WR Quentin Johnston game-time choice for TCU at Texas

AUSTIN — Star TCU large receiver Quentin Johnston looms as a game-time choice for the No. 4 Horned Frogs at No. 18 Texas on Saturday night time, sources informed ESPN.

Johnston injured his ankle on TCU’s first possession of its sport at Texas Tech final week. He was restricted in observe this week, in response to sources, as he did not participate in any of TCU’s practices till Thursday.

The expectation across the program stays that Johnston will heat up and play, however his standing seems to be primarily based on how he feels on Saturday night time. TCU (9-0) is a seven-point underdog in opposition to the Longhorns (6-3).

Johnston has emerged as some of the explosive and dynamic large receivers within the nation this season, as he’d caught landing passes in 4 consecutive video games previous to his early exit in opposition to Texas Tech. He is shot as much as No. 20 on ESPN NFL draft analyst Mel Kiper’s Large Board, and he may find yourself rising as he is Kiper’s fourth-ranked large receiver.

Johnston has risen up draft boards partly as a result of he matches the archetype of an NFL receiver at 6-foot-4, 215 kilos and nonetheless possesses top-end velocity at that measurement. On the season, Johnston has 42 catches for 650 yards.

Johnston put forth some of the spectacular back-to-back performances of the season in October when he torched Kansas for 206 yards on 14 catches and grabbed eight balls for 180 yards in opposition to Oklahoma State the next week.

He earned first-team All-Large 12 honors in 2021 after compiling 634 receiving yards as a sophomore. Johnston is a former verbal decide to the Texas, however he ended up flipping late to TCU in December of 2019 after a flurry of modifications on the Texas teaching workers.