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Texas Tech football to start QB Will Hammond vs ASU, Behren Morton available in emergency
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Behren Morton is available today for the Texas Tech football team , but will only serve as the emergency quarterback, according a release from Tech athletics.
Will Hammond will get his second career start today against the Sun Devils , his first coming in the Liberty Bowl against Arkansas last December. The redshirt freshman has appeared in all six games for the seventh-ranked Red Raiders (6-0, 3-0), taking over the second half in the win at Utah and leading Tech to a 21-0 second half in last week's victory over Kansas .
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Morton has started the last 18 regular-season games for Texas Tech but only made it to the end of one game so far this year, which came two weeks ago at Houston. He reaggravated a previous calf injury suffered in the season opener against Arkansas-Pine Bluff in last week's game.
According to the release, Morton will only be used "in an emergency situation as he continues to recover from an injury suffered last weekend against Kansas."
Former Wake Forest quarterback Mitch Griffis is No. 3 on Tech's weekly depth chart and would likely serve as Hammond's backup against the Sun Devils .
This article originally appeared on Lubbock Avalanche-Journal: Will Hammond gets start at QB for Texas Tech football vs Arizona State
