The further we get from the Kliff Kingsbury era, the more it is becoming apparent that the former Texas Tech football head coach severely bungled the management of his program’s roster. As a result, his successor, Matt Wells is having to figure out how to plug the holes in his roster and to do so, he is turning to the college football version of free-agency; the graduate transfer portal.
To understand the problem Wells has inherited, we must look no further than the last three recruiting classes Kingsbury signed. Beginning with the 2016 class, which should comprise the majority of the 2019 two-deep, we will find that each of Kingsbury’s final three classes was massively flawed.