Texas Longhorns around the NFL are seeing their professional debut this past weekend in week one of the preseason. These Texas alumni span teams across the league, including the Minnesota Vikings, where former Longhorn wide receiver Silas Bolden is looking to make his mark.
All NFL players enter the season with high hopes, but sometimes seasons don't go as hoped. These 20 players have been some of the biggest disappointments early in the 2025 season.
With Vikings training camp coming up, we're going to help you prepare by introducing you to some of the unheralded names on the roster: the undrafted rookies.
AUSTIN -- Former Texas Longhorns wide receiver Silas Bolden went undrafted in the 2025 NFL Draft but it didn't take long for him to end up on a rookie minicamp roster.
The 2025 NFL draft has come to a close, which means it's UDFA time. The Vikings selected just five players in their draft class, which means they've got a lot of room to sign undrafted players, also known as college free agents, to round out their 90-man roster.
Texas wide receiver Silas Bolden is headed to the 2025 NFL Draft, and he put his announcement via social media in a shorter format than just about anyone else.
The Texas Longhorns are losing quite a few pieces from their 2024 offense. Silas Bolden is one of them after completing his senior season with the program.
For years, Thanksgiving belonged to the NFL, but Christmas belonged to the NBA. Occasionally, an NFL game would fall on Christmas, but it was anomalous, even avoided if possible.
The Texas Longhorns showed little hesitation in the opening minutes of Wednesday's College Football Playoff quarterfinal matchup against the Arizona State Sun Devils at the Peach Bowl.
Former Oregon State Beavers star Silas Bolden knows a thing or two about the Oregon Ducks after spending three years in Corvallis. Now with the Texas Longhorns, Bolden experienced his first-ever Red River Rivalry matchup against the Oklahoma Sooners on Saturday, and even came up with one of the game's biggest plays.
Bolden’s hustle produced a game-changing play that was reminiscent of the forced fumble by Jordan Whittington recovered by Xavier Worthy that helped change the win over TCU last year.
Prior to the start of the 2024 season, Texas picked up a trio of transfers from the portal to replenish a wide receiver room that saw the departure of multiple NFL talents.
There are certain Texas-Oklahoma plays that define everything the Red River rivalry is all about. Like when Lil’Jordan Humphrey carried about a half-dozen Sooners forward for what turned into a 19-yard gain in 2018.
Silas Bolden was seen as a high-ceiling transfer this offseason but the Oregon State transfer receiver was listed as a second-string in Texas' official depth chart heading into the regular season and has had a limited role on offense two games in.
AUSTIN -- The hype surrounding Texas Longhorns receiver Silas Bolden has continued to swell ahead of the regular season. The Oregon State transfer arrived to campus a bit later than the other portal additions, as he didn't join the team until around Memorial Day well after the spring game had passed.
Oregon State wide receiver transfer Silas Bolden missed out on spring practice with the Texas Longhorns, only enrolling in the program in June, but since then has proven to be a solid addition to the roster.
Standing at just five feet, eight inches, and having 25 wide receivers ranked ahead of him in the 2024 transfer portal, it's easy to overlook Silas Bolden.
AUSTIN - The Texas Longhorns had one of the best transfer hauls in the nation this offseason, brining in mutliple potential impact players on both sides of the ball.
By Tony Thomas The mass exodus from Alabama dominates the headlines. The Lonestar State continues to reap the benefits from the transfer portal, A.K.A.
Former Oregon State wide receiver Silas Bolden has committed to Texas football, according to Hayes Fawcett of On3 Sports. “BREAKING: Former Oregon State WR Silas Bolden has Committed to Texas, he tells @on3sports.
Exciting playmaker Silas Bolden made headlines this week as he became the latest football talent from Oregon State to enter the transfer portal. Almost immediately, Bolden received ten offers from various college football programs, with one notable offer coming from the Washington Huskies.
Exciting playmaker Silas Bolden continued the exodus of football coaches and players out of Oregon State by entering the transfer portal this week and he immediately pulled 10 offers, including one from Washington.
Utah has been pursuing wide receivers hard in the transfer portal, but has yet to land a commitment at the position. The Utes are set to lose Devaughn Vele to the NFL Draft and Mikey Matthews to the transfer portal, and need to replenish the weapons around Cam Rising in 2024.