This week I’m Scattershooting while wondering whatever happened to former Texas quarterback Marty Cherry?

Dorian Leonard had three catches for 42 yards to help the offensive production in the spring game.

It’s tough to determine what’s worth taking and holding onto from a spring game since the numbers performances happen in what amounts to a glorified practice. Nevertheless, comparing last week’s Orange-White Scrimmage, the first outing for the Longhorns where Sterlin Gilbert’s offense was on display publicly, to what the offense produced in last year’s spring game, the last time Shawn Watson led an offense onto the field at Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium, the differences are drastic.

-- Last year the Longhorns ran 134 plays in a full four-quarter exhibition. This year Texas got in 110 plays in just two quarters.

-- The 2015 game saw 575 yards, an average of 4.3 yards per play. Last weekend the offense totaled 611 yards and averaged 5.6 yards every time they snapped the ball.

-- Jerrod Heard was Texas' leading passer last spring game in completion percentage (69 percent on 20 of 29 passing) and yards (177), but neither he nor Tyrone Swoopes threw a touchdown. Shane Buechele’s 22-of-41 (53.7 percent) day for 299 yards and a pair of touchdowns paced the offense in this year’s contest

-- D’Onta Foreman had impressive spring game last year with 66 yards on 11 carries (six yards per carry) and a touchdown, finishing as the game’s the top rusher. He was better this year with 73 yards on nine carries (8.1 yards per carry) and a touchdown, but Chris Warren led the way with 101 yards on only seven rushing attempts (14.4 yards per carry), a day that included a 51-yard touchdown run.

-- There were 178 rushing yards on 61 attempts (2.9 yards per carry) in last year’s spring game. The running game churned up 241 yards on 53 combined carries (4.7 yards per carry) this year.

-- Keep in mind that even though the second half clock was running in last year’s game, the 26.9 seconds per play pales in comparison to the 16.3 seconds per-play clip the Longhorns got off snaps last weekend. At the end of the day, the Longhorns' pace lived up to its billing last Saturday unlike the season before.

Yes, it’s a spring game and it should all be taken with a big, Texas-sized grain of salt. But this remains a positive development for the Texas offense. Stelin Gilbert promised an offense that would go fast, and that's exactly what the Longhorns have.

Buechele has impressed Charlie Strong and his teammates with how he's carried himself since arriving on campus in January.

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Buechele was the talk of the spring game and deservedly so. What’s more impressive than the numbers he put up or that he looked more than capable of eventually winning the current quarterback competition is how Strong talked about Buechele's impact on the program since he arrived in January.

“When you have a guy like Swoopes say to you, ‘I will be made a better player because of Shane Buechele,’ then he's respecting him. Then the players respect him. You talk to the players on this team, they know. Players know players. If you’re sitting there and you (see) a baller, you’re going to say, ‘My man's a baller,’ and that's what a lot of them say.”

It’s going to be hard for Longhorn fans to keep from getting too excited about Buechele. Then again, it seems like Strong isn't holding back when talking about the freshman QB, so it's pretty easy for Longhorn fans to get excited about the offense's future.

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Buechele and Swoopes were the two quarterbacks who put their skills on display in the spring game. However, there are two other signal callers who will factor into the race to be Texas’ starting quarterback at some point.

Well, at least one anyway.

Heard will be able to resume throwing soon after he injured his shoulder in practice a few weeks ago. Strong said he feels Heard is capable of competing for the job when he returns, and Gilbert isn’t ready to count out the quarterback who started 10 games last season (4-6 record).

Locksley has done his best when he's gotten his chances this spring, though he hasn't been given many.

“He’s definitely in the mix,” Gilbert said after the game. “It’s just unfortunate that he got banged up in the midst because he’d be right in the middle of this competition.”

Games like Heard’s performance against California where he broke Vince Young’s school record for single game total offense (527 yards) and his efficient day in quarterbacking Texas’ upset victory over Oklahoma (115 yards rushing, 8-for-11 for 53 yards and a passing touchdown) are the displays of Heard’s athleticism that will make him intriguing for any quarterbacks coach who thinks they can enhance the positives that are there. Gilbert has talked more than once this offseason about being intrigued by Heard’s athleticism, which leads one to believe the former U.S. Army All-American has every reason to approach the summer feeling like he’s still got a chance to win the job.

The same can’t be said for Kai Locksley at this time. The former Under Armour All-America wide receiver didn’t see any action in the spring game, which was par for the course considering how he was said to be getting little to no work in closed practices.

Gilbert didn’t sound all that excited about Locksley’s prospects when he was asked about the redshirt freshman during his post-spring game press conference.

Q: What do you have to say to him to make sure he’s still involved?

A: You know, we just… The summer and going into two-a-days and all of that stuff, so…

Whatever ultimately happens with Locksley, credit him for putting in work and doing his best whenever he’s gotten his chances this spring.

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Davis' interception of a Tyrone Swoopes pass to DeAndre McNeal was one of the plays of the spring game.

Most of the talk about the spring game was about the offense, but there quite a few Longhorns on defense who posted some impressive numbers. The performances were so impressive that a few players bettered some of their career totals in certain categories.

-- Antwuan Davis hasn’t recorded an interception in a game, but he snagged one in the spring game. His theft from DeAndre McNeal down the seam defending from the nickel position was one of the plays of the day, even if the replay did show the ball grazing the ground.

-- John Bonney didn’t have an interception to his name in 2015, his first season to see the field. His move to safety seems to fit his skill set better as he was in the right place at the right time to catch a ball Holton Hill knocked away from Collin Johnson, returning it 26 yards after pulling it down.

-- Quincy Vasser had seven total tackles during his debut season at Texas. He had five tackles, two sacks, two tackles for loss, a fumble recovery and a pass breakup in the spring game, by far the noteworthy performance he’s had as a Longhorn.

-- Breckyn Hager had one sack and two tackles for loss, more than he posted in either category as a true freshman. His move to the Fox position could mean there’s plenty more big plays in the backfield to come from one of the toughest, most violent Longhorns.

-- Two tackles for loss doubled what Charles Omenihu produced all of last season. He also had two sacks (none recorded during his true freshman season) and could be in line for more in 2016 after a spring where he produced as the starting strong end for the vast majority of Texas’ 15 on-field sessions.

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Props to Connor Williams on getting what might be the lone catch of his career in the spring game. He officially went down in the books with one catch for a three-yard loss after he hauled in a Buechele pass that Vasser got a hand on at the line of scrimmage.

Known for his pass blocking at left tackle, Williams caught a pass in the spring game.

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Thursday marked an anniversary few celebrate and most have forgotten. Fifteen years ago to the date the first, and only, XFL championship game was played as the Los Angeles Xtreme defeated the San Francisco Demons in the “Million Dollar Game.”

The XFL, a joint venture between WWE (then WWF) chairman Vince McMahon and NBC Sports, was a colossal failure. The league became infamous for things like nicknames as opposed to last names being put on the nameplate on the back of a player’s jersey and deciding the opening possession of games with a scramble for the football as opposed to a coin toss.

From the linked video you’ll notice former Big 12 official Randy Christal officiating the scramble, in addition to former Nebraska safety Jamel Williams (he being the man who finally caught Derek Lewis from behind on James Brown’s “Roll Left” in the 1996 Big 12 title game) winning the first XFL scramble. More important than those nuggets, and the reason why the XFL is worth mentioning here, is a few Longhorns are tied to the long-defunct spring football league.

Mike Adams was drafted by the San Francisco Demons in third round of the XFL draft, but knee problems forced his retirement from the game in 2001. Aaron Humphrey success in the league, catching on with the Chicago Enforcers and turning enough heads to earn an NFL contract during the ensuing season with the New York Jets.

Octavious Bishop, a teammate of Humphrey’s with the Enforcers, had his football career end in the XFL due to a gruesome leg injury. As Bishop was being carried off the field he flashed the “Hook ‘Em Horns,” which drew the approval of the broadcast team for the game, WWE Hall of Fame announcer Jim Ross, a noted Oklahoma supporter, and wrestler/actor/former Governor of Minnesota, Jesse “The Body” Ventura.

Not that anybody needs to remember the XFL, but at least it gave three Longhorns a chance to continue playing the game at the next level. Or whatever level where the XFL ultimately resided.