The Texas Longhorns have made plenty of changes to their depth chart throughout the early stages of fall camp, the most surprising of which has to be junior outside cornerback Kobe Black’s move to safety.
The No. 7 cornerback recruit in the class of 2024, Black has taken 278 of his career 309 snaps at corner but will now join his Connally High School teammate Jelani McDonald in Texas’ third-level.
Despite being recruited at and almost exclusively used as a cornerback, Black has the range, ball skills and awareness befitting his new position. The move will not only highlight those skills but open other possibilities for new defensive coordinator Will Muschamp.
How Black’s Move Alters Texas’ Defense
The most obvious consequence of the shift is that Black’s vacated cornerbacks snaps will be taken up by senior Warren Roberson, who offers a more physical flavor of defensive back play. His skills in press had little utility in former defensive play-caller Pete Kwiatkoski’s off-coverage scheme, but fit perfectly in Muschamp’s pattern-match system…