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Texas Tech football: All-time out of state Red Raider team

By Matthew Conner

LUBBOCK, TX -NOVEMBER 22: Wide receiver Wes Welker #27 of the Texas Tech Red Raiders carries the ball during the game against the Oklahoma Sooners at Jones SBC Stadium on November 22, 2003 in Lubbock, Texas. The Sooners won 56-25. (Photo by Ronald Martinez/Getty Images)
LUBBOCK, TX -NOVEMBER 22: Wide receiver Wes Welker #27 of the Texas Tech Red Raiders carries the ball during the game against the Oklahoma Sooners at Jones SBC Stadium on November 22, 2003 in Lubbock, Texas. The Sooners won 56-25. (Photo by Ronald Martinez/Getty Images) /
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QB: Chris Todd

Though this roster is more than capable of holding its own against the other all-time rosters we have looked at, there is no denying that the QB position is the most glaring weakness for the out of state all-time team.  That’s because virtually every Red Raider QB of any significance has come from Texas.

In fact, the only non-Texan QB to take a snap for the Red Raiders during the “Air Raid” era has been Chris Todd from Kentucky.  In 2006, he completed 25 of 35 passes for 241 yards and a touchdown.  After that season, he transferred to Auburn, a decision that seemed logical given that Graham Harrell was set to lead the Red Raiders for the next two seasons.

Though most Red Raider fans likely do not even remember his name, Todd went on to have a rather successful career with the Tigers.  In two years, he threw for 3,274 yards and 27 touchdowns.

Appearing in 20 games, he took over as the Tigers’ starter in the middle of 2008 and maintained his hold on that job in 2009 when he passed for 2,612 yards and 22 touchdowns.

Setting a program record for touchdown passes in a season, Todd earned first-team All-SEC honors in his final season as a collegiate.  The Tigers finished 8-5 and captured the Outback Bowl title over Northwestern and the next year, a JUCO QB named Cam Newton would take over the reins of Gus Malzahn’s offense.

Though Todd’s career as a Red Raider is not even worthy of a footnote in the program’s history books, he proved to be a rather competent QB by putting up more than respectable numbers in the conference know for having the most rugged collection of defenses in the nation.  Still, what he accomplished in Lubbock pales in comparison to the other QBs on the all-time Texas Tech rosters meaning that the out of state team would have a serious disadvantage at the game’s most important position.

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