DeAndre Moore, Parker Livingstone 'let go' by Longhorns for cap space
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The game of college football has slowly been evolving to more closely mirror the NFL, and there may be no better example than what was displayed by Texas Longhorns head coach Steve Sarkisian this past week. At SEC Media Days, Sarkisian opened up about his roster management and how the Longhorns have gone about formulating their depth chart ahead of a season with championship aspirations.
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In essence, Sarkisian said the team had to think about its "cap space" this offseason and be strategic about who they kept and, more importantly, who they let go.
Outgoing? High-profile wide receivers like DeAndre Moore and Parker Livingstone, plus RB Quintrevion Wisner and LB Elijah Barnes. However, that created room — and money — to land some of the best players in the portal.
“I think in this day and age of the Portal and high school, you’ve got to have the ability to be strategic,” Sarkisian said on thePaul Finebaum Show. “To make the moves we make, to bring in a Cam Coleman, to bring in a Hollywood Smothers, to bring in a Raleek Brown, to bring in a Mike Masunas at tight end; we had to let DeAndre Moore go. We had to let Parker Livingstone go. We had to let Tre Wisner go. We had to let CJ Baxter go."
With Livingston and Moore gone, the Longhorns lost over 1,500 yards and 17 TDs of WR production. However, they freed up enough cap space to land Coleman, the No. 1 WR in the portal, who had over 1,300 yards and six TDs in his two years at Auburn.
Texas also brought in guys like Smothers and Brown, two of the top offensive players in the portal this year. The result is a dynamic, high-powered offense that has serious championship potential.
"I think strategically, there were some tough decisions to make," Sarkisian said. "But we made them. I think we all can agree that we’re probably better around Arch [Manning] today than we were a year ago at this time.”
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