Missing out on the former Alabama Crimson Tide rising redshirt junior wide receiver Tyrell Shavers in the NCAA Transfer Portal on June 8 definitely hurt head coach Tom Herman and the Texas football program. Shavers wound up picking head coach Mike Leach and the Mississippi State Bulldogs out of the transfer portal over the likes of the Longhorns, UCF Knights, TCU Horned Frogs, and Baylor Bears, among other schools.
Shavers picking Mississippi State is really the second big transfer portal miss for the Longhorns this offseason. The first major loss was former North Dakota State Bison standout rising senior linebacker Jabril Cox choosing to take his talents to join up with head coach Ed Orgeron and the defending National Champion LSU Tigers over Texas and a bevy of other suitors.