Much of the discussion regarding the Texas Longhorns defense when projecting the 2019 season has justifiably focused on the five starters departing from the defensive front, including leading tackler Gary Johnson at the Rover position.
Junior college transfer Caleb Johnson has plenty of upside at the position and he’s already on campus as an early enrollee, but he’s still rehabilitating from a shoulder injury that ended his 2018 season. As a result, head coach Tom Herman believes Johnson could miss half of spring practice.
Enter senior to be Jeffrey McCulloch, a former top-100 prospect whose National Signing Day decision in 2016 was a highlight of the remarkably busy finish to that recruiting cycle.