Teams Texas 2017 Roster ← 2016 2018 → 2017 Texas roster 108 players: 8 freshmen, 13 sophomores, 13 juniors, 74 with no class listed. From 11 states and 1 other country; the most from Texas (86) and Louisiana (5). The 2017 season .
Quarterbacks 4 Running backs 8 Receivers 15 Tight ends 7 Offensive line 20 Defensive line 13 Linebackers 14 Defensive backs 19 Specialists 5 Athletes and others 3
Quarterbacks 4 No. Player Class Ht Wt Hometown 2017 11 QB 4★ 4-star recruit Fr. 6′3″ 225 Austin, TX 1,915 passing yards, 11 TD 7 QB 4★ 4-star recruit 6′1″ 207 Arlington, TX 1,405 passing yards, 7 TD 16 Blake Nevins QB 6′3″ 210 Cypress, TX 18 Josh Covey QB 6′1″ 210 Georgetown, TX
Running backs 8 No. Player Class Ht Wt Hometown 2017 22 Kyle Porter RB 4★ 4-star recruit 5′9″ 210 Katy, TX 261 rushing yards, 4 TD 32 Daniel Young RB 6′0″ 212 Houston, TX 373 rushing yards, 3 TD 25 Chris Warren III RB 4★ 4-star recruit 6′4″ 250 Rockwall, TX 314 rushing yards, 6 TD 30 Toneil Carter RB 4★ 4-star recruit 5′11″ 210 Houston, TX 252 rushing yards, 3 TD 28 Kirk Johnson RB 6′0″ 215 San Jose, CA 33 Tim Yoder RB 5′9″ 190 Plano, TX 40 Trenton Hafley RB 5′10″ 205 Wichita Falls, TX 41 Tristian Houston RB So. 5′11″ 215 Galena Park, TX
Receivers 15 No. Player Class Ht Wt Hometown 2017 9 Collin Johnson WR 4★ 4-star recruit So. 6′6″ 220 San Jose, CA 54 catches, 765 yards, 2 TD 84 WR So. 6′4″ 225 Grapevine, TX 38 catches, 439 yards, 1 TD 17 Reggie Hemphill-Mapps WR 6′1″ 185 Houston, TX 37 catches, 402 yards 3 Armanti Foreman WR 4★ 4-star recruit 6′0″ 210 Texas City, TX 31 catches, 280 yards, 4 TD 13 WR 4★ 4-star recruit Jr. 6′2″ 205 Denton, TX 20 catches, 156 yards, 1 TD 14 Lorenzo Joe WR 4★ 4-star recruit 6′3″ 215 Abilene, TX 19 catches, 238 yards, 1 TD 8 Dorian Leonard WR 6′5″ 205 Longview, TX 18 catches, 147 yards 1 John Burt WR 4★ 4-star recruit 6′3″ 205 Tallahassee, FL 11 catches, 177 yards, 1 TD 6 WR 4★ 4-star recruit So. 5′11″ 210 Sachse, TX 9 catches, 124 yards 6 Joshua Moore WR 4★ 4-star recruit 6′1″ 162 Yoakum, TX 16 Davion Curtis WR 6′0″ 190 Temple, TX 36 Eric Gonzalez WR 5′8″ 200 Weslaco, TX 83 Omar Barakat WR 5′8″ 190 Amarillo, TX 85 Philipp Moeller WR 5′11″ 185 Plano, TX 86 Taylor Tesch WR 5′8″ 160 Cypress, TX
Tight ends 7 No. Player Class Ht Wt Hometown 2017 80 Cade Brewer TE 6′4″ 239 Austin, TX 9 catches, 80 yards, 2 TD 87 Garrett Gray TE 6′4″ 240 Marble Falls, TX 4 catches, 18 yards 88 Kendall Moore TE 3★ 3-star recruit 6′6″ 250 Chicago, IL 3 catches, 33 yards, 1 TD 43 Robert Willis TE 6′4″ 250 Dripping Springs, TX 47 TE Jr. 6′3″ 255 Tampa, FL 82 Michael Wilson TE 6′4″ 235 Arlington, TX 89 Chris Fehr TE 6′3″ 230 Austin, TX
Offensive line 20 No. Player Class Ht Wt Hometown 2017 51 Terrell Cuney OL 6′3″ 310 Jasper, TX 54 Garrett Graf OL 6′2″ 285 Grand Prairie, TX 55 OL 6′6″ 315 Coppell, TX 56 Zach Shackelford OL So. 6′4″ 305 Belton, TX 61 Ishan Rison OL Fr. 6′0″ 260 Katy, TX 63 Alex Anderson OL 6′4″ 305 New Orleans, LA 64 Jake McMillon OL 6′3″ 305 Abilene, TX 65 Jack Doyle OL 6′3″ 285 Plano, TX 66 Joe Heironimus OL 6′3″ 290 Austin, TX 67 Tope Imade OL RS 6′6″ 358 Arlington, TX 68 Derek Kerstetter OL RS 6′5″ 300 San Antonio, TX 69 Austin Allsup OL 6′3″ 295 Austin, TX 70 J.P. Urquidez OL 4★ 4-star recruit Fr. 6′7″ 300 Copperas Cove, TX 72 Elijah Rodriguez OL 6′5″ 305 Houston, TX 73 Parker Braun OL So. 6′3″ 300 Hallsville, TX 73 Patrick Hudson OL 4★ 4-star recruit 6′5″ 330 Silsbee, TX 75 Tristan Nickelson OL 6′10″ 315 League City, TX 77 Patrick Vahe OL 4★ 4-star recruit 6′3″ 325 Euless, TX 78 Denzel Okafor OL 4★ 4-star recruit RS 6′4″ 314 Lewisville, TX 79 Garrett Thomas OL 6′7″ 300 Many, LA
Defensive line 13 No. Player Class Ht Wt Hometown 2017 32 Malcolm Roach DL So. 6′3″ 290 Baton Rouge, LA 37 tackles, 2 sacks 90 Charles Omenihu DL Jr. 6′6″ 275 Rowlett, TX 28 tackles, 4 sacks 95 Poona Ford DL 4★ 4-star recruit 6′0″ 305 Hilton Head, SC 34 tackles, 1.5 sacks 44 Breckyn Hager DL Jr. 6′3″ 255 Austin, TX 23 tackles, 4 sacks 97 Chris Nelson DL Jr. 6′1″ 315 Lakeland, FL 18 tackles, 1 sack 49 Ta’Quon Graham DL 4★ 4-star recruit Fr. 6′4″ 294 Temple, TX 6 tackles, 1 sack 95 Gerald Wilbon DL 6′3″ 325 Saint Rose, LA 7 tackles, 0.5 sacks 91 Jamari Chisholm DL So. 6′5″ 300 Valdosta, GA 3 tackles 36 Jacoby Jones DL RS 6′4″ 262 Saint Louis, MO 39 Edward Pequeno DL 6′1″ 270 McAllen, TX 48 Andrew Fitzgerald DL 4★ 4-star recruit 6′6″ 265 Flower Mound, TX 55 D’Andre Christmas DL 4★ 4-star recruit 6′3″ 315 New Orleans, LA 96 Tristan Bennett DL Fr. 6′3″ 235 Irving, TX
Linebackers 14 No. Player Class Ht Wt Hometown 2017 46 Malik Jefferson LB 5★ 5-star recruit 6′3″ 240 Mesquite, TX 110 tackles, 4 sacks 33 Gary Johnson LB Jr. 6′0″ 230 Douglas, AL 60 tackles, 2 sacks 45 Anthony Wheeler LB 4★ 4-star recruit Jr. 6′3″ 235 Dallas, TX 47 tackles, 2.5 sacks 40 Naashon Hughes LB 6′4″ 250 Harker Heights, TX 30 tackles, 2 sacks 23 Jeffrey McCulloch LB 4★ 4-star recruit So. 6′3″ 245 Houston, TX 10 tackles, 1.5 sacks 35 Edwin Freeman LB 4★ 4-star recruit 6′2″ 245 Arlington, TX 6 tackles, 1 sack 46 Marqez Bimage LB 6′2″ 260 Brenham, TX 3 tackles 31 Kyle Hrncir LB 6′2″ 225 San Antonio, TX 36 Demarco Boyd LB 6′0″ 240 Gilmer, TX 40 Caleb Johnson LB 6′1″ 235 Waycross, GA 42 Jay Harper LB 6′0″ 225 Houston, TX 43 Cameron Townsend LB 4★ 4-star recruit So. 6′1″ 215 Missouri City, TX 50 Hayden Bruce LB 6′1″ 215 Leander, TX 52 John House LB 6′1″ 210 Dallas, TX
Defensive backs 19 No. Player Class Ht Wt Hometown 2017 4 DB 4★ 4-star recruit 6′2″ 210 Rockwall, TX 63 tackles, 1.5 sacks, 6 INT 2 Kris Boyd DB 4★ 4-star recruit Jr. 6′0″ 195 Gilmer, TX 57 tackles, 2 INT 5 Holton Hill DB 4★ 4-star recruit 6′3″ 200 Houston, TX 51 tackles, 2 INT 19 Brandon Jones DB 4★ 4-star recruit So. 6′0″ 205 Nacogdoches, TX 61 tackles 7 Antwuan Davis DB 4★ 4-star recruit 6′1″ 200 Bastrop, TX 32 tackles, 1 sack, 2 INT 11 P.J. Locke III DB Jr. 5′11″ 210 Beaumont, TX 39 tackles 18 Davante Davis DB 4★ 4-star recruit Jr. 6′2″ 205 Miami, FL 26 tackles, 2 INT 31 Jason Hall DB 6′3″ 220 Grand Prairie, TX 22 tackles, 1 sack, 1 INT 24 John Bonney DB 4★ 4-star recruit Jr. 6′1″ 205 Houston, TX 19 tackles, 0.5 sacks, 1 INT 9 Josh Thompson DB 4★ 4-star recruit 6′0″ 194 Nacogdoches, TX 13 tackles 15 Chris Brown DB Fr. 5′11″ 187 Houston, TX 3 tackles 23 Jordan Strickland DB 5′10″ 175 Aurora, CO 26 Eric Cuffee DB 4★ 4-star recruit 6′0″ 195 Waco, TX 28 Jarmarquis Durst DB Jr. 6′1″ 200 Conroe, TX 30 Barrett Chambers DB 5′10″ 190 Austin, TX 30 Mason Ramirez DB So. 5′10″ 210 Round Rock, TX 33 Trevor Carr DB 6′0″ 205 Tyler, TX 37 Chase Moore DB 5′9″ 165 Los Angeles, CA 41 Hank Coutoumanos DB Fr. 6′0″ 200 Southlake, TX
Holton Hill, Chris Brown, Reggie Hemphill-Mapps, Jeffrey McCulloch, John Bonney, Toneil Carter, Daniel Young, Tristian Houston, Jay Harper, Elijah Rodriguez, Michael David Poujol Sam Ehlinger, Barrett Chambers, Breckyn Hager, Jak Holbrook, Joe Heironimus, Austin Allsup, Cade Brewer, Chris Fehr Shane Buechele, Chris Naggar, Edwin Freeman, Tope Imade, Michael Wilson DeShon Elliott, Devin Duvernay, Chris Warren III, Charles Omenihu Collin Johnson, Kirk Johnson, Jack Geiger Tim Yoder, Jack Doyle, Philipp Moeller Hank Coutoumanos, Andrew Fitzgerald, Lil’Jordan Humphrey Kris Boyd, Demarco Boyd Josh Thompson, Brandon Jones Lorenzo Joe, Jake McMillon Blake Nevins, Taylor Tesch Davion Curtis, Ta’Quon Graham Kyle Porter, Ishan Rison Mason Ramirez, Hayden Bruce Jason Hall, Garrett Graf Kyle Hrncir, Derek Kerstetter Mitchell Becker, Tristan Nickelson Anthony Wheeler, John House Connor Williams, Denzel Okafor D’Andre Christmas, Alex Anderson John Burt Armanti Foreman Joshua Moore Antwuan Davis Dorian Leonard P.J. Locke III Jerrod Heard Joshua Rowland Davante Davis Josh Covey Jordan Strickland Eric Cuffee Jarmarquis Durst Malcolm Roach Gary Johnson Trevor Carr Eric Gonzalez Jacoby Jones Chase Moore Edward Pequeno Caleb Johnson Naashon Hughes Trenton Hafley Cameron Townsend Robert Willis Malik Jefferson Marqez Bimage Andrew Beck Terrell Cuney Zach Shackelford Kaleb Smith J.P. Urquidez Parker Braun Patrick Hudson Patrick Vahe Garrett Thomas Omar Barakat Garrett Gray Kendall Moore Jamari Chisholm Gerald Wilbon Poona Ford Tristan Bennett Chris Nelson TX 86 LA 5 CA 4 FL 4 GA 2 Hometowns of the 2017 Texas roster; the five 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 86 Louisiana 5 Florida 4 California 4 Georgia 2 Australia 1 Mississippi 1 Colorado 1 Top counties Harris County, Texas pop. 4.8 million 15 Dallas County, Texas pop. 2.6 million 9 Tarrant County, Texas pop. 2.2 million 9 Travis County, Texas pop. 1.3 million 8 Bell County, Texas pop. 387,000 4 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’ 2017 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.
Sam Ehlinger QB4-star recruit
Shane Buechele QB4-star recruit
Lil’Jordan Humphrey WR
Jerrod Heard WR4-star recruit
Devin Duvernay WR4-star recruit
Andrew Beck TE
Connor Williams OL
DeShon Elliott DB4-star recruit
Michael Dickson P