Texas Tech wide receiver Derrick Willies caught three passes for 63 yards — both season-high numbers — last week against Texas after missing the previous three games with a knee injury.
Willies’ season totals — 12 catches, 231 yards and two touchdowns — might not be what some envisioned from the highly touted junior-college transfer, but Tech coach Kliff Kingsbury invoked one of the nation’s prolific deep threats in suggesting the 6-foot-3, 215-pound junior is just scratching the surface.
“He’s still getting back into it,” Kingsbury said after Tuesday’s practice. “He has some unique abilities at times, and then he’s got to protect the ball a little bit better, but he’s blocking hard.