{"id":428427,"date":"2026-09-07T01:32:09","date_gmt":"2026-09-07T01:32:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/428427\/"},"modified":"2026-09-07T01:32:09","modified_gmt":"2026-09-07T01:32:09","slug":"packers-gm-gets-first-hand-look-at-talented-texas-dt-trio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/428427\/","title":{"rendered":"Packers GM gets first-hand look at talented Texas DT trio"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sept. 6, 2026, 7:06 p.m. CT<\/p>\n

Brian Gutekunst<\/a> and the Green Bay Packers<\/a> had a strong scouting presence at the Texas vs. Texas State matchup on Saturday. Green Bay\u2019s general manager got a first-hand look at the Longhorns dismantling the Bobcats 59-7.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The Longhorns will likely have four players get drafted in the first round in the 2027 NFL Draft and they’ll have plenty of prospects who could be on Green Bay\u2019s radar on Day 2 and 3 of the draft.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Let\u2019s dive into some of the Longhorn prospects who stood out during their season-opening victory on Saturday.<\/p>\n

Defensive Tackle Trio<\/p>\n

If the Packers<\/a> take a Longhorn prospect in the Top 150 of the upcoming draft, the leader in the clubhouse is Hero Kanu. Kanu flashed his quickness and power and finished the day with 1.5 tackles for loss. He\u2019s going to be a problem for teams all season.<\/p>\n

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Fellow defensive tackle Ian Geffrard was impressive in his Longhorns debut. The Arkansas transfer was a hoss recording three run stops.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Geffrard is listed on the team website at 375 pounds and if that\u2019s his actual weight he moves very well for a man of his size. He wasn\u2019t just a road block, he showed good quickness to make plays outside of his gap.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Alex January also flashed for the Longhorns. He batted down a ball and showed good quickness off the snap.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Another Dynamic Longhorn Wide Receiver<\/p>\n

Ryan Wingo is a former track athlete and he has easy track speed to quickly get on top of cornerbacks. He finished the day with seven receptions for 121 yards and one touchdown.<\/p>\n

With teams paying close attention to Cam Coleman, a projected first-round pick, Wingo could feast on Saturdays. It will be fascinating to see how the Texas offense looks next week against the Ohio State Buckeyes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Sept. 6, 2026, 7:06 p.m. CT Brian Gutekunst and the Green Bay Packers had a strong scouting presence…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":428428,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[33,148849,42795,42796,44,8835,3155,44304,45,16300,2619,184,46,688,4928,27,29,28,36],"class_list":["post-428427","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-texas","tag-accessfree","tag-sourcepackers-wire","tag-sstssportsnflpackers","tag-sstsnpackers","tag-tagamerican-football","tag-tagarkansas","tag-tagbig-ten-conference-football","tag-tagbrian-gutekunst","tag-tagcollege-sports","tag-taggreen-bay-packers","tag-tagnfl-hub","tag-tagoverall-positive","tag-tagsports-news","tag-tagtexas","tag-tagtexas-longhorns","tag-texas","tag-texas-headlines","tag-texas-news","tag-typestory"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/428427","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=428427"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/428427\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/428428"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=428427"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=428427"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=428427"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}