Overall, 33 former members of the Texas football team are in some way connected to an NFL roster currently on its way to the playoffs (14 out of 32 NFL franchises have qualified for this year’s postseason bracket tournament.)
In fact, 17 of the the same 33 former players are currently sitting in active roster spots, 5 former players are members of franchises’ practice squads, 7 former Texas football-turned-NFL athletes are injured, and four are members of various NFL franchise coaching staffs that have been successful enough to lead teams into the postseason.
WHAT THEY’RE SAYING ABOUT THE LONGHORNS
247Sports: Texas football can still achieve success amongst a transfer portal full of movement for all teams
ICYMI IN BURNT ORANGE NATION
247Sports: Texas Football Transfer Portal Tracker: All the Texas scoop, rumors, comings & goings as Longhorns fill roster
247Sports: NIL a factor in Arch Manning losing Texas roommate, WR Parker Livingstone to rival Oklahoma in transfer portal
247Sports: 2026 Navy All-American Bowl: Live updates from Day 2 of practices
Inside Texas: Why Texas football is targeting scarcity first, not volume, in the transfer portal
Inside Texas: Elijah Barnes expected to enter the transfer portal
Inside Texas: Easton Royal, No. 1 WR and Texas commit, talks Under Armour game, next Austin trip
Inside Texas: The Texas schools all have received Cam Coleman visits
Dallas Morning News: College Football Roundtable: Would Texas have put up a better fight than Tech, A&M in CFP?
Rock M Nation: Mizzou adds Auburn’s Kensley Louidor-Faustin to improve safety room
A Sea Of Blue: Terhyon Nichols and Nasir Addison returning to UK; Quaysheed Scott enters transfer portal
SB Nation: Our NFL preseason predictions got a couple things right and many things wrong
SB Nation: The Raiders’ losing culture overpowers everything in its way
SB Nation: Watching even the WNBA devalue women is incredibly dispiriting
NEWS ACROSS LONGHORN NATION AND BEYOND