The sigh of relief from the Texas Longhorns football offices is almost audible across Austin. Just listen hard enough.
On Monday, head coach Tom Herman revealed that senior running back Kirk Johnson is on track to receive clearance for the road game against West Virginia following the bye week after missing the first four games due to a shoulder injury suffered in preseason camp. Junior Daniel Young has been available for the last two games. And freshman Jordan Whittington should return from his sports hernia surgery by mid-October.
With the return to health for a running back room that is likely to send David Gbenda back to defense to play linebacker, one of the decisions facing the coaching staff is what to do about freshman Roschon Johnson.