Texas Tech WR Antoine Cox-Wesley moves to inside receiver

With attrition at the Y receiver spot, Texas Tech has made it a priority to shift players to fill the role. For sophomore Antoine Cox-Wesley–a pre-engineering major– he could prove useful playing on the inside.

Texas Tech lost several players last year, and to a variety of reasons, including injuries, and transfers. But Tech isn’t alone there; all programs experience that at some capacity every year, and when it happens, you fill the gaps wherever it makes sense.

Outside receivers are typically longer, leaner, and have the ability to make explosive plays using their size as an advantage against secondaries. Inside, or slot receivers are typically smaller players, and used on short yardage situations. So for Antoine Wesley — who’s listed at 6-foot-5, 185 pounds — moving from X to Y during Fall Camp seems like quite the stretch, however, head coach Kliff Kingsbury doesn’t see the move as anything more than adding a weapon where it’s needed.

“He [Wesley] has a great catch radius,” Kingsbury said in Texas Tech’s final preseason media availability last week. “We had Jace [Amaro], and you just put it close. He kind of has that same deal, where you don’t have to be real accurate when he’s going across the middle on some of those crossing routes, and corner routes. He’ll go up and make a play for you, so it definitely could be a positive.”