A look at 7 players set to transfer from Texas
We have entered one of the most unpleasant times of the college football calendar as players elect to pursue opportunities elsewhere. They originally eschewed scholarship offers from schools far and wide, sometimes to hated rivals, and arrived at Texas with high hopes. Alas, for varying reasons, it didn’t work out for the group below.
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We certainly wish them well at their next stop.
Let’s take a look at the Texas players who are officially set to enter the NCAA transfer portal when it opens on Monday, December 5th. Keep in mind, more Texas players could also elect to transfer.
QB Hudson Card
The local product arrived as one of the most highly rated quarterbacks in the loaded 2020 class. After a redshirt year under the direction of Tom Herman’s staff, Card won the quarterback job early in his redshirt season under Steve Sarkisian. We know how it played out from there. Credit to Card, he continued to work and stayed at Texas to compete with Quinn Ewers despite knowing he was in for an uphill battle. When Ewers was hurt at the end of the first quarter against Alabama, Card played admirably, and at times quite well, until Ewers returned.
He’s going to have numerous quality suitors. It’ll be interesting to see where he elects to use his two remaining years of eligibility.
WR Troy Omeire
Like Card, Omeire was a member of the 2020 class. He caused waves when he flipped from A&M to Texas in September of his senior year. Omeire was well regarded as a recruit but after a quality senior season he exceeded early expectations and was the talk of UT’s 2020 August camp. Unfortunately, he tore his ACL that same camp as well as the one the following year. Omeire is said to be running above 22 miles per hour in practice and has retained his flypaper hands.
OT Andrej Karic
Yet another member of the 2020 class, Karic is a good player who was simply recruited over during the stellar 2022 offensive line class. Credit to him for playing quality snaps this season as a blocking tight end, but he’s wise to look for a school where he can return to the offensive line. He’s a genuine P5 offensive line starter with versatility.
Edge Prince Dorbah
Dorbah was also a highly rated member of the 2020 class. Upon signing, the hope was he could follow in Joseph Ossai’s footsteps. Texas defeated OU and LSU for his services. He played sparingly this season.
EDGE Derrick Harris Jr.
Harris Jr., a 2021 signee, grew up a huge UT fan. That was the offer he coveted all along and didn’t wait long to commit after receiving it. A hard worker and a good program guy, he might not fit the preferences the new staff is looking for at Edge. He has a lot of good football ahead of him in the right program.
S JD Coffey
Coffey chose Texas over schools like Oregon and Washington, which coincidentally, is where Texas defensive coordinator Pete Kwiatkowski coached before UT. Coffey had trouble cracking the two deep this season and has elected to transfer. Color me surprised, he was an instinctive, hard hitting safety coming out of high school in the 2021 class.
CB Jamier Johnson
The lone out of state player of this group, Johnson had a strong offseason and started the season as the No. 3 corner. He played well at times but was eventually beat out by Terrance Brooks and Austin Jordan. Johnson has the ability to play at a school like Texas but he didn’t have the clearest path to the field next season. He may want to return back out west. He should have no problem finding a good landing spot as corners are always in demand.
Despite today’s activity, Texas players may not yet be done making their intentions to transfer known. There are still a handful of names we at Inside Texas are monitoring.
