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Texas Tech football: The 10 best seasons by a RB in “Air Raid” era

By Matthew Conner

LUBBOCK, TX - SEPTEMBER 26: DeAndre Washington #21 of the Texas Tech Red Raiders runs the ball for yardage against the TCU Horned Frogs on September 26, 2015 at Jones AT&T Stadium in Lubbock, Texas. TCU won the game 55-52. Photo by John Weast/Getty Images)
LUBBOCK, TX - SEPTEMBER 26: DeAndre Washington #21 of the Texas Tech Red Raiders runs the ball for yardage against the TCU Horned Frogs on September 26, 2015 at Jones AT&T Stadium in Lubbock, Texas. TCU won the game 55-52. Photo by John Weast/Getty Images) /
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Texas Tech Red Raider mascot “Masked Rider (Lyndi Starr) and Cody (horse) lead the team onto the field. (Photo by John Weast/Getty Images)
Texas Tech Red Raider mascot “Masked Rider (Lyndi Starr) and Cody (horse) lead the team onto the field. (Photo by John Weast/Getty Images) /

No. 9: Henderson 2004

If there is any question in your mind that Taurean Henderson was the best RB of the last two decades, consider that all four of his seasons wind up on this list.  The first of them to make the cut is 2004, his junior campaign.

That year, he totaled 1,126  yards and18 TDs.  Let it sink in that those numbers were the most modest of his career.

In all, 840 of those yards and 16 of those scores came on the ground.  It was the second-best rushing output of his career in Lubbock.

Garnering All-Big 12 honors, the Gatesville native twice galloped for 100 yards in a game.  Most notable were the 169 yards he chewed up at Kansas.   In a game that the Red Raiders trailed 30-5 at one point, it was Henderson who played the role of savior.

Helping Tech to a 31-30 win, he scored twice.  That included the game-winning 70-yard TD run in the fourth quarter.

Against Baylor, he put up 111 yards and a TD on the ground.  It was one of ten games that year that he found the end zone at least once.

In the passing game, he had just one game with fewer than three catches.  What’s more, he had four games with seven or more receptions.

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