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Texas Tech football: The top Red Raider from each season of the Big 12 era

By Matthew Conner

ARLINGTON, TX - NOVEMBER 25: Patrick Mahomes II #5 of the Texas Tech Red Raiders warming up before the game against the Baylor Bears on November 25, 2016 at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas. Texas Tech defeated Baylor 54-35. (Photo by John Weast/Getty Images)
ARLINGTON, TX - NOVEMBER 25: Patrick Mahomes II #5 of the Texas Tech Red Raiders warming up before the game against the Baylor Bears on November 25, 2016 at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas. Texas Tech defeated Baylor 54-35. (Photo by John Weast/Getty Images) /
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LUBBOCK, TX – NOVEMBER 2:Tight end Jace Amaro #22 of the Texas Tech Red Raiders. (Photo by John Weast/Getty Images)
LUBBOCK, TX – NOVEMBER 2:Tight end Jace Amaro #22 of the Texas Tech Red Raiders. (Photo by John Weast/Getty Images) /

2013: Jace Amaro

In hindsight, the 2013 Texas Tech football season was crazy.  The first year of Kliff Kingsbury’s reign featured the season-long QB shuffle between Baker Mayfield and Davis Webb, a seven-game winning streak followed by a five-game losing streak, then an improbable upset of No. 14 Arizona State in the Holiday Bowl.

But through it all, TE Jace Amaro was Tech’s best and most steady player.  With 106 receptions for 1,352 yards and 7 TDs, he was the program’s only first-team All-Big 12 selection.  Even more, he earned unanimous first-team All-American honors.

The 6-foot-5, 270-pound San Antonio native was able to put up six 100-yard games that season.  His best was a 143-yard showing against Iowa State.

In the Texas Tech all-time record books, Amaro’s 2013 season sits at No. 3 in receptions and No. 4 in yards.  And as you might expect, he’s the only tight end on any Red Raider all-time receiving list.

Current Texas Tech head coach Matt Wells and his offensive coordinator, David Yost, have been obsessed with replenishing the program’s tight end depth and you have to assume they would kill to have a player of Amaro’s caliber at their disposal.  Kingsbury was lucky to have Amaro healthy for the entire 2013 season after the TE missed six games the previous year.  And when healthy, Amaro put forth one of the best seasons in Tech history.

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