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One of the top prospects in the market is interested in joining the Texas Longhorns as they attempt to bolster their secondary.

AUSTIN – Coming into the 2024 season, the Texas Longhorns boast one of the greatest rosters in the nation.

The Horns have exceptional talent at almost every position on the roster. Even defensive tackle, which was a question mark following the spring game, was filled with more quality as Arizona’s Bill Norton committed via the NCAA Transfer Portal.

But once spring practice ended, there was one position on the roster that suffered a little bit: cornerbacks Terrance Brooks and Austin Jordan both hit the portal and left a question mark at the field corner slot.

Of course, the Longhorns have some established, if untested, talent in Santana Wilson, Wardell Mack, Warren Roberson, and Kobe Black, in addition to Gavin Holmes, who might take over at the top. Having said that, they are still trying to fill that position with quality.

And now there might be a contender.

Jay’Vion Cole, a promising cornerback transfer from San Jose State, has scheduled a visit to the 40 Acres in the upcoming weeks, according to reports from 247Sports.

According to the source, he has received offers from Cincinnati, Miami (Ohio), South Florida, Jacksonville State, and Michigan State. He reportedly plans to visit Auburn and Michigan State.

Cole attended Cal Poly to start his career. was a standout player at Cal Poly as a true freshman, concluding the campaign with 15 tackles, 4 passes defensed, and 4 interceptions.

Following that, in the offseason, he transferred from Cal Poly to San Jose State, where he finished the season with 28 tackles, 100 passes defensed, three interceptions, and a sack. For his performance, he was selected honorable mention All-Mountain West.

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Three Texas athletes might go in the first round of the 2025 NFL Draft

In terms of quantity, Texas might have another class in the double digits for the 2025 NFL Draft.

After a historic class in 2024, it’s time of year to consider Texas football’s prospects in the upcoming NFL Draft. In the 2024 NFL Draft, Texas had a record-breaking 11 players taken, including two picks in the first round.

Texas football players to keep an eye on for 2025 first-round selections in the NFL Draft

All eleven of the Longhorns’ invited players to the NFL Combine in 2024 were chosen in the first six rounds of the draft. Since the NFL switched to a seven-round selection process in 1994, this is the first time the Longhorns have had more than ten players picked in the first six rounds of the draft.

In the past three days, it was evident that it was a fantastic week/weekend to be a Longhorn. After ten years of disappointments in terms of wins and, consequently, the NFL Draft on the Forty Acres, head coach Steve Sarkisian has improved player development and on-field performance.

With player development and talent evaluation on the 40 entering the SEC this coming season, combined with the program’s present trajectory, Texas is predicted to have another strong draft class in 2025 with numerous early-round selections. Three Longhorns players who might be chosen in the first round of the 2025 NFL Draft are shown below in advance.

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Isaiah Bond, wide receiver

Junior wide receiver Isaiah Bond is projected to be picked late in the first round of the 2025 NFL Draft by a few early mock drafts. In today’s NFL and college games, Bond can make a play when he gets the ball in space because to his wirey build and incredible playmaking abilities.

Texas has demonstrated, particularly at wideout, that it is capable of producing high draft picks from players signed through the transfer portal.

Three past transfers from the Longhorns were chosen in the 2024 draft, with former Georgia wide receiver Adonai Mitchell going to the Indianapolis Colts in the second round (52nd overall).

IOL and DJ Campbell
After the 2024 season ends, Texas may have multiple projected starting offensive lineman selected in the NFL Draft. If DJ Campbell, a junior offensive guard, continues to make progress and emerges as a star in the upcoming season, he may file an early 2025 draft declaration.

This upcoming season, Campbell is among the SEC’s most physically intimidating and dominating guards. If he declares for the 2025 draft, he might be selected in the first round if he can just improve his performance as an interior run blocker and his consistency in communicating various blocking techniques up front.

Collins, Alfred, DL
Alfred Collins, a senior defensive tackle, might be chosen as high as the middle picks in the 2025 draft’s opening round. Ever before he came to Texas as a highly anticipated five-star recruit in the 2020 class, Texas fans have been aware of his exceptionally high ceiling for a number of years.

Consistency has always been Collins’ major area of concern. In the last two years, he has demonstrated signs of developing into a more dependable possible all-conference starter for the Longhorns along the interior defensive line.

For Collins in 2024, it truly is a “make it or break it” year in terms of his prospects of being selected in the NFL Draft the following spring.