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Texas Tech DL coach Zarnell Fitch on UCF transfer Lee Hunter
Texas Tech DL coach Zarnell Fitch on UCF transfer Lee Hunter
From the NCAA transfer portal this offseason, the Texas Tech football program added at least one player at every position group except linebacker. The vaunted class of 18 newcomers, boosted Saturday by the addition of Stanford edge rusher David Bailey, is ranked No. 1 in the nation by 247Sports and On3.
Maybe no unit is more responsible for the lofty ranking than the defensive linemen the Red Raiders procured. Early reports coming out of spring practice: They’re the real deal.
Even King Fitch can see that. King is 12, and he spotted something special in the group the other day when the Red Raiders were working a red-zone lockout drill.
“My little boy runs up to me and he said, ‘Daddy, we got dogs,’ ” Tech defensive line coach Zarnell Fitch said on Monday, “and I looked at him and said, ‘Son, yes we do.’ Same thing with my wife. We have been around some really good groups, and I tell you this is a group that is exciting.”
Texas Tech football defensive linemen by position
Fitch has Lee Hunter, Jayden Cofield and Keyshawn Williams working at noseguard. He has Skyler Gill-Howard, A.J. Holmes, Amier Washington and Dooda Banks — Banks is missing spring drills to rehab from knee surgery — at defensive tackle.
Hunter’s a 6-foot-4, 325-pound senior who earned second-team All-Big 12 recognition last year for Central Florida. Gill-Howard is a 6-1, 290-pound senior who garnered third-team All-Mid-American Conference honors last year for Northern Illinois. Holmes is a 6-3, 300-pound junior who started every game last season for Houston and earned high quarterback-pressure grades from Pro Football Focus.
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