On Monday, the Texas Longhorns released a depth chart in preparation for Saturday’s season opener against the Louisiana Ragin’ Cajuns at Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium.
The first official depth chart for new head coach Steve Sarkisian didn’t contain any real surprises among the starters after Saturday’s reports that redshirt freshman Hudson Card won the starting battle over junior Casey Thompson.
First, the depth chart, and then some thoughts.
Louisiana depth cart
| QB | Hudson Card | 1 | Casey Thompson | 11 | Charles Wright | 14 | ||
| RB | Bijan Robinson | 5 | Roschon Johnson | 2 | Keilan Robinson | 7 | Jonathon Brooks | 24 |
| WR | Joshua Moore | 6 | Marcus Washington | 15 | Casey Cain | 889 | ||
| WR | Jordan Whittington | 4 | Al'Vonte Woodard | 9 | Kai Money | 83 | ||
| ZWR | Xavier Worthy | 8 | Kelvontay Dixon | 16 | Troy Omeire | 21 | ||
| YTE | Cade Brewer | 80 | Jared Wiley --or-- | 18 | Gunnar Helm | 85 | ||
| LT | Christian Jones | 70 | Andrej Karic | 69 | Jaylen Garth | 77 | ||
| C | Jake Majors | 65 | Logan Parr | 71 | Rafiti Ghirmai | 74 | ||
| RG | Junior Angilau | 75 | Tope Imade | 67 | Max Merril | 79 | ||
| RT | Derek Kerstetter | 68 | Hayden Conner | 76 | Isaiah Hookfin | 73 | ||
| Defense | ||||||||
| DT | Moro Ojomo | 98 | Vernon Broughton | 45 | Sawyer Goram-Welch | 91 | ||
| MIKE | Luke Brockermeyer | 47 | Jaylan Ford | 41 | Devin Richardson | 30 | Jaden Hullaby | 29 |
| CB | D'Shawn Jamison | 5 | Jahdae Barron | 23 | Jamier Johnson | 31 | ||
| FS | Brenden Schooler --or-- | 14 | Jerrin Thompson | 28 | JD Coffey II | 27 | ||
| CB | Josh Thompson | 9 | Darion Dunn --or-- | 4 | Kitan Crawford | 21 | Ishmael Ibraheem | 19 |
| NICKEL | Anthony Cook | 11 | Jerrin Thompson | 28 | Chris Adimora | 1 | ||
| Special Teams | ||||||||
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- Sarkisian went with the talented young quarterback who has all the upside in the world.