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Jacob Crow, tackle from Tennessee state champion, commits to Texas Tech football
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The Lubbock area experienced a weather scare on the evenings of Wednesday and Thursday, June 5 and 6, in the form of tornados . On Sunday, June 8, the Texas Tech football team landed a large Tornado.
Jacob Crow, a 6-foot-8, 300-pound offensive lineman from Alcoa, Tennessee, committed to the Red Raiders . The Alcoa Tornadoes went 13-1 this past season, winning a Class 3A state championship . Crow announced his pledge on social media.
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Crow's been offered scholarships by 33 programs, according to recruiting services, the most prominent in addition to Texas Tech being Northwestern, Virginia Tech, Air Force, Navy, Troy, Toledo and Marshall. He had an official visit with Red Raiders beginning on Friday and also has a visit scheduled to Memphis.
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Crow played mainly right tackle this past season for Alcoa, which won its 10th consecutive state championship by beating Martin Westview 40-21. The Tornadoes lost their season opener and then won 13 in a row.
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Crow earned first-team all-state recognition. Alcoa is 14 miles south of Knoxville, Tennessee.
A Texas Tech helmet is seen before the the Texas Tech football team's spring game, Saturday, April 19, 2025, at Jones AT&T Stadium.
Texas Tech now has 11 commitments for its 2026 class. Only three are projected to play offense: interior lineman Jerald "J.J." Mays from Pflugerville Weiss, quarterback Stephen Cannon from Benedictine Military School in Savannah, Georgia, and Crow.
The other pledges are defensive linemen Ayden Johnson from Mount Pleasant and Krush Johnson from Amarillo Tascosa; linebackers Tieson Ejiawoko from Georgetown East View and Cord Nolan from Bixby, Oklahoma; and defensive backs Maddox Quiller from Pflugerville Hendrickson, Luke Bell from New Braunfels Canyon, Noah Lewis from Terrell and Aaron Bradshaw from North Crowley.
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This article originally appeared on Lubbock Avalanche-Journal: Texas Tech football recruiting Jacob Crow Tennessee
