{"id":110240,"date":"2026-01-04T08:26:13","date_gmt":"2026-01-04T08:26:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/110240\/"},"modified":"2026-01-04T08:26:13","modified_gmt":"2026-01-04T08:26:13","slug":"parker-livingstone-on-texas-departure-some-things-are-out-of-my-control","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/110240\/","title":{"rendered":"Parker Livingstone on Texas departure: \u2018Some things are out of my control\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">In the current landscape of college football, roster management decisions require difficult conversations between coaches, players, and agents about revenue sharing allocation and its association with on-field contributions, serving as the backdrop to the surprising departure of Texas Longhorns wide receiver Parker Livingstone after the Citrus Bowl win.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">While Moore\u2019s multiple commitments early in the NIL era hinted at his lack of emotional allegiance, Livingstone was Arch Manning\u2019s roommate and a public face of the program during his breakout 2025 season that ended with 29 catches for 516 yards and six touchdowns.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">That\u2019s the context for the remarkable final paragraph of Livingstone\u2019s farewell message.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">\u201cNever in a million years did I think I would be going into the portal looking for a new home. Some things are out of my control. Such is the reality of the ever-changing landscape of college football. Emptied my tank every day for this great university, my teammates &amp; all the good folks of Texas. Grateful,\u201d Livingstone wrote.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In the current landscape of college football, roster management decisions require difficult conversations between coaches, players, and agents&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":110241,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[27,29,536,28],"class_list":{"0":"post-110240","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-texas","8":"tag-texas","9":"tag-texas-headlines","10":"tag-texas-longhorns-football","11":"tag-texas-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110240","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=110240"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110240\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/110241"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=110240"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=110240"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=110240"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}