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A question no one asked in 2021.   Beyond high profile starters like Colin Simmons and Lance Jackson, Texas currently has third teamers in their edge

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Inside Texas

Why Does Texas Keep Hitting On Their Edge Takes?

For those of y’all who grabbed early access today, what are your first impressions of Texas’ roster?  The game has only been live for a little while,

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Inside Texas Football Recruiting

EA Sports College Football 27: Did EA Get Texas’ Player Ratings Right

Texas has a number of new positions across the defense, with slight differences between how things have been done in Austin under Pete Kwiatkowski or

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Inside Texas Football

Defining the position: Defensive end

With the addition of 2027 Mobile (Ala.) Vigor EDGE JaBarrius Garror, the Longhorns now have pledges from three of LaAllan Clark's top targets in the

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How JaBarrius Garror, Derwin Fields and Cameron Hall fit Will Muschamp's system

They’re Not on a Beach Somewhere. They’re Working.  Offseason doesn’t mean off. For a growing number of Texas Longhorns, the weeks between spring

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Hungry and Grinding: Longhorn Players Are Putting in Serious Offseason Work

Texas' approach to blitz and pressure packages under Will Muschamp is going to be one of the most important components to the 2026 season. The

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Solving the scrambler problem: Texas’ new zone blitz strategy under Muschamp

It appears that Will Muschamp is going to bring a varied approach to generating pressure as the Texas Longhorns defensive coordinator in 2026. He's

Muschamp’s blueprint to generate pressure without getting burned by scramblers

How to bring pressure has been one of the most challenging questions Texas defensive coordinators have worked to answer in my time as a commentator

Simple Edge dominance vs. modern exotic pressures: Muschamp’s big decision at Texas

Texas' open practice was a pretty interesting affair given the matchups that head coach Steve Sarkisian allowed to take place on the field. By adding

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What did the offensive line show in spring practice?

Texas has no problem going after some of the most highly-touted talent across the country, especially along the West Coast where No. 2-ranked

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No. 2 DL Marcus Fakatou recaps recruitment, potential decision date, Texas experience

The 2026 Texas fan day gave a pretty nice peak at the upcoming season with an open practice. The scrimmage portions of the practice didn’t include

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Five quick thoughts after the 2026 spring practice

Your typical spring game is a highly controlled environment, carefully scripted by coaches to avoid turning them into an opportunity to scout the

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What I'll be looking for in the spring practice

In one of our recent videos with Pack on YouTube, we got into a particular front that has been a minor piece of the puzzle for Georgia in recent

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How the Penny front could become a secret weapon for Muschamp’s Texas defense

Texas' second spring scrimmage took place last Friday and offered a peak into the current state of the team in the unfolding offseason. The offense

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Second scrimmage breakdown: What it tells us about Texas' 2026 championship strategy

Let’s not overhype it — this is spring football.  But at the same time, something feels different.  When you start listening to what’s coming out of

Texas vs Ohio State: How Spring Football Is Telling the Same Story

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QzcPM_2PnDM  Ian Boyd and Paul Wadlington go through eight Longhorns who aren't currently expected to start but might

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Deep Dive: Crucial role players who are coming for a starting spot

You could summarize Will Muschamp's offseason project leading into next season as a quest to find five Longhorns who can reliably control the five

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Finding five to control the box on defense

Two storylines dominated the Texas Longhorns' offseason. The first was related to the roster, as Steve Sarkisian overhauled multiple position groups

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'We've got a dog on our team': Texas defenders have embraced Will Muschamp

Texas sent Hero Kanu, Colin Simmons, Lance Jackson, and Graceson Littleton to meet with the media after the Longhorns' second spring practice of

Quick hitters from Hero Kanu, Colin Simmons, Lance Jackson, Graceson Littleton

Digging a little deeper on the roster and what it all means. Lots of thoughts, but there's a Texas tackle athleticism trend worth noting, the edge

Texas Roster Thoughts & Learning

Inside Texas dives into the line of scrimmage for the latest on the offensive and defensive fronts for Texas Football going into the Spring next

Texas Football Team Intel as we approach Spring season

As I've been writing for a few weeks now, the Longhorn defense of 2026 is going to end up being defined by how well it defends spread offenses with

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The versatile duo Texas needs to break out on defense in 2026

With spring football for the Texas Longhorns just one week away, the Inside Texas staff goes over the portal additions and returning players from

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IT Roundtable: Getting excited for portal additions and returning Texas Longhorns

Over the past few weeks on Inside Texas, Ian Boyd has diagnosed a few different things Steve Sarkisian and new defensive coordinator Will Muschamp

Versatility is key for Steve Sarkisian, Will Muschamp in crafting the 2026 Texas defense

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Pleasant Grove football coach Josh Gibson doesn't hold back when describing Lance Jackson. "Lance is the total package," he said. "He possesses freakish athletic ability but has an elite work ethic and drive to go with his God-given talents. Very few young men work as hard as Lance does." Jackson's older brother, Landon, was a captain at Arkansas, and Gibson said the brothers have the same mentality when it comes to improving their games. "Lance has a growth mindset and works relentlessly on his weaknesses," Gibson said. "It is for these reasons that I truly believe he will have the same impact in college as Landon had at Arkansas." In 2022, Jackson finished with 63 tackles, 11.5 for loss, two sacks and a pair of pass breakups. He was named a first-team all-district selection in 2022 and 2023.

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It is a lofty comparison, but Lance Jackson's rare size and large frame combined with power and athleticism as a big EDGE prospect reminds us of JJ Watt. Like Watt, Jackson was a two-way playmaker at the high school level. Jackson is a more established high school prospect, as Watt took off in college at Wisconsin. 

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