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Tyrone Swoopes named Texas' starting quarterback

Texas quarterback Tyrone Swoopes warms up before the start of Texas' Orange and White spring NCAA college football game, Saturday, April 18, 2015, in Austin, Texas. (AP Photo/Michael Thomas)
Texas quarterback Tyrone Swoopes warms up before the start of Texas' Orange and White spring NCAA college football game, Saturday, April 18, 2015, in Austin, Texas. (AP Photo/Michael Thomas)

In a decision that shouldn’t be much of a surprise, Texas head coach Charlie Strong announced Monday that junior Tyrone Swoopes will start at quarterback when the Longhorns open up at Notre Dame on Saturday.

Swoopes, who started 12 games for the Longhorns in 2014, beat out redshirt freshman Jerrod Heard for the starting gig.

Swoopes was plagued by inconsistency in his first year starting. He finished the season 2,409 yards, 13 touchdowns and 11 interceptions while also rushing for 262 yards and four more scores.

Though Swoopes will start the game, Strong said that Heard will also see action against the Fighting Irish.

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Elsewhere of note on the Texas depth chart released Monday is that the Longhorns will start five true freshmen: wide receiver John Burt, left tackle Andrew Beck, right guard Patrick Vahe, middle linebacker Malik Jefferson and punter Michael Dickson. Redshirt freshmen Edwin Freeman (weakside linebacker) and John Bonney (cornerback) will also start..

Here’s the entire depth chart, via Mike Finger of the San Antonio Express-News:

Saturday’s game in South Bend will kick off at 7:30 p.m. ET.

For more Texas news, visit Orangebloods.com.

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