After the 2024 season wrapped up for Texas football and head coach Steve Sarkisian following the loss in the College Football Playoff semifinals at the Cotton Bowl to the Ohio State Buckeyes, the focus has shifted to roster management and turnover for the 2025 offseason.
Texas football has a portal class of four signees for the 2025 offseason from the winter transfer window
Texas's roster will look much different for the 2025 season. The Longhorns are expected to lose roughly half of its starters on each side of the ball due to exhausted eligibility and the NFL Draft this upcoming spring.
Sarkisian and the Longhorns signed the No. 1 ranked recruiting class in the nation for the 2025 cycle in the 247Sports Composite. Many of Texas's early signees from the 2025 recruiting class are expected to contribute early to each side of the ball.
But the Longhorns are also looking for help at key positions of need on each side of the ball in the transfer portal for immediate upgrades two the two-deep depth chart in the SEC for the 2025 season.
Here are three recent portal entrants who are on the radar for the Longhorns entering the 2025 offseason.
Thaddeus Dixon, CB (Washington)*
It was reported late last week that a visit for former Washington Huskies senior transfer cornerback Thaddeus Dixon to see Texas was possibly in the cards.
Texas is expected to look at pursuing at least one immediate-impact transfer corner from the portal this offseason, since the Longhorns have to replace senior All-American Jahdae Barron.
The reason why there is an asterisk next to Dixon's name on this list is because he didn't include the Longhorns among his top four schools he announced on social media over the weekend. The top four schools he announced were the Ole Miss Rebels, Michigan Wolverines, North Carolina Tar Heels, and Washington.
The On3 report cited last week mentions that a visit to Texas and a return to Washington are in the cards for Dixon. That said, if the Longhorns want to push for Dixon, they'll have to throw their hat in the ring in this portal recruitment as soon as possible, considering he's already taken multiple visits to other schools.