5 bold predictions for Texas going into the 2024 season
Texas football will soon embark on its first season as a member of the best conference in college football in the SEC this fall. Texas and head coach Steve Sarkisian open the 2024 regular season at home in a couple of weeks against Colorado State at DKR.
What is Quinn Ewers' ceiling this season and how far can Texas football go in the SEC?
The regular season schedule ramps up in difficulty almost right away for the Longhorns when Sarkisian's squad travels up to Ann Arbor in Week 2 to face the defending National Champion Michigan Wolverines. That matchup against a top-10-ranked Michigan team in the major preseason polls is one of many potential season-defining games for the Longhorns in the next couple of months.
Texas has a good shot at returning to the College Football Playoff, especially with the expanded 12-team field, after it made it to the Playoff last year in the four-team field this past postseason.
With only a couple of weeks of preseason camp remaining for the Longhorns, it's a good time to do our annual preseason bold predictions for the upcoming campaign. Here are five bold predictions for the Longhorns for the 2024 college football season.
Ryan Wingo leads all true freshmen in receiving yards in 2024
Texas's top true freshman wideout is the former elite five-star recruit from St. Louis, MO, Ryan Wingo. Since Wingo arrived on campus before the start of spring ball early this offseason, he has commanded the headlines with his ability to turn heads in camp on the practice field.
Wingo has established himself as someone who will be in the two-deep for Texas's wide receiver rotation this fall. He's just too good for Sarkisian and the Longhorns offense to keep off the field in live-game action this upcoming season on the boundary for too long.
As Wingo settles into the wide receiver rotation this upcoming season, he should only feel more comfortable and build a better rapport with the likes of starting quarterback Quinn Ewers and Arch Manning.
What I do think can limit Wingo's touches in the passing game at wide receiver this fall is the lack of versatility he brings to the table compared to the other wideouts in this rotation in the top six group. Compared to other wideouts like senior Silas Bolden, junior Matthew Golden, sophomore Johntay Cook II, and junior Isaiah Bond, Wingo has a fairly limited role on the boundary.