Texas Tech brought in 18 scholarship newcomers this season, about half of whom have already played. Over the last couple of weeks, we’ve been updating the progress of freshmen who are redshirting and some other young players for whom Tech coaches have expectations.
Name: Cody Wheeler
Class: True freshman
Position: Center-guard
High school: Allen
Background: No Red Raiders player experienced more success in high school than Wheeler. He played on three state championship teams that were a composite 47-1, starting the last two years on back-to-back champions 16-0 teams.