{"id":110671,"date":"2026-01-04T21:36:07","date_gmt":"2026-01-04T21:36:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/110671\/"},"modified":"2026-01-04T21:36:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-04T21:36:07","slug":"arkansas-transfer-portal-dt-ian-geffrard-commits-to-texas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/110671\/","title":{"rendered":"Arkansas transfer portal DT Ian Geffrard commits to Texas"},"content":{"rendered":"

After Arkansas redshirt junior defensive tackle\u00a0Ian Geffrard<\/a>\u00a0entered the NCAA transfer portal, he immediately visited the Texas Longhorns. He made the burnt orange pick on Sunday. Geffrard committed to Texas over SMU, Auburn, and Kentucky.<\/p>\n

[Sign up for Inside Texas for 50% off! Get the latest on the NCAA Transfer Portal, Citrus Bowl Prep, and Coaching Turnover]<\/a><\/p>\n

Geffrard played his high school football at\u00a0Whitefield Academy<\/a>\u00a0in Mableton, Georgia, where he was a three-star recruit in the\u00a0Class of 2023<\/a>. He had been the 1,192nd-ranked player overall and the 73rd-ranked offensive tackle in that recruiting cycle. <\/p>\n

But when he arrived in Fayetteville, he would flip around and play on the defensive line. He would choose to go to Arkansas over several other offers, including\u00a0Auburn<\/a>,\u00a0Boston College<\/a>, and\u00a0Mississippi State<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Geffrard would play in four games in 2023, including three SEC contests. In 2024, he played in all 12 games while in 2025, he was a 12-game starter for the Razorbacks.<\/p>\n

The 2025 season was by far the best of Geffrard\u2019s career. He notched 25 total tackles, including 4.0 tackles for a loss. He also had a pass defended during the season.<\/p>\n

Geffrard posted an overall defensive grade of 72.8 with a 74.8 run defense grade and 64.4 pass rush grade, according to PFF. <\/p>\n

InsideTexas.com\u00a0provides just what passionate Texas fans expect: Market-leading coverage of Longhorns athletics and recruiting.<\/p>\n

Join the best Texas fan community and receive all the benefits that come with it:<\/p>\n

Elite team and recruiting coverage of the program you love<\/p>\n

Immediate access to any Longhorns break news<\/p>\n

Exclusive insider practice reports and year-round team info as well as board Q&A\u2019s with\u00a0IT\u00a0staff<\/p>\n

High level discourse with the most passionate and informed Longhorns fans across multiple board forums.<\/p>\n

Market leading team analysis for those who are looking to increase their understanding of Steve Sarkisian and Pete Kwiatkowski\u2019s preferred concepts<\/p>\n

So much more!<\/p>\n

SIGN UP and ensure no Longhorns information gets by you:\u00a0Join Inside Texas community today!<\/a><\/p>\n

Talk about this story and many more with fellow Longhorn diehards on the Members Only forum<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"After Arkansas redshirt junior defensive tackle\u00a0Ian Geffrard\u00a0entered the NCAA transfer portal, he immediately visited the Texas Longhorns. He…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":110672,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[48765,27,29,536,28],"class_list":["post-110671","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-texas","tag-ian-geffrard-23-whitefield-academy","tag-texas","tag-texas-headlines","tag-texas-longhorns-football","tag-texas-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110671","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=110671"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110671\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/110672"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=110671"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=110671"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=110671"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}