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Texas Tech football’s Behren Morton on spring practice, surgery rehab
Behren Morton, while recovering from shoulder surgery, says he’s nevertheless made good use of his time during Texas Tech football spring practice.
As he rose from a chair to wrap up his portion of a news conference Tuesday, Texas Tech football coach Joey McGuire gave an unsolicited endorsement for Behren Morton as the Red Raiders’ quarterback.
In January, national college football reporter Pete Thamel said Texas Tech was “pushing hard” for a starting quarterback. And given the millions The Matador Club collective spent attracting players from the NCAA transfer portal, others have speculated Tech as a landing spot for portal-bound Tennessee quarterback Nico Iamaleava.
“Our quarterback’s in this room,” McGuire said, referring to Morton, seated nearby. “We’ve got a great quarterback room with Will Hammond and Mitch (Griffis) and Holden Philips. We were at no point, in any time, in conversations with anybody about a quarterback, without a doubt.”
Even a little compromised last season, Morton threw for 3,335 yards and 27 touchdowns, both top-20 in the FBS.
Now if the Red Raiders can just get Morton back on the field and winging it.
That starts next week. Morton’s been out, though not inactive, this spring while rehabbing from elective shoulder surgery in December. The Red Raiders’ senior quarterback said Tuesday he’ll begin throwing April 22, five to 10 throws at 10 yards, then multiply it daily under a program designed by Tom Gormely.
Morton is returning to Jacksonville, Florida, for the second year in a row to train directly with Gormely, a sports performance coach and physical therapist whose clients include many…
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Publish date : 2025-04-16 09:05:00
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