Texas Tech football in top eight for 3-star athlete Quin Bright

The Texas Tech football program has made the top eight for 3-star 2020 athlete Quin Bright from Cedar Hill, Texas.

Quin Bright, a 5-foot-9, 161-pound athlete from Cedar Hill has released his top eight schools and the Texas Tech football program made the cut. In addition, he is still considering Arizona, Nebraska, Memphis, Missouri, Kansas, Baylor and Oregon State.

Playing both running back and receiver in high school, the dynamic Bright is rated the No. 92 player in Texas and the No. 65 “athlete” in the nation by 247Sports.com. He also holds offers from Arkansas, Colorado, Houston, Iowa State, Purdue, Utah and Washington State.

Last year, he ran for 362 yards and six touchdowns on 68 carries and caught 30 passes for 393 yards and three more scores. In two high school seasons, he has amassed 1,156 total yards and 16 touchdowns.

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Interestingly, Bright received his offer from Texas Tech back in October when Kliff Kingsbury was still head coach. At the time, the Red Raiders were 3-2 and would win their next two games causing everyone to assume that the embattled Kingsbury would be able to save his job.

However, as we all know, that did not happen. But despite the coaching change, Bright has remained interested in the Red Raiders and that interest is obviously being reciprocated by new head coach Matt Wells and his staff.

Bright would almost certainly be an inside receiver at Tech. His frame is not as large as it may need to be to play running back in the Big 12 and Tech already has enough smallish running backs on the roster including sophomore Ta’Zhawn Henry who is only 5-foot-7, 170-pounds.

While Henry’s success as a true freshman in 2018 (his 341 rushing yards were good for second on the team) proves that a player of his stature can make it as a running back at the collegiate level, Tech likely does not want to make a habit of relying on undersized backs. But if Bright does run a 4.3 40-yard dash as Tom Lemming, editor of Football Prep Magazine reports, he could add a much-needed element of speed in to the Texas Tech receiving corps.

It will be fascinating to see what the new coaching staff does at inside receiver where one spot on the field will go to a tight end such as 2019 JUCO signee Travis Koontz. Senior Seth Collins ended last season as a starter at one inside receiver spot but at 6-foot-3, he seems to be more of a fit at outside receiver where he could be a leading candidate to replace 2018 All-Big 12 receiver Antoine Wesley.

The Red Raiders do have a blazing-fast inside receiver already on campus in KeSean Carter who caught 26 passes for 238 yards and a touchdown as a true freshman last fall. Additionally, former freshman All-American receiver McLane Mannix has transferred to Tech after spending his first two seasons at Nevada where he was one of the most productive slot receivers in the nation. However, Mannix may have to sit out the 2019 season unless he is granted a waiver by the NCAA.

What’s more, Tech added 3-star athlete Alante Brown from Chicago in the 2019 class. After playing QB in high school, the speedy Brown will likely play in the slot at Texas Tech.

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But despite the number of quality options the Red Raiders appear to have at inside receiver, adding a player like Quin Bright would be a nice boost to the roster. In the world of Big 12 football, a team can never have too many offensive weapons and Bright certainly appears to be one of the most explosive weapons in Texas.

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