EXCLUSIVE CONTENT Get ESPN+ Skill players could impact Texas in 2012Carter StricklandJan 4, 2012, 11:13 AM ETCloseReporter for HornsNationCovers Texas Longhorns sports and recruitingJoined ESPN in 2011Follow on XMultiple AuthorsEmailOpen Extended ReactionsAUSTIN, Texas -- Texas played 18 true freshmen in 2011, more than it ever had.Thirty of Texas' 56 participants in the Holiday Bowl had never played in a bowl game.And the Longhorns have ESPNU's top recruiting class.
