{"id":387369,"date":"2026-07-27T01:46:35","date_gmt":"2026-07-27T01:46:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/387369\/"},"modified":"2026-07-27T01:46:35","modified_gmt":"2026-07-27T01:46:35","slug":"meet-some-of-the-coogs-in-uh-football","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/387369\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet some of the Coogs in UH football"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">HOUSTON &#8211; The UH football team is gearing up for another big season. After losing some key players from last year, the Coogs will need a new crop of players to step up.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">Get to know two new key athletes from the transfer portal and a familiar defensive playmaker who is headed into his senior season.<\/p>\n<p>   Meet Ashton Porter College Year: Junior transfer from University of OregonHometown: CypressPosition: Defensive Lineman   <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/53l5rv9bxwns4i3q.jpg\" alt=\"UH Get to Know: Ashton Porter\" class=\"sr-only\" data-v-892ef6a8=\"\"\/>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/53l5rv9bxwns4i3q.jpg\" alt=\"UH Get to Know: Ashton Porter\" loading=\"eager\" fetchpriority=\"high\" class=\"vod-poster-image\" data-v-6546b402=\"\"\/>   Meet Brandon Mack Year: SeniorHometown: Montgomery, AlabamaPosition: Jack  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/52dp0b6wse6lhix2.jpg\" alt=\"UH Get to Know: Brandon Mack\" class=\"sr-only\" data-v-892ef6a8=\"\"\/>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/52dp0b6wse6lhix2.jpg\" alt=\"UH Get to Know: Brandon Mack\" loading=\"eager\" fetchpriority=\"high\" class=\"vod-poster-image\" data-v-6546b402=\"\"\/>   Meet Shadre Hurst Year: Senior transfer from Tulane UniversityHometown: Cartersville, GeorgiaPosition: Offensive Guard  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/48770s2ogrzepkea.jpg\" alt=\"UH Get to Know: Shadre Hurst\" class=\"sr-only\" data-v-892ef6a8=\"\"\/>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/48770s2ogrzepkea.jpg\" alt=\"UH Get to Know: Shadre Hurst\" loading=\"eager\" fetchpriority=\"high\" class=\"vod-poster-image\" data-v-6546b402=\"\"\/>      <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox26houston.com\/tag\/organization\/uofh\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-94395e58=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">University of Houston<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox26houston.com\/tag\/ncaa-football\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-94395e58=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">College Football<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"HOUSTON &#8211; The UH football team is gearing up for another big season. After losing some key players&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":387370,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[56,58,57,2469,1827,154,29769],"class_list":["post-387369","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-houston","tag-houston","tag-houston-headlines","tag-houston-news","tag-ncaa-football","tag-organization","tag-sports","tag-uofh"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/387369","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=387369"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/387369\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/387370"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=387369"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=387369"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=387369"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}