (2 sacks on Day 1), described as having “generational talent” (per Hirokanu).
  • Will see snaps early—including vs. Ohio State.
  • “He is going to be a phenomenal asset for Texas on just such a deep D line.” (B, 21:09)
• Alex January:
  • Praised for size and presence—expected to have a big season.

Linebackers

• Physical Emphasis:
  • Rasheen Biles drawing consistent coach attention, looks the part of a leader.
  • Tyler Atkinson setting tone in drills, showing signs as early contributor.

Secondary

• Loaded and Aggressive:
  • DBs practice high-pointing and ball skills relentlessly.
  • Threatening talent across the board—“scary, loaded with, with talent and guys that go get the football.” (D, 25:17)
  • Big names like Colin Simmons didn’t even need elaboration—they’re established.

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Quick-Hitter Notable Quotes & Moments

• “Cooper’s gonna play for Texas this year. That’s three running backs we’re talking about. Four different tight ends are getting real looks as potential starters…” (B, 08:14)
• “Cade Phillips, we saw him force a fumble in a drill yesterday… Justice Terry had an interception also in practice.” (E, 24:52)
• “There are playmakers at every level… interior, DL, edges, linebackers, and the secondary is really scary, loaded.” (D, 25:17)
• “It’s not just camp hype… guys are doing good things on the football field for sure.” (E, 23:44)

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Defensive Depth and Scheme Points

[24:15 – 26:06]

• Defensive line and linebacker rooms both have “so many playmakers up front for Texas.”
• Atkinson described as “C ball, get ball”—instinctive and athletic.
• Multiple young defenders (e.g., Cade Phillips) stood out in playmaking drills.

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Conclusion

The Longhorns’ fall camp has revealed a team brimming with talent and competition at every position. Early accuracy questions around Arch Manning are balanced by his flashes of brilliance and the exceptional supporting cast, especially among skill players. On defense, Will Muschamp’s energy is palpable, immediately raising the standard—especially for the secondary. Names to watch on defense include Justice Terry, Jelani McDonald, Rasheen Biles, Tyler Atkinson, and established stars like Alex January and Colin Simmons. Only two days in, but optimism is already running high.

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Timestamps Index

• 02:25 — Arch Manning early camp assessment & accuracy
• 06:41 — New skill position faces (WRs, RBs, TEs)
• 10:33 — Offensive line moves and depth
• 16:46 — Defensive coaching/culture: Will Muschamp’s impact
• 20:10 — Defensive standouts: Justice Terry, secondary leadership
• 22:14 — Linebacker group & front seven physicality
• 24:15 — Defensive playmakers and playmaking moments
• 25:17 — Depth at every defensive level; wrap-up

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For complete position previews, player breakdowns, and additional exclusive notes, visit InsideTexas.com.

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[E]

Welcome to Inside Texas guys. We really appreciate you watching the show today. Make sure you are subscribed to the channel here and that you throw a like on the video and then also you're running over to insidetexas.com taking advantage of the 75% fall camp sale. That's 75% off a full year subscription. Inside Texas Access on three rivals all of the elite content from over there for 75 off. Never a better time to do it again. Short lived false fall camp sales will get it while it's hot. We're joined with Evan Vith and Tyler Horka to talk a little bit about what we saw over the first two days of camp for Texas. And we're going to start on the offensive side of the ball. We got to roll with Arch Manning, right? Plenty of reports from us [e-mail] over on Arch Manning. Let's start with Tyler Horka, what were your overall impressions from Arch Manning over the first couple of days of camp?

[D]

But, yeah, I know some people kind of ran with a narrative there on the inside Texas message board, but that's what message boards are, are for, right? All of the narratives and whatnot. I think Arch Manning has been good. I want to put that out there. You know, we've seen roughly, what, 45 minutes of practice, guys, the last couple of days, and he's wowed us in, in those moments where he connects with Ryan Wingo on the deep ball the first day, he connects with Cam Coleman on the deep ball the second day. But there have been some of those short and intermediate issues where I saw him throw a ball behind Emmett Mosley, for example, on, you know, a quick crossing route over the middle. And then at the beginning of both of these practices, Cam Coleman has actually gone to the other side of the field and worked with the quarterbacks. He's kind of doing a stationary thing and the quarterbacks do a drop back and try to hit him right in the hands. And to be completely honest with you guys, KJ Lacy was a little bit more accurate and maybe even Diabell as well. I think I literally saw Arch Manning, excuse me, kind of walk away from his rep, and it looked like he was down on himself. It looked like he was like, you know what? I could have thrown that a little bit better, a little bit more accurately. So it's the good and the bad with Arch Manning, right? That's what it was in 2025. The good in camp, I want to reiterate, has been really good working to the sidelines, too. I've seen him lead the receiver to the sideline. The type of throw where if you're envisioning, if it's a real game situation, you're like, okay, that's not going to get caught up to by a defensive back because he's putting the ball in the right spot and he's. He's leading his receiver to the sideline. So those are the good things I mentioned, the bad things. And Evan, that's fall camp, right, where you have the good and the bad. And with Arch Manning particularly, that's kind of been his MO over the last calendar year or so.

[B]

There's a few different points that I want to make around the Arch Manning accuracy, KJ Lacy kind of argument here. And firstly, it's the position that's most going to be rusty through, you know, spring into summer, into fall, because any. Every single position has to work through strength and conditioning. And has to acclimate their bodies to be ready for the NFL or, excuse me, the college football season. But then of the day, it's the only one where you're throwing the football. It's the only one where there's precision with, with the ball going to a different spot, trying to find a target. So Russ is natural. That happens the first two days of camp. Sometimes mistakes are going to happen between quarterback and wide receiver because it's pitch and catch. Secondly, part of it is also, this is not an indictment on Archbannon to say that K.J. lacy was the best in camp in terms of specifically accuracy. It's because K.J. lacy was really, really good. From what we've seen and also passed what we haven't seen from reports that we're hearing on Inside Texas.

[C]

K.J.

[B]

lacy's just been really accurate. That's what he has to be, right? If he's not accurate on air, he probably won't be a very good quarterback because he's smaller. He's. He's not someone that's going to overpower you with his arm strength. So he's got to be able to place the ball well. So it's just. That's a good from Lacy and an understandable for Manning. I think the only part where you maybe hope for a little more is that, you know, most stuff that people hear about Arch Manning and fall camp won't matter that much because we've seen him play well on a national stage. We've seen the concerns with this game short accuracy, hitting those kind of layup shots. But in general, most people aren't going to have their opinion changed on Manning unless it's a really, really, really outstanding type of report where the accuracy was Perfect. He was 15 for 15, placing the ball in the right spot. Every single crossing route was hit, every deep ball was placed perfectly in line. That's just not realistic for what you're going to see. So I think by the end of fall camp, we're going to be hoping to hear stuff closer to that of Manning's really taken over and he looks like that Heisman guy. He's showing out. The players around him are going, yeah, he's just not making mistakes. He's hitting every throw. But for now, it's. It's day one and two of camp. That's what happens with quarterbacks.

[E]

It's also for a guy who was limited in the springtime, you know what I mean? He was full, full bore as far as repetition and work goes. And so still a Little bit too early. No panic there. Again, I saw Arch missing throws. I saw Arch, you know, as Tyler said, make some really, really good throws that not a ton of quarterbacks can make. And so, yeah, it is just on air. So not trying to overreact one way or another here, but let's move on to. Hey, you talk about the skill position groups. A lot of new faces around between obviously Cam Coleman, you got Jermaine Bishop in the fold. You go to the backs with all the new faces that you have there. Cooper Smothers, Brown. Any takeaways from some of the new faces that you saw on the offensive side of the balls? Guy?

[D]

I'm really impressed by Cohen Brown. I think you hear some of these guys talk about him. Was it Ryan Niblett who said he's probably the fastest guy on the team? So you love speed at the wide receiver position. I know Steve Sarkeesian definitely loves speed at the wide receiver position. I've been impressed by Coleman, Wingo Mosley, and that's what we expected going in. Right. You want to find those next three wide receivers who are going to help those guys out. And I think you mentioned some of those names, Cord, where Cohen Brown is someone who can do that. Jermaine Bishop is someone who can do that. I've been pretty impressed by Kaliq Lockett as well as Dalen McCutcheon. So you've got options there. And these guys just look like Texas football wide receivers, like in the Steve Sarkeesian area era in the sense that they run good routes, they're shifty, they. They just look the part. And I think that's important, especially when we're seeing them only run routes on area like you better run those routes really well and catch the ball and, and look like you can do something on Saturdays. And I think they do. And then with the running backs as well, like the top two guys are standing out to me. I know Evan wrote about them at Inside Texas, so definitely go to the website and read his article there. But I think it's a good mix of the veterans and the younger guys and even someone like Ryan Niblett who is kind of in between there. Like he called himself a gadget guy to the media yesterday. Right. So he, he's not going to pound the rock like some of the other guys, but he can help in certain situations. So it's the versatility when you're looking at these skill position players that I'm really impressed by.

[B]

It's also the breadth of options.

[E]

Right.

[B]

Like if we're talking about nible it here as being the gadget guy. And if you want to make that maybe its own position, that's a position down. But then you have three running backs that we're all feeling pretty. Pretty good about. I mean, that Derek Cooper, every time he touches the ball, feels like you got to kind of lock in to see what he's going to do with it, because there is just something about the way he moves his hips that. That makes him so twitchy despite his size. And, you know, it's on air he's going against. He's navigating a lane held by people in track suits, whatever, who are just coaches on the side. But Cooper's gonna play for Texas this year. That's three running backs we're talking about. Four different tight ends are getting real looks as potential starters on this team. And at the end of the day, you don't want four guys to be competing for one role. You'd hope one or two separate, but there's at least a lot of players that we know can go out there and play. And then what six total receivers that we're all pretty high on. Before you even get to Cohen Brown, who was tracked, I think, 22 miles an hour in the off season, you know your top three. But then there's Jermaine Bishop, Daley McCutcheon, Kaliq Lockett. I think Lockett had a really good second day of camp. Seemed to really be flashing on some of those outside routes where you're going to see him a lot. And. And that comes with Arch Manning throwing a deep ball to Cam Coleman that was completed. Paired with KJ Lacy, or I think it might have been Diabell throwing a deep ball to Cohen Brown that was competed. You're seeing kind of each tier of the offensive skill and quarterbacks really pairing well together. And I think that's something that's good for program strength and the future of it. But also there's just so many guys, Tyler and Core, that you have to have to focus on that. It's almost difficult to say one of them is playing well because I just have to have my eyes on Cohen Brown, but also Jermaine Bishop. And then how are you going to miss Ryan Wingo and Cam Coleman's kind of a good problem to have as a reporter of a team like Texas.

[D]

You mentioned the tight ends, and I wanted to add one more thing on them. It was just two days of camp, and they do have more of, like a blocker, like, build. Like, it looks like Amari Winston has even gotten a little bigger, right? But he can still run and go out there and catch passes. And I was impressed by Michael Massunas doing the same. So there's this narrative that, oh, Texas tight ends are only going to be blockers this year. I come away from the first two days of camp thinking, okay, if Texas is going to be able to throw the ball to a plethora of wide receivers, the tight ends can be a sneaky little option as well for Arch Manning in the sense that, like, hey, those guys can, can do it too. They're not going to be the first option probably ever. But if he needs to go to them, I think they're capable. And I've been pretty impressed by those guys.

[E]

I fully agree with you on that, brother. I, I posted a short the OR Inside Texas posted a short of mine just from day one where I, I was very impressed just how Nick Townsend looked getting in and out of cuts. Well, a lot more fluid than I anticipated. And I'd say the same is true for the rest of the tight end room. As you said, I was impressed with the soonest. Winston had a really nice snag on a ball slightly thrown above his head yesterday. It required a good bit of athleticism. Was very impressed to see them. And again, Sar can be so very creative in how he uses a tight end game in sneaky, sneaky fashion style. He likes to leak them out and then do some fun stuff. Obviously we've seen them in the screen game as well. Got to touch on the O line a little bit. All the guys at Inside Texas are always asking about the offensive line. Not going to learn a lot from first two days of camp there. But anything that you'd like to report from what we saw on the offensive line?

[D]

I think the transfers Lawrence Seymour and Melvin Ciani, like, you go and get guys like that from the portal to. To probably start right, or at least play a role for you at Texas. And they've both impressed in a couple of different ways. Like, I think they play beyond their means of, of who they are physically. They didn't end up at Texas out of high school because they had some limitations.

[B]

Right?

[D]

Like, that's just kind of how it goes. They eventually had to work their way to get to this spot and you're seeing why that was the case. Like, Melvin Ciani plays, like I said, like, he carries good weight. And I think Eric Nalin was saying this as well, where he, he just looks like he can do more than his body's capable of. And the same With Lawrence Seymour where hero KANU said he's got quick feet, man, and he's got some. He wanted to say a bad word but he didn't say it because he's polite in the, in the media scrum there. But he's got some stuff to his game where that's what you want in the trenches. You want to see guys who are gonna, you know, win the fistfight and block for Arch Manning and do all those types of things. Like we, we know that what Trevor Goosby is going to do, right? It sounds like Connor Robert Robertson, the, the fifth year senior is, is really going to be a rock for this offensive line. But how are the new guys? What about the spot that's up for grabs at left guard? Like, what is that going to look like? Cole Hudson coming back into the fold is going to add some nice depth and experience as well. So yes, the offensive line is a talking point and maybe a sore spot for some fans, but I do think it can come together. Is it, is it going to win the Joe Moore Award? I'm not sure and probably not right. Only one team does that every single year. But I do think these guys are coming along and they've got a lot of time to come along before the first of September and then of course September 12th against Ohio State as well.

[E]

Said again, more options than a year ago for Sarkeesian coughload in the offensive line. Evan, anything that you saw from that group?

[B]

Yeah, I was really impressed by Melvin Siani and again we really will know a lot more in a week's time compared to where we are now specifically with that spot. As Tyler mentioned. But in Siani is clearly the most run graded type of blocker that we've got on this roster. Sometimes you don't want that from your right tackle depending on your scheme, but I think with Sarcasian that's exactly where you want to place that spot because they're going to be running to his spot a lot. Outside zone concepts. It's going to be a lot of hey, can Cianni move a guy outwards and open up a lane or can he even move him vertically when he's kind of moving laterally? That's the perfect block you can get and that's what they're going against. Their teammates holding pads. It's not like this is the SEC's finest edge rushers he's going against, but it's so clear that he's the strongest guy in that unit from our point of view alongside Trevor Goosby when he's just moving these players 10, 15 yards backwards before the rep ends. I was impressed by Jordan Coleman. I think what really overall with this O line and it's more of a talking point for next year or deeper into the season, but I think it's a lot better in the second tier than it was last season and it's kind of like, no, duh. I hope so because Texas had to go to that second tier at left guard a lot and it didn't go well, but they're just bigger and stronger than they were. Dylan Sikorski was a depth add with a lot of years of eligibility, but he started at Oregon State last year. Jordan Coleman was a pretty highly touted recruit in the state of Texas. Only a three star, but an idea that he was athletically ahead of most guys in his class. Just had to put it all together. I'm seeing that with both he and his brother Devin. So I think that second tier is going to be more impactful and especially with Cole Hudson officially back with the team, there's a lot of guys where if a player goes down, I'm not going to be super concerned about that second tier of players. It's just can that starting left guard not be below average that you're hoping for? And I think that will be Seymour and I think it will be good, but just something to look out for.

[E]

Yeah, as well said again, Eric and I talked earlier about, you know, just having more bodies that they're with that position. You know, you pick your 1 or 2 or 3 to hone in on as that season gets closer, but you know, giving everybody their chance to, to fight for that spot and really just all the other spots, you know. So, yeah, I mean a lot of stuff out there on the offense. Again, not trying to overreact through two days of camp. You know, Arch will, he will tighten it up. I, I feel good about that. And he still thought of having some really good throws, but a lot of options, a lot of new faces obviously for Kyle Floyd, Steve Sarkeesian, the offense for the University of Texas. Real quick, guys, I want to talk to you about Poncho and the shirt that I just picked out. This is probably already the most comfortable shirt I think I've ever worn in my life. Hey, they've got the perfect fit. Regular, slim, tall, whatever you need. And a cool part about Poncho. They just launched their game day collection, so make sure you get yours before the season starts. Even cooler if you buy between August 2nd and August 16th, you're covered by Poncho's natty back guarantee. If your team wins the college football national championship, Poncho is going to give you a full 100 refund on your purchase. And you're keeping this shirt. They've got multiple fits. They got different colors. Check it all out. It's light. It's very breathable. I'm a big golfer. Y' all know this. Spend a lot of time on the Texas sun and the heat. This is coming with me, baby. Trust it. UPF 50 plus. So that heat we were talking about, not as near as much of an issue. The designs are great. If Colt and Sam Ellinger back home, that says a good bit, right? So go to ponchooutdoors.com insidetexas and enter your email to get $10 off and free shipping on the first order. That's P O N C H O outdoors.com insidetexas Head there, drop in your email, get 10 off and free shipping. And once you try one, you'll get know really quick. Well, I'm about to have a closet full of these.

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Nice.

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[B]

Yeah, I mean, clearly it's not a knock on Pete Krakowski, but he, he was not completely different ends of the spectrum in terms of their style of coaching. Kwikowski was someone who was a lot more laid back, was very scheme oriented and analytical and just didn't bring a lot of the, the boom, for lack of a better term, to these practice fields. And that doesn't mean inherently that it's going to go better with must champ, but he is so much louder. I mean, you can hear him from across the street when it comes to the type of coaching he's putting on these, these defensive backs in particular. And that's, that's where he's focused in a lot on. It's the dbs. And that makes sense. It's kind of the, the crux of his Coaching and what he's built upon and what he, his scheme relies on is these aggressive defensive backs that want to go hunt the football. But I did notice this year, more than last year, that there's a lot more onus on. On the DB interception drills, especially early on in the practice. They do a lot of high pointing footballs and, and having, you know, drills where it ends where there's a ball coming right at them. They have to go in and jump forward for an intercept and, you know, quickhouse. He, of course, cares about interceptions, but it just seems so much more emphasized with Muschamp. This is what our. Our primary goal is as defensive backs. It's to cover. But at the end of the day, you are going and getting that football for your offense.

[D]

Yeah, I want to reiterate that I wrote about Will Muschamp's approach in fall camp. You guys can go read that in insidetexas.com and it's a lot of what Evan was saying. I've been yesterday, particularly, I watched the defensive backs and there's a lot of drills where they're starting up what would be close to the line of scrimmage, and then they backpedal and a coach kind of gives them a tell and they don't know what it is until it happens. Hey, you go get the ball here or you're going to, you know, flip your hips and get to the end zone and go high point the ball, like Evan was saying. And there's like, there is a very high standard for what's being asked of them and that they want the reaction time to be quick. The coaches do. And I've seen some really good results from that. And then I've also just seen the coaches, like the top dog, Steve Sarkeesian, Will Muschamp himself, really interact with the dbs. Like, Sarkeesian was talking to Derrick Williams before yesterday's practice and, you know, giving him some stern encouragement like, hey, man, we got to go get it today. And then Will Muschamp, same thing. Early on in the practice, he was talking to Grayson Littleson and Bo Masco, like, hey, it was supposed to look like this. Let's do it again. These coaches are not afraid to do a drill over is what I've seen in fall camp early. And even at the beginning, there was an instance where the coaches were like, hey, it's not going to be like this today. This can't be the first rep that we put out there. Let's do that one again, and then let's do it Right. Every other time. So the DBs are looking really good. And I want to shout out Jelani McDonald too, because he's kind of taken a leadership role and taken a hold of the vocality element, I think, which is something that, you know, he's had to grow into because there was always a guy like Michael Taft there. Right. Not here anymore. Somebody's got to be that guy. I've seen Jelani McDonald step up and be that guy.

[E]

I think that's well said. I mean, obviously he did the breakout yesterday. You kind of seem all business, you know, a little bit in the press presser yesterday. You know what I mean? It's not, maybe not, not as much personality there as you saw out of Ryan Niblett and Hero Canoe. And I'm not saying that's a bad thing whatsoever. I just, I like the mindset these. The Jelani seem early on in camp. Evan, you, you, you predicted your biggest breakout player for Texas to be Justice Terry. How justified do you feel there are two days of camp just based on the reports coming out of Inside Texas?

[B]

No, I do feel good that that roundtable has aged pretty well because like, at this point, how could it not be the answer? And I will say, you know, I'll give credit to Josh Pate because he just came out with a video where he did his breakout players. He said Jelani McDonald for Texas. And his is more on a national scale idea. Like Texas Fans know, Jelani McDonald has, has broken out. He's become a true starter on this team. He's already a very good player. Kind of a snub in my opinion. Should have been a second team all SEC guy, but clearly someone who's going to get more national recognition, probably end up being a second round draft pick in the NFL. But when you're talking about guys who weren't really playing all that much for Texas last year, who will play a lot this year, it is Justice Terry. He is going to be a phenomenal asset for Texas on just such a deep D line. It's hard to say like he's going to get snaps above Alex January. Right. Because January is more than earned his stripes and now he's entering year three and Terry's a year behind him in development. But generational talent was the word that Hirokanu used, his pick for the breakout player. And it's not just like talking coach speak or player speak. Two sacks in practice on the first day. Clearly the most, I mean, laterally agile guy on that defensive line when we were watching them, he is going to matter this year. He's going to play early. He'll play against Ohio State, third down pass rule. He's definitely going to be there. But by the end of the year, I wouldn't be surprised if this is just a starting defensive tackle by snaps and actually first guy out there for the defense.

[E]

Certainly sounds that way through two days of camp, but again, long way to go there. Big things coming from Justice Terry. I feel like in 2026 and down the line, Tyler, you, you know, you talked about the secondary a little bit and feeling good about the corners. What you see out of Rashin Bottles in this, this linebacker group and what kind of work were they under through two days?

[D]

A lot of physicality. I think the physicality of the front seven has been an emphasis in these first two days. And that's before they even put on pads, right? They're going to get some pads on and get even more physical, but they're hitting the sleds hard. I think Rasheen Biles looks the part. You can always tell, like, who the guys are going to be by who the coaches are going up to in the stretching lines. And everyone wants to talk to Rasheen Biles and those stretching lines and be like, hey, man, let's. Let's get it today. Let's get after. It's kind of like what, what Sark was doing with Derrick Williams. But just, you know, with the front seven there will must champ going up to Justice Terry, by the way, I saw him do that on Thursday and he also talked to Rasheed Biles. So you could kind of tell who the guys are. And Biles is definitely one of them. Been impressed with Tyler Atkinson, too. Like, he's going early in these drills. That's another thing that you can kind of get tells on who's going and hitting the sled first, like it's Biles and then it's Atkinson with the linebackers. So, you know, he, he's a younger guy that's setting an example for his peers, and I think he's kind of come into his own. The, the physical, not the physicality, but the stature of these front seven guys, I think has stood out to me. I'm glad Evan mentioned Alex January, because when I walked in yesterday and saw him standing there, I'm like, all right, that's a big dude. He's going to do a lot of good things for Texas this year. And then you see it with Biles, and I think you're starting to see it with guys like Atkinson as well. So there's just so many playmakers up front for Texas and I think we're going to be hearing a lot of different guys names and that's a good thing because you want to be really deep football team on the defensive side of the ball.

[E]

That's the thing. We've heard so many names and it's not just your camp, you know, camp hype or just, you know, excited to be back. Excited to see like guys that are doing good things on the football field for sure. And again, Duncanville's Alex January. I easily got a root for a guy that's hung with the program and stuck around for so long and done things the right way and so saw a lot of good out of him last year. Expect a really big season here from Alex January, the rest of that defensive front and overall defense man. Any other thoughts on the defensive side of the ball, whether it be coaching, drill, scheme, anything that we saw trying

[B]

to think of outside of it, you know, it's harder to watch the edge room. That's one thing that I would love to see more of because of where they're positioned in the practice so they're kind of on the other side. I think Tyler Atkinson is someone who like, that's like, that's a guy who deserves another shout out. Like kind of went quiet day one. He was a guy who was a kind of immediate darling in the, in the spring and then just seemed to put his head down and work through the summer. And now, you know, there's been less talk about him being a day One contributor for this team just because of Rashim Biles. But he's going to play this year. I'm not sure exactly the capacity, but it's someone who at the very worst is C ball, get ball. He can go stop the run. He can maybe do some linebacker blitz packages. He's. He's a great athlete. He's going to play some football.

[E]

That's well said. Again, Cade Phillips, we saw him force a fumble in a drill yesterday and then Eric reported in his article this morning. Go check that out if you haven't A lot of Justice Terry talking there, but some good nuggets as well that you know. He had an interception also in practice yesterday, so plays are being made on by these guys on defense. Fan, you love to see it. Evan, Any. Anybody else or sorry, Tyler, anybody else that you want to comment on before we get out of here?

[D]

No, I think we, we pretty well covered it. I, I just want to reiterate the point that there are playmakers at every level, like interior, DL edges. We didn't even talk about Colin Simmons, but we know what he can do, right? Talked about a couple linebackers and then I think the secondary is really scary, loaded with, with talent and guys that go get the football and they're practicing that trait in these fall camp practices. If it's, if it's happening on August 5th and 6th, it's going to be happening all August and I think you're going to see it show up in September where they're hungry to go get the football. Will Muschamp preaches that that's like an M.O. of his defense and I'm really, really excited to see the secondary even without some of these guys that Texas has put into the league over the years.

[B]

Right.

[D]

It's time for new guys to make names for themselves and I think you're going to see that happen as well.

[E]

Said brother. I mean it was a fun first two days. Day three tonight or camp day three of camp tonight. 6:45 for Texas and inside Texas. We'll have notes on that. So make sure you're going over of course that you're taking advantage of the 75 off fall camp sell because again, all the camp notes you got Paul, who had questions fall camp questions for your Texas State and UTSA today, all the good intel, 75% off. Come and get it. And speaking of Paul Watlington, make sure you're getting thinking Texas football, Texas football bible, great in depth analysis, position by position, player by player. And then of course he knows the enemies really, really well, does a good job previewing each team that Texas is going to see on his schedule in 2026. But for Tyler, Evan and Core, that's all we've got. We really appreciate you watching Inside Texas and we'll see you next time. Thanks for watching.