A year ago, Texas quarterback Shane Buechele took control of his spot on the Longhorns’ depth chart with a better performance in the team’s Orange-White spring game than incumbent Tyrone Swoopes.
Buechele, an Arlington Lamar graduate, eventually started all 12 games as an incoming freshman during the team’s 5-7 season. He’ll be pushed for playing time this season by Sam Ehlinger, an incoming freshmen who enrolled in January and has been described as an “alpha male” and a natural leader by first-year coach Tom Herman.
But Herman acknowledged Buechele’s experience at the college level has allowed him to grasp things more quickly during the team’s installation of its new offense.