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Players that ought to step up in 2021

Dec 5, 2020 Lubbock, Texas, United states The Texas Tech Pink Raiders enter the discipline ahead of the match versus the Kansas Jayhawks at Jones AT&T Stadium. Mandatory Credit score: Michael C. Johnson-Usa Now Athletics

Just about every period, we as enthusiasts like to seem to new additions to the roster as reasons for optimism.  And unquestionably, the Texas Tech football group will be relying on pretty a several contemporary faces in key roles for the 2021 time.

But usually, a team’s biggest enhancement will come in the variety of returning players who consider their online games to a new level.  And when we feel about the 4-gain 2020 campaign, it turns into crystal clear that there weren’t plenty of returnees who took a step forward.

Most notably, QB Alan Bowman was unable to show capable of leading his group to a thriving period following returning from a year-ending injury

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Nicky Chicca by — August 26, 2021 in Texas Tech Football
Which Texas Tech Red Raiders players are in the NFL? Here’s a list

Dakota Allen, LB, Jacksonville Jaguars: Allen, though playing for his third team, continues to stick after coming into the NFL as a seventh-round draft choice in 2019. He posted career highs last season of 13 games played and 18 tackles.

Jack Anderson, OG, Buffalo Bills: Anderson started 38 games for Tech, made the Senior Bowl and passed up two more seasons of college eligibility for his NFL shot. He went in the seventh round to the Bills, who went 13-3 and reached the AFC championship game. They want to train him at guard and center.

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Cameron Batson, WR, Tennessee Titans: An undersized, undrafted free agent in 2018, Batson continues trying to defy the odds. That got tougher this offseason with the Titans trading for seven-time Pro Bowler Julio Jones, signing free agent Josh Reynolds off a career

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Nicky Chicca by — August 7, 2021 in Texas Tech Football
Kansas City Royals select 10 players on last day

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Kansas City Royals rounded out the 2021 MLB Draft by selecting 10 players on the final day.

Here’s a list of those players:

Brennon McNair (shortstop): Selected in the 11th round (319th overall). a shortstop from Magee High School (Miss.). McNair, 18, was named Co-Player of the Year in 3A Baseball by the Mississippi Association of Coaches and graduated as valedictorian of his senior class. He is committed to South Alabama.

Tyson Guerrero (left-handed pitcher): Selected in the 12th round (349th overall), the Royals selected Tyson Guerrero, a left-handed pitcher out of the University of Washington. Guerrero, 21, ranked third among qualifying pitchers in the Pac-12 with a 2.96 ERA (18 ER in 54.2 IP) this season. He spent the shortened 2020 season at Lower Columbia after transferring from Washington State in 2019, where he was a two-way player as a freshman.

Patrick Halligan (right-handed

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Nicky Chicca by — July 14, 2021 in Er Tech