Texas Football: 5 crucial Longhorns spring camp injuries

A host of key injuries that hit the Texas football program hard during spring camp are worth following until summer workouts arrive.

It’s unfortunate that one of the most talked about headlines for the Texas football program in spring camp is the growing injury report that kept expanding over the weekend. Texas football has a few key players that missed the first spring camp scrimmage. It’s good to know what this program has behind those key injured players on both sides of the ball, though.

Considering the injury bug bit this Texas football program so hard in the early part of spring camp, things are moving along fairly smooth. It could be a lot worse, especially in spots like the front seven and safety positions with the growing list of ailments.

Even the receiving corps is losing a lot of experience and leadership with the various rising seniors missing due to various injuries and outside responsibilities from the Texas football program. Senior leadership is a valuable commodity for any rising program in spring camp, so this absence cause trouble.

However, it is important for Texas football to take away as many positives here as possible. This is a huge opportunity for more unproven players to get the reps needed to make some headway with the coaching staff before the regular season arrives. There’s only so much that players further down the depth chart can do in summer workouts and fall practice.

Here’s a look into the five most crucial injuries during spring camp thus far for the Texas Longhorns football program after the first scrimmage this past weekend.