Overview
- Texas confirmed Tuesday that Will Stone is no longer with the team and intends to enter the transfer portal when it opens on Jan. 2.
- He has one year of eligibility remaining and is reported by Inside Texas to be redshirting this season.
- A former No. 3 kicker in the 2022 class, Stone did not win the primary job over walk-on Bert Auburn after arriving to replace Cameron Dicker.
- He worked mainly as the kickoff specialist and handled two extra points in last season’s College Football Playoff semifinal against Ohio State.
- This season he posted eight touchbacks on 20 kickoffs and missed the UTEP and Sam Houston games, while Mason Shipley’s fill-in work produced about a 20% touchback rate with one kickoff out of bounds.