List of Texas Tech Red Raiders football honorees

The Texas Tech Red Raiders college football team represents Texas Tech University in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I Football Bowl Subdivision as a member of the Big 12 Conference's South Division. Texas Tech players and coaches of exceptional ability have received various accolades.

All-Americans

Each year, numerous publications and organizations release lists of All-America teams, hypothetical rosters of players considered the best in the nation at their respective positions.^[1] Some selecting organizations choose more than one roster of All-Americans, in which case they use the terms "first team", "second team", and "third team" as appropriate.^[2] College Sports Information Directors of America awards similar All-American honors with a focus on academic achievements.^[3]

The National Collegiate Athletic Association, a college sports governing body, uses officially recognized All-America selectors to determine the "consensus" selections. These are based on a point system in which a player is awarded three points for every selector that names him to the first team, two points for the second team, and one point for the third team. The individual who receives the most points at his position is called a consensus All-American.^[4] Over time, the sources used to determine the consensus selections have changed, and since 2002, the NCAA has used five selectors, the Associated Press (AP), American Football Coaches Association (AFCA), Football Writers Association of America (FWAA), The Sporting News (TSN), and the Walter Camp Football Foundation (WCFF), to determine consensus All-Americans.^[5]

In 1935, end Herschel Ramsey was the first Texas Tech player to be named an All-American.^[6] Twenty-five years later in 1960, linebacker E. J. Holub became Texas Tech's first consensus All-American. Texas Tech players have earned consensus All-America honors 12 times: E. J. Holub in 1960, Donny Anderson in 1965, Dan Irons in 1977, Gabriel Rivera in 1982, Mark Bounds in 1991, Zach Thomas in 1995, Byron Hanspard in 1996, Montae Reagor in 1998, Michael Crabtree in 2007 and 2008, Brandon Carter in 2008, and Jace Amaro in 2013.^[7]

First team Year Player name Position 1935 Ramsey, HerschelHerschel Ramsey E 1938 Latch, LeonardLeonard Latch OT 1938 Murphy, A. B.A. B. Murphy OT 1945 Schlinkman, WaltWalt Schlinkman OB 1959 Holub, E. J.E. J. Holub C/LB 1960 Holub, E. J.E. J. Holub C/LB 1963 Parks, DaveDave Parks SE 1964 Anderson, DonnyDonny Anderson RB 1965 Anderson, DonnyDonny Anderson RB 1967 Tucker, PhilPhil Tucker OG 1968 Vineyard, KennyKenny Vineyard PK 1969 Fox, DentonDenton Fox DB 1973 Tillman, AndreAndre Tillman TE 1976 Howard, ThomasThomas Howard LB 1977 Irons, DanDan Irons OT 1980 Watts, TedTed Watts DB 1982 Rivera, GabrielGabriel Rivera DT 1988 Thurman, TyroneTyrone Thurman KR 1989 Odiorne, CharlesCharles Odiorne OT 1991 Bounds, MarkMark Bounds P 1992 Hill, LloydLloyd Hill SE 1993 Morris, BamBam Morris RB 1994 Thomas, ZachZach Thomas LB 1995 Coleman, MarcusMarcus Coleman DB 1995 Thomas, ZachZach Thomas LB 1996 Hanspard, ByronByron Hanspard RB 1998 Reagor, MontaeMontae Reagor DE 2005 Slay, DwayneDwayne Slay FS 2007 Crabtree, MichaelMichael Crabtree WR 2008 Carter, BrandonBrandon Carter OL 2008 Crabtree, MichaelMichael Crabtree WR 2008 Harrell, GrahamGraham Harrell QB 2008 Reed, RylanRylan Reed OL 2013 Amaro, JaceJace Amaro TE

Second team Year Player name Position 1951 Price, JerellJerell Price OT 1953 Cavazos, BobbyBobby Cavazos RB 1966 Gilbert, LarryLarry Gilbert TE 1968 King, DonDon King OL 1972 Rives, DonaldDonald Rives DT 1974 Burley, EcometEcomet Burley OT 1980 Watts, TedTed Watts DB 1989 Gray, JamesJames Gray RB 1991 Saul, TracyTracy Saul DB 1992 Hill, LloydLloyd Hill WR 1993 Morris, BamBam Morris RB 1994 Thomas, ZachZach Thomas LB 1995 Coleman, MarcusMarcus Coleman DB 1997 Reagor, MontaeMontae Reagor DE 1998 Williams, RickyRicky Williams TB 2000 Curtis, KevinKevin Curtis SS 2001 Curtis, KevinKevin Curtis FS 2009 Carter, BrandonBrandon Carter OL 2015 Clark, Le'RavenLe'Raven Clark OT 2015 Grant, JakeemJakeem Grant AP

Third team Year Player name Position 1953 Cavazos, BobbyBobby Cavazos RB 1978 Hadnot, JamesJames Hadnot FB 1986 Hastings, BradBrad Hastings LB 1989 Odiorne, CharlesCharles Odiorne OT 1991 Saul, TracyTracy Saul FS 1994 Thomas, ZachZach Thomas LB 1996 Kaufman, BenBen Kaufman OT 1998 Williams, RickyRicky Williams RB 2001 Flugence, LawrenceLawrence Flugence LB 2001 Hunt, AaronAaron Hunt DE 2004 Haverty, TreyTrey Haverty IR 2008 Vasquez, LouisLouis Vasquez OG 2009 Sharpe, BrandonBrandon Sharpe DE Academic Year Player name Position 1970 Ingrom, DickyDicky Ingrom K 1972 Jobe, JeffJeff Jobe E 1975 Bates, RickyRicky Bates RB 1979 Buford, MauryMaury Buford P 1980 Buford, MauryMaury Buford P 1980 McKinney, JeffJeff McKinney LB 1983 Alexander, ChuckChuck Alexander DB 1989 Mathiasmeier, TomTom Mathiasmeier DE 1992 King, RobertRobert King P 1993 King, RobertRobert King P 1999 Cockrum, KeithKeith Cockrum LB 2002 Kingsbury, KliffKliff Kingsbury QB 2012 Davis, CodyCody Davis SS

All-conference honorees

Big 12 Conference

First Team Year Player name Position 2015 Washington, DeandreDeandre Washington RB 2015 Clark, Le'RavenLe'Raven Clark OL 2014 Clark, Le'RavenLe'Raven Clark OL 2013 Amaro, JaceJace Amaro TE 2013 Smith, WillWill Smith LB 2013 Clark, Le'RavenLe'Raven Clark OL 2012 Waddle, LaAdrianLaAdrian Waddle OL 2009 Carter, BrandonBrandon Carter OL 2009 Sharpe, BrandonBrandon Sharpe DL 2008 Crabtree, MichaelMichael Crabtree WR 2008 Charbonnet, DanielDaniel Charbonnet DB 2008 Williams, BrandonBrandon Williams DL 2008 McBath, DarcelDarcel McBath DL 2007 Crabtree, MichaelMichael Crabtree WR 2007 Trlica, AlexAlex Trlica PK 2006 Filani, JoelJoel Filani WR 2005 Henderson, TaureanTaurean Henderson RB 2005 Hicks, JarrettJarrett Hicks WR 2005 Filani, JoelJoel Filani WR 2005 Slay, DwayneDwayne Slay DB 2004 Hicks, JarrettJarrett Hicks WR 2004 Amendola, DannyDanny Amendola KR 2004 Duckett, AdellAdell Duckett DE 2003 Welker, WesWes Welker KR 2003 Peters, MickeyMickey Peters WR 2002 Kingsbury, KliffKliff Kingsbury QB 2001 Williams, RickyRicky Williams RB 2000 Curtis, KevinKevin Curtis SS 1999 Curtis, KevinKevin Curtis KR 1999 Gray, JohnathanJohnathan Gray OL 1998 Reagor, MontaeMontae Reagor DE 1998 Rucker, TaurusTaurus Rucker DL 1997 Johnson, DaneDane Johnson DB 1997 Reagor, MontaeMontae Reagor DE 1996 Hanspard, ByronByron Hanspard RB

Second Team Year Player name Position 2015 Grant, JakeemJakeem Grant KR 2014 Washington, DeandreDeandre Washington RB 2014 Robertson, PetePete Robertson LB 2013 Hyder, KerryKerry Hyder DT 2013 Ward, EricEric Ward WR 2012 Moore, DarrinDarrin Moore WR 2009 Howard, DanielDaniel Howard DL 2012 Amaro, JaceJace Amaro TE 2012 Hyder, KerryKerry Hyder DL 2011 Waddle, LaAdrianLaAdrian Waddle OL 2012 Davis, CodyCody Davis DB 2012 Johnson, D.J.D.J. Johnson DB 2010 Edwards, LonnieLonnie Edwards OL 2010 Whitlock, ColbyColby Whitlock OL 2009 Wall, JamarJamar Wall DB 2008 Woods, ShannonShannon Woods RB 2008 Vasquez, LouisLouis Vasquez OL 2008 Reed, RylanRylan Reed OL 2007 Harrell, GrahamGraham Harrell QB 2006 January, GlennGlenn January OL 2006 Dawson, KeyuntaKeyunta Dawson DL 2005 Hodges, CodyCody Hodges QB 2005 Johnson, RobertRobert Johnson WR 2005 Ramnirez, ManuelManuel Ramnirez OL 2005 Whitley, E.J.E.J. Whitley OL 2005 Dawson, KeyuntaKeyunta Dawson DL 2005 Meeks, VincentVincent Meeks DB 2004 Gandy, DylanDylan Gandy C 2004 Loper, DanielDaniel Loper OL 2004 Gandy, DylanDylan Gandy C 2004 Smith, MikeMike Smith LB 2003 Aycock, RyanRyan Aycock SS 2003 Loper, DanielDaniel Loper OL 2003 Symons, B.J.B.J. Symons QB 2002 Flugence, LawrenceLawrence Flugence LB 2002 Welker, WesWes Welker KR 2001 Curtis, KevinKevin Curtis SS 2001 Flugence, LawrenceLawrence Flugence LB 2001 Hunt, AaronAaron Hunt DE 2001 Kingsbury, KliffKliff Kingsbury QB 2001 Richards, RexRex Richards OL 2000 Baker, TimTim Baker WR 2000 Flugence, LawrenceLawrence Flugence LB 1999 Kocurek, KrisKris Kocurek DT 1999 Lowery, CurtisCurtis Lowery OL 1999 Morris, SammySammy Morris RB 1999 Rucker, TaurusTaurus Rucker DE 1998 Hart, DonnieDonnie Hart WR 1998 Lowry, CurtisCurtis Lowry OL 1998 NOrman, JohnJohn NOrman PR 1998 Williams, RickyRicky Williams RB 1997 Hart, DonnieDonnie Hart WR 1997 McGuire, CodyCody McGuire DL 1997 Pugh, JayJay Pugh C 1996 Kaufman, BenBen Kaufman OL 1996 Lethridge, ZebbieZebbie Lethridge QB

College Football Hall of Fame inductees

Six Red Raiders, Donny Anderson, Hub Bechtol, E. J. Holub, Dave Parks, Gabriel Rivera, and Zach Thomas have been inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame.^[8]

Retired jerseys

Retired football jerseys
Number	Player	Year
44	Donny Anderson	1995
55	E.J. Holub	1960
81	Dave Parks	2009

Three Red Raider football players have had their jersey numbers retired. E.J. Holub's No. 55 was retired on Dec. 19, 1960, and Donny Anderson's No. 44 was retired Nov. 11, 1995. Dave Parks's No. 81 jersey was retired Nov. 17, 2001. Both Holub and Anderson are members of the College Football Hall of Fame.^[9]

Trophies and awards

AT&T ESPN All-America Player of the Year Michael Crabtree, 2007 Graham Harrell, 2008 CBSSports.com Freshman of the Year Michael Crabtree, 2007 Doak Walker Award Bam Morris, 1993 Byron Hanspard, 1996 Fred Biletnikoff Award Michael Crabtree, 2007 Michael Crabtree, 2008 Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award Graham Harrell, 2008 Mosi Tatupu Award Wes Welker, 2003 Paul Warfield Trophy Michael Crabtree, 2007 Michael Crabtree, 2008 Sammy Baugh Trophy Kliff Kingsbury, 2002 B.J. Symons, 2003 Graham Harrell, 2007 Sporting News College Football Player of the Year Donny Anderson, 1965 Graham Harrell, 2008 Touchdown Club of Columbus' Freshman of the Year Michael Crabtree, 2007

Big 12 Conference Defensive Newcomer of the Year McKinner Dixon, 2008 Big 12 Conference Offensive Freshman of the Year Shaud Williams, 1999 Michael Crabtree, 2007 Baker Mayfield, 2013 Big 12 Conference Offensive Newcomer of the Year Robert Johnson, 2005 Southwest Conference Defensive Player of the Year Gabriel Rivera, 1982

Texas Tech Ring of Honor

Texas Tech announced the creation of the Football Ring of Honor in June 2012. The Ring of Honor consists of an "elite group of players and coaches that made outstanding contributions to Red Raider Football."^[10] Each player in the ring of honor has his name permanently added to the interior of the stadium on the West building.

Ring of Honor Members

Player	Position	Years	Inducted
Anderson, DonnyDonny Anderson	Running Back	1963-65	2012
Holub, E. J.E. J. Holub	Center/Linebacker	1958-60	2012
Parks, DaveDave Parks	Split End	1961-63	2012
Rivera, GabeGabe Rivera	Defensive Tackle	1979-82	2013

References

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4. "2010-11 NCAA Statistics' Policies & Guidelines" (PDF). National Collegiate Athletic Association. 2010-09-15. p. 3. Retrieved 2011-07-03.
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10. "2013 Texas Tech Football Media Supplement". Texas Tech Athletics. Texas Tech Athletics. Retrieved 2014-01-21.