MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Remember that anvil-to-the-chest that Kyzir White laid on Shane Buechele? Hard to imagine a pair of lungs being any more deflated than those of the Longhorns quarterback at that moment.
Though Buechele lost the football, and ultimately, the game to West Virginia, he rebounded from that collision and was on the field for the next Texas possession. That’s the brand of toughness Tom Herman can build a program around, and that’s why Buechele shows up on today’s segment of the Big 12’s Top 50 Players for 2017.
Herman declined to name a starting quarterback after spring ball, even though Buechele outperformed blue-chip newcomer Sam Ehlinger.