Just looking at the numbers, it's easy to see how far Helm has come. The Englewood, Colorado native played exclusively on special teams in his first season, began working his way

Ewers was the last name called during the pregame ceremony at Royal-Memorial Stadium and he received a nice amount of applause from the fans at Royal-Memorial Stadium. He was also seen wearing a celebratory lei while walking down Bevo Boulevard after the Longhorns arrived on campus.

The largest ovations went to, in no particular order, tight end Gunnar Helm ( before he caught two touchdowns in Texas’ 31-14 win vs. Kentucky on Saturday ), defensive backs Michael Taaffe and Jahdae Barron (the former of which led a campaign to design “Jahdae Barron for Thorpe Award” T-shirts that were worn postgame) and quarterback Quinn Ewers.