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Texas Longhorns To Host Big Ten Defensive Tackle Transfer For Visit - Report

The Texas Longhorns are set to host Purdue transfer defensive tackle Cole Brevard on Friday.

Matt Galatzan

Purdue Boilermakers defensive lineman Cole Brevard (91) hypes up the crowd Saturday, Sept. 14, 2024, during the NCAA football game against the Notre Dame Fighting Irish at Ross-Ade Stadium in West Lafayette, Ind. Notre Dame Fighting Irish won 66-7.
Purdue Boilermakers defensive lineman Cole Brevard (91) hypes up the crowd Saturday, Sept. 14, 2024, during the NCAA football game against the Notre Dame Fighting Irish at Ross-Ade Stadium in West Lafayette, Ind. Notre Dame Fighting Irish won 66-7. / Alex Martin/Journal and Courier / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images
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The Texas Longhorns have suffered some serious attrition along the defensive front in the NCAA Transfer Portal so far this offseason, with four players electing to leave Austin for new destinations.

In fact, the Longhorns are set to lose eight players in total at the position, with Alfred Collins, Vernon Broughton, Bill Norton and Jermayne Lole all seniors (and likely heading to the NFL), and Sydir Mitchell, Aaron Bryant, Jaray Bledsoe and Tia Savea all leaving via transfer.

it does appear that the Horns are starting to make some headway in finding replacements for those players, signing three extremely talented freshmen in five-star Justus Terry, and four-stars Josiah Sharma and Myron Charles.

However, they ill also need to add some experience. Fortunately, it appears they are pursuing just that.

According to reports from Inside Texas, the Longhorns will host Purdue transfer defensive tackle Cole Brevard for a visit on Friday. Brevard has one year of eligibility remaining as a grad transfer.

This past season with the Boilermakers, Brevard was one of the top tackles in the Big Ten, making 19 total tackles, six tackles for loss and 1.5 sacks, and earning honorable mention all-conference honors in the process.

Brevard has appeared in 37 games over three seasons with the Boilermakers and also played in one game during his freshman season at Penn State before moving to West Lafayette.

A native of Carmel, Indiana, Brevard signed with the Nittany Lions as a four-star recruit, ranking as the No. 206 player in the country, the No. 19 defensive tackle and the No. 1 player in the state for the 2020 class, per the 247Sports Composite Ranking.

Should the Longhorns make a good impression on Brevard and land the 6-foot-3, 333-pound space eater, he would likely immediately fall into the top of the rotation along the front.

That said, given the turnover at the position, the Longhorns are surely going to bring in multiple transfers to help fill those voids.

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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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