Michael Hawkins Jr. chose the hard path. Or, at least in this era of college football, the path that often ends with a trip to the transfer portal and a fresh start elsewhere. If not the path of most resistance,

The Texas Longhorns were gashed by the legs of Dillon Gabriel in last season's Red River Shootout, as he ran 14 times for a career-high 113 yards and

True freshman Michael Hawkins Jr. will make his second career start for No. 18 Oklahoma against Quinn Ewers and top-ranked Texas on Saturday.