Texas Tech football makes top 5 for dynamic 2020 prospect

Qunishone Bright, a big-play athlete in the class of 2020 has released his top 5 choices and Texas Tech has made the cut.

The Texas Tech football team has made a living off of versatile offensive weapons. The “Air Raid” offense is designed to evenly distribute the ball to every skill position on the field, including utilizing the running backs out of the backfield as pass catchers.

The latest multi-talented offensive prospect to show interest in Texas Tech is 2020 athlete Quinshone Bright from Cedar Hill, Texas. The 5-foot-9, 161-pounder released his top 5 schools Thursday and the Red Raiders made the cut along with Colorado, Baylor, Houston and Nebraska. He is listed as a three-star prospect and the No. 87 overall player in Texas by 247Sports.com.

This season, he has been a threat for Cedar Hill on the ground and through the air. Playing primarily at running back, he has 68 carries for 362 yards and 6 touchdowns and 30 receptions for 393 yards and three touchdowns.

But due to his size, Bright could project as a prototypical slot receiver in the mold of Keke Coutee, Jonathan Giles, Jakeem Grant and Cam Batson. According to 247Sports.com, he runs a 4.5 40-yard dash and was a member of his school’s sprint really teams.

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His experience catching the ball, (36 career receptions) would translate well to the “Air Raid” offense whether he stays at running back or moves to receiver. And in recent classes, the Red Raiders have not been afraid to bring on smaller running backs.

In the 2018 class, Tech added 5-foot-7 Ta’Zhawn Henry who has rushed for 341 yards and 8 touchdowns on 86 carries while catching 22 passes for 145 yards and a score. In the first month of the season, Henry looked like he was emerging as the team’s top weapon at running back before being slowed by turf toe.

The 2019 recruiting class also features two running backs of smaller stature. 5-foot-9, 190-pound Velton Gardner from Dallas’ Skyline High School committed to the Red Raiders following the Texas game and just days after he decomitted from Kansas State. Additionally, Tech is set to welcome 5-foot-6, 160-pound Chux Nwabuko III from Hutto, Texas as a preferred walk-on.

But with the loss of DeMarcus Felton and Tre King after this season, there will be plenty of room for new running backs in the upcoming classes. Tech will have Henry and its leading back Da’Leon Ward as well as true freshman Sa’Rodorick Thompson (who played earlier this year but it is redshirting) as its primary running backs next year but will likely be looking to add more diversity to that position group.

Look for the Red Raiders to target some bigger running backs that are cut from a more traditional physical mold, especially in the JUCO ranks. With the abundance of running backs on the roster and in the 2019 class that are shorter than 5-foot-10 and weighing less than 200-pounds, Tech has plenty of options to fill that role but they could use another physical presence in the backfield.

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That is why most believe that Bright is being looked at as an inside receiver for the Red Raiders. Of course, a potential coaching change could throw everything on the recruiting trail into disarray, especially for the 2020 class that already has two members, QB Wilson Long from Austin and wide receiver Keith Miller III from The Colony. Of course, we will have all of the latest on the recruiting trail and the coaching front as it develops.

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