Other than two assistant coaches, there’s another key similarity between Tom Herman and new Texas Longhorns head coach Steve Sarkisian — the desire to use No. 1 athlete Ja’Tavion Sanders, the top-ranked player in the 2021 Texas recruiting class and the No. 12 player nationally, as a two-way player when he arrives in Austin this summer.
“We’re going to look at him at both, quite frankly,” Sarkisian said during his National Signing Day Zoom call with reporters.
At Denton Ryan, Sanders was a standout pass catcher and a standout pass rusher. Listed at 6’4 and 220 pounds, Sanders had 63 receptions for 1,161 yards (18.