What is the story about?
As
the Texas Longhorns opened spring practice on the Forty Acres on Monday, the 2026 spring football roster for head coach Steve Sarkisian’s program was also released.
Here are the highlights:
- Arizona State redshirt senior transfer running back Raleek Brown is listed at 5’9, 191 pounds and is wearing No. 0. Brown was listed at 195 pounds by the Sun Devils last season.
- North Carolina State redshirt junior running back Hollywood Smothers is listed at 5’11, 195 pounds and is wearing No. 2.
- Redshirt junior safety Derek Williams is listed at 193 pounds, down eight pounds from last season.
- Pitt senior transfer linebacker Rasheem Biles is listed at 6’1, 220 pounds and is wearing No. 3.
- Junior wide receiver Emmett Mosley is listed 190 pounds, down from 205 pounds at Stanford as a freshman.
- Early enrollee Jermaine Bishop is listed at 165 pounds and is wearing No. 4. Signed as an athlete, Bishop started spring practice at wide receiver.
- Early enrollee running back Derrek Cooper is listed at 6’1, 210 pounds and is wearing No. 5.
- Rutgers senior transfer cornerback Bo Masco is listed 5’11, 190 pounds and is wearing No. 5.
- Early enrollee quarterback Dia Bell is listed at 6’3, 212 pounds and is wearing No. 6.
- Auburn junior transfer wide receiver Cam Coleman is listed at 6’3, 200 pounds and is wearing No. 8.
- Early enrollee cornerback Samari Matthews is listed at 6’1, 197 pounds and is wearing No. 11.
- Redshirt freshman running back Michael Terry III is listed at 6’3, 227 pounds, up 11 pounds from last season. Terry was listed as a wide receiver/running back last season after changing positions during the season.
- Early enrollee wide receiver Kohen Brown is listed at 6’0, 193 pounds and is wearing No. 13.
- Redshirt freshman safety Zelus Hicks is listed at 190 pounds, down from 198 pounds last season.
- Senior Brad Spence is listed at edge, but went through drills with the linebackers during the portion of practice open to the media on Monday.
- Early enrollee wide receiver Chris Stewart is listed as 6’0, 183 pounds and is wearing No. 14.
- Michigan State senior transfer tight end Michael Masunas is listed at 6’5, 257 pounds and is wearing No. 15.
- Sophomore defensive lineman Justus Terry is listed at 6’5, 287 pounds, up 19 pounds from last season.
- Early enrollee linebacker Tyler Atkinson is listed at 6’1, 216 pounds and is wearing No. 16.
- Redshirt junior quarterback Arch Manning is listed at 226 pounds, up seven pounds from last season.
- Wake Forest sixth-year senior transfer Sterling Berkhalter is listed at 6’3, 192 pounds and is wearing No. 18.
- Early enrollee linebacker Kosi Okpala is listed at 6’3, 239 pounds and is wearing No. 19.
- Coastal Carolina redshirt senior transfer quarterback MJ Morris is listed at 6’1, 201 pounds and is wearing No. 19.
- Early enrollee cornerback Hayward Howard Jr. is listed at 6’2, 184 pounds and is wearing No. 21.
- Junior cornerback Jordon Johnson-Rubell is listed at 206 pounds, up from 189 pounds last season.
- Early enrollee safety Toray Davis is listed at 6’1, 198 pounds and is wearing No. 25.
- Junior linebacker Ty’Anthony Smith, who was not at practice on Monday, is listed at 206 pounds, down from 216 pounds last season.
- Redshirt sophomore cornerback Wardell Mack is listed at 177 pounds, down seven pounds from last season.
- Florida State senior transfer linebacker Justin Cryer is listed at 6’1, 246 pounds and is wearing No. 28.
- Early enrollee running back Jett Walker is is listed at 6’2, 222 pounds, up from 210 pounds when he signed, and is wearing No. 28.
- Sophomore cornerback Graceson Littleton is listed at 185 pounds, up five pounds from last season.
- Early enrollee defensive back Yaheim Riley is listed as 5’11, 180 pounds, up nine pounds from when he signed, and is wearing No. 31.
- Redshirt freshman linebacker Jonathan Cunningham is listed at 192 pounds, down one pound from last season.
- Sophomore edge Lance Jackson is listed at 272 pounds, up from 254 pounds last season.
- Early enrollee deep snapper Trott O’Neal is listed at 6’1, 240 pounds and is wearing No. 42.
- Florida State senior transfer punter Mac Chiumento is listed at 6’4, 219 pounds and is wearing No. 43.
- Akron sophomore transfer linebacker Markus Boswell is listed at 6’1, 229 pounds and is wearing No. 44.
- Early enrollee punter Mikey Buskauskas is listed at 6’2, 212 pounds and is wearing No. 45.
- Punter Gehrig Heil, a flip from Louisiana Tech in the 2025 recruiting class, entered the NCAA transfer portal and committed to Hawaii.
- New Mexico junior transfer deep snapper Trey Dubuc is listed at 6’1, 211 pounds and is wearing No. 47.
- Early enrollee kicker Jake Collett is listed at 6’0, 177 pounds and is wearing No. 49.
- Early enrollee offensive lineman John Turntine III is listed at 6’4, 284 pounds, up from 270 pounds when he signed, and is wearing No. 51.
- Early enrollee defensive tackle James Johnson is listed at 6’3, 274 pounds and is wearing No. 52.
- Oregon State sophomore transfer offensive guard Dylan Sikorski is listed at 6’4, 344 pounds, up from 332 pounds last season, and is wearing No. 56.
- Early enrollee offensive tackle Kaden Scherer is listed at 6’5, 299 pounds and is wearing No. 70.
- Wake Forest redshirt junior transfer offensive tackle Melvin Siani is listed at 6’6, 313 pounds and is wearing No. 71.
- Redshirt junior offensive tackle Trevor Goosby is listed at 325 pounds, up from 312 pounds last season.
- Redshirt junior offensive lineman Jaydon Chatman is listed at 315 pounds, up from 306 pounds last season.
- Redshirt junior offensive lineman Andre Cojoe is listed at 348 pounds, up from 335 pounds last season.
- Texas A&M redshirt freshman offensive lineman Jonte Newman is listed at 6’4, 302 pounds, down from 331 pounds last season.
- Redshirt junior Spencer Shannon is listed at 266 pounds, up from 252 pounds last season.
- Sophomore tight end Emaree Winston is listed at 246 pounds, up from 237 pounds last season.
- Early enrollee tight end Charlie Jilek is listed at 6’4, 240 pounds and is wearing No. 88.
- Junior defensive tackle Maraad Watson has switched from No. 98 to No. 88.
- Redshirt freshman defensive tackle Josiah Sharma is listed at 336 pounds, down from 356 pounds last season.
- Redshirt senior defensive tackle Hero Kanu is listed at 321 pounds, up from 299 pounds last season.
- Early enrollee edge Jamarion Carlton is listed at 6’5, 279 pounds, up from 265 pounds from he signed, and is wearing No. 94.
- Arkansas senior transfer defensive tackle Ian Geffrard is listed at 6’5, 378 pounds, down from 387 pounds.
- LSU redshirt freshman defensive tackle Zion Williams is listed at 6’4, 364 pounds.
- Early enrollee edge Richard Wesley is lsited at 6’4, 254 pounds, up from 245 pounds when he signed, and is wearing No. 99.









