Texas’ offseason buzz on offense has found a clear center of gravity, and it starts with Cam Coleman.
With Arch Manning, Ryan Wingo and Emmett Mosley V among the few familiar pieces on a largely remade Texas attack, Steve Sarkisian is still sorting through how all the new parts will fit. But one transfer has already separated himself in fall camp, and it’s the player the Longhorns landed as the No. 1 name in the portal.
Sarkisian said Monday that Coleman’s edge has been rooted in purpose from the moment he arrived in Austin.
"I would say Cam has been phenomenal, and part of this, you know, Cam is very intentional. He came here for a reason," Sarkisian said Monday.
That intent, in Sarkisian’s telling, shaped both the move and the way Coleman has attacked the transition from Auburn to Texas. The new system has demanded a full reset - new language, new structure, new expectations - but Coleman appears to have embraced that challenge rather than shy away from it.
"He was a great receiver at Auburn, right? And he came to a very different system.
And I think I credit him because it was very strategic," Sarkisian said. "He wanted an NFL system.
He wanted to learn how things are taught in the NFL, and he wanted a full route tree, and he wanted formations. He wanted motions.
He wanted to read coverages and run routes based off of coverages, and so he's been very intentional in his approach."
For Texas, the portal has brought talent, but the bigger job has been getting that talent to click with what’s already in place. Sarkisian pointed to buy-in, shared time and the kind of chemistry that usually takes a while to build. That’s especially true for Coleman and Manning, who are still trying to close the gap that comes with not having years of reps together.
Still, Sarkisian said that part is moving in the right direction too.
"And you think about some of the best in the NFL, even relationships, those guys who have been together for a long time, they almost think like one another … Cam, I give him a lot of credit," Sarkisian said. "He's been very intentional to be close to Arch, and I think Arch has been intentional with him as well because they know they've got some ground to make up, and I think their rapport is really good."
Manning, who has already spent a full season building chemistry with Wingo and Mosley, said fall camp has helped Coleman get on the same page quickly.
"We spend a lot of time together, and Cam wants to be great," Manning said. "He takes coaching well.
I can yell at him. I can also say whatever I want.
He doesn't care. He wants to be great.
So it's nice having that, just being able to talk freely and not care what he's going to say. And he works so hard, and I'm just glad he's here."
Coleman’s hype has been tied to talent, not polish. That part still has room to grow, and Sarkisian acknowledged the learning curve that comes with mastering a new offense while trying to become one of the most dangerous weapons in the SEC.
But he also made clear that Coleman hasn’t let the bumps slow him down.
"There's been some growing pains, but to his credit, I've never felt him be down about it. Like he wants it more," Sarkisian said.
"He wants to meet extra. He wants to learn how to do it.
The byproduct is he's playing really well … He's confident in doing it, and I think Arch has got good rapport and good faith in him to do what he's supposed to do."
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