In promotion of Johnsonville Sausage's partnership with the Joe Moore Award, CBS Sports analyst, Super Bowl XXXI champion, and the founder of the award, former offensive lineman Aaron Taylor, sat down with Texas Longhorns On SI to talk all things offensive line.

The award, named after Taylor's legendary offensive line coach at Notre Dame, is given to the nation's most outstanding offensive line. Though there is no watch list for the award, Texas has the talent to be in the conversation by December if things break right.

In fall camp this week, things didn't exactly break right. Though Longhorns left tackle Trevor Goosby recently went down with a bone bruise, he is expected to return in 2-3 weeks, putting him in line to be back by Week 1 vs. Texas State or Week 2 against Ohio State at the latest.

Still, having an injury to Arch Manning's trusty blindside tackle so close to that marquee matchup with the Buckeyes is worrying.

Taylor was at practice last week on the Forty Acres. While he noted Goosby's standout performance, he also spoke to how strong the line looked overall, rotation players included.

"I know Trevor's a tough kid. I was at practice Thursday of last week, and he looked phenomenal," Taylor said. "The offensive line was doing a really nice job both in the run and the pass game, and he certainly was the leader of that pack. That's a devastating injury, and we know what happened a season ago with injuries. It was really hard to find the right units and get the production that it needed. They got running backs in the backfield, Sark solved it, and then boom, left tackle No. 1 goes down."

"Based on what I saw at practice, Texas finally has some depth. They got some talent. Now it's young, and some of it's inexperienced, and that's what you kind of worry about. But you do have a week to get yourself ready and shake out those kinks. That buys you some time to get Trevor back, because he's gonna need to be at full strength against a loaded Buckeyes squad."

Who is the Texas Longhorns' Backup Left Tackle?

Andre Cojoe, who missed the entire 2025 season after an ACL tear last August, has been stepping up in practice after Goosby's injury. Cojoe redshirted in 2023 and is in his fourth year with the program.

Cojoe is in line to return next year, and he could carve out a path to the starting job, though he's mainly worked at right tackle this offseason, and Texas also has five-star freshman Ismael Camara coming down the pike.

Jordan Coleman is also an option. Coleman is inexperienced, having only played one game against Sam Houston State. That was a 55-0 blowout that hardly prepared Coleman for a potential start against Ohio State.

Still, he's been getting left tackle snaps this offseason and is most natural at that position. Coleman also has experience at guard.

Goosby is not expected to miss much time, if any. But if he does, there are replacement options that have a lot to prove. Taylor believes those are high-ceiling options.

And so far since the Goosby injury, he has been exactly right.

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