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Texas Tech football: The incredible miss rate of Tech’s top 10 all-time recruits

By Matthew Conner

BATON ROUGE, LA - SEPTEMBER 08: Breiden Fehoko #91 of the LSU Tigers celebrates a sack during the first half against the Southeastern Louisiana Lions at Tiger Stadium on September 8, 2018 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. (Photo by Jonathan Bachman/Getty Images)
BATON ROUGE, LA - SEPTEMBER 08: Breiden Fehoko #91 of the LSU Tigers celebrates a sack during the first half against the Southeastern Louisiana Lions at Tiger Stadium on September 8, 2018 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. (Photo by Jonathan Bachman/Getty Images) /
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Trevone Boykin #2 of the TCU Horned Frogs has a pass broken up by Delvon Simmons #8 of the Texas Tech Red Raiders (Photo by Tom Pennington/Getty Images)
Trevone Boykin #2 of the TCU Horned Frogs has a pass broken up by Delvon Simmons #8 of the Texas Tech Red Raiders (Photo by Tom Pennington/Getty Images) /

No. 4: Delvon Simmons

Yet another 4-star defensive tackle to flame out and leave the program was Delvon Simmons.  The No. 9 defensive tackle nationally in the class of 2011, he was a huge pickup for Tommy Tuberville and his former ace recruiter Robert Prunty, who pulled Simmons out of Pennsylvania.

At the time he signed with Tech, he held offers from the likes of Iowa, Oregon, Alabama, Auburn, Florida, Michigan State, Michigan, West Virginia and many others, including USC.  And it was the Trojans that benefitted from his departure from West Texas as he transferred to Southern Cal after just one season at Tech.

But Tech was actually his second program to sign with.  Out of high school, he inked a letter of intent with North Carolina but he never saw action for the Tar Heels.  He left UNC after his position coach left and then he did the same in 2012 when he bolted out of Lubbock when Tuberbille jumped ship for Cincinnati.

The No. 4 player to ever sign with Tech managed only 27 tackles and two sacks as a Red Raider.  It was yet another blow to the program’s attempts at solidifying the defensive tackle spot.

Joining Fehoko and Starts as high-profile busts, Simmons was one of three 4-star DTs to leave Tech in the span of five years.  Though it may not feel this way for Tech fans, the truth is that the program has managed to sign fantastic prospects along the interior of the d-line.   But the problem has been that they simply have not panned out for various reasons.

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