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Texas football 2025 offensive line preview: Besides guard DJ Campbell who else returns?

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January 30, 2025

Texas football 2025 offensive line preview: Besides guard DJ Campbell who else returns?

With Texas football now in the offseason, the American-Statesman is breaking down each position group.

Who’s gone from the 2024 squad that went 13-3 and fell a win short a national title-game appearance? Who’s back? And what portal arrivals and freshmen from the nation’s No. 1 recruiting class have joined the team?

The Longhorns are coming off an impressive season that include a record 16-game schedule, a spot in the SEC championship game, a spot in the College Football Playoff semifinals for the second consecutive season, and a final ranking of No. 3 in the US LBM Coaches Poll for the past season. The ranking marks the best showing for the Longhorns in the final coaches poll since 2009. The 53 coaches who vote in the coaches poll listed Texas behind just national champion Ohio State and national runner-up Notre Dame.

Can Texas make another push for a CFP spot in 2025? The roster has a few holes but also boasts loads of potential, as evident by the program’s high ranking in way-too-early preseason polls.

This week, the Statesman will have a daily position-by-position breakdown of the 2025 Texas roster entering the offseason. Earlier this week, we looked at quarterbacks, running backs and wide receivers. Today, we look at the Longhorns’ offensive line.

Texas football OL: Who’s gone?

Center Jake Majors (eligibility); guard Hayden Conner (eligibility); tackle Kelvin Banks Jr. (early NFL entry); tackle Cameron Williams (early NFL entry).

Texas football OL: Who’s back?

Rising senior guard DJ Campbell; rising senior guard Cole Hutson; rising redshirt junior center Connor Roberston; rising redshirt junior guard Malik Ogbo; rising redshirt junior guard Neto Umeozulu; rising redshirt sophomore tackle Trevor Goosby; rising redshirt sophomore tackle Jaydon Chatman; rising redshirt sophomore tackle Andre Cojoe; rising redshirt sophomore guard Connor Stroh; rising redshirt freshman tackle Brandon Baker; rising redshirt freshman tackle Nate Kibble; rising redshirt freshman guard Daniel Cruz.

Texas football OL: Who’s new?

Freshman Nick Brooks, a four-star recruit from Loganville, Georgia; Jackson Christian, a three-star recruit from Port Neches-Groves; Jordan Coleman, a three-star recruit from Cedar Hill; Devin Coleman, a three-star recruit from Cedar Hill.

Texas football OL: Overview

Four players depart after starting multiple seasons, but the Texas coaches are quietly optimistic about welding together another formidable front. Campbell returns as one starter at guard, and fellow guard Hutson also has plenty of starting experience. The versatile Hutson could also start at center, which would free up a guard spot for Umeozulu, who has impressed the coaches. Goosby will enter the season as a presumed starter at one tackle spot after getting one-game starts on both ends in 2024, and former five-star recruit Brandon Baker has the look of a prototypical left tackle. Plenty of young talent will battle for the remaining snaps.

Reach Texas beat reporter Thomas Jones via email at tjones@statesman.com.

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Texas A&M Chasing SEC History Against Missouri

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November 7, 2025

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Texas A&M Chasing SEC History Against Missouri

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Texas Education Agency appoints conservator for Fort Worth ISD

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1 day ago

November 6, 2025

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Texas Education Agency appoints conservator for Fort Worth ISD

The Texas Education Agency has appointed a conservator to the Fort Worth Independent School District on Thursday to support the district’s low-performing campuses and implement the turnaround plans, according to a news release from the agency.

Christopher Ruszkowski will serve as the TEA conservator for the district, the release said.

He will oversee and direct the actions of the school administration, including the principals and superintendents, report to the agency on the governance activities and academic progress, and attend board meetings and executive sessions.

“This conservator appointment is another opportunity to engage in public service of the highest calling,” Ruszkowski said in a statement shared by the TEA.

“Throughout my three decades in education, I’ve been honored to take on unique roles during critical inflection points for schools, states and organizations.”

Ruszkowski previously served as the Secretary of Education for New Mexico and Chief Talent Officer and Associate Secretary of Education for Delaware, according to information provided by the TEA.

He also serves as the TEA conservator for IDEA Public Schools, one of the largest charter school networks in the state since last year. He is a first-generation American who has obtained degrees from Stanford University and the University of Minnesota, according to the agency.

This is a developing story.

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Cold front moves through North Texas this weekend with freezing temperatures possible by Monday

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2 days ago

November 5, 2025

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Cold front moves through North Texas this weekend with freezing temperatures possible by Monday

McKenna King

Updated on: November 5, 2025 / 8:21 PM CST
/ CBS Texas

Get the jackets ready, North Texas, because following a warm November week, a strong cold front moves in Saturday into Sunday, and drops our temperatures by around 20° as we round out the weekend.

This is a dry front for us in North Texas, but it will bring moisture to parts of the Ohio River Valley, the Great Lakes, and the East Coast. Parts of the Ohio River Valley and Great Lakes regions will even be looking at a shot for snow.

No moisture here, but that deep trough for the eastern half of the country will impact our temperatures significantly, shifting our winds out of the north, and ushering in some of the coldest air we have seen since March.

Highs fall from the lower 80s on Saturday, back to the upper 50s and lower 60s by Sunday afternoon.

The really cold shot of air arrives Monday morning. With clear skies, northerly winds, and radiational cooling, expect temperatures to fall back into the 30s for much of North Texas Monday morning.

Parts of the metroplex may see temperatures drop near freezing, which would mark the end of the growing season for those areas.

It will be our areas along the Red River, and our western spots that are looking at a more certain chance for freezing temperatures on Monday morning.

Have the jackets ready, and make sure the kids are bundled up as we kick off the new school week.