The Reese’s Senior Bowl recently announced its 2025 preseason watch list. Multiple players from the Texas Longhorns’ football squad made the list. That includes fifth-year senior safety Michael Taaffe,

The Longhorns are the ninth-ranked team in the projections and are being predicted to finish with a record of 9-3. Two SEC teams — Georgia and Alabama — are ranked ahead of Texas, and the Longhorns are only being given a 64 percent chance of making the College Football Playoff.

Helm finished with the sixth-most receiving yards among tight ends last season. The only players with more yards were Ball State Cardinals’ Tanner Koziol (839), MTSU Blue Raiders Holden Willis (871), Syracuse Orange’s Oronde Gadsen II (934), Penn State Nittany Lions’ Tyler Warren (1,233) and Bowling Green Falcons’ Harold Fannin Jr. (1,554).

While the Longhorns have yet to secure a commitment from the 2028 class, they have been connected to some of the top prospects in the nation. The Longhorns have shown interest in four-star prospects such as Brysen Wright, Damarion Mays, Jack McNamara, Jackson Vaughn, and Jayden Wade. Adding any of those prospects would be a major recruiting win.

The Kansas City Chiefs could shake up their backfield by selecting Texas Longhorns RB Quintrevion Wisner in the 2026 NFL draft.

The preseason accolades have rained down for Texas Longhorns football the past few weeks, as week one of college football approaches. The Longhorns enter the s

If you want to get a ticket to a Longhorns home game you'll have to find it through a secondary market. UT announced all 2025 tickets are sold out.