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Texas Tech football: Surprises from the week-one depth chart

By Matthew Conner

LUBBOCK, TX - OCTOBER 22: General view of fireworks during the National Anthem before the game between the Texas Tech Red Raiders and the Oklahoma Sooners on October 22, 2016 at AT
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Dalton Rigdon listed atop the inside receiver depth chart

I have to admit that I have dismissed Dalton Rigdon and never really considered him a true option at receiver over the last two years.  However, that has to change as the former walk-on from Perryton sits ahead of transfers McLane Mannix and Xavier White at inside receiver.

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Last year, the 5-foot-11, 170-pounder made some noise at outside receiver in fall camp.  Also a member of the Texas Tech track team, his elite speed seemed best suited to playing on the outside despite his small stature.

However, he saw action in only seven games catching just three passes for 29 yards.  But this year, a move to inside receiver seems to have elevated his game.

Though all three players on the depth chart at the “Y” position are separated by the word “or” and all will see the field (last week, Wells said that the trio would split the reps evenly were a game to be held at that time) the fact that Rigdon is listed first on the depth chart is telling.

When Mannix, an undergraduate transfer from Nevada, was granted eligibility for the 2019 season by the NCAA, virtually everyone assumed he would be the primary option at “Y”.  After all, he has caught 107 passes for over 1,600 yards and 13 touchdowns in his two years in college and was a freshman All-American in 2017 as well as being on the 2019 Biletnikoff Award watch list.

In addition, White has been the talk of fall camp after transferring in from the JUCO ranks.  The Monterey product arrived with virtually no fanfare but has quickly impressed his teammates and coaches.

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This too feels like a position that is going to sort itself out over the first month of the season.  I still can’t help but believe that Mannix will eventually emerge as the top guy in the slot but it wouldn’t be surprising to see Daton Rigdon prove me wrong once again.

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