The 2019 Texas Longhorns football team, known variously as "Texas", "UT", the "Longhorns", or the "Horns”, represented the University of Texas at Austin during the 2019 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Longhorns played their home games at Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium in Austin, Texas. They are a charter member of the Big 12 Conference. They were led by third-year head coach Tom Herman.

Having ended their Big 12 play tied for third place in the conference standings, the Longhorns upset the No. 10 Utah Utes in the 2019 Alamo Bowl to finish the season 8-5 and ranked No. 25.

Preseason

Big 12 media poll The 2019 Big 12 media days were held July 15–16, 2019 in Frisco, Texas. In the Big 12 preseason media poll, Texas was predicted to finish in second in the standings behind Oklahoma.

Preseason All-Big 12 teams To be released

Schedule

Personnel

Coaching staff Source: Tom Herman Head coach Cal Lutheran (1997) 2017 Tim Beck Offensive coordinator / quarterbacks UCF (1988) 2017 Stan Drayton Associate head coach / run game coordinator Allegheny College (1993) 2017 Oscar Giles Defensive line Texas (1991) 2017 Herb Hand Co-offensive coordinator / Offensive Line Hamilton College (1990) 2018 Tom leogrande Wide receivers 2017 Drew Mehringer Pass game coordinator / wide receivers Rice (2010) 2017 Craig Naivar Co-defensive coordinator / Safeties Hardin–Simmons (1994) 2017 Todd Orlando Defensive coordinator / Linebackers Wisconsin (1994) 2017 Derek Warehime Special teams coordinator / tight ends Tulsa (2006) 2017 Jason Washington Recruiting coordinator / Cornerbacks Texas State (2002) 2017 Yancy McKnight Head Strength and Conditioning Missouri Southern (2001) 2017

Roster Source: 2019 Texas Longhorns footballQuarterback  2 Roschon Johnson – freshman (6'2, 220)  8 Casey Thompson – freshman (6'1, 195) 11 Sam Ehlinger – junior (6'3, 230) 14 Sam Saxton – freshman (6'5, 205) 16 Ben Ballard – freshman (5'11, 195)

Running back 21 Jordan Whittington – freshman (6'1, 215) 23 Jarrett Smith – freshman (5'7, 200) 24 Derrian Brown – freshman (5'10, 180) 26 Keaontay Ingram – sophomore (6'0, 220) 28 Kirk Johnson – senior (6'0, 215) 32 Daniel Young – junior (6'0, 220) 37 Jaren Watkins – sophomore (5'5, 160)

Wide receiver  1 John Burt – senior (6'3, 205)  6 Devin Duvernay – senior (5'11, 210)  9 Collin Johnson – senior (6'6, 220) 13 Brennan Eagles – sophomore (6'4, 225) 14 Joshua Moore – sophomore (6'1, 180) 15 Marcus Washington – freshman (6'2, 200) 16 Jake Smith – freshman (6'0, 200) 19 Kartik Akkihal – freshman (6'2, 200) 38 Parker Alford – freshman (5'10, 175) 80 Kai Money – freshman (6'0, 165) 83 Al’Vonte Woodard – freshman (6'2, 210) 84 Kennedy Lewis – freshman (6'3, 200) 85 Malcolm Epps – freshman (6'6, 245) 86 Jordan Pouncey – sophomore (6'2, 205) 88 Kai Jarmon – sophomore (6'0, 190) 89 Travis West – freshman (6'0, 180)

Tight end 18 Jared Wiley – freshman (6'7, 255) 42 Nathan Hatter – freshman (6'2, 260) 80 Cade Brewer – junior (6'4, 250) 81 Reese Leitao – freshman (6'4, 245) 87 Austin Hibbetts – sophomore (6'2, 235) 89 Brayden Liebrock – freshman (6'4, 230)

Kicker/Punter  8 Ryan Bujcevski – P – sophomore (6'0, 185) 17 Cameron Dicker – K – sophomore (6'1, 205) 45 Chris Naggar – K – junior (6'1, 195) Offensive line 51 Jakob Sell – sophomore (6'3, 305) 52 Sam Cosmi – sophomore (6'7, 300) 55 Willie Tyler – sophomore (6'7, 340) 56 Zach Shackelford – senior (6'4, 305) 61 Ishan Rison – junior (6'0, 260) 63 Troy Torres – freshman (6'0, 305) 64 Michael Balis – freshman (6'5, 305) 65 Isaiah Hookfin – freshman (6'5, 305) 66 Chad Wolf – freshman (6'3, 280) 67 Tope Imade – junior (6'5, 350) 68 Derek Kerstetter – junior (6'5, 300) 70 Christian Jones – freshman (6'6, 300) 71 J.P. Urquidez – junior (6'7, 300) 72 Tyler Johnson – freshman (6'6, 315) 73 Parker Braun – senior (6'3, 300) 74 Rafiti Ghirmai – freshman (6'5, 295) 75 Junior Angilau – freshman (6'6, 300) 76 Reese Moore – freshman (6'7, 295) 77 Javonne Shepherd – freshman (6'6, 315) 78 Denzel Okafor – junior (6'4, 310) 79 Matt Frost – freshman (6'4, 265)

Defensive line 32 Malcolm Roach – senior (6'3, 290) 36 Jacoby Jones – junior (6'4, 275) 42 Marquez Bimage – junior (6'2, 270) 43 Chris Hannon – freshman (6'3, 230) 45 Peter Mpagi – freshman (6'5, 260) 49 Ta’Quon Graham – junior (6'3, 300) 55 D’Andre Christmas-Giles – junior (6'3, 315) 88 Daniel Carson – freshman (6'4, 295) 90 Rob Cummins – sophomore (6'5, 260) 91 Jamari Chisholm – senior (6'5, 300) 92 Myron Warren – freshman (6'2, 270) 93 T'Vondre Sweat – freshman (6'4, 320) 94 Gerald Wilbon – senior (6'3, 325) 96 Tristan Bennett – junior (6'3, 240) 97 Patrick Bayouth – freshman (6'4, 260) 98 Moro Ojomo – freshman (6'3, 280) 99 Keondre Coburn – freshman (6'2, 340)

Deep Snapper 47 Chandler Kelehan – freshman (6'1, 200) 54 Justin Mader – sophomore (6'2, 235) Linebacker  1 DeGabriel Floyd – Freshman (6'2, 240)  6 Juwan Mitchell – sophomore (6'1, 240) 13 Marcus Tillman, Jr. – freshman (6'1, 235) 23 Jeffrey McCulloch – senior (6'3, 245) 30 Caleb Johnson – junior (6'0, 235) 33 David Gbenda – freshman (6'0, 220) 35 Russell Hine – sophomore (6'2, 210) 40 Ayodele Adeoye – freshman (6'1, 250) 46 Joseph Ossai – sophomore (6'4, 245) 47 Luke Brockermeyer – freshman (6'3, 220) 48 Jake Ehlinger – freshman (5'11, 225) 50 Byron Vaughns – freshman (6'4, 245) 52 Jett Bush – freshman (6'2, 230) 57 Cort Jaquess – sophomore (6'0, 240)

Defensive back  2 Kenyatta Watson II – freshman (6'1, 190)  3 Jalen Green – sophomore (6'1, 185)  4 Anthony Cook – sophomore (6'1, 190)  5 D'Shawn Jamison – sophomore (5'10, 190)  7 Caden Sterns – sophomore (6'1, 205) 11 Chris Adimora – freshman (6'1, 185) 15 Chris Brown – junior (5'11, 195) 17 Myles Mass – freshman (5'11, 195) 18 Tremayne Prudhomme – freshman (6'1, 190) 19 Brandon Jones – senior (6'0, 205) 21 Turner Symonds – freshman (6'1, 185) 24 Marques Caldwell – freshman (6'1, 195) 25 B.J. Foster – sophomore (6'2, 210) 26 Christian Tschauner – freshman (5'11, 190) 27 Donovan Duvernay – junior (5'9, 195) 28 Mason Ramirez – senior (5'10, 210) 29 Josh Thompson – junior (6'0, 200) 31 DeMarvion Overshown – sophomore (6'4, 210) 37 Doak Wilson – freshman (6'0, 190) 38 Kobe Boyce – sophomore (6'1, 180) 39 Montrell Estell – sophomore (6'1, 205) 41 Hank Coutoumanos – junior (6'0, 195) 44 Tyler Owens – freshman (6'2, 205)

Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt

Game summaries

Louisiana Tech

LSU

@ Rice

Oklahoma State

@ West Virginia

vs. Oklahoma

Kansas

The underdog Kansas Jayhawks stayed with the #15 Texas Longhorns for four quarters of play. In the last minutes, Carter Stanley was successful with a 22-yard scoring pass to Stephon Robinson. The following 2-point conversion throw to Daylon Charlot put the Jayhawks ahead by one point. With 1:11 left to play, Texas took over and put together an offensive drive that ended with a game-winning field goal for the Longhorns.

Even with the loss, several of the Kansas players gave great performances: Pooka Williams rushed for 190 yards and two touchdowns; quarterback Carter Stanley threw 310 yards and four touchdowns for the Jayhawks. For the Longhorns, Sam Ehlinger rushed for 91 yards and managed 399 yards passing with four touchdowns. When everything was complete, Texas won by a score of 50–48.

@ TCU

Kansas State

In the days leading up to the Kansas State-Texas game, Texas football quarterback Sam Ehlinger was named a semifinalist for the 2019 Wuerffel Trophy. On that same day, the College Football Playoff committee ranked Kansas State at #16 in the first playoff ranking of the season. This was measurably higher than the #20 in the AP Poll and #22 in the USA Today Poll.

The game started with Kansas State taking a 14-point lead in the first quarter and allowed Texas to score a touchdown, making it 14–7 at halftime. Texas took the lead in the third quarter with ten more points to put it at 14–17. Each team added 10 more points in the fourth quarter to make the final score a Texas win 27–24, punctuated with a 26 yard game-winning field goal by the Longhorns' Cameron Dicker just as the clock ran out.

@ Iowa State

@ Baylor

Texas Tech

vs. Utah (Alamo Bowl)

Rankings

Players drafted into the NFL

Texas had three players selected in the 2020 NFL draft. 3 70 Brandon Jones S Miami Dolphins 3 92 Devin Duvernay WR Baltimore Ravens 5 165 Collin Johnson WR Jacksonville Jaguars

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