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Jaylon Guilbeau hoping to replicate Jahdae Barron’s successful transition from Star to CB

DBU is back.

The Thorpe Award is on the Forty Acres once again, and so is Duane Akina, as the Texas Longhorns burnish the program’s reputation for developing defensive backs.

Jaylon Guilbeau has next.

Once upon a time the starter over Jahdae Barron at the Star position for the Longhorns, the Port Arthur Memorial product is now following the 2024 Thorpe Award winner in moving to outside cornerback from playing in the slot, the same transition that helped vault Barron into the first round of the 2025 NFL Draft.

Now Barron’s advice is helping smooth the transition for Guilbeau, a fourth-year defensive back who has now appeared in 31 games with 17 starts for Texas.