Steve Sarkisian just dropped a massive injury update on Trevor Goosby and Laurence Seymore, bringing relief to a panicked Texas Longhorns fanbase right now.
Game week in Austin is officially underway, and so is the glorious return of Steve Sarkisian’s microphone sessions.
On Monday, the head coach took the podium and immediately squashed the growing panic surrounding the Texas Longhorns offensive line.
Sarkisian confirmed that star left tackle Trevor Goosby and veteran transfer guard Laurence Seymore are officially back at practice, delivering the exact Trevor Goosby injury update everyone was desperately waiting to hear.
Let’s be brutally honest: losing a 6-foot-7, 325-pound first-team All-SEC anchor on the blind side is absolute nightmare fuel.
Goosby's preseason bone bruise threw a massive wrench into the team's early-season blueprint.
When the news initially broke, fans braced for the worst-case scenario. But getting him back in pads this Monday proves he’s right on his original two-to-three-week recovery track.
The coaching staff might play it safe and keep him totally sidelined for this Saturday's season opener, ensuring he’s operating at 100 percent before they clash with Ohio State in a few weeks.
Either way, the sheer fact that he’s closing in on full game speed is a gigantic victory for the Longhorns.
Sarkisian wasn’t done handing out good news, though. Laurence Seymore, the highly touted Western Kentucky transfer, is back in the trenches after dealing with his own nagging camp injuries that kept him out for most of last week.
Seymore brings an elite pedigree to the left guard spot, having posted a ridiculous 82.6 pass-blocking grade last season while allowing just one penalty on 840 total snaps.
His return is incredibly critical.
He was widely viewed as the overwhelming favorite to lock down the starting left guard role, but his missed time cracked the door open for Dylan Sikorski to steal valuable reps.
We’ll likely see both Seymore and the Oregon State transfer split time on the field this weekend as they violently battle for the undisputed starting job.
Texas fans were absolutely sweating the condition of their offensive front when these injuries hit back-to-back.
The trenches are where championships are won, and fielding a compromised unit in week one is a quick recipe for a blown season.
Thankfully, catastrophe was completely averted. The Longhorns are entering the regular season essentially as healthy as a physical football team can possibly be.
By the time the Buckeyes roll onto the schedule, this newly rebuilt Texas O-line should be fully whole, aggressively nasty, and ready to dominate the line of scrimmage.
