Texas Football: 4 disappointing blue chips ready to breakout in spring

Jordan Whittington, WR

Unlike that of Woodard or Washington in the Longhorns receiving corps, the reason why the former elite five-star recruit and sophomore wide receiver Jordan Whittington made this list is mostly due to injury issues. It’s not necessarily that different usage of Whittington by Sark and new offensive line coach/offensive coordinator Kyle Flood could make him more productive.

It could just be a change of scenery in terms of coaching regime that could do some good for Whittington’s career trajectory. When he’s healthy and on the field for Texas, Whittington is one of the more efficient and explosive weapons that they have in their arsenal at the skill positions.

Whittington has only played in six games over the course of his two years with the Longhorns. Nagging lower-body injury issues (and a persistent sports hernia problem two years back) caused Whittington to miss a lot of time in his college career.

In his six games played in his career to date, Whittington did register 23 catches for 223 receiving yards (9.7 yards per catch) and no touchdown catches. Whittington also has 50 career rushing yards on three attempts, good for one rushing score.

It just feels like a matter of time before Whittington breaks out to become one of the biggest skill position stars in the Big 12. The former elite Cuero High School product signed with the Longhorns 2019 class. He ranked as the nation’s No. 34 high school prospect, No. 2 athlete, and No. 6 prospect out of Texas (247Sports Composite).