Texas Tech football fans have had the pleasure of seeing some truly special players come through the program over the years. Of course, there’s the reigning Super Bowl MVP, Patrick Mahomes, arguably the best wide receiver in Big 12 history, Michael Crabtree, and the greatest undersized linebacker in football history, Zach Thomas.
It’s been an improbable success story for Red Raider football given that the program is one of the younger in all of the FBS. For context, consider that Tech is the only Big 12 school founded after the start of the 20th century (1923) and it didn’t open its doors until 33 years after the two Oklahoma schools, which are the next two youngest schools in the conference, both founded in 1890.