Texas’s once-promising center whose Longhorn stint ended in controversy
Buck Burnette was a highly regarded 2006 Texas offensive-line signee and a rugged interior blocker out of Wimberley, where he earned two first-team all-state honors and piled up 163 pancake blocks over his final two prep seasons[8]. In college, he was viewed as a useful backup center with enough versatility to get first-team reps in a pinch, but his Texas career ended abruptly after a 2008 social-media post led to his dismissal[1][2][15]. The football takeaway: talented, physical, and trusted enough to be penciled in for interior depth, but his Texas profile is inseparable from a major off-field red flag that would make him a poor fit for most programs[1][2].
