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One of the main offseason concerns for Texas was what it had at the quarterback position behind Shane Buechele and Sam Ehlinger come this fall. The Longhorns weren't able to get a graduate transfer and with Jerrod Heard still at receiver, they were left with little options.

So where does Texas sit at the moment?

"You asked about the depth behind Shane and Sam, there isn’t any," Herman said at Big 12 Media Days on Tuesday. "We have a walk-on in Josh Covey, and that’s not to slight Josh Covey. Josh is a good player and definitely turned some eyes in spring practice. But we’ll have a package for Jerrod Heard too each week if a bomb blows up and Shane and Sam both can’t finish a game, Jerrod would probably be the guy to go finish the game and then we’d go figure things out the next week. That’s kind of where we’re at."

Buechele, who passed for almost 3,000 yards last season and 21 touchdowns last season, emerged this spring as the clear candidate for the starting job, however, Herman has yet to make it official. Behind him, Ehlinger spent the 15 practices this March and April learning the speed of the college game and has a good shot to see plenty of action this fall.

Heard, on the other hand, tallied 366 receiving yards and tied for the team-high three touchdowns last, his first as a receiver. But in the year before he started 10 games at quarterback and appeared in all 12. He completed 58 percent of his passes for 1,214 passings yards while throwing five touchdowns and five interceptions. Heard also rushed for 556 yards and three touchdowns that season.