How Texas LB Rasheem Biles created two game-changing turnovers vs.

Violence, instincts, and coaching intersected on Saturday for the Pitt transfer. AUSTIN, Texas — Among the phrases on the wall of the meeting room at the Moncrief-Neuhaus athletic complex is the reference to the single that decides football games — "It's all about the ball."

Throughout the offseason, most of the focus directed at Biles was about his versatility and athleticism because of his effectiveness coming downhill as a blitzer despite his lack of prototypical size or dropping into coverage to take advantage of his background as a receiver and defensive back. But the first big play that Biles made for the Longhorns showcased his physicality when he forced a fumble by Bobcats running back Taji Atkins midway through the second quarter.

The best angle of Rasheem Biles’ punch out. "The play he makes to cause that fumble is elite — most guys just are worried about getting the guy on the ground, and he's coming through with a six-inch punch as he's tackling him to knock the ball out.

"Man, it's me and him, let me just see what I could do," Biles said of the moment he sized up the Texas State running back. When he initially executed the punch, he didn't know that he knocked the football loose until he did what he always does at the bottom of a pile — keep on ripping at the ball trying to get it out.