Texas Tech football: Goals for T.J. Vasher in 2020 season

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T.J. Vasher #9 of the Texas Tech Red Raiders (Photo by John Weast/Getty Images) /

Tech needs Vasher to get to the 1,000-yard mark

If Vasher can stay on the field for all 12 games, he must also be consistent on a weekly basis to get to the 1,000-yard mark. That means he will need to average 83.3 yards per game.

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The problem is that, for his career, he’s averaged just 56.6 yards per game. That’s because he’s had to many fluctuations in his performances from week to week.

Since arriving, he’s had at least 83 yards in consecutive games only twice. In 2017, he followed just a 117-yard day against West Virginia with a 98-yard game against Oklahoma. Then, he ended that season with 127 yards at Texas and 84 against South Florida in the Birmingham Bowl.

In 2018, Vasher went the entire year without having a 100-yard game. His season-high was 94 yards in week three against Houston and that was also the only game over 87 yards of his sophomore season.

In 2019, he exploded for 110 yards in week five against Oklahoma State. But after that, he had games of 46, 36, 33, 0, and 42 yards to complete his schedule.

The Red Raiders did not have a 1,000-yard receiver last year. It was the first time since 2014 that no receivers on the roster suppressed that mark.

But in 2014, Jakeem Grant was just 62 yards short of a thousand yards. Last year, no Red Raider was even within sniffing distance as Erik Ezukanma led the team with 664 yards.

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Being able to get to the 1,000-yard mark is all about consistency. That’s been Vasher’s greatest flaw as a Red Raider so if we see him top that mark in 2020, it will be a sign that he’s matured as a player and that he’s ready to become the type of player that we’ve all been waiting for him to become.

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