Texas football lost another VR star in the 2025 NFL Draft

Texas football will reload in 2025. Longhorns they lose another wide receiver that the NFL draftper ESPN. Isaiah Bond leaves Austin to try and take his talents for professional football.

“I want to show teams that they’re getting the most explosive wide receiver in the draft,” Bond told ESPN. “They’re getting a great, great athlete and hard worker.”

Texans fans likely expected the move, as Bond projects as one of the fastest players available. The Longhorns receiver is ranked as the No. 6 wide receiver in Mel Kiper Jr.’s NFL draft rankings, according to the release.

Texas football is already dealing with the loss of another wide receiverMatthew Golden. The Longhorns had just lost in the College Football Playoff semifinals to Ohio State. It happened again in 2023 when Texas lost to Washington in the semifinal game.

Texas is expected to look very different in 2025

Texas football will look very different on offense in 2025. The team is already set to lose quarterback Quinn Evers, who led the team to two straight CFP appearances.

Arch Manning should take over as the Texas quarterbackand now it looks like he’ll need some new receivers to throw to. The losses of Golden and Bond are hard on fans.

Bond had a great season in 2024. The receiver finished the season with 34 receptions for 540 yards and five touchdowns. His stats were down slightly from 2023, when he caught 48 passes for 668 yards. Bond spent the 2022 and 2023 campaigns playing for Nick Saban at Alabama.

The wide receiver also scored a rushing touchdown this season for Texas football. He has four carries for 98 yards this season for the Longhorns.

“I really appreciate my time in Texas,” Bond added. “I told Coach Sark, ‘I appreciate the opportunity he gave me to play on his football team at this great university.’ I am grateful and deeply grateful that he accepted me as one of his own.”

Bond’s best performance of the season came against UTSA, when he caught five passes for 103 yards. He also caught two touchdowns in that game, a 56-7 victory. The receiver hasn’t had a strong performance in the last few games. He caught just one pass in Texas’ football CFP loss to Ohio State.

Texas opens the 2025 season against Ohio State, which will be a tough challenge for the Longhorns.