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Texas Tech football: How transfers that left performed in 2018

By Matthew Conner

BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA - NOVEMBER 17: Jonathan Giles #12 of the LSU Tigers is tackled by George Nyakwol #20 of the Rice Owls during the first half at Tiger Stadium on November 17, 2018 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. (Photo by Jonathan Bachman/Getty Images)
BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA - NOVEMBER 17: Jonathan Giles #12 of the LSU Tigers is tackled by George Nyakwol #20 of the Rice Owls during the first half at Tiger Stadium on November 17, 2018 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. (Photo by Jonathan Bachman/Getty Images) /
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Corey Dauphine: Running back Tulane

Few high school signees have captured the imagination of Texas Tech football fans more than running back Corey Dauphine.  The former 3-star prospect was 6-foot-1 and 200-pounds coming out of high school while possessing the speed to be an elite track star in the class of 2015.

Ranked the No. 38 running back in the nation and the No. 58 player in Texas, he had offers from Arkansas, Baylor, Arizona State, Florida, Michigan, TCU, Tennessee, Texas A&M, Utah and Washington State.  He was supposed to be the answer at running back with a combination of size and speed that had some Texas Tech fans thinking he could be the next Byron Hanspard.

But Dauphine never made an impact at Texas Tech.  Despite the fact that the Red Raiders were in desperate need of a running back to replace Deandre Washington in 2016, he carried the ball only two times rushing for 25 yards and a touchdown.

In the middle of that season, he announced that he was leaving the program and he eventually landed at Tulane.  And in 2018, Dauphine made a significant impact in New Orleans.

In 12 games he carried the ball 112 times for 754 yards and 7 touchdowns.  He averaged 6.5 yards per carry and had three 100-yard games.

That far outpaced any Texas Tech running back this season.  Ta’Zhawn Henry and Da’Leon Ward both finished the year with 341 yards but it was backup quarterback Jett Duffey that led the team with 369 rushing yards.

Dauphine could have been a nice compliment to the offense because a player of his size was certainly missing from the rushing game.  Freshman SaRodorick Thompson fits that bill but he played in only four games so that he could remain his ability to redshirt.

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