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The Texas football team has apparently added some much-needed depth to its backfield.
Former Kansas and SMU running back Velton Gardner announced Wednesday night on his Instagram account that he is joining the Longhorns. Gardner revealed in February that he was entering the transfer portal.
The news about Gardner’s plans was first reported by On Texas Football.
Earlier this week, Texas head coach Steve Sarkisian was asked if he would consider grabbing a running back out of the transfer portal in the wake of the season-ending injuries suffered by CJ Baxter (knee) and Christian Clark (Achilles). Sarkisian replied: “We definitely have a (roster) spot that we can utilize. A lot of times this late in the game, that’s probably not a traditional transfer, maybe more of a graduate transfer, something of the sort. We’re kind of looking at all of our options there. We just don’t want to take a body to take a body. If it’s someone that can help us in some capacity, maybe limited role, bigger role, whatever that is, we are looking at all options that way.”
In the 5-foot-9, 189-pound Gardner, Texas gains a running back who has already played five years of college football. A three-star recruit out of Dallas during the 2019 cycle, he started six times over his three years at Kansas and was the Jayhawks’ leading rusher in 2020. While playing for SMU the past two seasons, he appeared in 18 games.
Gardner has rushed for 1,024 yards in his collegiate career.
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