3 Texas football players that suffer from Jordan Addison

Troy Omeire, WR

One of my personal favorite wideouts in terms of the potential he has in this offense for the last couple of years is the former blue-chip recruit and often-injured redshirt sophomore Troy Omeire. The problem for Omeire has not been flashing his talent and/or overall ability and physical gifts in terms of his limitations to getting reps the last two seasons.

Omeire just can’t seem to stay healthy for any sustained period of time. He’s missed the last couple of seasons due to various knee injuries. And it looks like those aforementioned knee issues continued to limit Omeire in spring camp last month.

This is going to be a big year for Omeire. He needs a season where he can stay healthy at least most of the way to start proving he can make an actual impact on the field for Sark and the Longhorns.

Another season with Omeire absent for most or all of the campaign would likely mean he gets pushed out of the two-deep for good with the Longhorns.

Moreover, while Omeire already faces a number of challenges to prove he’s ready to make an impact on the field for the Longhorns this fall, it wouldn’t help anything if he had to compete with Addison for reps in the passing game at the same time.

If Texas were able to nab a commitment from Addison out of the portal this offseason, it’s almost assured that he would take snaps both at the z and the h spots. Those are the two spots where Omeire is the best fit in this offense given his 6-foot-3 frame and possession receiver attributes.

The problem is that those are the two spots where Addison would likely line up most often if he does join the Longhorns ahead of next season.