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Longhorns Land Impact OF Casey Cummings From Transfer Portal

David Pierce and his staff continue to restock the roster, adding a guy in Casey Cummings who will make an impact in 2024.

Connor Zimmerlee

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The Texas Longhorns are no strangers to using the transfer portal to their advantage, as evidenced by this season. After all, several of their biggest contributors were added from the portal. 

Porter Brown and Garret Guillemette, who transferred from TCU and USC respectively, anchored the Longhorns' lineup from the No. 4 and No. 5 holes to help lead them back to another super regional appearance. 

Starting second baseman Jack O'Dowd was a Vanderbilt transfer, and notable bullpen arms such as Charlie Hurley and David Shaw also came over from the portal. Simply put, the Longhorns recognize the impact adding quality players in any way you can get them is important. 

Knowing this, the Longhorns are already adding players from the transfer portal for the 2024 season. On Saturday they landed outfielder Casey Cummings from Chabot College (CA). 

Cummings slashed a solid .387/.560/.820 this season in 43 games, launching 17 home runs and driving in 31 runs. He also flexed his speed on the base paths, stealing 24 bases. 

He gives the Longhorns an immediate impact bat in the lineup as well as a speedy, versatile defender in the outfield - which will come in handy to cover ground in Disch-Falk Field.

David Pierce and his staff, especially Steve Rodriguez, continue to attack the portal in pursuit of adding talent. After all, when you coach the Longhorns you don't rebuild, you retool. 

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Connor Zimmerlee
CONNOR ZIMMERLEE

Connor Zimmerlee is a writer and reporter for the FanNation network. Zimmerlee received his Bachelor's of Journalism from the University of Texas at Austin and graduated from Northwestern's Medill School of Journalism with a Master's of Science in Journalism with a Specialization in Sports Media. 

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