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On Tuesday, the Texas football program sent its coordinators out to meet with the media.
Unless an appearance in front of a microphone is mandated by a bowl game, UT head coach Steve Sarkisian does not allow his assistants to participate in press conferences during the season. Texas, though, usually does make its coordinators available at the beginning of fall camp each year. So with football practices set to begin at Texas on Wednesday, offensive coordinator Kyle Flood, defensive coordinator Pete Kwiatkowski and special teams coordinator Jeff Banks spoke on Tuesday.
Here are three things that stood out about Kwiatkowski’s press conference:
Texas Longhorns Vernon Broughton during football spring practice at the Frank Denius practice fields in Austin, Tuesday, March 19, 2024.
So… how does Texas replace T’Vondre Sweat and Byron Murphy?
Texas enters this season with two large holes in the middle of its defensive line. Sweat, who won the Outland Trophy last season, is now a Tennessee Titan. Murphy, who was named the Big 12 defensive lineman of the year in 2023, was selected by Seattle in the first round of the NFL draft.
On Tuesday, Kwiatkowski was asked how he’d replace those two defensive tackles. Texas has some clear front-runners in veterans Alfred Collins and Vernon Broughton.
“We’ve got guys but it’s tough to replace those two dudes,” Kwiatkowski said. “How do you do it? Coach your tail off. The guys whose opportunity arises, you’ve got to keep working to get better. The two guys that are coming back, Vernon and AC, played a lot of football and they’ve gotten better. Very encouraged from a leadership standpoint and work ethic and all that. They’ve done a really nice job from the end of last season through spring ball and then this summer working out.”
As for the depth behind Collins and Broughton, Kwiatkowski mentioned…
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Author : Austin American-Statesman
Publish date : 2024-07-31 02:11:40
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