Texas Tech football: The most underrated players of the Tommy Tuberville era

RB Kenny Williams

Another Tuberville era RB that would make a nice addition to the 2020 Red Raiders is Kenny Williams.  The 5-foot-11, 228-pounder played two years for Tuberville and two for Kingsbury but he goes on the Tuberville ledger here because he had his best season in 2012, Tuberville’s swan song on the South Plains.

That year, the sophomore amassed 824 yards and 5 TDs on the ground while catching 16 passes for 163 yards and another score.  It was part of a career that saw him total 2,165 combined yards and 20 TDs.

Never playing fewer than 10 games in a season, he was the type of durable RB that every team would love to have.  In fact, he did not miss a game over the final three years of his career.

His only career 100-yard game came in 2012 when he put up 105 yards on 14 carries in a victory over New Mexico.  He also had three two TD games on the ground in his career including one against West Virginia in 2013 to help secure a win in Tech’s first-ever trip to Morgantown.

But his signature moment as a Red Raider was a pass reception.  In 2014, he caught a swing pass from Mahomes in Ames and took it 44 yards to the endzone to put Tech ahead 34-31, a lead that would hold up.

Ultimately, Williams was a role player and not a star as some predicted he might become when he picked Tech over offers from Texas A&M, Iowa, Illinois, West Virginia, and others as a 4-star recruit.  Still, he was a player who should not be forgotten by Red Raider fans.