TCU may be reaching for a familiar kind of spark again.
Two years after Savion Williams’ move to a hybrid running-back role helped save the Horned Frogs’ season, the offense is testing another wideout in a similar lane. Senior receiver Major Everhart has worked with the running backs over the last few practices, and he is expected to get some touches out of the backfield.
Offensive coordinator Gordon Sammis said the goal is simple: get the ball into the hands of one of TCU’s most dynamic players.
“Just for us, Major’s got a lot of talent,” Sammis said. “And we want to try to find a way to get Major the football, whatever that may be.
He played running back in high school, he’s played wide (receiver) out here. He’s done a lot of different things for us.
“So any way we can get our most explosive guys the ball, we’re gonna try and do that.”
Everhart fits the kind of flexible piece TCU can move around. He can line up in the backfield, work from the slot and help on special teams. The flashes have been there, too, including an 86-yard kickoff return against Colorado in the 2023 season opener.
The Horned Frogs are trying to turn those flashes into a bigger, more reliable role as they reshape the offense after losing key names from last year, including quarterback Josh Hoover and wide receiver Eric McAlister.
Everhart is not a carbon copy of Williams. Williams was 6-foot-4 and nearly 220 pounds; Everhart is listed at 5-foot-11, 180 pounds.
But the common thread is obvious: both are former high school runners who are most dangerous once the ball is in their hands. Everhart rushed for 1,647 yards and 15 touchdowns in his final season at Tascosa High in Amarillo at the Class 5A level.
Physically, Everhart lines up more closely with backs such as junior Jeremy Payne, and he is a bit smaller than sophomore Jon Denman.
The move also helps TCU shore up depth behind its top two backs. Division-II transfer Landon Walker has been banged up during fall camp, while true freshmen Amante Martin and G’Ivori Graham have picked up more work.
Adding Everhart into that mix gives the Frogs another explosive option, and Payne sees the resemblance to what TCU once did with Williams.
“It’s been good, it kind of reminds me of Savion my freshman year,” Payne said. “He’s wearing No. 3 also. They’re both fast and explosive, so it should be a benefit.”
Creativity was part of why Sonny Dykes hired Sammis to run the offense, and this is the latest sign that the staff is leaning into it. TCU is hoping the experiment helps give the offense more juice as it tries to contend in the Big 12.
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