The older Sam Ehlinger gets, the better Texas’ offense gets. When he was a freshman in 2017, the offense ranked No. 66 in America. Last year? It jumped all the way up to No. 14 in total offense and No. 17 in scoring offense.
“He was a wide-eyed true freshman and the game was extremely fast for him that first year,” Tom Herman said. “But we knew he understood football and football made sense to him. We always knew that he had elite leadership abilities as well.”