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According to New Iberia High School coach Ryan Antoine, Derek Williams is the rock his program relies on. “He's our All-American,” Antoine said. “Our leader in the secondary. We rely on him a lot for the defense, and he is the one who will step up and get it done for us.” Antoine says Williams is the type of player that leads by example. “He is a kid that came in here and worked his tail off,” the coach said. “He has the measurables and has the ability to be one of the greats to come out of Westgate. He has great genetics. He can play either safety spot and has a knack to get to the ball.” Williams has been starting since his freshman year in 2019 and followed that up with strong sophomore and junior seasons in which he really showed no real weaknesses in his game. “He is a student of the game,” Antoine said. “He’s been challenged a lot going against Division I talent every day at practice since his freshman year. He goes out there and makes plays and makes others better around him.”

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Texas has held four football practices so far and there’s been plenty to discuss in the last week. Let’s take a closer look at the storylines from

Inside Texas Football

Five Texas Football Storylines After Four Practices

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Steve Sarkisian

The case for Texas Longhorns optimism at each position as preseason camp opens

This week we're going to get one of what will likely be very few media availabilities with Texas defensive coordinator Pete Kwiatkowski for this

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Inside Texas Football Recruiting

How talented is the state of Texas in 2026 and 2027 compared to years past?

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Michael Taaffe

What can Michael Taaffe be for Texas in 2025?

There are few better ways to predict how a team's season will go or what their strengths and weaknesses will be than to anticipate how opposing teams

Jelani McDonald

How will teams attack the 2025 Texas defense?

Texas' defensive identity in 2025 was something of a pleasant surprise. Of course Inside Texas readers were able to anticipate the shift toward

Colin Simmons

What will Texas' defensive identity be in 2025?

Since Steve Sarkisian and company arrived on the 40 Acres in early 2021, only two players who played for the Longhorns under Sarkisian and then

Kitan Crawford

The path to the NFL is made more difficult by transferring out of Steve Sarkisian's Texas

After a good weekend scrimmage with plenty of insights from people present live, we can begin to piece together the puzzle of the 2025 Texas

Spencer Shannon

Three questions for Texas two-thirds of the way through spring practice

The Longhorns lost the services of several key players at various points in the 2024 season, and many of those key cogs are still recovering from

CJ Baxter

Steve Sarkisian lists players who won't be full participants in Texas football spring practices

Texas head coach Steve Sarkisian will be available to the media on Monday at 11:30 a.m. Inside Texas will be on location providing updates in the

Five questions for Steve Sarkisian ahead of spring drills

The train Texas was taking while trying to get back to becoming “Defensive Backs University” has been paused again to change engineers. Passing game

Terry Joseph

Replacing Terry Joseph will be Steve Sarkisian's most important offseason move

Texas has some gaps to fill in the 2025 secondary after losing Jahdae Barron and Andrew Mukuba from the top performing 2024 unit. There are a number

Jaylon Guilbeau

Who will be the Star for the 2025 Texas defense?

Texas built an amazing 3rd down package in 2024 utilizing Dime personnel and flooding the field with pass-rushers and defenders who could play

Jeff Banks, Derek Williams, Jelani McDonald

How Texas will put together its third-down package in 2025

There has been some unexpected staff shake-up for the Texas Longhorns with Blake Gideon's departure to become the defensive coordinator at Georgia

What does Texas need from the new safeties coach?

Texas will sorely miss standout CB Jahdae Barron and breakout S Andrew Mukuba, but there are a number of quality defensive backs waiting to replace

Core Texas Returning DBs By The Numbers

Nearly two weeks after Texas' unfortunate College Football Playoff semifinal loss to eventual champions Ohio State, Steve Sarkisian and his staff

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Which players will be the hardest to replace from the 2024 Texas Longhorns?

It is my opinion there aren't nearly as many pressing questions on the defensive side of the ball as offensive. As such, Texas should yet again have

Anthony Hill

Thoughts and notes on the current Texas football defensive roster

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Rebuilding the Texas secondary for 2025

For the first three years of his tenure as Texas defensive coordinator, Pete Kwiatkowski had future NFL draft picks at his disposal at defensive

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Pete Kwiatkowski returned to his schematic roots to turn the 2024 Texas defense into a juggernaut

With less than 24 hours until kickoff, the SEC Championship Game participants have got an almost-final idea of who will be available and who might be

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On3 Football

SEC Championship Friday injury report revealed

Georgia and Texas will face off in a top-5 showdown Saturday afternoon in the SEC Championship Game. A top-four spot in the College Football Playoff

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SEC Championship: Thursday injury report revealed for Georgia vs. Texas

Saturday afternoon, Georgia and Texas will square off in the SEC Championship. The two teams will vie for a first-round bye in the College Football

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Trevor Etienne, Kelvin Banks injury update: SEC Championship Wednesday injury report revealed

Quinn Ewers suffered an ankle injury during Saturday's victory over Kentucky, and was listed as probable for Week 14's SEC finale against Texas

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Quinn Ewers injury update: Texas QB's status revealed vs. Texas A&M

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