By the time 2005 rolled around, it was becoming pretty clear that Mike Leach and his Air Raid offense would be effective for just about anyone who wanted to operate it. And so, after Kliff Kingsbury threw for 3000 or more yards on three occasions and the B.J. Symons and Sonny Cumbie followed him up, it was pretty evident that this offense worked and it worked well.
And when Cody Hodges had his shot at being the starting quarterback for Leach’s Air Raid during the 2005 Texas Tech football season, Hodges continued this newly developing tradition and trend. He picked up right where Cumbie left off and then managed to be a really solid and efficient and effective Air Raid quarterback for Leach and the Red Raiders.
There weren’t really many issues for Texas Tech’s offense with Hodges leading things. He wasn’t the best TTU quarterback ever, but he was effective and that matters.
Texas Tech football history: Cody Hodges became the fourth ever Red Raider quarterback to throw for 3000 or more yards in a season
In 2005, Hodges produced the sixth ever season in which a Texas Tech quarterback managed to throw for 3000 or more yards in a single season. Because Kingsbury did said feat on three different occasions, Hodges is now just the fourth Texas Tech player to ever make that happen.
Hodges started the season with back-to-back performances in which he threw for more than 400 yards as he torched both Florida International and Sam Houston State. Later that year, against Kansas State, Hodges would complete 44 of 65 pass attempts for an astonishing 643 yards.
Hodges also managed to throw for 369 yards against the Texas Longhorns, 408 yards against the Texas A&M Aggies, and then 308 yards against the Oklahoma State Cowboys.
In total, Hodges threw for 4238 yards and 31 touchdowns against 12 picks as he completed 353 passes on 511 attempts. All in all, not bad. Not bad at all.