Former Longhorn offensive lineman Trey Hopkins will have his chance at the Lombardi Trophy. Hopkins appearance will make 17 straight seasons a Longhorn is represented in the Super Bowl.
Hopkins played in 37 games for the Longhorns from 2010-2013. He went undrafted in the 2014 NFL draft before finding a home in Cincinnati.
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Longhorns that participated in State Championship teams. https://www.burntorangenation.com/2023/1/3/23533187/history-of-all-time-texas-longhorns-who-won-high-school-football-state-championships Private Schools The number of Longhorn lettermen who came to Austin from the private school ranks is not large, and historic records of private school state champions are harder to track down than those of public school champions. So this list of Longhorns who played for championship…
https://texaslsn.org/larry-carlsons-interviews/ Tom Campbell Cotton Bowl Hall of Fame Recipient Tom Campbell Cotton Bowl Hall of Fame Recipient It has been more than a half-century since Tom Campbell closed his career at Texas with a flourish unmatched in Longhorn lore. The former walk-on intercepted passes that extinguished the last hopes of Arkansas in 1969’s Big Shootout…
Links to articles about Coach Akers are listed below. Link below is the 1983 season https://youtu.be/dD2subj8Mxk http://www.hookem.com/story/the-statesman-interview-fred-akers/ http://www.texassports.com/news/2003/8/19/081903aab_984.aspx http://www.dailytexanonline.com/blogs/keeping-score/2016/01/27/former-texas-quarterback-danny-akers-dies-of-cancer There were three contenders to replace Royal-Longhorn defensive coordinator Mike Campbell: Maryland head coach Jerry Clayborne and Wyoming coach Fred Akers. Akers gets the job over the favorite Mike Campbell because he understands the culture of…
Turk blocking for Peter Gardere Turk McDonald (UT football, 1988-1992) https://texaslsn.org/larry-carlsons-interviews/ Look up “center” in your dictionary, and you find something like “around which anything relates to or revolves.” But the center position in football is seldom the center of attention. That other guy who also touches the ball on every play gets oversized expectations,…
Below is part of an article by Dave McKenna about Longhorn Rick McIvor written for Defector . The full article is at https://defector.com/an-arm-and-a-legend-rick-mcivor-and-the-100-yard-throw/ An Arm And A Legend: Rick McIvor And The 100-Yard Throw By Dave McKenna for Defector.com Rick McIvor against O.U. The 6-foot-4, 210-pound McIvor would be named to the Texas Sports Writers…
Professor Larry Carlson and TLSN have chronicled a part of Longhorn sports history that will NEVER occur again. To my knowledge, there has never been a Super Bowl winner with 4 players from the same college who won a national championship and who then all started and won the Super Bowl. Horns Up! All four…