Texas Football: 5 2019 Sam Ehlinger bold predictions

The path that lies ahead for to-be junior Texas football quarterback Sam Ehlinger in 2019 is very reliant on how healthy he can be.

The Texas football programs enters the year of 2019 with a ton of hope and hype on the horizon. The Allstate Sugar Bowl victory for then No. 15 ranked Texas football over then No. 5 ranked Georgia Bulldogs in thorough fashion at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome (home of the New Orleans Saints) in New Orleans, LA, on New Years Day.

One huge factor contributing to the excitement building for what the Texas football program has ahead for the 2019 campaign is the rise of to-be junior quarterback Sam Ehlinger. The performance the Sugar Bowl MVP Ehlinger put on in the postseason win showed that his ceiling still has not been reached and the commitment he has to winning for this team.

Ehlinger is a very unique quarterback that brings the skill set and intangibles exactly matching what Texas football and head coach Tom Herman need at this point in the program’s rebuild. But, Texas football doesn’t have much further to go until the rebuild is complete. Reaching the 10-win mark this season and making an appearance in the Big 12 Championship Game indicated that the Horns have almost reached the point the fan base expects them to be at.

The role Ehlinger finds himself in this year on the Forty Acres is about to be unlike anything he’s seen before. His third off-season with Texas football will bring with it a leadership role in the quarterback room that will be unique to him for the next two years.

Here’s a look at the definitive five bold predictions for the rising junior Texas Longhorns star quarterback Sam Ehlinger in the year of 2019.