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The Texas Tech football team continues trying to fortify a secondary that proved to be a liability this season.
Texas-El Paso cornerback Amier Boyd-Matthews committed to the Red Raiders on Monday, according to a report by On3 and a social media post by The Matador Club, the donor collective that supports Tech athletes. During the time he had his name in the NCAA transfer portal, Boyd-Matthews also drew interest from Wake Forest, Colorado State and Houston, among others.
Boyd-Matthews, listed by UTEP as 6-foot-1 and 180 pounds, started in four of the nine games he played this season. He logged 16 tackles, three pass breakups, two interceptions and a fumble recovery.
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Tech’s now known to have eight additions from the transfer portal that opened last week for a 20-day window. Four of the eight are defensive backs, including three cornerbacks.
Tech (8-4) is next-to-last out of 133 FBS teams in pass defense, allowing 305.3 yards per game. The Red Raiders play Arkansas (6-6) on Dec. 27 in the Liberty Bowl.
Boyd-Matthews signed with UTEP out of Phoenix Mountain Pointe High School. He was a third-year sophomore this season on a Miners team that finished 3-9. He played in four games, starting three, as a freshman, and played in 11 games, starting one, as a redshirt freshman.
Phoenix Mountain Point’s Amier Boyd-Matthews breaks up a pass for Chandler (Ariz.) Basha’s Bryson Dedmon during an Oct. 14, 2021, high school game in Chandler, Arizona. Boyd-Matthews, who’s spent the past three seasons playing for Texas-El Paso, has committed to Texas Tech as a transfer.
The other DBs in Tech’s transfer portal haul are safety Cole Wisniewski (6-4, 218) from North Dakota State and…
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Publish date : 2024-12-17 03:58:00
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