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Jayden Cofield and James Hansen line up at the same position on the Texas Tech football team, but stand about as far apart as possible on the experience spectrum.
Cofield is a year out of high school and a redshirt freshman with the Red Raiders. Hansen’s a sixth-year senior who served a two-year Mormon mission after high school, which makes him … 26.
“I’m an old guy on the team,” he said. “I’m probably the oldest one on the team.”
Their age difference aside, Cofield and Hansen are trying to accomplish the same thing, being part of the solution to one of Texas Tech’s biggest questions: How solid can the Red Raiders be at defensive tackle after the departure of two longtime starters?
The absence of Jaylon Hutchings and Tony Bradford, starters in 57 and 38 Tech games, respectively, hit home again this week. First came news of the Chicago Bears signing Hutchings. Then Bradford showed up at Tuesday’s Tech practice, no longer in football attire, chatting on the sideline with an official, a reporter and assorted others.
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Texas Tech football hoping for strength in numbers at defensive tackle
Joey McGuire and his Tech coaches have said for months they believe they have seven playable defensive tackles. Upperclassmen returnees Quincy Ledet and Dooda Banks were the listed starters coming out of spring.
Then there’s De’Braylon Carroll and Hansen, veteran transfers from Rice and Nevada, respectively, and young returnees Trevon McAlpine from Saraland, Alabama, Braylon Rigsby from the East Texas town of Woodville and Cofield from Manor.
They might be plentiful in number, but none has a proven, long-term track record at the power-conference level.
“As a unit, I told them, ‘We’ve got to go…
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Author : Lubbock Avalanche-Journal
Publish date : 2024-08-13 20:25:35
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