WITH BIG 12 MEDIA DAYS ON THE HORIZON IN LESS THAN A WEEK, IT’S TIME TO CONTINUE WHAT’S BECOME QUITE THE LATE SUMMER TREND, HANDING OUT SOME RECOGNITION TO RED RAIDER FOOTBALL PLAYERS. TWO MORE THURSDAY ON THE OFFENSIVE SIDE OF THE BALL.JUNIOR QUARTERBACK PATRICK MAHOMES HAS BEEN NAMED TO THE DAVEY O’BRIEN AWARD WATCH LIST, AN AWARD HE WAS ONE OF 7 SEMI-FINALISTS FOR LAST SEASON.MAHOMES SPECTACULAR SOPHOMORE CAMPAIGN RESULTED IN 5-THOUSAND TOTAL YARDS OF OFFENSE AMASSED LAST SEASON, ALL PART OF TEXAS TECH’S 2ND RANKED PASSING AND TOTAL OFFENSE NATIONALLY.THIS IS MAHOMES 4TH WATCH LIST TO BE NAMED TO…ALREADY ON THE WUERFFEL TROPHY, AFCA GOOD WORKS TEAM, AND THE MAXWELL AWARD.SEMIFINALIST WILL BE NAMED ON NOVEMBER 10. THE RECIPIENT WILL BE ANNOUNCED ON DECEMBER 8TH.JUNIOR RUNNING BACK JUSTIN STOCKTON WAS NAMED TO THE DOAK WALKER AWARD WATCH LIST THURSDAY FOR THE NATION’S TOP RUNNING BACK.STOCKTON SCORED A TOUCHDOWN IN 8 OF TECH’S 13 GAMES AVERAGING 8.5 YARDS PER CARRY COMBINED ON THE GROUND AS WELL AS RECEIVING…WHICH GARNERED AN ALL-BIG 12 HONORABLE MENTION.JUSTIN ALSO HAD TWO GAMES WHERE HE RUSHED OVER 100 YARDS DESPITE BEING THE BACKUP TO STARTER DEANDRE WASHINGTON LAST SEASON. STOCKTON LOOKS TO JOIN FORMER RED RAIDER RUNNING BACKS BYRON HANSPARD AND BYRON “BAM” MORRIS AS DOAK WALKER AWARD WINNERS. TEXAS TECH IS TIED FOR 2ND WITH TWO AWARD WINNERS IN THE 27-YEAR-HISTORY OF THE AWARD. SPEAKING OF TEXAS TECH FOOTBALL, THE BIG 12 PRESEASON RANKING CAME OUT THURSDAY JUST AHEAD OF THE BIG 12 MEDIA DAYS WHICH START ON MONDAY IN DALLAS.OKLAHOMA TAKES THE TOP SPOT, FOLLOWED BY TCU, OKLAHOMA STATE, BAYLOR, THEN TEXAS TECH, WEST VIRGINIA, KANSAS STATE, IOWA STATE, AND KANSAS.
