Texas Football: 4 CB transfer targets to replace Jalen Green

The NCAA Transfer Portal has taken a lot of proven talent and depth from the defensive backfield of the Texas football program this offseason. And two of the most significant losses to the transfer portal for newly hired head coach Steve Sarkisian and defensive coordinator Pete Kwiatkowski so far this offseason included cornerbacks Kenyatta Watson II and junior Jalen Green.

The sophomore Georgia native Watson II entered the transfer portal in the midst of the 2020 regular season, and wound up landing with the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets back in his home state. And the former highly touted four-star recruit and third-year DB Green wound up landing with head coach Mike Leach and the Mississippi State Bulldogs in the SEC West last month.

What the Longhorns lost once Green announced he was transferring to Mississippi State was a blue chip recruit that was an integral part of their 2018 recruiting class. This Heights product out of Houston, TX, ranked as the nation’s No. 47 2018 high school prospect, No. 6 cornerback, and No. 4 prospect out of Texas (247Sports Composite).

And the Top247 ranked him as the nation’s No. 17 high school prospect, No. 3 cornerback, and the top overall prospect out of Texas.

During his three years playing for Texas, Green registered 47 career combined tackles, three tackles for loss, no sacks, one interception, and seven pass breakups. The 6-foot-1 and 200 pound corner was a good fit for the Texas defense last year, given his gifted physical tools and overall length, under first-year defensive coordinator Chris Ash.

But with Green headed for Starkville to join Leach and the Bulldogs, what transfer portal targets could Sark and the Longhorns look into to replenish some of their cornerback depth.