Teams Texas Tech 2018 Roster ← 2017 2019 → 2018 Texas Tech roster 112 players: 8 freshmen, 13 sophomores, 15 juniors, 19 seniors, 57 with no class listed. From 15 states and 1 other country; the most from Texas (86) and California (6). The 2018 season .
Quarterbacks 5 Running backs 8 Receivers 13 Tight ends 4 Offensive line 16 Defensive line 16 Linebackers 13 Defensive backs 23 Specialists 10 Athletes and others 4
Quarterbacks 5 No. Player Class Ht Wt Hometown 2018 7 Alan Bowman QB 3★ 3-star recruit 6′3″ 220 Grapevine, TX 2,638 passing yards, 17 TD 7 Jett Duffey QB 3★ 3-star recruit 6′1″ 195 Mansfield, TX 1,221 passing yards, 8 TD 17 McLane Carter QB So. 6′3″ 225 Gilmer, TX 318 passing yards, 2 TD 12 Colt Garrett QB So. 6′1″ 195 Lubbock, TX 44 passing yards, 1 TD 15 Nick Gerber QB 6′1″ 175 Levelland, TX
Running backs 8 No. Player Class Ht Wt Hometown 2018 4 Ta’Zhawn Henry RB 5′7″ 180 Houston, TX 341 rushing yards, 8 TD 21 Da’Leon Ward RB 3★ 3-star recruit 5′10″ 180 Dallas, TX 341 rushing yards, 3 TD 2 Demarcus Felton RB Sr. 5′7″ 205 Houston, TX 286 rushing yards, 6 TD 24 Tre King RB Sr. 5′11″ 190 Wichita, KS 160 rushing yards, 1 TD 4 SaRodorick Thompson RB 6′0″ 220 Irving, TX 114 rushing yards, 3 TD 29 Mason Reed FB Sr. 6′2″ 225 Cisco, TX 11 rushing yards 30 Jax Welch RB So. 5′9″ 185 Odessa, TX 36 Jake Levrier RB 5′8″ 185 Houston, TX
Receivers 13 No. Player Class Ht Wt Hometown 2018 4 Antoine Wesley WR Jr. 6′5″ 200 Cibolo, TX 88 catches, 1,410 yards, 9 TD 88 Ja’Deion High WR Sr. 5′11″ 190 Hereford, TX 62 catches, 804 yards, 4 TD 9 T.J. Vasher WR 4★ 4-star recruit 6′6″ 215 Wichita Falls, TX 54 catches, 687 yards, 7 TD 8 KeSean Carter WR 3★ 3-star recruit 5′11″ 180 The Woodlands, TX 26 catches, 238 yards, 1 TD 19 Zach Austin WR Sr. 5′11″ 195 Austin, TX 17 catches, 143 yards, 1 TD 8 De’Quan Bowman WR Sr. 5′11″ 190 Millville, NJ 10 catches, 90 yards, 1 TD 86 Dalton Rigdon WR 5′11″ 170 Perryton, TX 3 catches, 29 yards 13 Erik Ezukanma WR 4★ 4-star recruit 6′3″ 220 Fort Worth, TX 2 catches, 48 yards, 1 TD 89 Caden Leggett WR 6′1″ 200 Georgetown, TX 1 catch, 12 yards 14 Xavier White WR 6′0″ 195 Lubbock, TX 35 Mark Richardson WR Fr. 6′0″ 185 Allen, TX 80 Brandt Schilling WR 5′9″ 175 Idalou, TX 85 Corey Fulcher WR 6′1″ 185 Dallas, TX
Offensive line 16 No. Player Class Ht Wt Hometown 2018 78 Terence Steele OL Jr. 6′6″ 310 Cibolo, TX 1 tackle 79 Travis Bruffy OL Jr. 6′6″ 305 Missouri City, TX 1 tackle 51 Jeremiah McCutcheon OL 6′1″ 295 San Antonio, TX 56 Jack Anderson OL 4★ 4-star recruit 6′5″ 315 Frisco, TX 57 Ty Morrow OL Fr. 6′4″ 275 Canadian, TX 58 Madison Akamnonu OL 4★ 4-star recruit Jr. 6′5″ 310 Arlington, TX 61 Colin Yang OL 6′3″ 280 Frisco, TX 65 Zach Adams OL 3★ 3-star recruit So. 6′6″ 320 Fredericksburg, VA 68 Casey Verhulst OL RS 6′6″ 305 Plano, TX 71 Bailey Smith OL Jr. 6′5″ 295 Lucas, TX 72 Jack Reichel OL 6′5″ 290 Sacramento, CA 73 Dawson Deaton OL 3★ 3-star recruit RS 6′6″ 310 Frisco, TX 75 Giovanni Pancotti OL 6′6″ 310 Houston, TX 75 Will Farrar OL 3★ 3-star recruit RS 6′5″ 325 Richmond, TX 76 Paul Stawarz OL 6′6″ 295 Channahon, IL 77 Jacob Hines OL 6′5″ 320 Long Beach, CA
Defensive line 16 No. Player Class Ht Wt Hometown 2018 96 Broderick Washington Jr DL Jr. 6′3″ 305 Longview, TX 41 tackles, 3 sacks 53 Eli Howard DL So. 6′4″ 280 San Angelo, TX 37 tackles, 3.5 sacks 97 Joseph Wallace DL 6′1″ 315 Dallas, TX 37 tackles, 2 sacks 96 Nick McCann DL 6′2″ 305 Texarkana, AR 24 tackles, 1 sack 99 Preston Gordon DL Sr. 6′1″ 280 McKinney, TX 21 tackles 94 Lonzell Gilmore DL Jr. 6′3″ 260 Spring, TX 9 tackles, 1 sack 91 Nelson Mbanasor DL 6′3″ 270 Pflugerville, TX 9 tackles 95 Jaylon Hutchings DL 6′0″ 305 Forney, TX 2 tackles 89 Houston Miller DL 3★ 3-star recruit So. 6′4″ 275 Keller, TX 1 tackle 90 Quentin Yontz DL Jr. 6′2″ 275 Corona, CA 1 tackle 43 Malik Essilfie DL Jr. 6′3″ 275 Houston, TX 57 Michael Mays DL 6′1″ 230 Houston, TX 59 Mark Brown DL 6′3″ 230 Fort Worth, TX 69 Zackery Semrak DL Fr. 6′2″ 280 Southlake, TX 92 Noah Jones DL So. 6′3″ 285 Moore, OK 93 Troy Te’O DL RS 6′2″ 280 Lubbock, TX
Linebackers 13 No. Player Class Ht Wt Hometown 2018 1 LB Jr. 6′1″ 245 Houston, TX 84 tackles, 3 sacks, 1 INT 6 Riko Jeffers LB 6′2″ 235 Garland, TX 71 tackles, 2 sacks 40 Dakota Allen LB Sr. 6′1″ 235 Humble, TX 73 tackles, 0.5 sacks 9 Tony Jones LB Sr. 6′2″ 225 Casselberry, FL 44 tackles, 4 sacks 13 Kolin Hill LB Sr. 6′2″ 245 Schertz, TX 36 tackles, 5 sacks 33 Brayden Stringer LB 6′2″ 220 Cypress, TX 3 tackles 18 Christian Taylor LB So. 6′2″ 235 Houston, TX 2 tackles 52 Ja’Quay Pough LB 6′1″ 220 Sherman, TX 1 tackle 34 Taven Christopher LB 6′2″ 185 Arlington, TX 38 Jacob Schuster LB 5′11″ 210 Corinth, TX 39 Michael Nelson LB Fr. 5′11″ 210 San Antonio, TX 42 Case Gatlin LB 6′4″ 230 Boerne, TX 45 Aaron Calcote LB 6′0″ 230 Shreveport, LA
Defensive backs 23 No. Player Class Ht Wt Hometown 2018 7 Jah’Shawn Johnson DB Sr. 5′10″ 185 Ennis, TX 59 tackles, 1 INT 15 Vaughnte Dorsey DB Sr. 5′11″ 200 Cleveland, MS 44 tackles, 4 INT 7 Adrian Frye DB 6′0″ 205 Houston, TX 21 tackles, 5 INT 23 Damarcus Fields DB 6′0″ 200 Taylor, TX 38 tackles, 1 sack 3 Douglas Coleman III DB Jr. 6′1″ 200 Zachary, LA 30 tackles, 1 INT 24 John Bonney DB 4★ 4-star recruit Sr. 6′1″ 205 Houston, TX 32 tackles 4 Desmon Smith DB Jr. 6′2″ 195 Odessa, TX 27 tackles 31 Justus Parker DB Jr. 6′0″ 205 La Vernia, TX 18 tackles, 1 sack Seth Collins DB 6′3″ 200 San Diego, CA 32 catches, 317 yards, 2 TD 21 Kisean Allen DB Sr. 5′11″ 180 Mesquite, TX 9 tackles 16 Thomas Leggett DB So. 6′0″ 200 Navarre, FL 6 tackles 12 Quincy Addison DB 3★ 3-star recruit So. 6′1″ 195 Angleton, TX 2 tackles 17 John Davis Jr. DB 6′1″ 190 Euless, TX 2 tackles 3 Xavier Martin DB 3★ 3-star recruit RS 6′0″ 190 Cibolo, TX 5 Octavious Morgan DB Sr. 6′0″ 205 Greenwood, SC 6 Kosi Eldridge DB RS 6′0″ 230 Denton, TX 22 Trey Gentry DB 5′11″ 175 San Antonio, TX 24 Adam Beck DB 3★ 3-star recruit Fr. 6′2″ 205 Richmond, TX 27 Adrien Cross DB 5′10″ 195 Brunswick, GA 34 Lamont Jones Jr. DB 6′0″ 185 Pflugerville, TX 41 Andre Woods DB 5′10″ 175 Garland, TX 46 Seth Ette DB Fr. 6′1″ 190 Mansfield, TX 48 Adonis Brown DB 6′0″ 175 Sherman Oaks, CA
Specialists 10 No. Player Class Ht Wt Hometown 2018 96 Clayton Hatfield PK Sr. 5′10″ 185 Boerne, TX 17 of 19 field goals 85 Dominic Panazzolo P Sr. 6′5″ 210 Adelaide, Australia 52 punts, 42.1 average 97 Reed Bowman P So. 6′0″ 200 Magnolia, TX 1 punt, −38.0 average 5 Caleb Griffin PK 6′3″ 220 Danville, IL 34 Landon O’Connor LS Fr. 6′2″ 210 Edna, TX 43 Cody Waddell P So. 6′1″ 205 Elkton, MD 43 Matthew Cluck PK Jr. 6′2″ 220 Arlington, TX 46 Jonathan Garibay PK RS 6′0″ 215 Rubidoux, CA 49 Michael Barden PK Sr. 5′11″ 180 Austin, TX 57 John Berard LS RS 6′3″ 230 Annapolis, MD
Jordyn Brooks, Demarcus Felton, Ta’Zhawn Henry, Adrian Frye, Christian Taylor, John Bonney, Jake Levrier, Malik Essilfie, Noah Hess, Michael Mays, Giovanni Pancotti Jett Duffey, Taven Christopher, Matthew Cluck, Seth Ette, Madison Akamnonu Xavier Martin, Antoine Wesley, Kolin Hill, Terence Steele Alan Bowman, Connor Killian, Zackery Semrak, Houston Miller Trey Gentry, Michael Nelson, Kyle Heffron, Jeremiah McCutcheon Mark Richardson, Jack Anderson, Colin Yang, Dawson Deaton Riko Jeffers, Andre Woods, Casey Verhulst Colt Garrett, Xavier White, Troy Te’O Da’Leon Ward, Corey Fulcher, Joseph Wallace Desmon Smith, Jax Welch Kosi Eldridge, Jacob Schuster Jah’Shawn Johnson, Donta Thompson KeSean Carter, Lonzell Gilmore Erik Ezukanma, Mark Brown Zach Austin, Michael Barden Kisean Allen, Jaylon Hutchings Adam Beck, Will Farrar Lamont Jones Jr., Nelson Mbanasor Case Gatlin, Clayton Hatfield Jonathan Garibay, Quentin Yontz Bailey Smith, Preston Gordon Douglas Coleman III SaRodorick Thompson Caleb Griffin Octavious Morgan De’Quan Bowman T.J. Vasher Tony Jones Quincy Addison Nick Gerber Travis Koontz Vaughnte Dorsey Thomas Leggett John Davis Jr. McLane Carter Damarcus Fields Tre King Adrien Cross Mason Reed Justus Parker Brayden Stringer Landon O’Connor Dakota Allen Tyler Carr Cody Waddell Aaron Calcote Adonis Brown Ja’Quay Pough Eli Howard John Berard Ty Morrow Zach Adams Jack Reichel Paul Stawarz Jacob Hines Travis Bruffy Brandt Schilling Dalton Rigdon Ja’Deion High Caden Leggett Noah Jones Broderick Washington Jr Nick McCann Reed Bowman Seth Collins TX 86 CA 6 FL 2 IL 2 LA 2 Hometowns of the 2018 Texas Tech roster; the five states sending the most labeled with their players. Hover a dot for names. Map: us-atlas (public domain).
Where the roster comes from By state Texas 86 California 6 Louisiana 2 Illinois 2 Florida 2 Maryland 2 South Carolina 1 New Jersey 1 Top counties Harris County, Texas pop. 4.8 million 14 Tarrant County, Texas pop. 2.2 million 12 Dallas County, Texas pop. 2.6 million 7 Collin County, Texas pop. 1.2 million 7 Bexar County, Texas pop. 2.1 million 4 Hometowns placed in their counties with the US Census Bureau’s Gazetteer files. Populations from the US Census Bureau’s American Community Survey, 2020–2024 5-year estimates. This product uses the Census Bureau Data API but is not endorsed or certified by the Census Bureau. Which states send the most FBS players for their size .
Rosters from CollegeFootballData.com, as the school listed them, each group in order of its players’ 2018 production (yards, tackles, kicks), then by number. Hometowns are each player’s latest on file. Transfers are this season’s arrivals through the portal; stars are the player’s 247Sports composite rating as a recruit.
Jordyn Brooks LB