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Most indispensable player: Texas

May, 22, 2013
May 22
2:30
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By David Ubben | ESPN.com
We're walking through each Big 12 team and identifying its most irreplaceable talent on the blog right now. He's the guy they can least afford to lose and the guy to whom an injury or departure would have the most effect.

Let's move on with Texas.

More most indispensable players.

Most indispensable player: QB David Ash

Texas is pretty close to being one of the most complete teams in the Big 12 on paper, but Ash holds a lot of that together. The Longhorns have legitimate Big 12 title aspirations, but it's not happening with Case McCoy at quarterback for the conference season. Ash is the Big 12's most experienced quarterback with 18 career starts, and though he's had consistency issues throughout those starts, he's shown the potential to be way, way above average. Critique Ash's shortcomings all you want, but he's definitely good enough to win a Big 12 title considering the team around him, and no other quarterback on Texas' roster can say that. Unless they've got a big lead in the standings late in the season, an injury to Ash means saying goodbye to the Longhorns' Big 12 title hopes. No other position has a player that integral to the team's overall success.

The Longhorns have some promising freshmen on the roster in Tyrone Swoopes and Jalen Overstreet, but no doubt about it: Texas' most indispensable player is Ash.
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Burnt Orange Breakdown: David Ash 

May, 22, 2013
May 22
12:00
PM CT
By Carter Strickland | ESPN.com
During the summer, HornsNation will analyze each of the scholarship players on the Texas roster -- excluding the Longhorns' 2013 recruiting class -- in our Burnt Orange Breakdown series. Starting with No. 1 Mike Davis, we will go through the roster numerically, finishing with No. 99 Desmond Jackson.

No. 14 David Ash
Junior quarterback


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California QB visiting Longhorns in June 

May, 22, 2013
May 22
10:30
AM CT
By Max Olson | ESPN.com
Texas’ search for potential 2015 quarterback targets has taken Major Applewhite all the way out to California.

The Longhorns offensive coordinator has at least five West Coast quarterbacks on his radar right now and is visiting them this week. Kyle Kearns is glad to know he’s one.


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Tales from the Road: Texas 

May, 22, 2013
May 22
9:00
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By Max Olson | ESPN.com
Every Wednesday, HornsNation will take a look at Texas' week in recruiting in Tales From The Road.

This week’s targets: As the spring evaluation period winds down, Texas coaches are hitting the road -- both in and outside the state -- to follow up with potential targets. No new offers have gone out so far this week, but the greater goal is to get all those targets on campus June 2 and 9 for Texas’ one-day mini camps. Expect several more offers to be handed out to 2014 and 2015 prospects after those camps.

Area of interest: East Texas is particularly loaded with talent for both the 2014 and 2015 classes, and Texas has worked hard to get in the mix for nearly all of the area’s best. Texas already has a pledge from C Terrell Cuney (Jasper, Texas/Jasper), remains one of the top contenders for ESPN 150 WR K.D. Cannon (Mount Pleasant, Texas/Mount Pleasant) and is pursuing ESPN 150 ATH Davion Hall (Texarkana, Texas/Liberty-Eylau), RB Kevin Shorter (Newton, Texas/Newton) and WR Dorian Leonard (Longview, Texas/Longview). Coveted 2015 S Larry Pryor Jr. (Sulphur Springs, Texas/Sulphur Springs) has Texas on top, and the Longhorns are No. 2 behind Texas A&M for 2015 DT Daylon Mack (Gladewater, Texas/Gladewater).

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Texas branching out, recruiting in Georgia 

May, 22, 2013
May 22
8:00
AM CT
By William Wilkerson | ESPN.com
AUSTIN, Texas -- There has never been a football player from the state of Georgia that started his college career as a Longhorn. At least not dating back to 1947, which is the first year Texas started keeping track of its players’ hometowns on its official website.

The list of players from Georgia who transferred in isn’t much bigger -- you can count them on one hand with a few fingers to spare -- making former Longhorns punter Greg Johnson part of a very small fraternity.


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