How Steve Sarkisian built Texas into a CFP contender

Steve Sarkisian had one key piece of feedback for athletic director Chris Del Conte when he studied his potential roster while interviewing for the Texas coaching job.

"We need bigger humans in our program, and we need more of them," he recalled at Big 12 media day in 2022. "The numbers weren't the way I would've liked it and the body structure... there's just a lot to it."

Sarkisian's first year seemed to bear that out. The Longhorns finished 5-7, and he said multiple times there needed to be a lot of new faces on the roster. And there was a reason: The Longhorns' highly touted recruiting classes in 2018 and 2019 brought in nine offensive linemen. But by Sarkisian's first year, four were no…