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Livingstone’s Big Scrimmage Hints at Texas Offensive Potential & Ceiling

by: RT Young08/09/25
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Parker Livingstone (Will Gallagher/Inside Texas)

What could a fully integrated Parker Livingstone do for the Longhorn offense?

We’re loving what we’re hearing about the redshirt freshman’s performance during the Longhorns scrimmage on Saturday morning. The Lovejoy product had at least two catches over 20 yards and is simpatico with Arch Manning.

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It can’t be overstated how valuable it is that Manning threw to Livingstone with the second team all of last season. Currently, Inside Texas is expecting Livingstone to start alongside Ryan Wingo and DeAndre Moore Jr. That’s not to say Emmett Mosley V won’t play a lot, just that Livingstone is too dynamic to leave off the field far from Manning.

Allow me for a second to wax poetic on the theoretical. Because a trio of playmaking weapons at wide receiver is a luxury few teams have. Steve Sarkisian had a litany of toys in Tuscaloosa. Ohio State regularly has it. Look at how having three NFL receivers changed Washington’s 2023 season. The most historic example is obviously Joe Burrow’s LSU which featured Jamarr Chase, Justin Jefferson and Terrace Marshall. There have been many times over the past 20 years where Texas had two elite wide receivers but was hampered at the third spot either by injury or inexperience.

When else has Texas had this potential luxury? The greatest triumvirate from a talent perspective is the Roy Williams, BJ Johnson and Sloan Thomas group, but that was a different era of football from an offensive standpoint. More recent examples are from 2023 and 2018. But, in 2023 Quinn Ewers went down midseason for a few games. In 2018 Devin Duvernay wasn’t in his finished form, which he’d reach in 2019 after Lil’Jordan Humphrey left. Those seasons also featured Texas pass catchers who were all remarkably different from one another.

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I give the context because of what Livingstone could represent for the offense. Having a safety blanket is great, but having three long, physical and NFL-looking wide receivers can raise a team’s ceiling. Actually, it can blow the roof wide open.

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