Sam Ehlinger, Texas Football (Photo by Don Juan Moore/Getty Images)
Among the five former Texas football players picked up in the 2021 NFL Draft was the former star senior quarterback Sam Ehlinger. The Indianapolis Colts out of the AFC South picked up Ehlinger with the 218th overall pick in the sixth round of the draft. That was about where most Texas fans likely expected Ehlinger to be drafted following the conclusion of the first two days of the festivities a couple of months ago.
Ehlinger is expected to compete with the likes of the former Georgia Bulldogs and Washington Huskies quarterback Jacob Eason and former Prairie View A&M product Jalen Morton for the backup job.