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Smith Orogbo didn’t start playing football until his freshman year of high school. “I was a basketball and track athlete before I started playing football my freshman year,” Orogbo told VYPE Houston. “I've loved the sport once I started, and I love the feeling of dominating on the field.” He definitely did that, according to former Alief Hastings coach Tomas De La Rosa. "I'm telling you what, his ceiling is just off the charts," De La Rosa told 247Sports. "He started eating up the weight room. He's got long arms, fast-twitch muscles, he can play up, he can play down. He's just relentless. We had to pull him out of practice just so we can get a ball off. He's just getting after it. Orogbo had a massive junior season at Alief Hastings, registering triple-digit total tackles and nearly double-digit sacks. "His leadership and instincts of learning what to do, what not to do," De La Rosa said. "Some of his techniques, using his hands, using his speed. His motor is always (running). It's just being able to put all the tools together now. Like I tell people, if he screws up it's because you told him something different. But it's nothing but upside."

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Texas currently has the No. 7 recruiting class in the 2026 Rivals recruiting rankings as National Signing Day arrives on Wednesday. We looked at how

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How we got here: Looking at defensive commits in Texas' 2026 recruiting class

After 12 games, the first full regular season for Steve Sarkisian's class of 2025 is in the books. Who redshirted and who didn't? How did Texas'

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Which Texas true freshmen redshirted in their first season on campus?

Ten regular season games down, two to go for the Texas Longhorns. How have members of Steve Sarkisian's No. 1 ranked 2025 class fared over the course

Texas true freshman tracker with two regular season games remaining

Most of the standout members of Texas' top-ranked 2025 signing class burned their redshirts during the month of October. However, there are a few

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Texas Longhorns true freshman tracker after nine games: Redshirt decisions ahead?

Eight games into the Texas Longhorns football season, eight members of Steve Sarkisian's No. 1-ranked 2025 signing class have played at least five

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Texas Longhorns true freshman participation tracker after Mississippi State

Seven regular season games down, five to go. Two members of Texas' No. 1-ranked 2025 recruiting class are at the four-game redshirt ceiling and on

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Texas Longhorns true freshman participation tracker after Kentucky

Texas signed the No. 1 recruiting class during the 2025 cycle, and all but three players from that 25-man class have seen action this season. The

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Texas Longhorns true freshman participation tracker halfway through the regular season

Almost the entire 2025 Texas Longhorns recruiting class made an appearance during the Longhorns' rout of Sam Houston State. For a number of members

Which Texas football players are on track to burn their redshirts in SEC play

Texas signed the No. 1 class in the 2025 recruiting cycle, and almost every member of that group saw the field on Saturday against Sam Houston State

Texas football true freshman participation chart after four games

Hey, here’s my thoughts on the game after I got a chance to re-watch it and look at some All-22 film. Thanks to ESPN+, I missed a lot of big plays

My Thoughts After Re-Watching Texas vs Sam Houston State

The Texas defense pitched a shutout against Sam Houston State on Saturday night from Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium, per PFF. Here's the

Top PFF defensive grades from Texas' 55-0 win over Sam Houston State

The Texas Longhorns have one game left in the non-conference schedule. For some members of Steve Sarkisian's No. 1 ranked 2025 class, that means one

Texas Longhorns freshman participation tracker after UTEP

The Texas Longhorns' signed On3 | Rivals' No. 1 recruiting class in 2025, with five-star prospects Jonah Williams, Justus Terry, Lance Jackson, Kaliq

Texas Longhorns freshman participation tracker after week one versus Ohio State

Is it too early to talk about playing time projections? Absolutely not.  I miss football. You probably do too. With the season inching closer, it’s

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Texas Football 2025: Which Freshmen Will Play, Redshirt, or Crack the Two-Deep?

Texas has without a doubt expanded its recruiting reach nationally. From California to North Carolina, the Longhorns are looking all over the country

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

It’s not so far away, is it? Texas is just 45 days from the beginning of the 2025 CFB season, where the Longhorns will head to Columbus, Ohio, to

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Texas football roster countdown: Nos. 49-45

Texas collected a host of elite talent in the 2025 class on the defensive side of the ball and is stacking up future stars in the 2026 class with

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Texas Football: Projected Defensive Two-Deep from 2025 Signees and 2026 Commits

After each of the last four seasons, a Texas Longhorns true or redshirt freshman has been named to the Football Writers Association of America's

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Could Texas make it five straight years of freshman All-Americans?

Steve Sarkisian's 2025 spring roster for the Texas Longhorns football program has been publicly released. Texas' rosters have historically been a

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What stands out on the Texas 2025 spring roster?

Every Spring a number of new players hit the Forty Acres and are assigned jersey numbers right before Spring practice begins. In Austin, it begins

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New jersey numbers for Texas Longhorns Football in 2025

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

Texas' new assistant coach LaAllan Clark comes with a high approval rating from departing Ohio State defensive end, JT Tuimoloau:

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The Longhorns' new Edges coach is drawing praise

The book on the 2025 recruiting class can officially be closed on Wednesday. Ahead of February's National Signing Day, On3 has updated its player

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Top 10 edge rushers in the final 2025 On300 rankings

The Texas Longhorns finished with the No. 1 ranked recruiting class in the 2025 cycle thanks to 15 signees who finished within the final 2025 On300

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Texas' No. 1 class boasts 15 players in the final 2025 On300, including four five-stars

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