WATCH: Texas Tech’s Williams scorches Oklahoma State on 99-yard kickoff return TD

With a loss to the Arizona State Sun Devils last week, the Texas Tech Red Raiders needed to get their game against the 1-win Oklahoma State Cowboys started off in an impressive fashion. And while so much of this early game has been a mixture of mess and success from Texas Tech, the game started off in one of the very best ways possible.

On the opening kickoff, against an Oklahoma State team that does very little right and hasn’t found a win in any Big 12 game up to this point in the season, the Red Raiders managed to run a kickoff back for a 99-yard score that set the tone in this game in such an impressive way. 

J’Koby Williams caught the kickoff, ducked through a couple tackles here and there, and then dashed right through the kickoff coverage to take the ball into the endzone and put the Red Raiders up 7-0 very early in this game.

Texas Tech running back J’Koby Williams tears through Oklahoma State to score on opening kickoff vs. the Cowboys

I, for one, think Williams is pretty fast. And this play certainly confirms exactly that:

I mean, there really is no better way to get a game started than to dash right through the kickoff coverage and to give your team a solid lead just 14 seconds into a game. The Red Raiders absolutely have to be glad to have Williams in that role of returning kickoffs.

It’s pretty clear that Williams can have a pretty significant impact on any game as soon as he gets the ball into his possession.

Right now, the Red Raiders have a 21-0 lead over Oklahoma State. Texas Tech hasn’t played the cleanest game ever and the offense is still a bit of a mess that needs to be resolved sooner rather than later. But Williams is certainly having an impact on this one.