Reflections on the 2019 injuries issues for Texas Longhorns tend to focus on the running back position and the secondary, but less often recall the narrowly-averted disaster at quarterback.
Following the Sugar Bowl win over Georgia in New Orleans, former starter Shane Buechele and Casey Thompson, then coming off a redshirt season, both entered the NCAA transfer portal. Cameron Rising, the other 2018 quarterback signee, announced his commitment to Utah in mid-January after entering the portal before the Sugar Bowl.
Suddenly in a position to have only two scholarship quarterbacks for the 2019 season, the coaches scrambled to convince Thompson to stay.