Overview
- Running back CJ Baxter and quarterback Trey Owens intend to enter the portal when it opens Jan. 2, with the players indicating their plans via Instagram.
- Baxter missed all of 2024 with a knee injury and, slowed by a 2025 hamstring issue, logged 54 carries for 196 yards in eight games behind Quintrevion Wisner.
- A former five-star recruit, Baxter rushed for 659 yards and five touchdowns as a true freshman in 2023 and totaled 855 rushing yards over 21 games at Texas.
- Baxter’s exit would be Texas’ second running back departure this season after Jerrick Gibson transferred, leaving four scholarship backs in the room.
- Owens arrived as a four-star in 2024 but never climbed above third on the depth chart and has three seasons of eligibility remaining, while Baxter is expected to have two.