Texas football: Ethan Burke, Jaylon Guilbeau among Longhorns' undrafted free agents

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Texas football: Ethan Burke, Jaylon Guilbeau among Longhorns' undrafted free agents

In recent years, Texas has had a few of its undrafted free agents blossom at the next level. Will Ethan Burke or Jaylon Guilbeau find as much success in the NFL as Poona Ford or Brenden Schooler?

Texas football: Ethan Burke, Jaylon Guilbeau among Longhorns' undrafted free agents

In recent years, Texas has had a few of its undrafted free agents blossom at the next level. Will Ethan Burke or Jaylon Guilbeau find as much success in the NFL as Poona Ford or Brenden Schooler?

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While in high school, Ethan Burke once committed to joining the lacrosse team at Maryland. He will now try to play professional football in the same state.

On Saturday, the Texas football program announced that Burke had signed with the Baltimore Ravens as an undrafted free agent. Burke was not among the 257 players who were selected in this week's NFL Draft, but it did not take long for the 6-foot-6, 269-pound edge rusher to find a home. Burke signed with the Ravens on the same day that Baltimore also added ex-UT defensive tackle Travis Shaw as an undrafted free agent.

Burke and Shaw were among the seven undrafted free agent from Texas who signed with an NFL team after the conclusion of Saturday's draft:

In recent years, Texas has had a few of its undrafted free agents blossom at the next level. Poona Ford, Cameron Dicker and Brenden Schooler are among the program's recent success stories.

In total, Texas sent more than a dozen players to the NFL this week. In addition to the program's seven undrafted free agents, six Longhorns were taken in the NFL Draft.

More: Texas QB Arch Manning among Longhorns' several projected Round 1 picks in 2027 NFL Draft

Linebacker Anthony Hill Jr. was a second-round pick by the Tennessee Titans on Friday while cornerback Malik Muhammad and tight end Jack Endries were respectively drafted by Chicago and Cincinnati in Saturday's fourth and and seventh rounds. The Miami Dolphins used fourth-, fifth- and sixth-round picks on Texas edge rusher Trey Moore, safety Michael Taaffe and offensive lineman DJ Campbell.

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