SaRod Baker is the latest member of the 2027 college football recruiting cycle to decide to play for the Texas Tech Red Raiders and he’s added a pretty important piece to this recruiting class that keeps building some impressive momentum.
With Baker’s commitment to join the Texas Tech recruiting class, Joey McGuire and the Red Raiders have been able to get commitments from eight different plays and they’re covering a variety of different position groups.
For a quick overview, here’s what the class looks like:
- Eight commits: one five-star, five four-stars, and two three-stars
- 247Sports: Ranked No. 12 in the country, No. 1 in the Big 12
- On3: Ranked No. 2 in the country, No. 1 in the Big 12
Breaking down Texas Tech’s 2027 recruiting class after SaRod Baker committed to play for the Red Raiders
BREAKING: Four-Star RB SaRod Baker has Committed to Texas Tech, he tells me for @Rivals⁰⁰The 5’10 195 RB chose the Red Raiders over Texas and Texas A&M
— Hayes Fawcett (@Hayesfawcett3) April 27, 2026
Baker, the No. 6 RB in the 2027 Class, totaled 4,000+ yards and 55 TDs as a juniorhttps://t.co/whNCNr6T4s pic.twitter.com/t3RIlKbvUO
From a position standpoint, here’s how things sit right now:
- Quarterback: Kavian Bryant from Palestine, Texas
- Runningback: SaRod Baker from DeSoto, Texas
- Wide receiver: Benny Easter Jr. from Humble, Texas
- Defensive line: Jalen Brewster from Cedar Hill, Texas
- Defensive line: K’Adrian Redmond from DeSoto, Texas
- Edge: Anthony Sweeney from Baltimore, Maryland
- Edge: Brody Pfannenstiel from Hoisington, Kansas
- Linebacker: Jhadyn Nelson from Houston Texas
There’s a pretty significant emphasis on winning recruiting battles inside the state of Texas with this recruiting class. Which makes sense for McGuire and the Red Raiders. There’s a ton of talent in the Lone Star State. There’s not much of a need to look outside the statelines. Why pursue nationally for much of the class when you don’t have to?
Build the bulk of the class with high end in-state talent and then go pick up highly ranked players from across the country, which is what the Red Raiders have done so far.
McGuire and the Red Raiders have received plenty of attention for the way they’ve gone out and built recruiting classes through the transfer portal, and Texas Tech should get plenty of attention for that sort of effort. But this work to get talent pipelines established via high school recruiting is just as important for the Red Raiders to get right.
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