Texas football vs. Oklahoma State: 4 bold predictions for major road test

Jordan Whittington gets more than 150 total yards for the first time this season

Oklahoma State is probably going to devote a lot of assets to limiting the effects of star sophomore wide receiver Xavier Worthy and star junior running back Bijan Robinson for the Longhorns in this game. It wouldn’t surprise me to see Oklahoma State devote six or seven players to limit Bijan in obvious non-passing situations, if not more.

A lot of the extra help in run defense will be to limit the damage that Bijan and senior running back Roschon Johnson do up the middle in the ground game.

It also wouldn’t surprise me to see Oklahoma State put its most experienced and proven safety in pass coverage on Worthy to shadow him over the top on passing downs. That would put Worthy in double coverage for much of the game, which is the standard protocol for him so far this season.

And if Oklahoma State can limit the number of times that Ewers targets Worthy in the passing game, that will open up room for redshirt junior wide receiver Jordan Whittington and sophomore tight end Ja’Tavion Sanders to do some damage. Whittington should find open room on some underneath routes if Texas can effectively set the tone on the ground and draw up the linebackers closer to the line of scrimmage.

There will also be some plays open on the deep and intermediate corner and glance routes for Whittington to pick up yards in chunks.

This looks like the type of game where Whittington could have a field day. I also like him to reach trip digits in receiving yards for the first time this season against an Oklahoma State pass defense allowing nearly 350 passing yards per game in the last few weeks.