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Texas Tech football hands out numerous offers at positions of need

By Matthew Conner

LUBBOCK, TX - OCTOBER 20: Alan Bowman #10 of the Texas Tech Red Raiders calls signals at the line of scrimmage during the first half of the game against the Kansas Jayhawks on October 20, 2018 at Jones AT&T Stadium in Lubbock, Texas. (Photo by John Weast/Getty Images)
LUBBOCK, TX - OCTOBER 20: Alan Bowman #10 of the Texas Tech Red Raiders calls signals at the line of scrimmage during the first half of the game against the Kansas Jayhawks on October 20, 2018 at Jones AT&T Stadium in Lubbock, Texas. (Photo by John Weast/Getty Images) /
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The Texas Tech football coaching staff has been relentless on the recruiting trail since arriving in Lubbock and this week they handed out numerous offers in an attempt to gain some traction in regards to rebuilding the roster.

By now, most Texas Tech football fans are more than aware of the program’s struggles on the recruiting trail in the final years of the Kliff Kingsbury tenure.  That’s why many have been closely watching how Matt Wells and his staff put together their first true recruiting class.

If Wells can show significant improvement in 2020 and bring in a class that is significantly more highly-regarded than the last three Red Raider classes, which have had an averaged ranking of 61.6 in the nation, then optimism among the fan base will begin to rise significantly.  And if he is able to bring in a number of quality prospects this summer, he will score a significant string of victories before ever coaching a game at Jones Stadium.

But thus far, Tech has only two players in the current class, the fewest of any Big 12 school.  However, that is not for a lack of trying.  Thus far, 247Sports shows that 120 players in the class of 2020 hold offers from Texas Tech, a number already higher than the average Kingsbury class.

It has been encouraging to see the new staff dedicate itself so completely to the task of recruiting both high school players and their coaches.  Wells and his assistants have spent a tremendous amount of time visiting programs all across Texas, regardless of whether or not they currently have D-I prospects on campus.  It has been a concerted effort by the staff, which is comprised mainly of coaches that have not coached in Texas, to begin to build relationships that may pay off down the road.

And building relationships seems to be one of the strengths of Matt Wells.  Certainly, the principals he seems to be trying to instill in his current team would suggest that he knows the value of strong relationships and one must assume that he will utilize that same message on the recruiting trail.

So let’s take a look at some of the newest scholarship offers handed out by the Red Raiders.  As we do, we will be able to figure out some areas that the Texas Tech coaching staff seem to be prioritizing in the class of 2020

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