The Texas Longhorns<\/a> were in Tier 1, while the Texas Tech Red Raiders<\/a> were in Tier 3.<\/p>\n For each team, he named a top prospect, a sleeper prospect and a game circled on the schedule and provided a prospect breakdown. He also projected each team\u2019s potential number of draft picks.<\/p>\n Sports Roundup<\/p>\n Here\u2019s what Reid said for Texas and Texas Tech.<\/p>\n Texas<\/p>\n Top prospect: LB Anthony Hill Jr.<\/p>\n Sleeper prospect: OT Trevor Goosby<\/p>\n Game circled: at Ohio State, Aug. 30<\/p>\n Coming off a season that produced 12 NFL draft picks, the Longhorns are once again loaded with NFL-level talent.<\/p>\n The first name mentioned is Texas\u2019 new starting QB Arch Manning, but odds are he won\u2019t be in the 2026 draft despite being draft eligible, according to what his grandfather Archie told Texas Monthly<\/a>.<\/p>\n DeSoto product Quintrevion Wisner and CJ Baxter could be the next Longhorn RBs to make it to the next level, and Reid writes that Wisner has gotten midround draft grades. <\/p>\n Related:Best- and worst-case scenarios for Texas in 2025: Will Longhorns return to the CFP?<\/a><\/p>\n Other draft-eligible Longhorns mentioned are WR DeAndre Moore Jr., TE Jack Endries, OL DJ Campbell, OL Trevor Goosby, DE Trey Moore, DE Ethan Burke, CB Malik Muhammad, S Michael Taaffe and CB Jaylon Guilbeau.<\/p>\n While Muhammad has gotten Day 2 draft grades, superstar linebacker and Denton Ryan product Anthony Hill Jr. will likely be Texas\u2019 NFL prize in 2026. The junior linebacker is an All-American talent who finished last season with 113 tackles and eight sacks.<\/p>\n Predicted first-rounders in 2026: 2<\/p>\n Predicted total draft picks in 2026: 12<\/p>\n Texas Tech<\/p>\n Top prospect: LB\/Edge David Bailey<\/p>\n Sleeper prospect: CB Brice Pollock<\/p>\n Game circled: at Arizona State, Oct. 18<\/p>\n Stanford linebacker David Bailey (23) runs on the field during the first half of an NCAA football game against Syracuse on Friday, Sept. 20, 2024 in Syracuse, N.Y.<\/p>\n Adrian Kraus \/ AP<\/p>\n David Bailey is arguably the best player in Texas Tech\u2019s loaded transfer portal class, as the transfer DE from Stanford is the Red Raiders\u2019 top 2026 draft prospect. Last year at Stanford he had seven sacks and three forced fumbles, and according to Reid, he is currently projected to be a Day 2 prospect.<\/p>\n DE Romello Height, DT Lee Hunter and DT Skyler Gill-Howard also join Bailey on the Texas Tech defensive line as incoming transfers who have potential to be drafted next spring.<\/p>\n![\"Stanford](\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/JPHMVWDMFRH6BC5NCVGOB4SQQI.jpg\")
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