The transfer portal has already dominated any and all headlines surrounding college football, with the transfer portal window now open from Jan. 2 to Jan.
The 2025 season for many programs outside of the remaining four that are left alive in the College Football Playoff, the main focus has been directed at roster building for the 2026 season, with the transfer portal having been officially open for the last few days.
On Sunday evening, the news broke that former Texas Longhorns running back Jerrick Gibson had committed to play for the Purdue Boilermakers. After two seasons in Austin, the sophomore from Gainesville, Florida, entered the portal midway through the 2025 season.
While the transfer portal generates headlines with five-star names and marquee additions, Texas spent January addressing something far less glamorous but equally important.
Texas football is playing host to a slew of transfer portal visits this offseason, looking to fill spots across the roster that have now been vacated. Special teams will especially need attention, with the Longhorns set to lose both their starting place kicker, Mason Shipley, and punter, Jack Bouwmeester, this season.
Transfer Portal season officially opens, and with it, the Texas Longhorns will be looking to make some additions for next season's roster. While the team's needs vary, one position group that Steve Sarkisian needed to address is that of the place kicker.
The Texas Longhorns have added their second transfer portal commitment since the end of the regular season. And no, it's not quite Cam Coleman. After securing a commitment from Arkansas defensive lineman Ian Geffrard on Sunday, the Longhorns followed this up by adding to their special teams.
The Texas Longhorns have yet to land their first transfer portal commitment of the offseason but the team remains busy when it comes to hosting players for visits.
After a couple quiet seasons on the Forty Acres, former Texas Longhorns wide receiver Aaron Butler decided to enter the transfer portal and look for a new program for 2026. With so much young talent within Texas’ wide receiver room, Butler had a difficult time climbing the depth chart and getting on the field.
Former Texas Longhorns wide receiver Parker Livingstone remains in the transfer portal, and it seems as though fans don’t know how to feel about it. Different rumors and hypotheticals have surfaced to explain his departure, leaving people unsure of what to believe.
The Texas Longhorns aim to be one of the top participants in this year's transfer portal as they head into an important 2026 season, likely the last with both quarterback Arch Manning and prolific pass rusher Colin Simmons on the squad.
The Texas Longhorns did not begin conference play with the right step forward, as the Longhorns hosted their SEC opener against the Mississippi State Bulldogs and ultimately fell short in a backbreaking overtime loss, 101-98.
The Texas Longhorns are hosting a multitude of players from the transfer portal as they look to bolster their roster for the 2026 season in hopes of making another push to play late into the playoffs.
Texas Longhorns football is set to host a number of players out of the transfer portal in the coming weeks as it looks to fill out a dwindling roster. One position group that suffered some serious losses is the secondary, with various players declaring for the NFL Draft along with entering the portal.
On Friday, the Texas Longhorns hosted Florida State transfer Edwin Joseph on an official visit. The star defensive back is currently one of the most highly sought-after prospects in the 2026 transfer portal class.
The Texas Longhorns lost a notable piece of their wide receiving corps after the Citrus Bowl win over Michigan, as Parker Livingstone elected to hit the transfer portal.
The Texas Longhorns have already been in the mix for some talented offensive players in the transfer portal, most notably Auburn wide receiver Cam Coleman, but beefing up the trenches remains a priority this offseason.
The Texas Longhorns are in the process of replenishing their talent on defense after losing key role players to the NFL Draft and those who have also departed for the transfer portal.
Quinn Ewers opened up this week about his decision to leave college early to make the leap to the NFL.
The Texas Longhorns continue to shake up their coaching staff following the end of the 2025 season. Per reports from CJ Vogel of OnTexasFootball, the Longhorns will not retain nickels coach Keynodo Hudson after he spent two years on Steve Sarkisian's staff.
The transfer portal window officially opened Jan. 2, 2026, and the Texas Longhorns — coming off a Citrus Bowl win over Michigan — are already in the thick of roster turnover and roster construction decisions that will define their 2026 championship hopes.
Manning can clearly be a Heisman candidate in 2026, but he can't do so without reliable targets.
Peyton Manning played in a different era of college football than his nephew Arch Manning. And it shows.
Before the Citrus Bowl, Texas Longhorns QB Arch Manning took a roller-coaster ride with Michigan Wolverines QB Bryce Underwood. How fitting.
The Texas Longhorns self-reported six NCAA violations in 2025, according to a report from the Austin American-Statesman. All six incidents occurred between Jan.
The Texas Longhorns offense around Arch Manning stands to look a lot different next season. Running back Quintrevion Wisner, Texas’ leading rusher in 2025, plans to enter the transfer portal, according to Pete Nakos of On3 Sports.
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