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In his senior year, Hammond lead all Texas quarterbacks with 3,901 passing yards and 35 passing touchdowns, along with 1,077 rushing yards and 19 rushing touchdowns. [1] Rated as a consensus four-star recruit, Hammond committed to Texas Tech over offers from other programs such as Auburn , Oregon , Penn State , and Texas A&M .
As a senior, he was the starter at left tackle, receiving All-District 25-6A and San Antonio Express-News first team All-Area honors. Steele was considered a three-star recruit, the No. 1,844 overall prospect, the No. 179 offensive tackle and the No. 239 overall player in Texas in his class, according to the average of the major recruiting ...
On January 1, 2011, Tuberville became the second head coach in Texas Tech football history to win a bowl game in his first season—an accomplishment unmatched since DeWitt Weaver's first season in 1951–52. [40] On January 18, 2011, Texas Tech announced that Tuberville received a one-year contract extension and a $500,000 per year raise. [41]
The Texas Tech Red Raiders football team, representing Texas Tech University, has had 155 players drafted into the National Football League (NFL) since the league began holding drafts in 1936. [1] A 1 ] This includes nine players taken in the first round and one overall number one pick , Dave Parks in the 1964 NFL draft . [ 4 ]
According to legend, before a Tech-A&M football game in 1992, an ESPN announcer joked that Lubbock had "nothing but Texas Tech football and a tortilla factory."
Grade: B — Texas Tech hasn't had back-to-back recruiting classes ranked among the nation's top 30 since 2011 and 2012, but is in position to do that with last year's group coming in at No. 28 ...
Texas Tech football’s recruiting needs include offensive line, secondary and receiver ahead of early signing day. What you need to know.
Texas Tech (then known as Texas Technological College) fielded its first intercollegiate football team during the 1925 season.The team was known as the "Matadors" from 1925 to 1936, a name suggested by the wife of E. Y. Freeland, the first football coach, to reflect the influence of the Spanish Renaissance architecture on campus.