Trevor Goosby
If Arch Manning is going to have the year Texas needs, someone has to keep him clean. Trevor Goosby did it as a first-team All-SEC tackle in 2025 -- and he came back to do it again.
6′7″ · 325 lb · Melissa, TX · Melissa
Recruiting
OT recruit
No. 414 nationally · Signed with Texas
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His full recruiting profileThe story
If Arch Manning is going to have the year Texas needs, someone has to keep him clean. Trevor Goosby did it as a first-team All-SEC tackle in 2025 -- and he came back to do it again.
- Signed as a 4-star recruit to Texas in 2023.
- Named Preseason All-America in 2026.
Buzz vs Tape
Fans warmer than rivals
His own fans are far more bullish than the rival fanbase.
Also worth knowing:
“OT Jordan Seaton, WR Jeremiah Smith LB Colin Simmons, ED, Texas and CB Leonard Moore definitely All-Americans. — Dylan Stewart, ED, South Carolina Trevor Goosby, OT, Texas David Stone, DT, Oklahoma”
The story
In his first full year as a starter, Goosby was first-team All-SEC and a wall at left tackle -- just three sacks and three quarterback hurries allowed protecting Arch Manning's blindside. He declined a favorable draft projection to return, giving Texas the most valuable kind of continuity for a title run: a proven blindside protector entering the most scrutinized quarterback season in the country. The forward stakes are tied directly to Manning's: a clean pocket is the difference between a Heisman campaign and a frustrated one, and Goosby is the reason it stays clean. He's not the headline name on the roster -- he's the one who makes the headline name possible.
His career
Goosby is a pass-protection-first left tackle whose value shows up in what doesn't happen -- the sacks that never reach the quarterback. The 2025 ledger is the case: three sacks and three hurries allowed across a full SEC season protecting a marquee quarterback, the kind of line that earns first-team all-conference. He has the length and footwork to handle SEC edge rushers and the anchor to hold up against the bull rush. He's a steady, technically sound blindside protector rather than a road-grading mauler -- and on a team whose season rides on its quarterback staying upright, that's the most important job on the line.
Written by our staff.
2023
- Signed with Texas4-star out of Melissa
2025
- All-SECfirst
2026
- Preseason All-AmericaFirst Team
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-AMERICA
Named All-American (2026)
1 selectors honored him
ALL-SEC · 1ST TEAM
All-SEC 1st team (2025)
Badges
- Honors Badge
Splits & context
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Steve Sarkisian
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Awards
A four-star recruit at offensive line for Texas -- now a genuine All-American.
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Texas has produced 4 All-Conference offensive linemen and 2 All-Americans. 8 have gone on to the NFL Draft since 2002. Kelvin Banks was one of them, an All-American.
Selector Grid · 2026
How he plays
Play style
Goosby is a pass-protection-first left tackle whose value shows up in what doesn't happen -- the sacks that never reach the quarterback. The 2025 ledger is the case: three sacks and three hurries allowed across a full SEC season protecting a marquee quarterback, the kind of line that earns first-team all-conference. He has the length and footwork to handle SEC edge rushers and the anchor to hold up against the bull rush. He's a steady, technically sound blindside protector rather than a road-grading mauler -- and on a team whose season rides on its quarterback staying upright, that's the most important job on the line.
2026 Outlook
Texas
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Offensive line · Texas
Returning around him
- 72% of 2024 offensive production back (Strong continuity)
- 6 Texas players drafted to NFL
- Transfer portal: -6 net (22 in / 28 out)
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Texas · Last season: 10-3 (AP #14) · Talent rank #2 · 2026 recruiting class #7
Background
A fourth-year offensive lineman who has played in 30 games with 15 starts ... on 2026 preseason watch lists for the Lombardi Award and Outland Trophy ... Walter Camp preseason First-Team All-American ... preseason All-SEC First Team ... 2026 Phil Steele preseason First-Team All-America selection...