Texas Tech football: 3 Kansas State offensive weapons to know

WR Chabastin Taylor

KSU doesn’t put the ball in the air as often as most Big 12 teams.  But when they do, junior WR Chabastin is a dangerous threat.

The 6-foot-4, 223-pounder from Giddens, Texas has only six receptions on the season this year.  But he’s averaging a whopping 23.8 yards per catch.

Taylor is emerging as a go-to option for Thompson after doing next to nothing in his first two years on campus.  Last year, he caught just 10 passes for 161 yards and a TD, and as a freshman, he had just three grabs for 22 yards and a score.

What’s more, he’s appeared in only nine career games according to SportsReference.com.  But one of those games was last year against Tech when he made a difference.

In KSU’s 30-27 victory in Lubbock, Taylor caught 3 passes for 74 yards and a TD.  In fact, his 48-yard TD catch in the fourth quarter proved to be the game-winning score.

The good news for the Tech secondary coming out of Saturday’s game was the fact that no UT receiver went nuts the way the two Sterns brothers did for HBU in the year’s first game.  Still, four Longhorns averaged at least 11 yards per catch as big plays continue to be this defense’s kryptonite.

We learned last year in Lubbock that Taylor is capable of making big plays himself.  So he’s a player that Tech must keep under wraps this weekend and one that we as fans need to be aware of.