Texas Tech football: Alan Bowman redshirting is best for player and program

Monday, Texas Tech football head coach Matt Wells announced that starting QB Alan Bowman will redshirt this season, a decision that makes sense for the good of the player and the program.

It’s been since September 14th that we’ve seen Alan Bowman take a snap for the Texas Tech football team. Now we know that we aren’t going to see him take his next snap until September 5th, 2020.

That’s because Monday, head coach Matt Wells announced that his sophomore QB has decided to redshirt this season after missing the last six games with a shoulder injury sustained in the third game of the year at Arizona. Because of the new NCAA rule allowing players to maintain their ability to redshirt even after…