Texas coach Steve Sarkisian disputes $40 million football roster claims

College football teams arent afraid to dole out some serious money to attract the best players to their programs, but Texas head coach Steve Sarkisian thinks some of the talk around his own school got out of hand this offseason.

Earlier this spring, a Houston Chronicle report suggested that Texas was spending up to $40 million to compile its football roster this season.

Thats fake news, according to Sarkisian.

Whats frustrating on that is it was a little bit of irresponsible reporting, he told SiriusXM of the original claim.

It was one anonymous source said that was what our roster was.

I wish I had $40 million on our roster.

Wed probably be a little better team than we are.

The latest bump in NIL spending across the sport comes as schools await the pending House vs.

NCAA settlement, which will limit the amount of money theyre able to spend on developing their rosters.

The settlement will introduce a revenue-sharing model for the first time in history, as schools will be able to pay about $20 million directly to players in all sports, with football expected to occupy the bulk of that sum.

Texas comes into the 2025 season as one of the most talented overall rosters in college football, as former No.

1 overall recruit Arch Manning is poised to take over as starting quarterback, surrounded by a rotation of elite playmakers on both sides of the ball.

But while the Longhorns may not be spending $40 million to put that team together, they are spending, and so is the competition inside the SEC and out of it.

The idea to think that a lot of other schools arent spending money to get players, I mean, its the state of college football right now, Sarkisian said.

It is what it is.

Hey, were fortunate, dont get me wrong.

Weve got great support...

I wish I had another $15 million or so.

I might have a little better roster.

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