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WEEK 4 BIG 12 DEFENSIVE LINE OF THE WEEK: Texas Tech,...Texas Tech's defensive line played a pivotal role in their 34-10 win over then-No. 16 Utah as the Red Raiders' defense held the Utes to 35 points below their season average. Utah finished the day with only 263 yards of offense with two fumbles and a pair of interceptions. Tech was especially stout against the run, holding Utah to 189 rushing yards below their average coming into the game. - Big 12 Football

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DE David Bailey, Texas Tech
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09/22/25 - Will Hammond, rFr/2029, Texas Tech, 6-2, 210 (DS#12 QB) + More +

WEEK 4 AP NATIONAL FBS OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK HONORABLE MENTION: Texas Tech QB Will Hammond replaced injured starter Behren Morton early in the third quarter and was 13 of 16 for 169 yards and two touchdowns and ran eight times for 61 yards in a 34-10 win at Utah. - AP College Football

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QB Will Hammond, Texas Tech
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09/20/25 - Will Hammond, rFr/2029, Texas Tech, 6-2, 210 (DS#12 QB) + More +

Backup quarterback Will Hammond stepped into a stagnant Texas Tech offense in the third quarter and put together four scoring drives to lead the 17th-ranked Red Raiders to a 34-10 win over No. 16 Utah on Saturday. Hammond threw for 169 yards and two touchdowns and rushed for 61 yards. He entered the game in relief of Behren Morton, whose helmet slammed on the turf after he slid head first into contact with Utah linebacker Johnathan Hall during the Red Raiders' (4-0, 1-0 Big 12) opening drive of the third quarter. Morton was ruled out after the hit with his teaming leading 10-3. He threw for 142 yards and two interceptions before exiting. Utah QB Devon Dampier threw for 162 yards and two interceptions. The Utes (3-1, 0-1 Big 12) were held to 263 total yards and committed four turnovers.

Texas Tech opened the scoring early in the first quarter on a 1-yard touchdown run from Cameron Dickey, who finished the day with 67 yards and two scores. Stone Harrington's career-long 58-yard field goal extended the Red Raiders' lead to 10-0 late in the second quarter. The Utes had a 69-yard TD pass from Dampier to Jackson Bennee called back on an ineligible receiver penalty. Their first-half points came from Dillon Curtis' 32-yard field goal on the final play of the half. Dickey put the Red Raiders up 27-10 with 3:41 remaining in the fourth quarter when he took a hand off, squeezed his way through a scrum of players and popped out the other side for a 24-yard touchdown run. Utah threw an interception on its ensuing drive, which led to another Tech touchdown. The home fans had already started leaving the stadium by the time Hammond threw a spot-on ball to Reggie Virgil for the 21-yard score. - AP College Football

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QB Will Hammond, Texas Tech
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09/20/25 - Behren Morton, rSr/2026, Texas Tech, 6-2, 210 (DS#12 QB) + More +

Texas Tech quarterback Behren Morton took a big hit on the run and was ruled out of the 17th-ranked Red Raiders' game against No. 16 Utah on Saturday. Morton's helmet slammed on the turf after he slid head first into contact with Utah linebacker Johnathan Hall during his team's opening drive of the third quarter. Officials reviewed the play for targeting but deemed it a clean hit by Hall.

A member of the Texas Tech medical staff escorted Morton to the locker room to be evaluated for a potential concussion. Backup quarterback Will Hammond took over for Morton on the Red Raiders' next drive. Morton exited for a couple of plays in the first half after getting shaken up on a hard hit from Utah defensive end John Henry Daley. He threw for 142 yards with two interceptions on 12-of-19 passing. Texas Tech led 10-3 when he was ruled out. Morton entered Saturday having passed for 923 yards and 11 touchdowns in his first three games. - AP College Football

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QB Behren Morton, Texas Tech
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09/15/25 - Brice Pollock, Jr/2027, Texas Tech, 6-0, 195 (DS#16 CB) + More +

WEEK 3 BIG 12 CO-DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Brice Pollock, DB, Texas Tech,...By becoming the first Red Raider since Dadrion Taylor-Demerson in 2023 to intercept two passes in the same game, Pollock was part of a defensive unit that held Oregon State to just 14 points and fewer than 300 yards of total offense. He is also one of 12 players in the nation and the only Big 12 player to record at least two interceptions in the same game in 2025. The junior is part of a Texas Tech defensive unit that has helped power the Red Raiders to the largest point differential in the country this season at +139. - Big 12 Football

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CB Brice Pollock, Texas Tech
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09/13/25 - Behren Morton, rSr/2026, Texas Tech, 6-2, 210 (DS#12 QB) + More +

Behren Morton threw for 442 yards and four touchdowns, J'Koby Williams had a scoring catch and a run and No. 21 Texas Tech beat Oregon State 45-14 on Saturday night in a weather-delayed game. Play was stopped for 2 1/2 hours just 2 1/2 minutes into the game. Cameron Dickey added a short TD run to help the Red Raiders improve to 3-0 for the first time in coach Joey McGuire's four seasons. "I do think we have a really good football team, but I don't think we've come close to how good we can be,” McGuire said. "We're just going to try to keep building every single week. Challenge these guys. They feel it, too.”

Oregon State's Maalik Murphy threw touchdown passes in the waning minutes to Bryce Caufield and Karson Boschma. The Beavers are 0-3 for the first time since 2011. "The disappointing thing was, I thought we didn't play with much effort or willingness to be physical,” Beavers coach Trent Bray said. "That's my fault. I've allowed it to happen. Got to get it fixed.” Morton's TD passes were 38 yards to Coy Eakin, 61 yards to Caleb Douglas, 30 yards to Williams and 23 yards to Terrance Carter. Tech led 28-0 at halftime, 45-0 through three periods and outgained Oregon State 513 yards to 282. Eakin's score came on the third play after play resumed following the delay. Upton Bellenfant kicked a 21-yard field goal. - Texas Tech/AP College Football

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QB Behren Morton, Texas Tech
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09/08/25 - Skyler Gill-Howard, rSr/2026, Texas Tech, 6-1, 290 (DS#22 DT) + More +

WEEK 2 BIG 12 CO-DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Skyler Gill-Howard, DL, Texas Tech...Gill-Howard tallied a 55-yard interception return for a touchdown from his defensive line position in Texas Tech's 62-14 blowout of Kent State. He became the first Red Raider defensive lineman to return an interception for a touchdown since Adell Duckett went five yards into the end zone against SMU to start the 2003 season. Gill-Howard also added four tackles, including one for a loss, in the win. - Big 12 Football

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DT Skyler Gill-Howard, Texas Tech
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09/06/25 - Behren Morton, rSr/2026, Texas Tech, 6-2, 210 (DS#12 QB) + More +

Behren Morton threw for three touchdowns, big defensive tackle Skyler Gill-Howard returned an interception 55 yards for a score and No. 24 Texas Tech blew out another overmatched opponent, beating Kent State 62-14 on Saturday. Cameron Dickey had two rushing TDs and Reggie Virgil added two receiving scores as the Red Raiders (2-0) led 48-0 at halftime, one point better than the margin at the break a week ago in a 67-7 victory over FCS member Arkansas-Pine Bluff. Morton started Saturday after leaving the victory over Pine Bluff in the second quarter with what coach Joey McGuire described as a hyperextended knee. Morton, who had been listed as questionable, was 18 of 26 for 258 yards while playing only the first half.

Dru DeShields threw for a touchdown and ran for a score in the fourth quarter for the Golden Flashes (1-1), who ended a 21-game losing streak with a 21-17 victory over Merrimack in their opener. Kent State had negative total yards until Gavin Garcia ran 38 yards on a screen pass on its sixth possession early in the second quarter. Two plays later, Gill-Howard took his interception the other way for a 38-0 lead. The 290-pounder from Northern Illinois, part of Texas Tech's highly touted transfer class, made the catch behind the line of scrimmage and scored untouched after Lee Hunter applied quick pressure and A.J. Holmes Jr. tipped the pass. - Texas Tech/AP College Football

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QB Behren Morton, Texas Tech
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08/31/25 - Behren Morton, rSr/2026, Texas Tech, 6-2, 210 (DS#12 QB) + More +

Behren Morton threw for 201 yards and four touchdowns before exiting the game following a sack in the second quarter, and No. 23 Texas Tech routed overmatched FCS member Arkansas-Pine Bluff 67-7 in the opener for both teams Saturday night. The Red Raiders led 47-0 at halftime coming off their first preseason Top 25 ranking since 2008, and the game was shortened to a pair of 8-minute quarters following a 90-minute weather delay that hit at the break. Morton came up limping after Tayvon Hardwick came off the edge and hit Morton low, tweaking the senior's lower right leg. Hardwick was penalized for roughing the passer. Morton took the next snap and handed off to J'Koby Williams, who ran 5 yards for a touchdown and a 37-0 lead.

Morton and coach Joey McGuire then conferred with the medical staff, and Morton left the field. He was still in uniform when he returned to the sideline before halftime, and coach Joey McGuire said in a radio interview at the break that Morton was OK. He completed 16 of 18 passes. Will Hammond replaced Morton and led two more scoring drives as the Red Raiders put up points all eight times they had the ball before halftime with six touchdowns and two field goals. Hammond ran 64 yards for a touchdown on the fifth play of the second half and threw for a score. Terrance Carter had two TD catches. Pine Bluff avoided the shutout on Christian Peters' 7-yard touchdown pass to Ellis Stewart in the fourth quarter. - Texas Tech/AP College Football

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QB Behren Morton, Texas Tech
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08/30/25 - Behren Morton, rSr/2026, Texas Tech, 6-2, 210 (DS#12 QB) + More +

Texas Tech quarterback Behren Morton came up limping after getting sacked against FCS member Arkansas-Pine Bluff and exited Saturday night's game one play later. The No. 23 Red Raiders were leading 30-0 in the second quarter when Tayvon Hardwick came off the edge and hit Morton low, tweaking the senior's lower right leg. Hardwick was penalized for roughing the passer.

Morton took the next snap and handed off to J'Koby Williams, who ran 5 yards for a touchdown. Morton and coach Joey McGuire then conferred with the medical staff, and Morton left the field. He was still in uniform when he returned to the sideline before halftime. Morton likely would have taken a seat not long after he got hit. He already had 201 yards passing and four touchdowns, and Texas Tech led 47-0 at the break. The game went into a weather delay at halftime after lightning was reported in the area. - AP College Football

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QB Behren Morton, Texas Tech
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09/03/24 - Drae McCray, Sr/2025, Texas Tech, 5-09, 185 (DS#175 WR) + More +

WEEK 1 BIG 12 SPECIAL TEAMS PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Texas Tech returner Drae McCray opened his season with a kickoff return of 74 yards versus Abilene Christian, which was the second-longest return of his career. He would go on to tally returns of 65 and 26 yards in Texas Tech's win to finish with an average of 55.0 yards per return, becoming the only player in the nation to average 50 or more yards per return in week one. McCray's 165 kick return yards against Abilene Christian put him just 17 return yards shy of the career top 10 in school history. - Big 12 Football

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WR Drae McCray, Texas Tech
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08/31/24 - Jayden Cofield, rSo/2028, Texas Tech, 6-2, 330 (DS#999 DT) + More +

Texas Tech's Jayden Cofield sacked Abilene Christian's Maverick McIvor when the Wildcats went for a 2-point conversion in overtime, allowing the Red Raiders to escape with a 52-51 win on Saturday night in the season opener for both teams. Behren Morton's career-high fifth touchdown pass, a 14-yarder to Caleb Douglas, who transferred this year from Florida, and Reese Burkhardt's PAT kick following the first overtime possession gave the Red Raiders of the Big 12 a 52-45 lead over the Wildcats of the FCS United Athletic Conference.

Abilene Christian answered with Isaiah Johnson's 1-yard plunge, his third rushing touchdown of the game. The Wildcats lined up for two with an empty backfield, and McIvor - who began his college career at Texas Tech but never played a game in three years - was pressured by multiple defenders and tackled by Cofield. Morton was 30-of-42 passing for 378 yards, one short of his career best. Tahj Brooks rushed for 153 yards and one Texas Tech touchdown. McIvor completed 36 for 51 passes for a career-best 506 yards and three touchdowns. Gino Garcia kicked a 31-yard field goal putting the Red Raiders ahead 45-42 with 2:39 to play. But the Wildcats reached Texas Tech's 4 and Ritse Vaes, in his first game for Abilene Christian after spending three seasons with Midwestern State, kicked a 21-yard field goal to force overtime. - AP College Football

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DT Jayden Cofield, Texas Tech
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12/10/23 - Tahj Brooks, rSr/2025, Texas Tech, 5-09, 214 (DS#18 RB) + More +

Texas Tech senior running back Tahj Brooks revealed Monday that he plans to use his final season of eligibility and return to play again with the Red Raiders in 2024. Brooks, a first-team AP All-Big 12 pick, is fourth nationally and second in the Big 12 with 1,443 yards rushing (120.3 yards per game). He ran for at least 100 yards in eight of the last 10 games, and in the two games he didn't had 98 and 95 yards. Brooks announced his decision to return in a social media post. He has 2,957 yards rushing and 27 touchdowns over 44 games in his career at Texas Tech, which began as a freshman during the pandemic-impacted 2020 season that didn't count against the eligibility of any players. - AP College Football

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RB Tahj Brooks, Texas Tech
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11/30/23 - Austin McNamara, rSr/2024, Texas Tech, 6-5, 204 (DS#2 P) + More +

2023 BIG 12 SPECIAL TEAMS PLAYER OF THE YEAR: Austin McNamara, Texas Tech, P, Sr.,...McNamara is the first Texas Tech player to garner Special Teams Player of the Year since the award's inception in 2005. He is the first punter since 2018 to earn the honor. Furthermore, McNamara was named a first-team All-Big 12 selection as well as senior running back Tahj Brooks. McNamara's honor makes him a three-time All-Big 12 first-team selection; he is the Red Raiders' first three-time first-team All-Big 12 pick and was already just one of seven Red Raiders to own multiple first-team selections alongside Le'Raven Clark (2014-15), Michael Crabtree (2007-08), Joel Filani (2005-06), Jarrett Hicks (2004-05), Kevin Curtis (1999-2000) and Montae Reagor (1997-98). McNamara holds the eighth-best punting average in the FBS this season among players with at least 50 attempts at 46.5 yards per punt. - Texas Tech Football

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P Austin McNamara, Texas Tech
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11/30/23 - Ben Roberts, rJr/2027, Texas Tech, 6-3, 240 (DS#14 ILB) + More +

2023 BIG 12 CO-DEFENSIVE FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR: Ben Roberts, Texas Tech, LB,...Among FBS freshmen, Roberts' 100 tackles this season ranks second nationally behind Purdue's Dillon Thieneman's FBS-best 106 tackles...Leads Texas Tech with 100 tackles, which is 27 more than the next Red Raider...Of all Red Raider freshmen since 1980, only Donald Harris' 104 tackles during the 1987 season rank higher than Roberts' 100 in 2023. In the regular season finale, set a career-high/single-season high for tackles with 13...Amassed the team-high for tackles in six of 12 games...Recorded six games with double-digit tackles - Oregon (12), West Virginia (11), Houston (10), Kansas State (11), BYU (10) and Texas (13)...Essentially tabulated his season stats over 11 games having played just six snaps in the season-opener before being thrust into the starting lineup following Jacob Rodriguez's injury versus Wyoming. - Texas Tech Football

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ILB Ben Roberts, Texas Tech
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