{"id":428909,"date":"2026-09-07T18:02:08","date_gmt":"2026-09-07T18:02:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/428909\/"},"modified":"2026-09-07T18:02:08","modified_gmt":"2026-09-07T18:02:08","slug":"steve-sarkisian-texas-ol-cole-hutson-is-currently-ineligible","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/428909\/","title":{"rendered":"Steve Sarkisian: Texas OL Cole Hutson is currently ineligible"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">AUSTIN, Texas \u2014 When the Texas Longhorns depth chart and roster was released in the press box for Saturday\u2019s matchup against the Texas State Bobcats at Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium, fifth-year offensive lineman Cole Hutson was listed on the roster, but not on the depth chart.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">In the 58-7 win by the Horns, Hutson did not appear in the game, even though more than 70 players saw the field for Texas.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">During head coach Steve Sarkisian\u2019s Monday press conference, he revealed why \u2014 Hutson is currently ineligible and going through an appeals process with the NCAA, one of several hurdles he faces to see playing time again in burnt orange and white.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">\u201cFrom Cole\u2019s perspective, technically today he is ineligible, not because of the ruling, because of something different when it comes to the NCAA that he\u2019s working through,\u201d Sarkisian said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">Hutson\u2019s status is also complicated by the SEC\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/articles\/sec-announces-policy-bans-former-113033808.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">ruling<\/a> last month:<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup _1bij9g79 _1bij9g78 _1mt21p01\">The Southeastern Conference unanimously voted 16-0 to enforce a strict policy prohibiting member institutions from rostering athletes with professional draft, contract, or roster ties.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">\u201cWe are respecting the SEC\u2019s decision, and once he can get cleared \u2014 if he gets cleared from the NCAA \u2014 then we\u2019ll go back to the SEC,\u201d Sarkisian said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">Despite the Texas head coach taking a strong stance on players returning to college after being on an NFL roster, calling it \u201cmorally wrong,\u201d Sarkisian emphasizes that he believes Hutson is in a different situation than the two players LSU tried to add to its roster.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">\u201cHe falls under a little different category than what so much of the hoopla was made around. I think it needs to be stated and it needs to be clear \u2014 Cole never signed a professional contract, he was never technically a professional player. He tried out, and that\u2019s what those tryout camps were when he went to the Cowboys, I believe, and the Browns, but he was technically not a signed player, and so he falls under a little different caveat,\u201d<br \/>Sarkisian said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">For now, Hutson remains in limbo and isn\u2019t available to play for the Longhorns.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">\u201cWe\u2019ll leave it up to the NCAA, and then we\u2019ll leave it up to the to the SEC to determine if he\u2019s eligible to play for us or not,\u201d Sarkisian said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"AUSTIN, Texas \u2014 When the Texas Longhorns depth chart and roster was released in the press box for&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":428910,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[27,29,536,28],"class_list":["post-428909","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-texas","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\/428909","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=428909"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/428909\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/428910"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=428909"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=428909"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=428909"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}