About 34 months and some thousand or so days ago, the nation’s No. 1,546 prospect nationally made his way the short distance from Westlake to the University of Texas, his father’s alma mater.
At 6’4 and 220 pounds and with short blond hair, Breckyn Hager was perhaps still getting used to the idea of playing for the Longhorns. His father, Britt, made 499 career tackles at linebacker, a school record, including 187 tackles in 1987 to set a single-season record and then 195 the next season to set a mark that no Texas player is likely to ever break.