There's a lot of words spoken and ink spilled about Texas quarterback Sam Ehlinger these days. Dave Campbell's Texas Football captures the Longhorn's response succinctly: bring it on.

The 60th annual edition of ‘the bible of Texas Football’ revealed its storied cover on Monday featuring Texas quarterback Sam Ehlinger for its latest iconic image. The headline captures the duality of opinions on the Longhorns signal-caller: "BRING IT ON: Sam Ehlinger hears the hype and the hate. He's ready." Ehlinger is the first Longhorns player to grace the cover of the magazine since 2009.

"Choosing the cover of the magazine is the biggest decision we make every year at Dave Campbell's Texas Football," said Greg Tepper, the magazine's managing editor. "We have to get it right, and it's a really difficult choice, especially when it's the 60th annual edition. The buzz surrounding Ehlinger and the Longhorns after their breakout 2018 season makes them, in my mind, the most compelling story in the state entering the 2019 season. That's cover-worthy."

For the fourth consecutive year, the magazine will feature a second "gatefold" cover, and this one's sure to get people talking: Galena Park North Shore — embodied by superstar running back Zach Evans — and Duncanville — personified by dynamic quarterback Ja'Quinden Jackson — square off in the latest battle between Houston and Dallas for Texas high school football supremacy. The headline says it all: "It's bigger than titles. It's for the city."

"Who can forget North Shore and Duncanville's amazing Hail Mary finish in the state championship game last season?" Tepper said. "These are the two Texas high school football teams that people are talking about, and they embody the cities they represent so well. Dallas vs. Houston is a great rivalry, and we wanted to capture that."

The 400-page all-color annual magazine covers football in Texas — from high school to recruiting to college to the pros — as no other publication can. Inside the 400-page magazine, readers will find:

An enlightening look at Texas quarterback Sam Ehlinger, his path to the Longhorns and the pressures of the job, written by Texas Football's Shehan Jeyarajah

A remarkable double-byline feature about the budding North Shore vs. Duncanville rivalry — and its embodiment of the Houston vs. Dallas rivalry — as told from the North Shore perspective by Adam Coleman of the Houston Chronicle and from the Duncanville perspective by Callie Caplan of The Dallas Morning News

A groundbreaking Texas High School Coaches Survey, in which Texas Football asked TXHSFB coaches across the state their true thoughts on the hot-button topics surrounding the sport, including which FBS coaches are the most (and least) trustworthy and where the state championship games should be played

Individual team previews of more than 1,400 Texas high school football

In-depth analysis of each in-state FBS program’s 2019 team, plus coverage of Texas’ FCS, DII, DIII and JUCO teams

Deep-dive conference previews, including the ongoing fight for Big 12 supremacy, Texas A&M’s exciting encore to a promising 2018 season, new coaches at Texas Tech, Houston and Texas State, the chances of a C-USA champion from Texas, and more

The Preseason All-Texas College team, honoring the top college players in the state

The annual Super Teams and Top 300, honoring the top recruits in the state

The coveted Coverboy spot for every high school classification

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To request interviews with Managing Editor Greg Tepper, please contact greg.tepper@texasfootball.com. To download high-resolution images of the cover, visit bit.ly/DCTFCover2019. Subscribers should begin to receive magazines the third week in June; the magazine should hit newsstands across Texas beginning the first week in July.

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