That wasn’t quite the case throughout his first three fall semesters on the Forty Acres, but now just days ahead of his senior season, Boyd is the most seasoned figure in a deep and experienced Texas secondary, and he’s perfectly on pace to fulfill the aspirations he envisioned as a starstruck Texas Longhorns target in 2015.
“It’s just the ‘DBU’ legacy,” Boyd said, noting that he was in awe after seeing Quandre Diggs on campus during a visit years ago. “That’s another thing me and Hollywood [Holton Hill] talked about when we committed here, how we was going to get it back going and have everybody like, ‘Man, look at that secondary at Texas.