BATTLE: Who Will Be Texas' Short-Yardage RB in 2026? Brown, Smothers, or Cooper? | Texas Football

About this episode

The episode discusses potential candidates for Texas' short-yardage running back in 2026 and evaluates the team's running game performance.

The Texas Longhorns STRUGGLED in short-yardage situations in 2025. Can Steve Sarkisian's offense find a way to have more success in goal line and short yardage situations in 2026? Will Raleek Brown, Hollywood Smothers, or Derrek Cooper step up and become this team's TRUE short-yardage back? How good can the Longhorns' running game truly be this season? We break it all down on this episode of Locked On Longhorns! Thanks for tuning in! Please like, share, subscribe, and leave a comment. Hook 'Em! If you never miss an episode, it’s time to make it official. Join the Locked On Everydayer Club and get ad-free audio, access to our members-only Discord, and more — all built for our most loyal fans. Click here to learn more and join our Longhorns' community: https://lockedonlonghorns.supercast.com/ Follow & Subscribe on all Podcast platforms… 🎧 https://link.chtbl.com/LOLonghorns?sid=YouTube Locked On College Conferences, HBCU, Basketball & More 🎧 https://linktr.ee/LockedOnCollege Support Us By Supporting Our Sponsors! 5-Hour ENERGY Have your cake & drink it too. Birthday cake-flavor is back, no fork needed. Vanilla-y cakey flavor, caffeinated kick, and no sugar. It's party time. Order…

People in this episode

Host: Brad Kellner

Topics covered

• Texas Longhorns
• short-yardage situations
• running game
• football strategy
• 2026 season

Keywords

• Texas Longhorns
• short-yardage RB
• Raleek Brown
• Hollywood Smothers
• Derrek Cooper
• Steve Sarkisian
• football

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Organizations: Steve Sarkisian

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