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

Myron Warren, DE

It’s hard to know exactly what the plan will be for the new Texas defensive coordinator (and former Washington Huskies longtime co-defensive coordinator) Pete Kwiatkowski with former blue chip defensive linemen like Myron Warren this year. But we’ll start to get a look at how the defensive formations will come together in spring ball.

Most of the schemes in the front seven will come down to what Kwiatkowski and fellow new co-defensive coordinator and inside linebackers coach Jeff Choate draw up this offseason. Kwiatkowski and Choate are definitely known for their efficient player usage and player development on this side of the ball, not so much for elite results on the recruiting trail.

That’s what the likes of new Texas assistants Terry Joseph and Jeff Banks are for. Even new safeties coach Blake Gideon is doing well on the recruiting trail out of the gates this offseason.

Nonetheless, with the three-down defensive front that Kwiatkowski is known to like to run, Warren is likely to fit in as a bigger defensive end or mid-sized defensive tackle. Junior former four-star recruit Keondre Coburn is likely to assume the anchor role as the nose tackle. And sophomore Alfred Collins should assume the reigns as a starter along the line too.

Warren should be set to compete for reps behind the likes of Collins and redshirt junior defensive end Moro Ojomo. A good showing in spring camp for the former NCAA Transfer Portal entrant Warren could allow him to surpass the likes of freshman Vernon Broughton and former JUCO transfer Jacoby Jones on the depth chart.

Coming out of Many High School in Louisiana during the 2019 recruiting cycle, Warren ranked as the nation’s No. 289 high school prospect, No. 17 strong-side defensive end, and No. 15 prospect out of Louisiana (247Sports Composite).