Generally speaking, I tend to think that it’s a good thing to have a team so talented that you’re placing a dozen players on various different preseason all-conference teams according to one of the most recognized analysts in college football.
And that’s the case for Joey McGuire’s Texas Tech Red Raiders heading into the 2025 college football season. We’ve got a dozen Red Raiders who are being recognized by Phil Steele ahead of the 2025 Texas Tech season.
12 different Texas Tech players found their way onto Steele’s preseason 2025 All-Big 12 teams. And a shocking amount of them are on the defensive side of the ball! That’s something to celebrate and enjoy, folks!
Here are the 12 Red Raiders to earn spots on Steele’s preseason All-Conference teams:
12 Red Raiders named to @philsteele042’s Preseason All-Big 12 Teams 🤝 pic.twitter.com/ovlJ5jaFDJ
— Texas Tech Football (@TexasTechFB) June 19, 2025
Texas Tech fans celebrate seeing 12 Red Raiders earn spots on Phil Steele’s 2025 preseason All-Big 12 teams
And here is how Texas Tech fans are reacting to the news that the Red Raiders had 12 players end up on these 2025 preseason lists:
— Tha Kidd (@_gang_0f_Won) June 19, 2025
Feels like the first time ever
— Clay Malinovsky 🦅🦅 (@claymal) June 19, 2025
For some context
— Tech N Tortillas 🦅🦅🌵 (@techntortillas) June 19, 2025
Texas in 2023 went 8-1 and won the conference with
4 preseason 1st teamers
2 2nd teamers
6 3rd teamers
1 4th teamer
Tech’s talent relative to the rest of the league looks similar preseason https://t.co/lXSjP4hGcl
The most stacked roster we’ve ever had by a mile. God I can’t wait for football. Wreckem. https://t.co/azY65MobHn
— Rusty Cactus 🌵 (@RustyCactus69) June 19, 2025
Generally, folks sure seem to enjoy seeing the Red Raiders in this sort of position. It’s great to see Texas Tech viewed in a different light than the way the Red Raiders have been looked at historically. It’s fun to see this team have a ton of potential and for fans to also enjoy watching this team have that potential.
3rd team RB. They are gonna do it again, huh?
— Eric 🇺🇲 (@eric_on_wheels) June 19, 2025
Phil, going thru your All BIG XII specialist. You have Fletcher on here who I hope you realize is NOT Mason but his brother who did NOT play a single snap last season at Cincinnatti. And where is Perkins from ISU. He was Fresh AA, and All Conference and NO mention in your specs??
— Tom Smith (@tomsmithwriter) June 25, 2025
No expectations for Morton at all….
— Zach Hon (@ZachHon1) June 19, 2025
And still, with all of the celebrations that we can have, there are some nits that we can pick. Like why Behren Morton wasn’t listed on any of these lists, for example.
The season can’t get here soon enough. This Texas Tech team might truly be special and we definitely need to see what the Red Raiders are capable of this season. Because if they live up to this sort of potential, then we’re talking about a really fun year for Red Raider fans.