Longhorns QB Casey Thompson Earns Multiple Accolades After Win Over Texas Tech

Casey Thompson had a field day vs. the Red Raiders, and the rest of the nation took notice

Matt Galatzan | Sep 27, 2021

The Texas Longhorns are coming off of their most dominant offensive performance since the 2005 season vs. Texas Tech on Saturday, in a game where just about everything seemed to go the Longhorns' way.

Despite the dominance across the board for the offense, it was Longhorns quarterback Casey Thompson that truly stole the show, completing 18 of 23 passes for 303 yards and five touchdowns, to go along with seven carries for 29 yards and another score -- giving him more total touchdowns than incompletions on the afternoon.

As a result, Thompson earned multiple weekly honors from around the country, including being named Big 12 Offensive Player of the Week, the Maxwell Award Player of the Week, and the Manning Award Star of the Week.

Thomson, however, wasn't the only Longhorn to earn an award on the weekend, with freshman wideout Xavier Worthy being named the Big 12 Newcomer of the Week, following his own dominant showing.

For the game, Worthy finished with five catches for 100 yards and hauled in three of Thompson's touchdown passes.

The pair will try to replicate their explosive performance this Saturday in Fort Worth when the Longhorns take on a TCU team that has given up more than 1,000 yards of offense over the last two weeks.

Texas and TCU are set to kick off at 11 AM on Saturday morning, with the game scheduled for broadcast on ABC.

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Published Sep 27, 2021

MATT GALATZAN

Matt Galatzan is the Managing Editor and Publisher of Texas Longhorns On SI and Texas A&M Aggies On SI and a long-time member of the Football Writer’s Association of America. He graduated from the University of Mississippi, where he studied integrated marketing communications, with minors in journalism and business administration. Galatzan started in the sports journalism industry in 2014 covering the Dallas Mavericks and SMU Mustangs with 247Sports. He then moved to Sports Illustrated's Fan Nation network in 2020, eventually being taking over as the Managing Editor and Publisher of the Longhorns and Aggies sites a year later. You can find Galatzan on all major social media channels, including Twitter on @MattGalatzan.