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Josh Kelly and Caleb Douglas had their names entered into the NCAA transfer portal in December for different reasons.
Kelly said Washington State’s place on the college football landscape concerned him with the collapse of the Pac-12. Douglas thought there was an offensive system somewhere that suited him better than Florida’s.
“The SEC really isn’t the biggest passing conference,” Douglas said, “and I felt like I wanted to broadcast my talents more, and I didn’t just want to be outside, go up and get the ball. I know if I came here, they’d let me do my inside and outside techniques.”
The Texas Tech football program welcomed both wide receivers in January, and they’re going through spring practice with the Red Raiders. Kelly is a 6-foot-1, 197-pound sixth-year senior who spent four years at Fresno State, his hometown school, and one year at Washington State, where he put up career highs last season: 61 receptions for 923 yard and eight touchdowns.
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Caleb Douglas tapped into previous acquaintance with Texas Tech football staff
Douglas is a 6-4, 206-pound junior who, in two years at Florida, caught 21 passes for 308 yards and three TDs. He earned a starting role last year, but suffered a broken fibula in the fifth game, ending his season.
When Douglas decided to transfer, there was an easy match. As a Texas top-100 recruit at Fort Bend Hightower, he once committed to Baylor when Tech coach Joey McGuire and several members of the Red Raiders’ staff worked there. When they reconnected, Douglas said he didn’t have to look much further.
“It was like, ‘You know us. We know you. We’ve got a good spot for you’,” Douglas said Thursday after the Red…
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Author : Lubbock Avalanche-Journal
Publish date : 2024-04-12 02:34:42
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