3 big storylines to watch on Day 1 of fall camp for Texas

The opening day of fall practice has arrived for Texas football and head coach Steve Sarkisian on the final day of July. Texas begins training camp on July 31, with just 31 days before the start of the regular season on Aug. 31 against Colorado State at DKR.

Texas football opens fall camp with three consecutive days of practice this week

We will get to see the remainder of the summer enrollees for the Longhorns among the high school signees and transfer portal pick-ups in helmets and practice jerseys for the first time on Wednesday afternoon.

Sarkisian and the Longhorns will kick off the first fall practice late in the afternoon of July 31, around 3:30 p.m. CT. There will be an open media viewing window at fall practice today, and there will probably be a couple of more viewing windows later this week.

The media will also get to ask Sarkisian questions during his press session after practice concludes on July 31. Texas has three straight days of practice before potentially getting a break this upcoming weekend.

Here are three big storylines to watch for the Longhorns on the opening day of fall practice on July 31.

Wide receiver rotation

Wide receiver is very possibly Texas's deepest and most talented position group entering the first fall practice today. Texas boasts eight or nine wide receivers at least who all appear ready for live-game action in the SEC this fall.

Sarkisian and Chris Jackson will be rotating at wide receiver much more often than they did last fall. Since no clear leader has emerged as the top guy in the receiving corps up to this point through fall camp and summer workouts, there will be more opportunities for all the new faces at wideout and tight end to step up and get more first-team reps in practice for the Longhorns in the coming days and weeks.

There will be a few big names I'm watching as potential breakout candidates for the Longhorns in the receiving corps as Sarkisian and Jackson piece together the rotation over the next few weeks. True freshman Ryan Wingo, sophomore Johntay Cook II, and senior Silas Bolden are all receivers for the Longhorns who have a lot to gain in fall practice in the rotation.

I think Wingo and Cook, in particular, are two of the younger receivers for the Longhorns who can lock down spots among the top four or five guys regarding the pecking order of practice reps and potential game targets at the position this fall.

Wingo has the potential to work his way into significant live-game reps and targets in the wide receiver rotation in the SEC this season. He showed out during the spring as one of Texas's top threats in the receiving corps, and had a big spring game with over 80 receiving yards and a couple of touchdowns.

Kyle Flood said during his press conference yesterday that Texas can rotate up to nine receivers this fall. Texas has never had this much depth and widespread talent in the receiving corps entering any preseason camp in the four years under Sarkisian and Flood on offense.