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Tyler Shough was loping along near the front of the pack during a team conditioning run one day this summer when a long-legged Texas Tech teammate blew past him. It wasn't any of the Red Raiders' lanky wide receivers, nor a defensive back or a running back. The guy finishing strong was Baylor Cupp, a 6-foot-7, 253-pound tight end. "I'm usually out in the front with a lot of that combo group," Shough said, "and I see Baylor come up and fly by me. I'm like, 'What the heck? Where did this guy come from?'...He's so physically talented." There's never been a question about Cupp's talent level. Coming out of Texas high-school power Brock in the spring of 2019, Cupp was rated the No. 16 recruit in the nation by 247Sports and No. 134 by Rivals. As tight end prospects go, he was as good as it gets.

In three years since at Texas A&M, Cupp missed two full seasons with ankle and shoulder injuries. He finally got onto the field for 10 games last year, mostly as a backup. Nevertheless, thinking his status in the Aggies' eyes might have been diminished by his injury history and not wanting to be labeled, Cupp looked for a fresh start this off-season. He's found it at Texas Tech, where coaches and teammates want to see him reach his potential. As recently as November, A&M coach Jimbo Fisher said Cupp "still has a chance to be a great player." "I was pretty highly recruited and people had a high expectation for me," Cupp said. "Those were some really tough injuries, and I haven't played much since I got into college, but I think I'm 10 times a better player than I was coming out of high school. I've developed a ton. I just need to stay healthy and put that on the field." - Lubbock Avalanche Journal

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TE Baylor Cupp, Texas Tech
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08/12/22 - Marquis Waters, rSr/2023, Texas Tech, 6-0, 209 (DS#39 SS) + More +

Joey McGuire says Marquis "Muddy" Waters can be an NFL draft pick if the Texas Tech defensive back reaches his potential in 2022. That was Waters' plan last season: Transfer to Tech, put up impressive stats and game tape and be in an NFL training camp at this very moment. Bijan Robinson spoiled the plan. In last year's Big 12 opener, Waters tried to arm tackle Texas' 220-pound running back and suffered a grade-three tear of a pectoral muscle. He underwent surgery the next week and missed the last nine games of the season. Now he's back on the field for the Red Raiders, trying to do as he intended at this time last year. So far, so good. At the end of spring, new defensive coordinator Tim DeRuyter called Waters probably the team's most productive player on defense "as far as a guy making explosive plays, intercepting the football, getting sacks, forcing fumbles."

Waters, 6-foot-1 and 215 pounds, is playing Star, which, depending on circumstances, can be a safety, a nickel cornerback or an outside linebacker. "He's a dynamic football player," DeRuyter said. "He's a heck of a football player. Really excited about his potential in our defense. I told him, I think he's got the ability - if our coaches and I can get it out of him - to be an all-conference type of player." For all the time he missed last year, Waters is likely to make up for it this year. Based on what McGuire has seen, the sixth-year senior from Delray Beach, Florida, is going to fit a lot of job descriptions. "He's one that's going to be really interesting," the Tech head coach said, "because depending on the packages we go to, I don't know if you want to take him off the field. I think he can play the boundary safety, the free safety. "He reminds me of the Jalen Pitre kid that Baylor had that just got drafted in the second round. Tearing that pec last year hurt him. I think he was one of the guys that was really fixing to have a good year." - Lubbock Avalanche Journal

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SS Marquis Waters, Texas Tech
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08/09/22 - Terrell Tilmon, rSr/2026, Texas Tech, 6-5, 235 (DS#999 OLB) + More +

Oregon's tight end room has added depth and speed from the defense. Terrell Tilmon, who had five tackles while appearing on special teams last season, has moved from outside linebacker to tight end before the start of fall camp on Friday. "We felt like he would give us his best chance of helping our football team and being able to impact us was going to be there on the offensive side of the ball," Oregon coach Dan Lanning said. "I also think he can have a big role on special teams as well. We were in the offensive meeting (Tuesday) and (offensive coordinator Kenny) Dillingham asked the question who's our fastest tight end and all the tight ends point to Tilmon; he can run a little bit. Excited, it's still a new position for him. He's still developing there so we'll see what it looks like in fall camp."

At 6-foot-5 and 225 pounds, as of last year's roster, Tilmon has comparable height to UO's other tight ends but is 20-30 pounds lighter than the other four. Cam McCormick, Terrance Ferguson and Moliki Matavao each said Tilmon's been a good addition to the room during player-ed practices this summer. "He's been great to have in the room," McCormick said. "I think it helps; the depth in the room is huge. Being able to help everybody get rest. He's learning a lot. There's probably a million things coming at him but he's doing great." - The Oregonian

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OLB Terrell Tilmon, Texas Tech
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08/08/22 - Kosi Eldridge, rSr/2023, Texas Tech, 5-11, 223 (DS#52 ILB) + More +

After overcoming a debilitating concussion last season and online/off campus challenges this spring, Texas Tech Linebacker Kosi Eldridge is gearing up for his last year of college football in 2022. Eldridge has three years of Big 12 experience, he is in the two-deep for Joey McGuire's team and his head is clear again. The latter is no small consideration, given that Eldridge wouldn't wish his last three months of 2021 on someone else. The play that sidelined him last October was so brutal he doesn't remember it except what he sees on film. "I don't watch it anymore," he said, "but I didn't know what happened. So I watched the play on film the next day to see what happened." The 6-foot, 233-pound Denton Ryan product returned four Saturdays later. He made a couple of tackles against Oklahoma, a couple more against Iowa State. And when the Red Raiders routed Mississippi State in the season-ending Liberty Bowl, he made a tackle and caused a fumble. - Lubbock Avalanche Journal

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ILB Kosi Eldridge, Texas Tech
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08/04/22 - Tyree Wilson, rSr/2023, Texas Tech, 6-6, 271 (DS#2 DE) + More +

2022 PRESEASON CHUCK BEDNARIK AWARD WATCH LIST: Tyree Wilson, Texas Tech, Senior LB,...Wilson developed into a key piece of the Texas Tech defense in his second year as a Red Raider in 2021, setting the tone as the team leader for both tackles for loss and sacks a year ago. He finished with 38 tackles on the season (26 solo), with 13.5 for a loss and 7.0 sacks marking easily the most productive season of his collegiate career thus far. He was named an honorable mention All-Big 12 selection by the conference coaches at the conclusion of the regular season and went on to earn the Defensive MVP of the AutoZone Liberty Bowl and was recognized on the Associated Press All-Bowl Team for his performance in the Red Raiders' bowl game versus Mississippi State. - Texas Tech Football

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DE Tyree Wilson, Texas Tech
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08/02/22 - Cole Spencer, rSr/2024, Texas Tech, 6-4, 307 (DS#35 OG) + More +

2022 PRESEASON OUTLAND TROPHY WATCHLIST: OT Cole Spencer, Texas Tech,...Spencer joined the Red Raiders from Western Kentucky where he was a first-team All-Conference USA offensive lineman in 2021. He arrived in Lubbock in June for his final season of eligibility, which reunited him with his former position coach Texas Tech offensive line coach Stephen Hamby and his former coordinator in Zach Kittley. - Texas Tech Football

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OG Cole Spencer, Texas Tech
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07/29/22 - Austin McNamara, rSr/2024, Texas Tech, 6-5, 204 (DS#2 P) + More +

2022 PRESEASON RAY GUY WATCHLIST: Austin McNamara - Texas Tech,...McNamara (6-4, 195) is listed as a place kicker in the Texas Tech online bio, but stats show he kicked off once for 75 yards while really making his name as a punter with a whopping average of 46.3 yards, including 48.2 last season (2021). Against Oklahoma State he set the all-time FBS record for most punts of at least 50 yards in one game, with eight. Only five of his 42 punts last season were touchbacks. In 2020 McNamara averaged 46.3 yards and lofted a career-high 87-yarder, the longest in school history. In 2019 her served notice that he should be on all watch lists as he averaged 45 yards with a long of 60 as he was the first freshman at Texas Tech to make All-Big 12 since wide receiver Michael Crabtree in 2007. At Highland High in Gilbert, AZ, McNamara average 42.6 yards per punt as a senior, drilled 12 field goals (including 45-yarder) and made all 63 of his PAT kicks. - Texas Tech Football

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P Austin McNamara, Texas Tech
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07/27/22 - Drae McCray, Sr/2025, Texas Tech, 5-09, 185 (DS#175 WR) + More +

2022 PRESEASON ASUN FOOTBALL ALL-CONFERENCE TEAM: WR Drae McCray, Austin Peay, So., Tallahassee, Fla.,...McCray, a Tallahassee, Florida product, leads an offensive unit that returns three starters from last season's final game - all wide receivers. He led that group with 53 receptions for 882 yards and eight touchdowns en route to HERO Sports Freshman All-America honors. McCray saved his best performance as a freshman for the 2021 finale, amassing 237 receiving yards and a record-tying four touchdown receptions against Tennessee Tech. - Austin Peay Football

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WR Drae McCray, Texas Tech
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07/25/22 - Rusty Staats, rSr/2024, Texas Tech, 6-4, 330 (DS#42 C) + More +

2022 PRESEASON RIMINGTON TROPHY WATCHLIST: Rusty Staats, WKU,...Staats anchored WKU's offensive line in 2021 during the team's run to a Conference USA East Division Championship. He was tasked with protecting C-USA MVP and NCAA record-setting quarterback Bailey Zappe. As an offensive line unit, Staats and the rest of the Tops allowed only 17 sacks on the season, which was 12th best in college football and second best within Conference USA. - WKU Football

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C Rusty Staats, Texas Tech
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07/25/22 - Baylor Cupp, rSr/2024, Texas Tech, 6-6, 243 (DS#27 TE) + More +

2022 PRESEASON JOHN MACKEY AWARD WATCH LIST: BAYLOR CUPP, TEXAS TECH,...Cupp joined the Red Raiders this summer from Texas A&M where he appeared in 10 games one season ago. In his third season as an Aggie, Cupp made his collegiate debut in the third game of this past season after injuries held him out over his first two seasons. Cupp was the No. 1 tight end recruit in the country for the 2019 class by 247Sports and the No. 2 prospect by Rivals upon signing out of high school. He was ranked 16th among recruits nationally and second among those in the state of Texas by 247Sports that year. - Texas Tech Football

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TE Baylor Cupp, Texas Tech
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07/20/22 - Tyree Wilson, rSr/2023, Texas Tech, 6-6, 271 (DS#2 DE) + More +

When state laws and the NCAA made it legal last year for college athletes to profit off their name, image and likeness, a University of Miami supporter fired one of the first attention-getting shots. Dan Lambert offered $500 a month to any Hurricanes scholarship football player in exchange for promoting the American Top Team mixed martial arts academy he founded, an annual outlay of more than $500,000 if everyone opted in. Now Texas Tech football players can sign up to make four times that amount.

The Matador Club, a non-profit collective organized by Texas Tech donors, plans this week to sign 100 Red Raiders football players each to one-year, $25,000 contracts. Cody Campbell, a founding member of the Matador Club board of directors, said all 85 scholarship players and 15 of the top walk-ons will be covered under the agreements. In return, they'll be expected to do community service and charitable work around Lubbock and, in the future, possibly other West Texas cities. Campbell said payments to players will be made monthly beginning the first week of August, and the community service endeavors will continue throughout the next year. - Lubbock Avalanche Journal

(DS#2 DE) rSr/2023 DE Tyree Wilson, Texas Tech
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07/15/22 - Tyree Wilson, rSr/2023, Texas Tech, 6-6, 271 (DS#2 DE) + More +

Tech fans watched Tyree Wilson look like a man among boys in the first game of his Tech career, against Texas in the 2020 conference opener, and they saw him flash dominance again in the last game of the 2021 season when he was named the Red Raiders' defensive outstanding player of the game. They just need to see the dominance on a week-in, week-out basis. NFL scouts will be paying close attention to Wilson this year, his fourth season in college, so this should be the year he puts it all together. No reason he can't be the first Tech player with double-digit sacks since Pete Robertson in 2014. - Lubbock Avalanche Journal

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DE Tyree Wilson, Texas Tech
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07/10/22 - Rayshad Williams, rSr/2024, Texas Tech, 6-2, 209 (DS#63 CB) + More +

When Texas Tech gives up a big pass play this coming season, inexperience in the secondary won't be a reason. The Red Raiders' two-deep has eight defensive backs with 154 starts among them in major-college football, including five with at least 20. That's not to say all is rosy: Tech ranked 119th in the FBS in pass defense during a 7-6 season last year, but the Red Raiders also had three of the top six in the Big 12 in passes defended and two of the three return. When preseason practice starts next month, they'll open with Rayshad Williams at boundary cornerback, Reggie Pearson at boundary safety, Dadrion Taylor-Demerson at free safety, Marquis Waters at nickel and Adrian Frye at field corner.

The corners rotation is a small circle. Malik Dunlap is the top backup for both Williams and Frye, Tech coach Joey McGuire said in late June. Williams often was assigned to the opponent's top receiver last season. The 6-foot-3, 200-pound senior from Memphis, Tennessee started full-time and ended the year with 38 tackles and 10 pass breakups. "One of the big things I wanted him to be was more physical in tackling," McGuire said, "and I thought he really came on in the spring. "Adrian out of that group is the one that's the most consistent. He's old and has played football, has a good head on his shoulders. He'll be part of our leadership committee. He's the one that's most consistent on a daily basis of who he is." - Lubbock Avalanche Journal

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CB Rayshad Williams, Texas Tech
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07/08/22 - SaRodorick Thompson, rSr/2023, Texas Tech, 6-0, 207 (DS#27 RB) + More +

Texas Tech was picked ninth in the Big 12 preseason football media poll, which was released on Thursday afternoon. The Red Raiders received 119 points in the poll, which was voted on by media representatives for the conference. They finished ahead of Kansas in the rankings. The Jayhawks came in 10th with 48 points. Baylor received 17 first-place votes to claim the top spot in the poll with 365 points, ending Oklahoma's run on six-straight years as the preseason favorite in the conference.

The Sooners came in second with 12 first-place votes and 354 points. They are followed by Oklahoma State, Texas and Kansas State, respectively. Iowa State was sixth, TCU seventh and West Virginia eighth with Texas Tech and Kansas rounding out the projections. Texas Tech kicks off the 2022 season on Sept. 3 with a 7 p.m. home game against Murray State in Jones AT&T Stadium. The Red Raiders are entering their first season under head coach Joey McGuire after the team went 7-6 in 2021, closing the campaign with a 34-7 win over Mississippi State in the Liberty Bowl. - Lubbock Avalanche Journal

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RB SaRodorick Thompson, Texas Tech
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07/08/22 - Austin McNamara, rSr/2024, Texas Tech, 6-5, 204 (DS#2 P) + More +

When it came to special teams during the 2021 college football season, Texas Tech had one of the most potent one-two punches a team could ask for in Austin McNamara and Jonathan Garibay. McNamara averaged 48.2 yards per punt, the highest average in Texas Tech and Big 12 history. Garibay made 15 of 16 field goals, including a pair of late game winners: one for 32 yards at West Virginia and another for 62 yards to vanquish Iowa State. Garibay gave up his last year of eligibility and signed a free-agent deal with the Dallas Cowboys, leaving the Red Raiders to stage a competition to be his replacement. Better news for Tech on the punter front: McNamara will handle that duty for the Red Raiders for the fourth year in a row, taking a career average of 46.3 yards into 2022. Tech ranked fifth in the FBS last season in net punting - gross yards, less return yards - at 43.98 yards.

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P Austin McNamara, Texas Tech
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