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Texas Tech Defense Preview 2025: Transfer Portal Rescues the Red Raiders
The defense killed the 2024 season. There was little pass rush, the D allowed 460 yards and 35 points per game, and only Tulsa allowed more passing Red Raiders allowed 35 points or more eight times, and the 453 total points were the most given up since 2016. But this is the transfer portal era, and WOW, did Texas Tech - potentially - fix the glitch.
X CFN, Fiu | CFN Facebook | Bluesky Fiu, CFN2025 Texas Tech PreviewTexas Tech Offense Breakdown Season Prediction, Win Total, Keys to Season- You want more from your defensive line, Texas Tech fans? Here you go. Now, there's a whole lot more projection than proof on the edge, but David Bailey (Stanford) was one of the biggest gets in the portal, and Romello Height (UTEP) has a world of transfer combination of Lee Hunter (UCF), Skyler Gill (Northern Illinois), and AJ Holmes (Houston) is fantastic. Hunter is an All-Big 12 anchor, and Gill is a fantastic interior pass rusher.
- The linebackers did what they could. All team stats aside, the combination of Jacob Rodriguez on the outside and Ben Roberts in the middle did everything they could, combining for 210 tackles. They were 1-2 in stops, respectively, and both should be in the All-Big 12 mix. John Curry is a terrific backup option who made 35 tackles.
- The defensive front six/seven is relatively settled. And then there's the secondary. The safeties have a few key parts back in AJ McCarty and Chapman Lewis after combining for five picks, but they're still in a fight for their gigs. Mississippi State's Brice Pollack should step in at one corner job, and North Dakota State's Cole Wisniewski should shine at one safety after missing almost all of last year hurt. Season Prediction, Win Total, Keys to Season 2025 Texas Tech PreviewTexas Tech Offense Breakdown
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