The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
2026 Football Roster
Roster
Sterling Berkhalter
- Position:
- WR
- Height:
- 6-3
- Weight:
- 192
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Cincinnati, Ohio
- High School:
- Georgia Prep
A first-year wide receiver who transferred to Texas from Wake Forest during spring 2026 ... has played in 43 career games with 21 starts ... played 2024-25 seasons at Wake Forest ... redshirted during the 2023 season at Cincinnati ... played 2021-22 seasons at North Carolina A&T.
BEFORE TEXAS
REDSHIRT SENIOR (2025)
Appeared in all 13 games while making eight starts for the Demon Deacons … recorded 30 catches for 416 yards and two touchdowns … made his Wake Forest debut and recorded 34 receiving yards against Kennesaw State (8/29) … tallied a season-high 72 yards and a touchdown a week later in the win over Western Carolina (9/6) ... recorded a season-high five catches for 34 yards in the Duke’s Mayo Bowl victory over Mississippi State (1/2).
REDSHIRT JUNIOR (2024)
Appeared in all 12 games during the 2024 season for the Bearcats … recorded 11 catches for 191 yards and a touchdown while averaging 17.4 yards per catch … totaled two catches for 70 yards, including a 61-yard touchdown reception, in the opening game against Towson … caught a season-high three catches for 60 yards against Houston.
SOPHOMORE (2023)
Appeared in two games during the 2023 season for the Cincinatti Bearcats … redshirted.
SOPHOMORE (2022)
Played in 11 games with 10 starts during the 2022 season for North Carolina A&T … recorded 28 receptions for 414 yards and two touchdowns … totaled a career-high five catches for 63 yards and a touchdown in a victory over Bryant … recorded four catches for a career-high 90 yards in a win against Edward Waters … added two catches for 37 yards for 37 yards and a touchdown in an Aggie victory over Robert Morris … matched a career-high with five receptions for 63 yards against Charleston Southern.
FRESHMAN (2021)
Appeared in five games, making three starts, during the 2021 season for the Aggies … finished his freshman year with seven receptions for 62 yards … totaled two receptions for 48 yards, including a season-best 40-yard reception, in his first career game against Furman.
HIGH SCHOOL
Attended Georgia Prep Academy and was rated as a three-star prospect and the third-highest-rated prep school receiver in the class of 2021 according to 247Sports…prior to playing for Georgia Prep, played for Princeton High School in Cincinnati.
PERSONAL
Son of Garrick and Sonja Berkhalter…Born on May 21, 2002.
