2009 Texas roster

109 players. From 6 states and 2 other countries; the most from Texas (100) and Colorado (2). The 2009 season.

Quarterbacks 5

No.	Player	Ht	Wt	Hometown	2009
12	Colt McCoy QB	6′2″		Tuscola, TX	3,521 passing yards, 27 TD
11	Garrett Gilbert QB5-star recruit	6′4″		Austin, TX	310 passing yards, 2 TD
17	Sherrod Harris QB	6′3″		Arlington, TX	4 rushing yards
15	Trevor Walker QB	6′2″	200	Mount Pleasant, TX
19	John Paul Floyd QB	6′1″	192	Lubbock, TX

Running backs 12

No.	Player	Ht	Wt	Hometown	2009
23	Tre’ Newton RB	6′0″		Southlake, TX	552 rushing yards, 6 TD
11	Cody Johnson RB4-star recruit	5′11″		Waller, TX	335 rushing yards, 12 TD
2	Vondrell McGee RB4-star recruit	5′10″		Longview, TX	300 rushing yards, 2 TD
	Fozzy Whittaker RB				212 rushing yards, 4 TD
26	D.J. Monroe RB4-star recruit	5′9″		Angleton, TX	143 rushing yards
5	Jeremy Hills RB4-star recruit	6′0″		Houston, TX	86 rushing yards
41	Jamison Berryhill FB	5′11″		Odessa, TX	34 rushing yards
24	Antwan Cobb RB	6′0″		Pflugerville, TX	3 rushing yards
2	Foswhitt Whittaker RB	5′10″	202	Houston, TX
30	Ryan Roberson FB4-star recruit	5′10″		Brenham, TX
45	Luke Padgett RB	6′1″	225	Bellville, TX
46	Aaron Smith FB	6′2″	230	Palestine, TX

Receivers 15

No.	Player	Ht	Wt	Hometown	2009
8	Jordan Shipley WR4-star recruit	6′0″		Burnet, TX	116 catches, 1,485 yards, 13 TD
11	James Kirkendoll WR	5′11″		Round Rock, TX	48 catches, 461 yards, 6 TD
4	Dan Buckner WR4-star recruit	6′4″		Allen, TX	45 catches, 442 yards, 4 TD
9	Malcolm Williams WR4-star recruit	6′3″		Garland, TX	39 catches, 550 yards, 2 TD
5	John Chiles WR5-star recruit	6′2″		Dallas, TX	34 catches, 319 yards, 3 TD
84	Marquise Goodwin WR	5′9″		Garland, TX	30 catches, 279 yards, 1 TD
1	Philip Payne WR	6′2″		Garland, TX	1 catch, 7 yards
3	DeSean Hales WR4-star recruit	5′11″		Klein, TX	1 catch, 2 yards
5	Brandon Collins WR	5′11″	180	Brenham, TX
16	Brock Fitzhenry WR	5′9″	178	Giddings, TX
30	Ryan Zych WR	5′10″	182	Plano, TX
80	C.A. Vergari WR	6′1″	200	Bronxville, NY
81	Gregory Timmons WR4-star recruit	6′3″	201	Aldine, TX
82	Chris Torbert WR	5′8″	175	Celina, TX
87	Patrick McNamara WR	6′4″	210	Lubbock, TX

Tight ends 9

No.	Player	Ht	Wt	Hometown	2009
83	Greg Smith TE	6′4″		Montgomery, TX	6 catches, 48 yards
18	D.J. Grant TE4-star recruit	6′3″		Austin, TX
19	Blaine Irby TE	6′3″		Camarillo, CA
82	Trey Graham TE	6′5″	236	Waco, TX
84	Foster Vimont TE	6′4″	257	Ras Tanura, Saudi Arabia
85	Ahmard Howard TE4-star recruit	6′4″	235	Brenham, TX
87	Dominique Jones TE	6′3″		Kilgore, TX
88	Mac McWhorter TE	6′4″	250	Austin, TX
89	Barrett Matthews TE4-star recruit	6′2″		Galena Park, TX

Offensive line 18

No.	Player	Ht	Wt	Hometown
52	Charlie Tanner OG	6′4″	305	Austin, TX
54	Mark Buchanan OG4-star recruit	6′6″	305	Austin, TX
55	Nick Zajicek OL	6′2″	280	Cameron, TX
56	Tray Allen OG5-star recruit	6′4″	310	Grand Prairie, TX
57	Andrew Carroll OL	6′3″	296	Montgomery, TX
63	Michael Huey OG4-star recruit	6′5″	310	Kilgore, TX
64	Kyle Hix OT4-star recruit	6′7″	325	Aledo, TX
68	Drew Oldis OG	6′4″	290	Boerne, TX
70	Paden Kelley OT4-star recruit	6′7″	295	Austin, TX
71	Chris Hall C	6′4″	295	Irving, TX
72	Britt Mitchell OT	6′5″	305	Kilgore, TX
72	Mason Walters OG5-star recruit	6′6″	320	Wolfforth, TX
73	Garrett Porter OG4-star recruit	6′6″	315	Odessa, TX
74	Adam Ulatoski OT	6′6″	310	Southlake, TX
75	Steve Moore OG	6′4″	290	Houston, TX
77	Luke Poehlmann OT	6′7″		Brenham, TX
78	David Snow C4-star recruit	6′4″	295	Gilmer, TX
79	Thomas Ashcraft OG4-star recruit	6′5″	315	Cedar Hill, TX

Defensive line 16

No.	Player	Ht	Wt	Hometown	2009
32	Eddie Jones DE5-star recruit	6′3″		Kilgore, TX	1 INT
2	Sergio Kindle DE5-star recruit	6′4″	255	Dallas, TX
33	Lamarr Houston DT4-star recruit	6′2″	300	Colorado Springs, CO
50	Milton Sampson DE	6′2″	247	Galveston, TX
52	Luciano Martinez DL	5′11″	275	Monterrey, Mexico
69	Kyle Kriegel DT	6′5″	280	Elysian Fields, TX
80	Alex Okafor DE4-star recruit	6′4″	265	Pflugerville, TX
81	Sam Acho DE4-star recruit	6′3″	260	Dallas, TX
90	Calvin Howell DT4-star recruit	6′4″	290	San Antonio, TX
91	Kheeston Randall DT4-star recruit	6′5″	305	Beaumont, TX
92	Ben Alexander DT4-star recruit	6′0″	305	Anderson, SC
93	Tyrell Higgins DT	6′3″	285	Schertz, TX
95	Tevin Mims DE	6′4″	250	Round Rock, TX
96	Chris Whaley DT4-star recruit	6′3″		Madisonville, TX
97	Russell Carter DE4-star recruit	6′3″	245	Houston, TX
98	Derek Johnson DL4-star recruit	6′3″	310	Hoxie, AR

Linebackers 7

No.	Player	Ht	Wt	Hometown	2009
18	Emmanuel Acho LB4-star recruit	6′2″		Dallas, TX	1 INT
38	Roddrick Muckelroy LB	6′2″		Hallsville, TX	1 INT
1	Keenan Robinson LB4-star recruit	6′3″		Plano, TX
9	Dravannti Johnson LB	6′2″	255	Nederland, TX
13	Tariq Allen LB4-star recruit	6′2″	240	Irving, TX
36	Patrick Nkwopara LB	5′11″	215	Grand Prairie, TX
42	Dustin Earnest LB4-star recruit	6′3″	232	Texarkana, TX

Defensive backs 16

No.	Player	Ht	Wt	Hometown	2009
12	Earl Thomas S	5′10″		Orange, TX	8 INT
21	Blake Gideon S	6′1″		Leander, TX	6 INT
	Aaron Williams CB4-star recruit			Round Rock, TX	3 INT
8	Chykie Brown CB4-star recruit	6′0″		Houston, TX	2 INT
5	Ben Wells S4-star recruit	6′1″		Beaumont, TX	1 INT
7	Nolan Brewster S4-star recruit	6′2″		Denver, CO	1 INT
4	Aaron Williams CB	6′1″		Round Rock, TX	1 return, 27 yards
4	Eryon Barnett CB	6′2″	195	Euless, TX
4	Kenny Vaccaro S	6′1″		Brownwood, TX
6	Christian Scott S4-star recruit	6′1″		Dallas, TX
23	Marcus Davis DB4-star recruit	6′1″	190	League City, TX
24	Jorge Martinez DB	6′0″	200	Brownsville, TX
24	Sam Walker DB	6′0″	181	Mount Pleasant, TX
28	Mark Fisher DB	5′8″	160	Carrollton, TX
29	Clark Ford DB	5′10″	188	Richmond, TX
31	Cody Hill DB	5′10″	175	Lubbock, TX

Specialists 6

No.	Player	Ht	Wt	Hometown	2009
15	Hunter Lawrence PK	6′0″		Boerne, TX	24 of 27 field goals
19	Justin Tucker PK	6′1″		Austin, TX	43 punts, 40.2 average
47	John Gold P	6′3″		Palestine, TX	15 punts, 44.1 average
39	Ryan Bailey PK	6′2″		Austin, TX	5 of 5 extra points
27	Michael Summerville PK	5′11″		Garland, TX
35	Travis Smith PK	5′8″	160	San Antonio, TX

Athletes and others 5

No.	Player	Ht	Wt	Hometown	2009
3	Curtis Brown 5-star recruit			Gilmer, TX	1 INT
48	Alex Zumberge	6′0″	250	Houston, TX
49	Trey Wier	6′2″	240	Austin, TX
58	William Harvey	5′11″	235	Houston, TX
86	Cade McCrary	6′4″		Austin, TX

Hometowns of the 2009 Texas roster; the two states sending the most labeled with their players. Hover a dot for names. Map: us-atlas (public domain).

Where the roster comes from

By state

Texas 100
Colorado 2
California 1
Mexico 1
New York 1
Saudi Arabia 1
South Carolina 1
Arkansas 1

Top counties

Dallas County, Texas pop. 2.6 million 14
Travis County, Texas pop. 1.3 million 12
Harris County, Texas pop. 4.8 million 10
Williamson County, Texas pop. 673,000 5
Gregg County, Texas pop. 125,000 5

Hometowns placed in their counties with the US Census Bureau’s Gazetteer files. Populations from the US Census Bureau’s American Community Survey, 2020–⁠2024 5-year estimates. This product uses the Census Bureau Data API but is not endorsed or certified by the Census Bureau. Which states send the most FBS players for their size.

Rosters from CollegeFootballData.com, as the school listed them, each group in order of its players’ 2009 production (yards, tackles, kicks), then by number. Hometowns are each player’s latest on file. Transfers are this season’s arrivals through the portal; stars are the player’s 247Sports composite rating as a recruit.