Texas Football: What should the final QB depth chart look like?

It’s been often discussed throughout the off-season how much of an impact this incoming freshman class will have for the future of the Texas football program. The first of that group of incoming freshman, at quarterback in particular, is the four-star dual-threat Oklahoma native Casey Thompson. In spring camp, Thompson was really able to show off his dual-threat ability with his elusiveness in the open field.

Both incoming freshman quarterbacks will have a challenging road ahead to become the starter at some point this fall. It would likely take both experienced quarterbacks ahead of the freshmen to completely flat line this year for that to happen. Thompson especially has an uphill battle ahead if he wants to win the quarterback competition in the next two or three years.

This Newcastle, OK, product needs to make most of his progress in the next two seasons. Thompson needs to improve his pocket presence and passing accuracy before he can take the reigns of this offense. Throwing Thompson into the fire too early could result in a stunt in his career development and a similar result for the offense as to what happened with Ehlinger at times last year.

Another issue for Thompson is that the incoming freshman quarterback classes for the next two years already have two four-star dual-threat quarterbacks committed between Roschon Johnson and Hudson Card. Johnson is one of the best dual-threat quarterbacks in the nation for the 2019 recruiting cycle and is higher-rated than Thompson was for the 2018 class.