This article was originally published on www.si.com/fannation/name-image-likeness as Steve Sarkisian sends blunt message to Texas recruits about NIL money. No other team in college football is projected to spend more on their 2025 roster than the Texas Longhorns.

If you could only guarantee two things about this Texas football team heading into the 2026 season, it would be that Arch Manning would be QB1 and Michael Taaffe would be the team’s No. 1 leader—offense or defense.

In his second SEC Media Days, Texas Longhorns coach Steve Sarkisian discussed Arch Manning's first year at QB, program building and more.

A select few Texas Longhorns players and coaches are proudly representing the program at SEC Media Days in Atlanta this week, but considering recent events, it

If Texas is in fact back, the Longhorns will be back in Atlanta for a SEC championship game and back in the fold for the CFP. Steve Sarkisian knows this.

Five-star linebacker recruit Tyler Atkinson joins "The Pat McAfee Show" to announce his commitment to the Texas Longhorns next season.

Manning made his much-anticipated appearance in Atlanta on Tuesday ahead of his first full season as Texas' starter

The Texas Longhorns secured another major recruiting win over the Georgia Bulldogs on Tuesday by flipping 2026 five-star defensive lineman James "JJ" Johnson, per On3's Hayes Fawcett. A product of Miami Northwestern High School,