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Between Donovan Smith and Tyler Shough, Texas Tech could be in for a strong offseason at quarterback

There’s a different feeling around the football program at Texas Tech going into this season and it all starts with head coach Joey McGuire. His energy is starting to rub off onto the team and everyone is excited to see what this program is capable of both this year and the years to come with the player’s that have committed to this team so far.

Texas Tech moved one step closer to filling up its 2023 football recruiting class Tuesday when Woodville defensive tackle Braylon Rigsby, the defensive lineman of the year in District 10-3A Division I last season, made an oral commitment to the Red Raiders. Rigsby's high-school team lists him as 6-foot-3 and 280 pounds. He...

Canutillo senior running back L.J. Martin changed his commitment to Stanford University on Tuesday. The 6-foot-2, 205-pound three-star recruit announced the decision in a post on his personal Twitter. In April, Martin announced his verbal commitment to Texas Tech after a successful junior season for the Eagles. He was the...

Zach Bradford, a three-time Big 12 pole vault champion and five-time First Team All-American, will join the Texas Tech track and field team as a graduate transfer following four seasons at Kansas. Bradford makes his way to Tech after a decorated career at KU, sitting atop the record book. The...

Captain Shreve wide receiver Marquez “Macho” Stevenson, the fastest 400-meter runner in Louisiana, has committed to Texas Tech football and track. The senior announced his decision Monday on Twitter after an official visit in Lubbock.  ...

If Woodville head football coach Ty Robinson is right, the Texas Tech Red Raiders just got a "diamond in the rough." Braylon Rigsby, a 6-foot-3, 290-pound defensive lineman for the Eagles, committed to Texas Tech on Tuesday. The decision comes just three days after Texas Tech first offered Rigsby, who will be a senior at Woodville next season.

Watch how the Woodville defensive lineman gets it done up front.

EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) – It was a dream LJ Martin and his family have had for years and the three-star running back from Canutillo is making it happen. Martin, a senior-to-be who has run all over the competition in three years on varsity in El Paso, flipped his collegiate commitment from Texas Tech to […]

LUBBOCK, Texas (PRESS RELEASE) - Texas Tech junior women’s golfer Anna Dong was awarded the 2021-22 Big 12 Sportsmanship Award on Tuesday. This award honors student-athletes who display an extraordinary degree of sportsmanship, community service and academic achievement. Those descriptors are a fitting profile for Dong, who continues to...

LUBBOCK, Texas— On Monday, 2023 prospect Marquez “Macho” Stevenson announced his commitment to join both the Red Raiders football and track and field teams. “First, I want to thank GOD for leading the way,” Stevenson tweeted. “I’m extremely blessed and excited to be announcing my DUAL-SPORT commitment to [Texas Tech Football] and [Texas Tech Track and Field].”

Jonah Koech won a Big 12 championship and achieved first-team all-America status during his last college season as a middle-distance runner with Texas Tech. That was three years ago, and Koech's career is still on the rise. ...

It’s now the dog days of the offseason with no Texas Tech sports in sight for another two-plus months. So that makes this the perfect opportunity to take some time to look back at classic games of the past. When the Texas Tech football team traveled to College Station in 2008, there was no last-minute score to secure victory, there was no post-game scuffle in the stands, nor was the outcome surprising to anyone in the nation. However, the 43-25 Red Raider victory was an important step in what would eventually be the most memorable season in the history of the program.

It may be the offseason, but the Texas Tech coaching staff has been busy in June hosting recruits on visits and at camps all the while dishing out a flurry of offers. One of those offers went out to 2025 Pearland (TX) Shadow Creek athlete Jacorey Watson, who announced the offer via Twitter earlier this month.

David Moody remembers Estacado coach Jimmie Keeling asking Matadors football players what they would be doing with their lives 10 years down the road. The implication was he expected it to be something good. Kenneth Wallace took it to heart, becoming a trailblazer on the field and off from the...