That’s because Texas football saw 12 recent former players be selected across the NFL Draft’s seven rounds. This year’s result was enough to break the record the Longhorns set last year, as the program saw 11 of its former players land with NFL teams via the draft.

Texas saw a record number of Longhorns selected in the 2025 draft, with 12 members of the 2024 team that made a run to the College Football Playoff semifinal being picked to play on Sundays. This surpasses the program’s previous record of 11 Longhorns taken in last year’s draft.