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Joey McGuire updates health status of Texas Tech quarterback Behren Morton after win
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Coming off a 67-7 thumping of Arkansas-Pine Bluff , Texas Tech football head coach Joey McGuire once again had to talk about the health of quarterback Behren Morton.
Morton came into the 2025 season with a healed-up throwing shoulder after undergoing surgery back in December. In Saturday's game in Jones AT&T Stadium, it was a different injury concern that popped up.
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Morton left the game in the second quarter after getting hit low on the right leg during a pass attempt. The Pine Bluff defender was flagged for roughing the passer. Morton finished the drive, which ended in a J'Koby Williams rushing touchdown, and exited the game with the score 37-0.
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"We feel good about where Behren is. Nothing is broken. Feel like it's all muscle, as far as like hyperextension of his knee and kind of ran down the outside of that calf and shin area. But the docs feel good about it. If they feel good about I feel good about it."
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Will Hammond took over at quarterback after that, playing the rest of the second quarter and the third — which came about 90 minutes later because of a weather delay — before giving way to Mitch Griffis in the fourth.
Morton threw touchdowns on four of Tech's first five possessions of the game, connecting with Terrance Carter Jr. twice and Coy Eakin and Reggi Virgil each once. He finished the night going 16-for-18 with 201 yards before exiting.
Texas Tech hosts Kent State next week in an 11 a.m. kickoff in Jones AT&T Stadium. The Golden Flashes earned a 21-17 win over Merrimack in Week 1 after going 0-12 in 2024.
This article originally appeared on Lubbock Avalanche-Journal: Texas Tech football feels 'good' about QB Behren Morton after injury scare
