NIL Funding
Lubbock Avalanche-Journal’s Don Williams made Freedom of Information Act requests for how Texas Tech was spending the $24.5 million prior to the House v. NCAA Settlement:
I don’t have a ton to add other than I didn’t know what the acronym FERPA was, which it is the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act and the reason those figures are not listed is from the Williams’ article:
In its response to the open-records requests, Tech withheld NIL amounts for its men’s and women’s tennis and women’s golf teams — those with smaller rosters — citing the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974. It also didn’t disclose the amounts for the track and field teams for 2021-22, citing FERPA.
On the Track
Texas Tech track & field will send 13 players to the NCAA Indoor Championships in Fayetteville, Arkansas starting on March 13th.
Texas Tech Women
· Success Umukoro – 60m
· Tonie-Ann Forbes – 60m hurdles
· Temitope Adeshina – high jump
· Evelyn Lavielle – high jump
· Ruta Lasmane – triple jump
· Grace Oshiokpu – triple jump
· Tamiah Washington – triple jump
Texas Tech Men
· Malachi Snow – 60m, 60m hurdles
· Antoine Andrews – 60m hurdles
· BJ Jennings – high jump
· Jonathan Seremes – triple jump
· Kamron Neal – 200m
· Sean Gribble – pole vault
On the Hardwood
Texas Tech plays Kansas State today at 11:00 a.m. as part of the Big 12 Tournament at the T-Mobile Center in Kansas City, Missouri. The game will be on ESPN+.
Lubbock Avalanche-Journal’s Stephen Garcia on the Lady Raiders looking to make a mark at the Big 12 Tournament:
Tech enjoyed a bye as the Big 12 tournament opened Wednesday at T-Mobile Center in Kansas City, Missouri. The No. 5 seed Lady Raiders are in their best position heading into the competition in decades.
So, does that change the mentality?
“I think it gives the team a lot of confidence knowing that we came in there and everyone was kind of thinking that we were an easy win last year,” guard Denae Fritz said after Sunday’s win over Arizona State. “We got a couple good ones and we started building our momentum into the WBIT, too. I think this year we’re going to have the same thing, hopefully, and then we’ll just keep going.”
Head coach Krista Gerlich and Snudda Collins were respectively named as the Big 12 Coach of the Year and Sixth Player of the Year for the Big 12. Bailey Maupin was named All-Big 12 First Team and Jalynn Bristow was All-Big 12 Honorable Mention. Congrats to those ladies who have worked so hard for this recognition.
On the Gridiron
The next episode of What’s Next with Joey McGuire and Robert Giovannetti:
ESPN’s Craig Haubert and Billy Tucker on the top newcomer classes:
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3. Texas Tech Red Raiders
Top recruits: Edge LaDamion Guyton, CB S’Vioarean Martin, WR Chase Campbell, RB Ashton Rowden, OG Jerald Mays
Tech’s 2026 freshmen class mixes immediate‑use athletes and upside. Guyton projects into the outside linebacker rotation with the range and burst to thrive ultimately in a similar fashion to David Bailey. Don’t expect that in Year 1, but he can have success in a situational role as a violent and intense pass rusher. Martin gives the secondary a rangy, physical, movement‑first corner who can hold up in space. Campbell brings perimeter speed and body control to compete for slot/outside reps and Rowden projects as a complementary back with burst and receiving feel on early downs and specialty packages. Along the offensive line, Felix Ojo was a big-time addition but should be viewed as more of a developmental, long-term impact addition. Mays has interior flexibility to play center or guard with size and great feet in pass protection and could be the one to contribute quicker.
Transfers: QB Brendan Sorsby, DT Mateen Ibirogba, DE Trey White, DE Adam Trick, WR Malcolm Simmons, WR Kenny Johnson, TE Jett Carpenter, LB Austin Romaine
Texas Tech’s portal class has ready‑made, high‑impact players. Sorsby is a three‑year starter who completed 61.6% of his passes for 2,800 yards with 27 touchdowns to five interceptions in 2025 and added 580 rushing yards and nine touchdowns. He’s a powerful, instinctive pocket passer with RPO timing and the mobility to extend plays. With some key impact losses along their defensive front, Texas Tech addressed that via the portal with several strong adds. Ibirogba is a disruptive interior run defender who slips blocks, shoots gaps and closes in the backfield. He’s versatile enough to line up across the defensive line and provide inside push. White is an ultraproductive Group of 6 edge defender with twitch, a violent first step and an array of pass-rush moves. Trick complements him as a relentless speed rusher with good bend (12.5 TFL, 8.5 sacks in 2025) who can also make plays against the run. Simmons adds big play perimeter juice (18.3 yards per catch in 2025) and punt return value as a boundary/slot option.
Only Ohio State and LSU had better classes.