The Texas head coach went into depth on Kyle Flood's influence on the program's offensive line and how he doesn't need the transfer portal to get his talent.
Ahead of the 2024 season, Sarkisian plucked 12 players out of the portal to replace some talentedand regenerate the physicality of his defense. But one position that Sarkisian hasn't needed to dive into the transfer portal for in recent history is offensive lineman, to which he credits the development of his recruited players that have made it unnecessary.
Sarkisian described how the offensive line has come a long way since his tenure with Texas began during Thursday's media availability. " some of the growing pains we had early on on the offensive line year one and then going into year two," Sarkisian said. "We were playing some true freshmen, starting two true freshman that first year, to where we are now, of where we're returning four or five starters."
"The experience that we have right now, I think we benefit from right now, but I think also the development of our younger players, that we're not having to throw them into the fire too soon, that they're getting so many quality reps in practice that Coach Flood can work on the development of them, that we can clean some things up in their game. Whether it's the run game, the pass game, whatever that communication looks like.
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