2024 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team explained

Year:	2024
Team:	Texas Tech Red Raiders
Sport:	football
Conference:	Big 12 Conference
Short Conf:	Big 12
Record:	0–0
Conf Record:	0–0
Head Coach:	Joey McGuire
Hc Year:	3rd
Off Coach:	Zach Kittley
Oc Year:	3rd
Def Coach:	Tim DeRuyter
Dc Year:	3rd
Stadium:	Jones AT&T Stadium

The 2024 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team will represent Texas Tech University in the 2024 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Red Raiders will play their home games at Jones AT&T Stadium in Lubbock, Texas, and will compete as members of the Big 12 Conference. They are expected to be led by third-year head coach Joey McGuire. This will be the program's 100th season.^[1]

Offseason

Transfers

Reference:^[2] Outgoing

Name	No.	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	New school
	12	QB	6'5	230	Senior		Louisville
Landon Peterson	72	OL	6'6	300	Senior		North Texas
Monroe Mills	71	OT	6'6	315	Junior		Louisville
Myles Price	1	WR	5'10	190	Senior		Indiana
	9	WR	6'5	220	Sophomore		Boston College
Nehemiah Martinez I	20	WR	5'9	205	Junior		Stephen F. Austin
Seth Martin	68	OL	6'3	300	RS Freshman		Stephen F. Austin
Matt Keeler	66	OT	6'6	305	Sophomore		Northwestern
Nate Floyd	4	CB	6'0	190	Sophomore		Nevada
Tyler King	21	WR	5'9	180	RS Freshman		Wyoming
Jayden York	15	TE	6'4	250	Junior		Houston
Loic Fouonji	11	WR	6'4	215	Senior		Vanderbilt
Brook Honore Jr.	37	P	6'0	185	RS Freshman		Arkansas State
J. J. Sparkman	6	WR	6'4	225	Junior		UTSA
Jacoby Jackson	75	OT	6'6	320	Sophomore		Mississippi State
Jesiah Pierre	8	LB	6'2	240	Senior		UCF
Blake Burris	91	DL	6'5	300	Sophomore		SMU
Steve Linton	7	OLB	6'5	235	Senior		Baylor
Anquan Willis	24	RB	6'0	220	Freshman		Incarnate Word
Bryson Donnell	22	RB	5'10	220	RS Freshman		UTSA
Tre'Darius Brown	49	DL	6'2	300	Freshman		South Alabama
Landon Hullaby	23	S	6'0	205	RS Freshman		UTEP
Cameron Watts	21	CB	5'11	200	RS Senior		Stony Brook

Incoming

Name	No.	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Prev. school
Jovon Jackson	2	S	6'2	195	Junior		Fairmont State
Sterling Porcher	79	OL	6'4	304	Junior		Middle Tennessee
Devynn Cromwell	22	S	6'1	195	Senior		Guelph
Josh Kelly	3	WR	6'1	191	RS Junior		Washington State
Jalin Conyers	12	TE	6'4	270	RS Junior		Arizona State
Johncarlos Miller II	82	TE	6'5	242	RS Sophomore		Elon
Jack Burgess	47	P	6'2	215	Junior		Weber State
Davion Carter	56	IOL	6'3	274	Junior		Memphis
Vinny Sciury	71	OL	6'3	305	Junior		Toledo
Caleb Douglas	4	WR	6'3	200	Sophomore		Florida
Cameran Brown	8	QB	6'3	225	RS Freshman		West Georgia
Jason Llewellyn	87	TE	6'5	255	Sophomore		Oklahoma
James Hansen	91	DL	6'2	315	RS Senior		Nevada
Javeon Wilcox	27	S	6'0	200	Freshman		TCU
De'Braylon Carroll	52	DL	6'0	300	RS Junior		Rice
Mikal Harrison-Pilot	-	CB	6'0	210	Freshman		Houston

Recruiting class

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2024 Overall class rankings

ESPN^[3]	28th	1st	2	4	15
On3 Recruits^[4]	21st	1st	1	5	15
Rivals^[5]	23rd	1st	2	4	16
247 Sports^[6]	24th	1st	2	4	15

Preseason

Big 12 media poll

The Big 12's preseason media poll was released on July 2, 2024.^[7]

Big 12 media poll
1	Utah	906 (20)
2	Kansas State	889 (19)
3	Oklahoma State	829 (14)
4	Kansas	772 (5)
5	Arizona	762 (3)
6	Iowa State	661
7	West Virginia	581
8	UCF	551
9	Texas Tech	532
10	TCU	436
11	Colorado	400
12	Baylor	268
13	BYU	215
14	Cincinnati	196
15	Houston	157
16	Arizona State	141

Award watch lists

Maxwell Award^[8]	Tahj Brooks	RB	Sr.
Paul Hornung Award^[9]	Drae McCray	WR
Wuerffel Trophy^[10]	Tahj Brooks	RB
Walter Camp Award^[11]
Doak Walker Award^[12]
Fred Biletnikoff Award^[13]	Josh Kelly	WR	Gr.
John Mackey Award^[14]	Jaylin Conyers	TE	Sr.

Preseason All-Big 12 Team

RB	Tahj Brooks	Sr.
KR/PR	Drae McCray

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Schedule

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Game summaries

Abilene Christian

See also: 2024 Abilene Christian Wildcats football team.

Statistics	ACU	TTU
First downs
Total yards
Rushing yards
Passing yards
Turnovers
Time of possession

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
Abilene Christian	Passing
Rushing
Receiving
Texas Tech	Passing
Rushing
Receiving

At Washington State

See also: 2024 Washington State Cougars football team.

Statistics	TTU	WSU
First downs
Total yards
Rushing yards
Passing yards
Turnovers
Time of possession

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
Texas Tech	Passing
Rushing
Receiving
Washington State	Passing
Rushing
Receiving

North Texas

See also: 2024 North Texas Mean Green football team.

Statistics	UNT	TTU
First downs
Total yards
Rushing yards
Passing yards
Turnovers
Time of possession

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
North Texas	Passing
Rushing
Receiving
Texas Tech	Passing
Rushing
Receiving

Arizona State

See also: 2024 Arizona State Sun Devils football team.

Statistics	ASU	TTU
First downs
Total yards
Rushing yards
Passing yards
Turnovers
Time of possession

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
Arizona State	Passing
Rushing
Receiving
Texas Tech	Passing
Rushing
Receiving

Cincinnati

See also: 2024 Cincinnati Bearcats football team.

Statistics	CIN	TTU
First downs
Total yards
Rushing yards
Passing yards
Turnovers
Time of possession

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
Cincinnati	Passing
Rushing
Receiving
Texas Tech	Passing
Rushing
Receiving

At Arizona

See also: 2024 Arizona Wildcats football team.

Statistics	TTU	ARIZ
First downs
Total yards
Rushing yards
Passing yards
Turnovers
Time of possession

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
Texas Tech	Passing
Rushing
Receiving
Arizona	Passing
Rushing
Receiving

Baylor

See also: 2024 Baylor Bears football team.

Statistics	BAY	TTU
First downs
Total yards
Rushing yards
Passing yards
Turnovers
Time of possession

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
Baylor	Passing
Rushing
Receiving
Texas Tech	Passing
Rushing
Receiving

At TCU

See also: 2024 TCU Horned Frogs football team.

Statistics	TTU	TCU
First downs
Total yards
Rushing yards
Passing yards
Turnovers
Time of possession

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
Texas Tech	Passing
Rushing
Receiving
TCU	Passing
Rushing
Receiving

At Iowa State

See also: 2024 Iowa State Cyclones football team.

Statistics	TTU	ISU
First downs
Total yards
Rushing yards
Passing yards
Turnovers
Time of possession

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
Texas Tech	Passing
Rushing
Receiving
Iowa State	Passing
Rushing
Receiving

Colorado

See also: 2024 Colorado Buffaloes football team.

Statistics	COLO	TTU
First downs
Total yards
Rushing yards
Passing yards
Turnovers
Time of possession

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
Colorado	Passing
Rushing
Receiving
Texas Tech	Passing
Rushing
Receiving

At Oklahoma State

See also: 2024 Oklahoma State Cowboys football team.

Statistics	TTU	OKST
First downs
Total yards
Rushing yards
Passing yards
Turnovers
Time of possession

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
Texas Tech	Passing
Rushing
Receiving
Oklahoma State	Passing
Rushing
Receiving

West Virginia

See also: 2024 West Virginia Mountaineers football team.

Statistics	WVU	TTU
First downs
Total yards
Rushing yards
Passing yards
Turnovers
Time of possession

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
West Virginia	Passing
Rushing
Receiving
Texas Tech	Passing
Rushing
Receiving

Notes and References

1. News: . Giese . Nathan . Season tickets for 2024 Texas Tech football sold out . May 1, 2024 . July 24, 2024.
2. Web site: . Texas Tech Red Raiders 2024 College Football Transfer Portal . December 19, 2023.
3. Web site: . College Football Recruiting Classes . December 20, 2023.
4. Web site: On3.com . 2024 Texas Tech Red Raiders Football Commits . December 27, 2023.
5. Web site: . 2024 Texas Tech Football Commitment List . December 20, 2023.
6. Web site: . Texas Tech 2024 Football Commits . December 20, 2023.
7. Web site: Utah Picked First in Big 12 Football Media Preseason Poll . July 2, 2024 . July 3, 2024.
8. Web site: The Maxwell Football Club today announced its watch list for the 88th Maxwell Award .
9. Web site: 48 Players Named to the 15th Annual Paul Hornung Award Watch List.
10. Web site: 2024 Allstate Wuerffel Trophy Watch List Announced.
11. Web site: Walter Camp 2024 Player of Year Preseason Watch List, presented by David McDermott Lexus of New Haven. August 5, 2024. August 5, 2024. Mike Madera. waltercamp.org.
12. Web site: 2024 Doak Walker Award Candidates Announced . August 5, 2024. August 5, 2024.
13. Web site: 2024 Biletnikoff Award Watch List .
14. Web site: 2024 John Mackey Award Watchlist . August 9, 2024 . Mackey Award.
15. Web site: Big 12 Announces Media Preseason Football Team .
16. Web site: FBSchedules. 2024 Texas Tech Football Schedule . December 19, 2023.