Entering the SEC this season, the Texas Longhorns and special teams coordinator Jeff Banks have one of the most important assets in football — a reliable, veteran kicker capable of making high-pressure field goals in close games.
Senior Bert Auburn is back for his fourth season on the Forty Acres after earning first-team All-Big 12 honors in 2023 when he set the school and Big 12 records for most consecutive made field goals with 19, set the Texas single-season record for made field goals (29) and scored 143 points, the most-ever for a Longhorns kicker.
Head coach Steve Sarkisian publicly supported Auburn during a tough 3-of-6 stretch early in the season and Auburn rewarded that confidence by hitting four key field goals in the overtime win over Kansas State, including a 49-yarder, another 49-yarder among three field goals in the tight road victory against TCU, and three more field goals in another road win over Iowa State, setting his career long of 50 yards.