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  10/06/26 - Will Karoll, Sr/2027, Texas Tech, 6-4, 215 (DS#19 P) + More +

  10/05 WEEK 5 BIG 12 CO-SPECIAL TEAMS PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Will Karoll, P, Texas Tech,...Karoll becomes the first three-time winner of a Conference award this season, booming three punts for an average of 55.7 yards per kick in Texas Tech's win in Boulder. The senior from Australia made the most of kicking at elevation with punts of 66 and 67 yards that were downed at the CU 2-yard line and the 16-yard line. Karoll is also the individual NCAA punting leader at 50.0 yards per attempt so far this season. - Big 12 Football

(DS#19 P) Sr/2027 P Will Karoll, Texas Tech
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  10/06/26 - Brice Pollock, Sr/2027, Texas Tech, 6-0, 195 (DS#1 CB) + More +

  10/05 WEEK 5 BIG 12 CO-DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Brice Pollock, DB, Texas Tech,...Winning the second Big 12 weekly honor of his career, Pollock earned this week's distinction by tallying a pair of interceptions in the Red Raiders' 29-7 win at Colorado. The victory also marked the second two-interception game of his career, snagging a pair of picks in a win over Oregon State last season. Both of his turnovers helped set up Texas Tech field goals on Saturday. - Big 12 Football

(DS#1 CB) Sr/2027 CB Brice Pollock, Texas Tech
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  09/29/26 - Austin Romaine, Sr/2027, Texas Tech, 6-2, 240 (DS#8 ILB) + More +

  09/28 WEEK 4 BIG 12 CO-DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Austin Romaine, LB, Texas Tech,...Romaine earned recognition in Texas Tech's 49-14 victory over Sam Houston by becoming the second player in FBS history to record a pick-six on consecutive snaps. The two interceptions returned for touchdowns were paired with eight total tackles. He became the first Big 12 player since K-State's Bobby Walker in 2002 to record multiple pick-six interceptions in the same game. - Big 12 Football

(DS#8 ILB) Sr/2027 ILB Austin Romaine, Texas Tech
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  09/28/26 - Austin Romaine, Sr/2027, Texas Tech, 6-2, 240 (DS#8 ILB) + More +

  SEPT 28 WEEK 4 ASSOCIATED PRESS NATIONAL PLAYER OF THE WEEK HONORABLE MENTION: Texas Tech LB Austin Romaine returned interceptions for touchdowns on back-to-back defensive plays in a 49-14 win over Sam Houston. - AP College Football

(DS#8 ILB) Sr/2027 ILB Austin Romaine, Texas Tech
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  09/23/26 - Will Karoll, Sr/2027, Texas Tech, 6-4, 215 (DS#19 P) + More +

  09/21 WEEK 3 BIG 12 CO-SPECIAL TEAMS PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Will Karoll, Punter, Texas Tech,...Repeating as a special teams weekly winner, Karoll helped Texas Tech control field position in its win over then-No. 22 Houston on Friday. He launched punts of 60, 61 and 55 yards to average 58.7 per punt, which included a final kick being downed at the Houston 12-yard line with only 2:44 remaining. It marked the highest punting average in the FBS this season among punters with at least three punts and the highest in a Big 12 contest since 2022. - Big 12 Football

(DS#19 P) Sr/2027 P Will Karoll, Texas Tech
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  09/15/26 - Will Karoll, Sr/2027, Texas Tech, 6-4, 215 (DS#19 P) + More +

  09/14 WEEK 2 BIG 12 CO-SPECIAL TEAMS PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Will Karoll, P, Texas Tech,...Karoll was called on to punt seven times in Texas Tech's 35-24 victory at Oregon State, consistently flipping the field to the tune of a 44.4 average. The Beavers were unable to return any of Karoll's punts and started each of their ensuing drives inside their own 30-yard line. Four of those drives started inside the 20, including three in the first half when Oregon State was forced to start drives at the 9, 10 and 16-yard lines. - Big 12 Football

(DS#19 P) Sr/2027 P Will Karoll, Texas Tech
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  12/06/25 - Ben Roberts, rSr/2027, Texas Tech, 6-3, 245 (DS#13 ILB) + More +

  Cameron Dickey scored right after the first of linebacker Ben Roberts' two interceptions in the second half as No. 5 Texas Tech won the Big 12 championship game, and almost certainly locked up a first-round bye in the College Football Playoff, with a 34-7 victory over 11th-ranked BYU on Saturday. After investing millions of dollars in the transfer portal, the Red Raiders (12-1, No. 4 CFP) have their first Big 12 title - they are one of only six schools that have been part of all 30 Big 12 seasons. They are also going to the CFP for the first time, though their win likely prevented the Big 12 from getting a second team in the playoff. Behren Morton, who didn't play in Tech's only loss at Arizona State, threw two TDs to Cody Eakin and Stone Harrington kicked four field goals for the Red Raiders. The only losses by BYU (11-2, No. 11 CFP) are to the Red Raiders, including 29-7 in Lubbock four weeks ago before four turnovers in the second half this time. The Cougars will fall out of the top 12 instead of moving up when the new CFP rankings come out Sunday. They likely needed to be in the top 10 for a playoff spot.

Roberts, one of the holdovers on the Tech defense along with fellow linebacker Jacob Rodriguez (13 tackles), got his first interception with about 3 1/2 minutes left in the third quarter when he reached up and deflected the pass by true freshman Bear Bachmeier. On the next play, Dickey took a direct snap and ran untouched 11 yards for a touchdown and 21-7 lead after making the 2-point conversion. Harrington, who kicked a school-record five field goals against BYU last month, missed a 49-yard field goal attempt after Roberts jumped a route to make a one-handed interception in the fourth quarter. But in between Roberts becoming the first player with multiple interceptions in one of the 24 Big 12 championship games, transfer Romello Height recovered when Bachmeier fumbled when being sacked. Harrington made a 44-yarder that time. Robertson almost had his hands on another interception, but that deflection came on a fourth-down play that gave the ball back to the Red Raiders. Tech went ahead to stay on Eakin's incredible leaping 33-yard TD catch with 10:42 left in the second quarter that made it 10-7. He reached up with both hands to snag the ball, then got a foot down while twisting and lunging into the end zone. Eakin had a TD catch in each of Tech's first three games, but then had only one in the previous nine before the Big 12 title game. - Texas Tech/AP College Football


(DS#13 ILB) rSr/2027 ILB Ben Roberts, Texas Tech
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  12/05/25 - Jacob Rodriguez, rSr/2026, Texas Tech, 6-1, 231 (DS#1 ILB) + More +

  2025 BIG 12 DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR (COACHES): Jacob Rodriguez, LB, Texas Tech,...Jacob Rodriguez is Texas Tech's first-ever Big 12 Defensive Player of the Year. The Heisman Trophy contender is the first FBS player in 20 years to have five forced fumbles, two fumble recoveries and four interceptions in the same season. - Big 12 Football

(DS#1 ILB) rSr/2026 ILB Jacob Rodriguez, Texas Tech
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  12/05/25 - David Bailey, Sr/2026, Texas Tech, 6-4, 251 (DS#1 DE) + More +

  2025 BIG 12 DEFENSIVE LINEMAN/DEFENSIVE NEWCOMER OF THE YEAR (COACHES): David Bailey, DE, Texas Tech,...David Bailey was voted Defensive Newcomer and Defensive Lineman of the Year by the league's coaches. The senior defensive end enters Saturday's Edward Jones Big 12 Football Championship with a nation-leading 12.5 sacks, which ranks fourth most in Texas Tech history. - Big 12 Football

(DS#1 DE) Sr/2026 DE David Bailey, Texas Tech
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  11/30/25 - Behren Morton, rSr/2026, Texas Tech, 6-2, 218 (DS#14 QB) + More +

  Texas A&M fell out of the top five of The Associated Press college football poll for the first time in two months Sunday, Texas Tech notched its highest ranking in 17 years and a season-high four teams from Group of Five conferences are ranked as the top five got a shuffle with a week to go before the postseason bracket is set. No. 1 Ohio State and No. 2 Indiana, the only remaining unbeatens, are the top two teams for a seventh straight poll heading into their Big Ten title game clash on Saturday. No. 3 Georgia and No. 4 Oregon each moved up a spot, and Texas Tech's No. 5 ranking is its best since it spent three weeks at No. 2 in November 2008. Mississippi remained No. 6 and was followed by Texas A&M, which slipped four spots after its 10-point loss at Texas. Oklahoma, Notre Dame and Alabama rounded out the top 10 for the third straight week. The weekend results created two top-10 matchups in conference championship games this Saturday. Besides the Big Ten showdown, Georgia and Alabama will play for the Southeastern Conference crown.

The other Top 25 matchup pits Texas Tech against No. 11 BYU in the Big 12. The Atlantic Coast Conference game matches No. 16 Virginia against a Duke team that is 7-5 and received no votes in Sunday's poll. No. 12 Miami and No. 13 Vanderbilt traded places in the rankings. The Hurricanes, who finished the regular season with a 31-point road win over Pittsburgh, are the highest-ranked ACC team and hope to receive a College Football Playoff at-large bid. Vanderbilt slipped despite beating Tennessee by 21 points on the road. James Madison, which will host Troy for the Sun Belt championship game Friday, moved up one spot to No. 19 and is the highest-ranked Group of Five team. Three teams from the American Conference are behind the Dukes: No. 20 North Texas, No. 21 Tulane and No. 24 Navy. North Texas visits Tulane for the American championship game Friday. Tulane, at No. 24, was the only G5 team in last week's CFP rankings. - AP College Football


(DS#14 QB) rSr/2026 QB Behren Morton, Texas Tech
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  11/29/25 - Behren Morton, rSr/2026, Texas Tech, 6-2, 218 (DS#14 QB) + More +

  Behren Morton threw for 310 yards and three touchdowns, linebacker Jacob Rodriguez scored his second offensive TD in as many games, and No. 7 Texas Tech beat West Virginia 49-0 on Saturday in the Red Raiders' final tuneup before the Big 12 championship game. Texas Tech (11-1, 8-1 Big 12, No. 5 CFP) had already clinched a spot in the title game against No. 11 BYU in Arlington, Texas, when Arizona State lost to Arizona on Friday night. But the Red Raiders had plenty of motivation, needing a win over the Mountaineers to continue their trajectory toward at least hosting a first-round home game in the College Football Playoff. Texas Tech was dominant from the start, scoring touchdowns on four of their first five drives. Unlike two weeks ago when he scored on a short run against UCF, Rodriguez didn't strike a Heisman pose after taking a direct snap and rushing for a 1-yard TD on Texas Tech's first offensive series. His other TD this season came on a 69-yard fumble return.

Just before halftime, Rodriguez, who began his college career as a quarterback at Virginia, lined up in the wildcat again from the West Virginia 1. He threw a pass intended for Terrance Carter that the Mountaineers' Ben Cutter intercepted in the back of the end zone. Morton showed no mobility problems while playing through a leg injury that prompted him to wear a boot during the team's bye week. Morton threw TD passes of 19 and 4 yards to Caleb Douglas and 4 yards to Cameron Dickey. Morton, who was replaced by Mitch Griffis early in the third quarter, completed 25 of 32 passes. Douglas had five catches for 127 yards. Freshman Scotty Fox Jr., the fourth starting quarterback for West Virginia (4-8, 2-7) this season due to injuries, was replaced in the third quarter by Max Brown. Brown's first completion as a Mountaineer was followed by a 67-yard interception return by Texas Tech's Amier Boyd. That set up the first of Micah Hudson's two TD catches from Lloyd Jones III. - Texas Tech/AP College Football


(DS#14 QB) rSr/2026 QB Behren Morton, Texas Tech
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  11/19/25 - Jacob Rodriguez, rSr/2026, Texas Tech, 6-1, 231 (DS#1 ILB) + More +

  WEEK 12 BIG 12 CO-DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Jacob Rodriguez, LB, Texas Tech,...Rodriguez won his third consecutive weekly honor after tallying nine tackles and an interception in Texas Tech's 48-9 win over UCF, while also rushing for a touchdown. The Heisman Trophy contender leads the nation with nine takeaways, including four interceptions, as he reached 100 total tackles for the year. Dating back to 2005, Rodriguez is the only FBS player to record at least five forced fumbles, four interceptions and two fumble recoveries in the same season. - Big 12 Football

(DS#1 ILB) rSr/2026 ILB Jacob Rodriguez, Texas Tech
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  11/19/25 - David Bailey, Sr/2026, Texas Tech, 6-4, 251 (DS#1 DE) + More +

  WEEK 11 BIG 12 DEFENSIVE LINE OF THE WEEK: Texas Tech,...Texas Tech's defensive line was key in the Red Raiders' limiting of then-top-10 BYU to just seven points on Saturday. Tech became only the third team this season to hold a top-10 opponent to seven or fewer points. The defensive line helped Texas Tech limit the Cougars to just 67 rushing yards and 188 passing yards, while picking up a sack of quarterback Bear Bachmeier. - Big 12 Football

(DS#1 DE) Sr/2026 DE David Bailey, Texas Tech
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  11/19/25 - Stone Harrington, rSr/2027, Texas Tech, 6-2, 200 (DS#4 K) + More +

  WEEK 11 BIG 12 CO-SPECIAL TEAMS PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Stone Harrington, K, Texas Tech,...Repeating as Special Teams Player of the Week, Harrington set a Texas Tech record with five made field goals in the Red Raiders' 29-7 victory against then-No. 8 BYU. He was perfect on the day with makes from 27, 29, 34, 39 and 47 yards out. Harrington is one of only four FBS kickers this season to make five or more field goals in a game. - Big 12 Football

(DS#4 K) rSr/2027 K Stone Harrington, Texas Tech
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  11/19/25 - Jacob Rodriguez, rSr/2026, Texas Tech, 6-1, 231 (DS#1 ILB) + More +

  WEEK 11 BIG 12 CO-DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Jacob Rodriguez, LB, Texas Tech,...Winning defensive honors for a second consecutive week and third time this season, Rodriguez was all over the field in Texas Tech's 29-7 win over then-No. 8 BYU with 14 tackles, an interception and recovered a fumble. The Wichita Falls, Texas native now has four double-digit tackle performances in his last five games. The nation's leader in forced fumbles this season, Rodriguez became the first FBS player since 2013 to tally at least five forced fumbles, three interceptions and two fumble recoveries in a same season. - Big 12 Football

(DS#1 ILB) rSr/2026 ILB Jacob Rodriguez, Texas Tech
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