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Texas Tech QB McLane Carter to miss time this spring after surgery; WR Xavier Martin moved back to QB

Texas Tech will be without McLane Carter for a considerable portion of spring football.

The senior quarterback recently underwent surgery on the injured ankle that derailed most of his junior season, first-year head coach Matt Wells told reporters Sunday. A best-scenario would place Carter back on the field for the last two weeks of practices leading up to the April 13 spring game at The Star in Frisco.

Wells confirmed QB McLane Carter had ankle surgery recently. Best case, he's back for last two weeks of spring, which would be 6 practices. "I think the obvious is that it does set him back, but it's something that needed to be done.