It is such a good thing that Terrance Carter Jr. is playing for the Texas Tech Red Raiders instead of for the Louisiana Ragin’ Cajuns. Maybe I’m biased a bit. Maybe it’s not a good thing. I think it’s good because I now get to see Carter make such a drastic impact on Texas Tech’s passing attack and the way the Red Raiders’ offense operates on a weekly basis.
And it’s not that I have anything against the Sun Belt, I deeply love and appreciate that conference. Rather, I’m glad we get to see Carter playing in an offense that will almost certainly fully maximize his talent and potential this year.
I suspect that will be fun for Red Raider fans all throughout the season.
Texas Tech has a very real receiving threat at tight end in Terrance Carter Jr.
In his first full game with the Texas Tech offense, Carter thrived. He truly thrived. Texas Tech offensive coordinator Mack Leftwich and Red Raiders quarterback Behren Morton seemingly put Carter in great position to go into this game and gash the Arkansas-Pine Bluff Golden Lions’ defense.
And that’s exactly what Carter did. He caught a trio of passes and managed to very efficiently turn those three passes into 42 yards and two touchdowns. Carter was the sort of touchdown receiving threat that Morton needed and that connection worked out brilliantly. He was targeted three times. He caught the ball three times. And two of those times were touchdowns.
That’s fun.
And it’s fun to imagine the Red Raiders continuing to turn to Carter to be a red zone weapon this season. At 6-foot-2 and 245 pounds, he’s a sizable (and also very athletic) sort of target that will make things difficult for opposing defenses. And that’s good for Texas Tech.
Leftwich, Morton, and Carter have to be very excited about what can come out of this passing attack should routine connections keep happening here.