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Texas Tech football: Former Red Raiders that would be perfect fit on 2020 team

By Matthew Conner

DALLAS - JANUARY 02: Brandon Carter #76 of the Texas Tech Red Raiders before play against the Mississippi Rebels during the AT&T Cotton Bowl on January 2, 2009 at the Cotton Bowl in Dallas, Texas. (Photo by Ronald Martinez/Getty Images)
DALLAS - JANUARY 02: Brandon Carter #76 of the Texas Tech Red Raiders before play against the Mississippi Rebels during the AT&T Cotton Bowl on January 2, 2009 at the Cotton Bowl in Dallas, Texas. (Photo by Ronald Martinez/Getty Images) /
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HOUSTON – SEPTEMBER 26: Marlon Winn #67 , Shawn Byrnes 51, Brandon Carter 76, and Chris Olson 70 of the Texas Tech Red Raiders (Photo by Thomas B. Shea/Getty Images)
HOUSTON – SEPTEMBER 26: Marlon Winn #67 , Shawn Byrnes 51, Brandon Carter 76, and Chris Olson 70 of the Texas Tech Red Raiders (Photo by Thomas B. Shea/Getty Images) /

Offensive lineman Brandon Carter would solidify Tech’s biggest offensive question

When a team has to replace thee starting offensive lineman from the previous year, adding a former consensus All-American would always be a welcome development.  That’s why bringing former Red Raider Brandon carter into the fold would make sense were it possible.

Carter was most famous for his mohawk haircut and professional wrestling inspired face paint.  But the 6-foot-6, 319-pound native of Longview, Texas was also a dominant player regardless of his look.  In 2008, he was a first-team All-American according to The Sporting News and the American Football Coaches Association and in 2009, he was named a consensus first-team All-American.

But there’s a bit of a rub in adding him to the 2020 roster.  It’s that Carter was a guard at Tech and that’s where the Red Raiders seem to be in excellent shape right now.

Tech returns former All-Big 12 right guard Jack Anderson after the Frisco native missed all but three games of his junior season with an injury.  In his place, current sophomore-to-be Weston Wright stepped in and played very well.  Now, Wright figures to move over to left guard and join Anderson and center Dawson Deaton to comprise the interior of the line.

But tackle is the huge question as there are no certain answers on this year’s roster.  Tech has upperclassmen Casey Verhulst and Zach Adams slotted in at the first-team tackles at this point with JUCO signee Ethan Carde, redshirt freshman Trevor Robertson, and any potential summer transfers also likely to compete for those two jobs as well.

Still, Carter would help that problem in that he could probably play tackle as well as any player on the current roster or that he could allow Wright to slide back out to tackle, where he played in high school.  Either way, he would give Tech some quality options at a position group that is more than unsettled as we approach the 2020 season.

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