According to reports, Texas Longhorns football coach Charlie Strong has dismissed two offensive linemen from the team for “a significant rules violation.”
Chip Brown of HornsDigest.com reported via Twitter:
A source close to the situation has told @HornsDigest starting Texas OTs Desmond Harrison and Kennedy Estelle have been dismissed from team.
— Chip Brown (@ChipBrown247) September 4, 2014
Source tells @HornsDigest both #Texas OTs Harrison and Estelle committed another team rule violation and were already at zero tolerance.
— Chip Brown (@ChipBrown247) September 4, 2014
#Texas says in a statement OTs Desmond Harrison and Kennedy Estelle are just "suspended" for BYU game. But HD has been told it's indefinite.
— Chip Brown (@ChipBrown247) September 4, 2014
Three sources told @HornsDigest they were told OTs Desmond Harrison and Kennedy Estelle were dismissed for a significant rule violation.
— Chip Brown (@ChipBrown247) September 4, 2014
Based on what I was told tonight, I'd be surprised to ever see #Texas OTs Desmond Harrison or Kennedy Estelle on the field again at #UT.
— Chip Brown (@ChipBrown247) September 4, 2014
If offensive tackles Desmond Harrison and Kennedy Estelle have indeed been dismissed from the Texas program, they would be the fourth and fifth players booted from the program by Strong in the last month.
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In August, the program dismissed running backs Joe Bergeron and Jalen Overstreet and defensive back Chevoski Collins as well as suspending three players for at least the season opener.
Harrison and Estelle were projected as the starting offensive tackles for the Longhorns this season and Estelle did start in Texas’ 38-7 win over North Texas on Saturday.
Losing both Estelle and Harrison would deal more blows to an offense that will already be missing quarterback David Ash against BYU on Saturday because of a concussion and lost center Dominic Espinosa to a broken ankle sustained against the Mean Green.
Junior Marcus Hutchins started at right tackle in place of Harrison in the opener. Sophomore Camrhon Hughes is likely next in line to play on the left side if Estelle is gone.
Estelle, a junior, started eight games last season at right tackle and played in 12 games overall after playing in three games as a freshman in 2012.
Harrison, a senior, played in seven games last season after transferring to Texas from Contra Costa Community College in California.