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Texas Longhorns Coach Steve Sarkisian Updates Injuries For Kelvin Banks & Quinn Ewers

The Texas Longhorns face the Georgia Bulldogs on Saturday for an SEC Championship and hope to have their two best players.

Matt Galatzan

Nov 30, 2024; College Station, Texas, USA; Texas Longhorns head coach Steve Sarkisian checks on injured offensive lineman Kelvin Banks Jr. (78) during the Lone Star Showdown against the Texas A&M Aggies at Kyle Field. Mandatory Credit: Sara Diggins/USA TODAY Network via Imagn Images
Nov 30, 2024; College Station, Texas, USA; Texas Longhorns head coach Steve Sarkisian checks on injured offensive lineman Kelvin Banks Jr. (78) during the Lone Star Showdown against the Texas A&M Aggies at Kyle Field. Mandatory Credit: Sara Diggins/USA TODAY Network via Imagn Images / Sara Diggins/USA TODAY Network via Imagn Images
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The Texas Longhorns lost star left tackle Kelvin Banks early on to an injury against the Texas A&M Aggies on Saturday, leading to speculation about his availability vs. the Georgia Bulldogs in the SEC Championship Game.

Banks then emerged from the locker room after receiving medical treatment in street clothes and with a walking boot on his ankle, adding to those fears.

During his press conference on Monday, Texas head coach Steve Sarkisian gave a positive update on Banks, but noted it is still an evolving situation.

"Similar to Quinn it's gonna kind of be a process throughout the week to see what he can look like as we get closer to game day," Sarkisian said. "But it was a good start to the week for him."

Speaking of Ewers, the Texas QB played through a high ankle sprain vs. the Aggies and performed admirably, throwing for over 200 yards and a score, while using his legs to extend multiple plays thoughout the game.

In fact, Ewers had more yards rushing alone with 29 than Texas A&M running back Amari Daniels, who finished the game with 13 carries for 21 yards.

And when asked about the status of Ewers following the win, Sarkisian had a positive update.

"He practiced today, and it will be very similar to last week."

The Longhorns and Bulldogs will kick off at 3 pm CT on ABC.

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Matt Galatzan
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.

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