{"id":263221,"date":"2026-04-23T20:01:11","date_gmt":"2026-04-23T20:01:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/263221\/"},"modified":"2026-04-23T20:01:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T20:01:11","slug":"how-to-watch-former-texas-players-in-the-2026-nfl-draft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/263221\/","title":{"rendered":"How to watch former Texas players in the 2026 NFL Draft"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">After the Texas Longhorns had three players selected in the first round of the 2025 NFL Draft and 23 total players picked over the last two years, the 2026 NFL Draft in Pittsburgh won\u2019t feature the same type of fireworks, but it will feature some beloved fan favorites.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Hill projects as the first Longhorn off the board as a late second-round pick, followed by cornerback Manny Muhammad in the third round, and three more Day Three selections \u2014 junior tight end Jack Endries, Taaffe, and linebacker Trey Moore.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">When the draft finishes, multiple players project as priority free agents, including offensive guard DJ Campbell and cornerback Jaylon Guilbeau, who were both invited to the combine, and defensive end Ethan Burke, a surprising snub.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Quarterback Matthew Caldwell, defensive tackle Cole Brevard, kicker Mason Shipley, and punter Jack Bouwmeester also project as undrafted free agents signees from Texas.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">The first round of the draft starts on Thursday at 7 p.m. Central on ABC, ESPN, and the NFL Network with the second and third rounds on Friday starting at 6 p.m. Central and the final rounds beginning on Saturday at 11 a.m. Central.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"After the Texas Longhorns had three players selected in the first round of the 2025 NFL Draft and&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":263222,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[29431,27,29,536,28],"class_list":{"0":"post-263221","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-texas","8":"tag-nfl-horns","9":"tag-texas","10":"tag-texas-headlines","11":"tag-texas-longhorns-football","12":"tag-texas-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/263221","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=263221"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/263221\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/263222"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=263221"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=263221"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=263221"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}