Texas football made the announcement of the captain selections for the start of the 2018 season, on Aug. 25. That list of captain selections includes a group of five seniors from both sides of the ball. Those seniors are linebacker Anthony Wheeler, edge rusher/defensive end Breckyn Hager, defensive tackle Chris Nelson, tight end Andrew Beck, and offensive guard Elijah Rodriguez.
Among all of those captain selections, Wheeler is the only one that is guaranteed not to be playing in the first half of the season opener. In the Texas Bowl victory over the Mizzou Tigers to wrap up the 2017 campaign, Wheeler was ejected for a targeting penalty that will cause him to miss the first half of the Week 1 matchup with the Maryland Terrapins.