{"id":80508,"date":"2025-12-08T16:53:08","date_gmt":"2025-12-08T16:53:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/80508\/"},"modified":"2025-12-08T16:53:08","modified_gmt":"2025-12-08T16:53:08","slug":"cj-baxter-trey-owens-to-leave-longhorns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/80508\/","title":{"rendered":"CJ Baxter, Trey Owens to leave Longhorns"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Running back <a href=\"https:\/\/www.statesman.com\/sports\/college\/longhorns\/football\/article\/texas-longhorns-football-cj-baxter-return-21109658.php\" data-link=\"native\" class=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">CJ Baxter<\/a> and quarterback Trey Owens intend to enter the portal when it opens Jan. 2, both players confirmed via Instagram.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Baxter, a redshirt sophomore,\u00a0rushed 54\u00a0times for 196 yards in 2025 after returning from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.statesman.com\/story\/sports\/college\/longhorns\/football\/2024\/08\/07\/texas-longhorns-football-running-back-cj-baxter-injury-update\/74704752007\/\" data-link=\"native\" class=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">a knee injury<\/a> that cost him the entirety of the 2024 campaign. He appeared in just eight games while fighting a hamstring injury suffered early in the year. When he returned, he was firmly behind Quintrevion Wisner on the depth chart.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>A former five-star prospect, Baxter showcased explosive potential before his injury. He carried the ball 138 times for 659 yards and five touchdowns as a true freshman in 2023. He&#8217;s the second defection of the season from Texas&#8217; running back room. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.statesman.com\/sports\/college\/longhorns\/football\/article\/texas-football-jerrick-gibson-transfer-portal-21098284.php\" data-link=\"native\" class=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jerrick Gibson<\/a> made the decision to transfer midway through the regular season.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Owens committed to Texas as a four-star prospect in 2024 but never moved above third on the depth chart. He has three seasons of eligibility remaining.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Running back CJ Baxter and quarterback Trey Owens intend to enter the portal when it opens Jan. 2,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":75083,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[132,134,133,39207,537,536],"class_list":["post-80508","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-austin","tag-austin","tag-austin-headlines","tag-austin-news","tag-cj-baxter","tag-texas-longhorns","tag-texas-longhorns-football"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80508","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=80508"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80508\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/75083"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=80508"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=80508"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=80508"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}