Some potentially bad news has hit the Texas Longhorns after just one practice in full pads. Anwar Richardson of Rivals.com reported Sunday afternoon, citing a source close to the situation, that Texas senior cornerback Sheroid Evans suffered a knee injury in Saturday's practice.

School officials did not comment on Evans' status when reached for contact by Horns247. If Evans' knee injury is serious, it would be a tremendous blow to not just the fifth-year senior but the entire Longhorn secondary.

Evans missed the 2014 season while recovering from a torn ACL he suffered in October 2013. He had a good winter and was someone teammates were looking forward to seeing back in action this spring.

“Sheroid is still Sheroid: fast as can be,” Duke Thomas said after the first day of practice. “He's still one of the top-10 fastest, or whatever he was before the injury. He's flying out there.”

If Evans is out for an extended amount of time, the starting job at the cornerback spot opposite of Thomas would likely fall on the shoulders of junior Bryson Echols. Sophomore Antwuan Davis would then be the No. 3 cornerback this spring as redshirt freshmen John Bonney and Jermaine Roberts have worked in the nickel cornerback spot.

Hopefully for Texas, Evans, a Top247 recruit in the 2011 signing class, isn't out for an extended amount of time.

“He's real excited,” Thomas said. “He's back like he never lost a step, so get ready to see him make plays.”

Sources tell me #Longhorns #Hookem CB Sheroid Evans sustains knee injury in practice https://t.co/oPleDMNANT — Anwar Richardson (@AnwarRichardson) March 29, 2015



