Photo Credit: UTRGV Athletics Carter Hewitt’s UTRGV story started with an open tryout. Two years later, the question is a lot different. Can Carter Hewitt play his way into a starting role? No starting job has been won. But for a player who has already gone from trying to make the roster to finding a role on Saturdays, it’s a fair question to ask. UTRGV Athletics confirms Hewitt made the team through an open tryout during the Vaqueros’ 2024 practice season. His parents, Carli

UTRGV can recruit anywhere now. Transfers. FBS experience. Players from across Texas and beyond. That’s what building a Division I roster looks like. But when the Vaqueros line up in Year Two, there are two names the 956 should already know. Nathan Huerta from Harlingen. Fabian Garcia from San Benito. One has already earned a starting role. The other is trying to win one. And that makes this a little different. Being from the 956 makes us care. Earning the role is what makes

Photo Graphic created by DITV956 intern Jayden Longoria The quarterback battle is going to get the attention. That is understandable. Who takes the first snap for UTRGV will be one of the biggest questions surrounding this team until we have an answer. But two weeks into camp, the more I look at what is happening around that competition, the more interested I am in the other roles starting to take shape. RGVSports’ Week 2 camp report gave fans some valuable details to work wi

Two Valley standouts are joining UTRGV as walk-ons. Nothing is guaranteed but both now get the chance to see what they can do at the Division I level without leaving home. Kian Jones and William Goodloe are getting a shot at Division I football right here in the Valley. Neither is arriving at UTRGV on scholarship. They’re coming in as walk-ons, which means the next part is entirely up to them. Jones comes from San Benito, where he did a little bit of everything. As a senior,

First-team reps, personnel notes and a community event gave fans a closer look at where the Vaqueros are heading UTRGV football opened practice to fans Thursday at Sams Memorial Stadium in Brownsville, and while the coaching staff kept the session controlled, there were still plenty of things worth noticing. It was hot. The Vaqueros were in shoulder pads and shorts. And this wasn’t a scrimmage. But if you were paying attention, there were clues. DITV was on site and got a fir