Texas Tech Football: 2019 QB Maverick McIvor decommits

The Texas Tech football team’s 2019 quarterback Maverick McIvor of San Angelo has decomitted just one day after the hiring of Matt Wells.

Anytime a new coach takes over a program, there are certain to be some shakeups. The first such instance came less than a day after the hiring of new Texas Tech football head coach Matt Wells when Maverick McIvor, quarterback from San Angelo, Texas, announced that he is reopening his recruitment.

The three-star prospect who missed most of his senior season with a knee injury took to Twitter Friday to announce his decision to decommit in a very brief statement.

This week, we discussed five key commits that the new coaching staff would have to hold on to and McIvor was on that list because of the importance of the quarterback position. Unfortunately, in recent years we have seen the impact that misses at QB can have on a roster.

In the 2015 class, Texas Tech did not sign a quarterback after Jarrett Stidham decomitted in mid-December just prior to the holiday dead period when coaches are not permitted to contact recruits. As a result, Tech was left with insufficient time to find another QB creating a huge hole in the class and eventually on the roster.

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What’s more, the 2017 quarterback signee Xavier Martin was moved to inside receiver almost immediately upon arriving on campus. In that class, Tech also signed JUCO QB McLane Carter but at the time he was looked at as a depth signing (likely to help make up for the 2015 void) and not a legitimate candidate to one day start. And now that we have seen him make three career starts, it is evident that he is not good enough to carry this program for an entire season.

Unfortunately, the QB situation did not play out over the last three years as Kingsbury had hoped. When Patrick Mahomes left school early for the NFL after 2016, Tech did not have a successor of the talent level that we have grown accustomed to and had to turn to senior Nic Shimonek in 2017. Last year the transfer from Iowa produced arguably the least impressive season of any QB in the “Air Raid” era of Texas Tech football.

This year, the QB depth continued to be an issue as Tech found itself starting three different quarterbacks because of unprecedented misfortune on the injury front. And in the final two games of the season, Tech had to rely on Jett Duffey (who was playing on a broken foot and injured knee) against Kansas State and Carter (who was hobbled by a high ankle sprain) against Baylor.

Had it not been for the emergence of true freshman Alan Bowman, Texas Tech would have been in even worse of a situation at QB this year than it already was. And when Bowman went down after suffering a collapsed lung, it would have been a tremendous luxury to have had another viable option to turn to.

Though we were concerned about not signing a QB in the 2015 class, few Red Raider fans thought it would cost Kingsbury his job but that is what happened. So it will be imperative for Matt Wells to find a new QB in this class and he must be one that is capable of being a legitimate starter in the Big 12.

The problem is that we are only three weeks away from the early signing period and the vast majority of the quarterbacks in this class have already committed to other schools. Unfortunately, Tech may be forced to sift through the bargain bin looking for a sleeper prospect.

Perhaps Wells will try to persuade Josh Calvin, a 3-star prospect from California who is committed to Utah State, to take a look at Texas Tech. The 6-foot-3, pro-style passer is the No. 109 player in California but has only one other offer (Nevada).

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McIvor’s decision puts the new staff in a tough spot. As Wells meets with the current players for the first time this afternoon, he and his assistants must begin to recruit this roster all over again, especially Bowman. Then, the staff will head out on the recruiting trail to meet with the 2019 verbal commits in hopes of keeping this class somewhat in tact. Now, it appears that they will also have to find a new quarterback to sign.

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