Texas DT Sydir Mitchell plans to enter transfer portal

Per On3's Hayes Fawcett, redshirt freshman Texas football defensive tackle Sydir Mitchell plans to enter the NCAA Transfer Portal. Mitchell spent two seasons at Texas and has three years of eligibility remaining.

Sydir Mitchell is Texas football's fourth defensive tackle to enter the transfer portal

Mitchell played nine games over the past two seasons at Texas. He registered seven combined tackles, one tackle for loss, and four defensive stops.

The big 6-foot-6 and 350-pound defensive tackle avoided burning his redshirt for his true freshman campaign in 2023 since he only played four games. He saw action in three regular season contests and the Big 12 Championship Game in 2023.

This season, Mitchell took three dozen defensive snaps over five games. Most recently, he took a few defensive snaps for the Longhorns in the SEC Championship Game against the Georgia Bulldogs. He also played in SEC regular season games for the Longhorns against the Kentucky Wildcats and Florida Gators.

He racked up four combined tackles, one tackle for loss, and two defensive stops in the 2024 season.

Texas's numbers are very trim at defensive tackle after losing four defensive linemen to the transfer portal this week. The other three Longhorns' defensive tackles who entered the transfer portal for the winter window are redshirt sophomore Jaray Bledsoe, redshirt sophomore Aaron Bryant, and senior Tia Savea.

Losing four defensive tackles to the transfer portal for the upcoming offseason leaves Texas with just two scholarship linemen remaining on the current roster for the 2025 season, freshmen Alex January and Melvin Hills.

Texas also has three incoming high school signees for the defensive tackle position from the 2025 recruiting class, five-star Justus Terry, four-star Josiah Sharma, and four-star Myron Charles.

Mitchell was Texas's only defensive tackle signee in the 2023 recruiting class. He ranked as the No. 205 prospect nationally in the 2023 class in the 247Sports Composite, No. 25 defensive lineman, and No. 3 from New Jersey.

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