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Texas Tech football: The all-time Red Raider team from the rest of Texas

By Matthew Conner

ARLINGTON, TX - NOVEMBER 25: Patrick Mahomes II #5 of the Texas Tech Red Raiders interacts with fans after the game against the Baylor Bears on November 25, 2016 at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas. Texas Tech defeated Baylor 54-35. (Photo by John Weast/Getty Images)
ARLINGTON, TX - NOVEMBER 25: Patrick Mahomes II #5 of the Texas Tech Red Raiders interacts with fans after the game against the Baylor Bears on November 25, 2016 at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas. Texas Tech defeated Baylor 54-35. (Photo by John Weast/Getty Images) /
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RB: Bam Morris, Taurean Henderson, James Hadnot

A fantastic trio of running backs would take their place next to Mahomes and Kingsbury in the rest of Texas backfield.  Between Bam Morris, Taurean Henderson, and James Hadnot, you would have 12,351 total yards and 113 touchdowns.

Byron “Bam” Morris from Cooper, Texas was one of the most productive, popular, and memorable players in Red Raider history.  He is 4th in Tech history with 3,544 career rushing yards and third in touchdown runs with 37 despite playing only three seasons (1991-93).

As a senior, the 245-pound back bulled his way to 1,752 yards, the second most any Red Raider has amassed in a single season.  That year, he also set a school record with 22 touchdown runs.

Backing him up would be a Red Raider who was as far across the running back spectrum as possible from Bam Morris, Taurean Henderson.  From 2002-2005, the Gatesville native amassed 5,299 combined yards and 69 touchdowns and he could be the best running back to play in the “Air Raid” era of the program.

A true weapon in both the rushing and passing attack of Mike Leach, he ran for 3,241 yards and caught 303 passes, (an NCAA record for a running back) for 2,058 yards and 19 touchdowns.  Despite being a running back, he still ranks 14th all-time in career receptions regardless of position.

The third running back on this roster is a name not familiar to most of today’s Texas Tech football fans, James Hadnot.  A 6-foot-3, 245-pound converted tight end, the Jasper native led the Southwest Conference in rushing with 1,369 yards in 1978 and in repeated that feat in 1979 with 1,371 yards.

A second-team All-America selection in 1978, Hadnot was named the SWC Offensive Player of the Year after both his junior and senior seasons. He ranks 7th on the Red Raider career rushing list with 2,794 yards despite not moving to running back until his junior season.

There was a time when the Texas Tech football team was known for producing dominant running backs with as much regularity as it has produced 4,000-yard receivers in the “Air Raid” era.  With three of the best to ever carry the rock in Lubbock on the roster, the rest of Texas team would be capable of controlling the game and playing the type of physical style that new head coach Matt Wells wants to bring back to Red Raider football.

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