{"id":367212,"date":"2026-07-09T19:25:08","date_gmt":"2026-07-09T19:25:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/367212\/"},"modified":"2026-07-09T19:25:08","modified_gmt":"2026-07-09T19:25:08","slug":"texas-lt-trevor-goosby-hosts-football-camp-to-give-back-to-a-cause-close-to-his-heart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/367212\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas LT Trevor Goosby hosts football camp to give back to a cause close to his heart"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"inline-text-0\" class=\"mt-[18px] md:mt-0 mb-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"5h\">At 16 years old, offensive lineman Trevor Goosby received open-heart surgery, something that he says &#8220;changed his life.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-1\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"5k\">Now, five years later, he is a star left tackle for the <a href=\"https:\/\/hookemheadlines.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Texas Longhorns <\/a>and is flying toward his junior season on the 40 Acres.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-2\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"5n\">During the offseason, while preparing for his junior year to kick off, Goosby hosted a youth football camp in Austin to benefit The Children&#8217;s Heart Foundation, matching any and all donations made to the foundation up to $20,000.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-3\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"5q\">&#8220;Football&#8217;s a big part of what I do, but it&#8217;s not who I am,&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Cory_Mose\/status\/2075034573428421031\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Goosby said<\/a>. &#8220;I just wanna show all these kids that I&#8217;m just another great guy and I can just be&#8230; somebody they look up to.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Texas star LT Trevor Goosby hosted a free youth football camp to benefit The Children&#8217;s Heart Foundation<\/p>\n<p>Goosby will match all donations made to the foundation from this campaign, up to $20,000<\/p>\n<p>The First-Team All-SEC lineman had open-heart surgery at 16, I asked him what he\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/kofznGUEiz\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/kofznGUEiz<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Cory Mose (@Cory_Mose) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Cory_Mose\/status\/2075034573428421031?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">July 9, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-5\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"5w\">Well, I would argue that one great way to ensure you are a role model would be hosting a camp for members of the community that simultaneously creates opportunities for kids to play football and raises funds for The Children&#8217;s Heart Foundation.<\/p>\n<p>Trevor and Austin Goosby are giving back to the community<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-7\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"62\">&#8220;There&#8217;s so many kids here. It&#8217;s actually a really cool feeling just knowing that it&#8217;s my older brother&#8230; and just knowing that all these people are here for him,&#8221; Goosby&#8217;s younger brother Austin Goosby, who is <a href=\"https:\/\/hookemheadlines.com\/texas-could-quickly-say-goodbye-to-austin-goosby-according-to-espn-mock-nba-draft\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">committed to play basketball for the Horns<\/a>, said of the youth camp. &#8220;It&#8217;s just really cool to see.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-8\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"65\">The younger Goosby was in attendance for the camp as dozens of children participated in activities and drills on the football field.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-9\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"68\">Read more: <a href=\"https:\/\/hookemheadlines.com\/hype-for-austin-goosby-builds-after-highlight-reel-game-at-mcdonalds-all-american\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Hype for Austin Goosby builds after highlight-reel game at McDonald&#8217;s All-American<\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-10\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"6b\">The elder Goosby committed to the Longhorns just a year after his operation and was the No. 24 offensive tackle in the class of 2023. Since then, he has not only dominated on the field for Texas but has also made his name known at the national level.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-11\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"6e\">&#8220;Going through that kind of adversity just kind of changed who I was as a person,&#8221; Goosby said of the operation he received in 2021. &#8220;It made me a better player as well, just being able to have that kind of endurance.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-12\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"6h\">Over the last three years, Goosby has appeared in 29 games for the Horns. In 2025, he was named to the 2025 Coaches&#8217; First-Team All-SEC after earning a Phil Steele preseason First-Team All-America selection.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-13\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"6k\">Goosby continues to be a standout individual both on and off the field, and the youth football camp is just the latest example of how he is cementing himself as a Longhorn legend during his time on the 40 Acres.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-14\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"6n\">The rest of the offseason and his upcoming junior season will only provide more opportunities for both Goosbys to do so.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-15\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"6q\">Also read: <a href=\"https:\/\/hookemheadlines.com\/athlons-way-too-early-bowl-prediction-will-have-texas-longhorns-feeling-sense-of-deja-vu\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Athlon&#8217;s way-too-early bowl prediction will have Longhorns feeling a sense of deja vu<\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-16\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"6t\">The football-playing Goosby and the Horns are scheduled to <a href=\"https:\/\/hookemheadlines.com\/longhorn-nation-already-in-battle-mode-with-afternoon-kick-to-start-season\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">kick off their upcoming season <\/a>on Sept. 5, at 2:30 p.m. CT with a home game against the Texas State Bobcats before hosting the Ohio State Buckeyes in a revenge matchup.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.minutemediacdn.com\/platform\/google_discover_icon.svg\" class=\"shrink-0\"\/>Add us as a preferred source on Google<a aria-label=\"Follow hookemheadlines.com on Google News\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=hookemheadlines.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" class=\"flex h-[30px] w-[30px] shrink-0 items-center justify-center rounded-full bg-primary font-group-large text-sm font-medium text-white transition-colors hover:bg-secondary focus:bg-secondary md:w-auto md:gap-2.5 md:px-4 md:py-[5px]\">Follow<\/a><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"At 16 years old, offensive lineman Trevor Goosby received open-heart surgery, something that he says &#8220;changed his life.&#8221;&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":367213,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[132,134,133],"class_list":["post-367212","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-austin","tag-austin","tag-austin-headlines","tag-austin-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/367212","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=367212"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/367212\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/367213"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=367212"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=367212"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=367212"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}