Jan. 28, 2026, 3:05 p.m. CT
Yesterday, we talked about Dylan Sikorski and Jonte Newman and how they answer some but not nearly all the questions Texas needed to answer on the OL. Just about an hour after I hit publish on that article, news dropped that fundamentally changed the OL portal class. Laurance Seymore, former Western Kentucky OL, has officially signed with the Longhorns, adding another likely starter to the Texas OL.
2025 Stats: Phil Steele 2nd Team All-American, 82.6 Pass Block Grade(PFF), 1 sack allowed
This is a gamechanger. The Texas portal class felt incomplete with the OL looking incredibly thin. The addition of Seymore not only gives Texas their likely starter at LG, but it slides Dylan Sikorski and Jonte Newman into more comfortable positions on the depth chart. Seymore is someone I’ve been watching closely and despite some eligibility questions, it’s a top-tier pickup.
What made Seymore a second-team All-American is elite pass blocking. Seymore allowed just one sack and eight pressures in 503 pass blocking snaps in 2025, leading a potent Western Kentucky passing attack. It’s clear Kyle Flood and Steve Sarkisian are prioritizing pass protection and allowing Arch Manning to lead the way. Seymore finishes out the starting five for the Longhorns up front, likely at LG next to Trevor Goosby.
The eligibility is something to watch. Seymore started his career at Miami in 2021. He redshirted the first year, then made his debut in 2022 for the Hurricanes. For 2023, he transferred to Akron where he didn’t play the first year before starting in 2024. Finally in 2025, he was at Western Kentucky which put him at 5 years of college football. The question surrounds that 2023 season when he didn’t play for Akron.
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It’s unknown the exact reason he wasn’t on the field, but if it was an injury(which seems likely), he would be eligible for a medical redshirt and another year. If it was just another “redshirt” year, he wouldn’t be eligible. Now, I don’t believe Texas would sign Seymore if they didn’t feel confident this would be resolved and he would be on the field for them in 2026, so I’d expect this to be worked out but it’s something to track.
The addition of Melvin Siani was a huge one for the Texas OL. I believe this is every bit as big, if not bigger. Seymore locks up the Longhorns starting five, adds elite experience to the interior of the OL and makes the Texas OL one of the better pass blocking units in the country. This was the addition the Longhorns badly needed, it just took longer to get than was initially thought. Regardless of how we got here, we got here. As long as Seymore is given another year of eligibility, the Longhorn OL is set and looking solid.
That wraps up the portal additions on the offensive side of the ball(so far) and tomorrow, it’ll be all about the “crown jewel” of the defensive portal additions: former Pitt LB Rasheem Biles.