Joey McGuire recaps Texas Tech football’s second scrimmage and practice
Texas Tech football’s standout players include kicker Gino Garcia, defensive linemen Joseph Adedire and De’Braylon Carroll, and linebacker Jacob Rodriguez
When the Red Raiders start the 2024 season on Saturday, the Texas Tech football team will lack enough depth on defense.
Tech’s first weekly availability report of the season lists junior outside linebacker Charles Esters III and redshirt freshman defensive back Javeon Wilcox as out for the game against Abilene Christian (6:30 p.m. on ESPN+). Esters’ injury is listed as a hamstring injury. Wilcox is out with a knee injury.
Quincy Ledet Jr., who was listed as nose tackle for Tech, is questionable due to a lower leg injury.
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The program announced Sunday night that it will provide its own injury updates throughout the season. These will be found in each week’s game notes, which are released on Mondays, and the team will provide a game day update approximately 45 minutes before kickoff each week.
All of Tech’s listed injuries come on the defensive side. Sophomore outside linebacker Dylan Spencer has already been ruled out for the season after suffering a non-contact knee injury in the first few days of preseason practice.
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