4 overreactions from Texas's first fall camp scrimmage

It's been a little over 24 hours since the first fall scrimmage of preseason camp for Texas football took place. We've had a good amount of time late this weekend to let the takeaways and fallout from the first fall scrimmage on Saturday afternoon settle in for Texas and head coach Steve Sarkisian.

Texas football makes big plays for both sides of the ball in the first scrimmage of fall practice

It's clear that the defense stole the show for at least part of the fall scrimmage yesterday for the Longhorns. The defensive side of the ball definitely performed better than many in the media expected them to in the scrimmage and different live-game situations that Sarkisian and staff ran through on Aug. 10.

However, that's not to say that there weren't any bright spots for the Longhorns on offense coming out of the first scrimmage of fall practice. Texas did have some nice plays and highlights from the first and second-team offenses in the scrimmage, two-minute drill, and goal line work on Saturday.

Here are four overreactions roughly 24 hours after the conclusion of the first scrimmage of fall practice for the Longhorns on Aug. 10.

Ty'Anthony Smith will be on the two-deep at LB by the end of this season

One of the more underrated breakthroughs early in preseason camp for the Longhorns is true freshman linebacker Ty'Anthony Smith. The first-year linebacker from Jasper High School in Texas has shown a lot of progress in the weight room, getting his body right for this fall and his understanding of the defensive scheme for a true freshman for Pete Kwiatkowski and Johnny Nansen.

OTF's Gerry Hamilton reported on Aug. 11 that Smith was among the most impressive true freshman standouts from the first fall scrimmage this weekend. Smith reportedly showed good awareness and instincts and made some plays in space in the scrimmage yesterday.

Since he was an early enrollee who participated in spring ball, Smith has a more advanced understanding of the defensive concepts for PK's front seven. And he's pretty advanced regarding his fundamental ability to drop back into pass coverage and hold his own. He does well contesting space and knowing where to be regardless of whether he's defending the run or dropping back into pass coverage from the linebacker position.

Smith checks many of the boxes that the coaching staff would want from an early contributor among the true freshmen on the defensive side of the ball this fall and entering the regular season. He's gotten his frame up to closer to where he needs to be to compete at the linebacker position in the SEC, and his football IQ is ahead of where we thought he would be early in preseason camp.