Any hope that Texas Longhorns redshirt freshman offensive lineman Isaiah Hookfin will serve as the late-season savior for a struggling unit went by the wayside on Tuesday, as head coach Tom Herman revealed that Hookfin recently underwent shoulder surgery.
Herman didn’t specify when the surgery happened, but the above picture indicates that Hookfin was not dressed out for the game against Baylor on Oct. 24, even though he was listed as the co-backup right guard on last week’s Oklahoma State depth chart.
A late-rising 2019 signee who picked Texas over Baylor following Early Signing Day, Hookfin redshirted last season before emerging as one of the team’s most improved players during preseason camp, drawing buzz as a potential starter at one of the open positions on the right side of the line.