Texas defensive coordinator on freshmen: 'They don't know anything'

Texas defensive coordinator Vance Bedford is raising concerns about the Longhorns' inexperienced secondary, calling the prospect of filling a two-deep with a freshmen "very scary."

His major concern with newcomers?

A lack of familiarity with the system.

"They don't know anything," Bedford said of freshmen players, according to Max Olson of ESPN.

The former NFL coach, however, is signalling that he will afford all five of his newcomers - corners Holton Hill, Kris Boyd, and Davante Davis and safeties DeShon Elliott and P.J. Locke - an opportunity to crack the starting roster.

He said the following.

On paper - it's just paper - they're very talented young people.That's just paper. So from what we've seen, we've told them you're not coming here to be on the bench. We didn't come in here to redshirt you. We're bringing you in right now to give us competition and, if you're good enough, to get out there and play.

Olson notes that Texas could end up having more than 20 true or redshirt freshmen on its depth chart by the end of August, most of whom come from a top-10 rated class that includs 14 top-300 recruits.