Texas Football: 3 players dazzling ahead of the spring game

Jordan Whittington, WR

This is really the offseason that offered the most stability to date in the college career of the former elite five-star Cuero recruit and redshirt sophomore wide receiver Jordan Whittington. Last offseason, Whittington made the transition back to wide receiver, and of course, spring ball was called off in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.

And in his first offseason on campus two years ago, Whittington was moved from wide receiver to the running back position by Herman and positional coach Stan Drayton. Texas was lacking depth in the running back room at the time and had a plethora of talent in the receiving corps, thus the move to the backfield made sense for Whittington that offseason.

The biggest looming task moving forward for Whittington in his third year on the Forty Acres is staying healthy on a consistent basis. Maybe the biggest hurdle that Whittington faced in his college career to date was avoiding a myriad of injury issues on a consistent basis. He missed essentially all of his true freshman campaign dealing with a sports hernia and had more issues that limited him last year.

There is good news for Whittington and the Longhorns this year, as he’s had a stellar spring camp by all indications so far. And he’s stayed healthy through winter workouts and spring ball, which is something that could not be said all throughout his prior two offseason.

What Whittington will be bringing back with him this fall is 273 career total yards from scrimmage and one touchdown (which came on the ground last season).