To be clear, Texas has a starting quarterback. Full stop. Period. End of discussion.
Sam is still the man. Sam Ehlinger enters his senior season with 33 starts, 8,870 career passing yards and 68 touchdown tosses. Only Colt McCoy has thrown for more yards and touchdowns at Texas.
But who’s Ehlinger’s backup?
In past years, that question hasn’t been hard to answer. There simply weren’t a lot of possible answers. During Tom Herman’s UT coaching debut season in 2017, his only scholarship quarterbacks were Ehlinger and Shane Buechele. The following year, Buechele was clearly favored over freshmen Cameron Rising and Newcastle High School alum Casey Thompson.