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Texas Tech football: Analysis, signees list after national signing day
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College football's traditional February national signing day came and went Wednesday with the Texas Tech football team adding no new players. It's not as if Tech coach Joey McGuire had a bunch of holes to fill anyway.
The Red Raiders currently project to have 123 players for 2025, 18 more than next year's expected 105-player roster limit. That's counting high school players who signed in December but won't arrive until after the spring semester. It's also assuming a federal judge gives final approval in April to the House v. NCAA settlement proposal.
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Tech went far above next year's roster cap with a busy winter. The Red Raiders added 18 high school recruits on the December early signing day, landed 17 experienced players from the NCAA transfer portal, added Frenship quarterback Holden Phillips as a preferred walk-on and took former Lubbock Christian University basketball player Jalen Brattain as a tight end.
McGuire bluntly acknowledged the likelihood of having to cut players before July 1, when the new rules would take effect.
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Offensive guard Davion Carter and defensive back Devynn Cromwell are still on the roster for 2025, benefiting from the blanket waiver the NCAA issued in December to players who started their careers at non-NCAA programs. In addition, linebacker Bryce Ramirez received a seventh year of eligibility, making up for 2022 when he suffered a season-ending leg injury in the third game.
Seven of Tech's high school signees are ranked among the top 100 in Texas on the 247Sports composite index. In usual Tech fashion, they're mostly offensive skill players: quarterback Lloyd Jones, tight end Preztynn Harrison and receivers Michael Dever, Tristian Gentry, Bryson Jones and Leyton Stone. Also in the top 100 is Prosper offensive lineman Connor Carty, who the Red Raiders pulled away from a longtime commitment to Texas A&M.
Tech's class ranks No. 48 on the 247Sports composite, down from No. 25 last year and No. 28 the year before.
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Texas Tech football coach Joey McGuire is shown at a press conference on Dec. 26, 2024, in Memphis, Tennessee, where the Red Raiders played Arkansas in the Liberty Bowl.
Texas Tech football 2025 recruiting class
Rankings are as shown in the 247Sports composite index, an average of the major recruiting services. Heights and weights are as listed by Texas Tech. An asterisk (*) denotes players who enrolled and joined the program in January.
*Lloyd Jones III, QB
High school:Hitchcock
Height/weight:6-foot-4, 205 pounds
Rank:4 stars; No. 66 recruit in Texas, No. 460 in nation; No. 30 at position
*Holden Phillips, QB (enrolled as preferred walk-on)
High school:Frenship
Height/weight:6-1, 200
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Rank:Not listed in 247Sports composite database.
*Michael Dever, WR
High school:Lubbock-Cooper
Height/weight:6-1, 175
Rank:4 stars; No. 59 recruit in Texas, No. 429 in nation; No. 61 at position
Tristian Gentry, WR
High school:Stephenville
Height/weight:5-11, 175
Rank:4 stars; No. 49 recruit in Texas, No. 365 in Texas, No. 50 at position
Bryson Jones, WR
High school:Frisco Lone Star
Height/weight:6-2, 180
Rank:4 stars; No. 62 recruit in Texas, No. 435 in nation; No. 63 at position
*Leyton Stone, WR
High school:Frenship
Height/weight:6-3, 185
Rank:3 stars; No. 91 in recruit in Texas, No. 691 in nation; No. 103 at position
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*Preztynn Harrison, TE
High school:Mineral Wells
Height/weight:6-5, 210
R ank:3 stars; No. 83 recruit in Texas, No. 614 in nation, No. 33 at position
Sean Robinson, TE
High school:Cibolo Steele
Height/weight:6-4, 200
Rank:3 stars; No. 138 recruit in Texas, No. 934 in nation, No. 52 all-purpose player
Ren Brown, OL
High school:Stanton, Nebraska
Height/weight:6-5, 300
Rank:3 stars; No. 13 recruit in Nebraska, No. 1,588 in nation, No. 126 at position
*Connor Carty, OL
High school:Prosper
Height/weight:6-4, 290
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Rank:4 stars; No. 68 recruit in Texas, No. 467 in nation, No. 32 at position
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Elias Gillen, OL
High school:Rapid City (S.D.) Stevens
Height/weight:6-6, 310
Rank:3 stars; No. 3 recruit in South Dakota , No. 1,101 in nation, No. 77 at position
Danilo Guberinich, OT
High school:Novi (Mich.) Catholic Central
Height/weight:6-5, 285
Rank:3 stars; No. 19 recruit in Michigan , No. 953 in nation, No. 69 at position
Garin Maley, OT
High school:Papillion-La Vista, Nebraska
Height/weight:6-5, 270
Rank:3 stars; No. 10 recruit in Nebraska, No. 1,182 in nation, No. 86 at position
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*Patrick McMath, OL
High school:Katy
Height/weight:6-4, 260
Rank:3 stars; No. 205 recruit in Texas, No. 1,375 in nation, No. 107 at position
Dylan Singleton, DL
High school:Loreauville, Louisiana
Height/weight:6-4, 300
Rank:3 stars; No. 42 recruit in Louisiana, No. 1,494 in nation, No. 159 at position
*Brock Golwas, LB
High school:Flower Mound Marcus
Height/weight:6-1, 225
Rank:3 stars; No. 104 recruit in Texas, No. 758 in nation, No. 78 at position
*Deante Lindsay, CB
High school:Ada, Oklahoma
Height/weight:6-1, 170
Rank:No. 15 recruit in Oklahoma, No. 858 in nation, No. 79 at position
Michael Henderson III, S
High school:Wylie East
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Height/weight:5-9, 175
Rank:3 stars; No. 193 recruit in Texas, No. 1,285 in nation, No. 112 at position
Braylan McDonald, S
High school:Lancaster
Height/weight:5-11, 190
Rank:3 stars; No. 223 recruit in Texas, No. 1,494 in nation, No. 125 at position
This article originally appeared on Lubbock Avalanche-Journal: Texas Tech football: Analysis, signees list after national signing day
