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By Matthew Conner

LUBBOCK, TX - SEPTEMBER 29: General view of footballs before the game between the Texas Tech Red Raiders and the Kansas Jayhawks on September 29, 2016 at AT&T Jones Stadium in Lubbock, Texas. Texas Tech won the game 55-19. (Photo by John Weast/Getty Images)
LUBBOCK, TX - SEPTEMBER 29: General view of footballs before the game between the Texas Tech Red Raiders and the Kansas Jayhawks on September 29, 2016 at AT&T Jones Stadium in Lubbock, Texas. Texas Tech won the game 55-19. (Photo by John Weast/Getty Images) /
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Receiver KeSean Carter #82 of the Texas Tech Red Raiders yells after picking up a first down during the second half of the college football game against the Houston Baptist Huskies on September 12, 2020 at Jones AT&T Stadium in Lubbock, Texas. (Photo by John E. Moore III/Getty Images)
Receiver KeSean Carter #82 of the Texas Tech Red Raiders yells after picking up a first down during the second half of the college football game against the Houston Baptist Huskies on September 12, 2020 at Jones AT&T Stadium in Lubbock, Texas. (Photo by John E. Moore III/Getty Images) /

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Making just his second start as an inside receiver, junior KeSean Carter had some important plays in the second half.  Finishing the game with 8 catches for 86 yards and a TD, he followed up last year’s season finale, in which he caught 11 passes for 150 yards and a TD, with a solid showing.

In fact, his 18-yard TD catch in the fourth quarter to put Tech up 35-33 proved to be the game’s winning score.  On that drive, he caught four passes for 43 yards.

Between Carter and Dalton Rigdon (5 catches for 46 yards) the Red Raiders got 12 receptions and 132 yards from the inside receivers on Saturday.  That came on a night when senior slot receiver McLane Mannix did not play.

Carter’s performance on Saturday was his second-best showing as a collegiate.  What’s more, his 14.3 yards per catch was tops in his career for a game in which he more than one grab.

That could be a huge part of what he brings to the team this year given his explosive speed.  In fact, that was evident on a play that he and Alan Bowman didn’t make.

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In the middle of the third quarter, Carter got behind the defense on a go route but he was overthrown by Bowman who didn’t put enough air under the ball.  But that incompletion showed just how dangerous the former sprinter on the Texas Tech track team can be thanks to his speed.  That was evident on Saturday night as he provided the offense with some nice chunk plays, something he will need to continue to do this season.

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