In 2017, high school and JUCO football recruits were able to sign their National Letters of Intent in December for the first time. Since then, the early window has become the early Christmas present that college football fans get to unwrap but for the Texas Tech football program, there’s been more coal in their stockings than anything else.
Much of that has had to do with the uncertainty that defined the last two years of the Kliff Kingsbury era and the transition to the Matt Wells a year ago. As a result, the early signing period has been a hindrance to the Red Raiders more than other programs.