The Horns lost out on graduate transfer Tabari Hines, but already helped reduce the sting of that loss. Early in spring practice, the Texas Longhorns hosted Wake Forest Demon Deacons graduate transfer wide receiver Tabari Hines on an official visit in an effort to bolster the slot receiver position.
Roughly a month later, even though head coach Tom Herman and his staff lost out on Hines to the Oregon Ducks on Monday, Texas made enough progress with the current players on campus to feel positive about the position heading in to the 2018 season.
The transfer of Reggie Hemphill-Mapps and the graduation of Armanti Foreman opened up playing time on the inside and left Herman and wide receivers coaches Drew Mehringer and Corby Meekins looking for replacements at the most demanding wide receiver position.
“I think ideally you would like a guy that can motion in the backfield and do some things out of the backfield, mainly on some speed sweep-type things but also be able to hand the ball off on other things,” Her
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Roughly a month later, even though head coach Tom Herman and his staff lost out on Hines to the Oregon Ducks on Monday, Texas made enough progress with the current players on campus to feel positive about the position heading in to the 2018 season.
The transfer of Reggie Hemphill-Mapps and the graduation of Armanti Foreman opened up playing time on the inside and left Herman and wide receivers coaches Drew Mehringer and Corby Meekins looking for replacements at the most demanding wide receiver position.
“I think ideally you would like a guy that can motion in the backfield and do some things out of the backfield, mainly on some speed sweep-type things but also be able to hand the ball off on other things,” Her
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