Texas Football: 4 impactful spring camp absences due to injury

It could be a much different-looking team for the Texas football program in spring ball this year, with newly hired head coach Steve Sarkisian taking the reigns. Sark and this new-look coaching staff underwent a good bit of roster attrition, as anticipated, so far this offseason. Texas lost a lot of upperclassmen to the 2021 NFL Draft, a host of other ex-players to the NCAA Transfer Portal.

You could argue that Sark and the Longhorns didn’t lose near as many players as normally expected when an abrupt coaching regime change occurs. Most of the losses that Texas incurred in the transfer portal were filled by way of their 2021 signing class and/or incoming transfer additions that should be immediately eligible.

Spring camp injuries for Texas football

Texas begins spring ball on March 23 and there’s a lot of anticipation about what’s ahead. A new look roster combined with a new coaching staff could signal a new era on the Forty Acres. And hopefully, this will be a more prosperous one that under the direction of former head coaches Tom Herman and Charlie Strong.

But it looks like the Longhorns will be without a number of key players in spring camp this offseason. Texas is set to miss a whopping seven players in spring ball due to injury. According to a report confirmed by Anwar Richardson of Orange Bloods, there were some important names listed on that injury report of the seven Longhorns set to miss spring ball.

Here’s a look into the four most crucial of those seven injured that are set to miss spring ball this offseason for Sark and the Longhorns.