Overview
- Redshirt freshman Will Hammond tore the ACL in his right knee and will miss the rest of the 2025 season, according to ESPN reporting.
- Hammond exited in the second quarter against Oklahoma State with what CBS described as a non-contact right knee injury.
- Coach Joey McGuire said Behren Morton is ready to return and will start Saturday at Kansas State after being rested the past two games.
- Third-stringer Mitch Griffis finished the 42-0 win over Oklahoma State with 172 passing yards and two touchdowns, preserving the program's first home conference shutout since 2005.
- Texas Tech improved to 7-1 (4-1 Big 12) and enters a key November stretch that includes Kansas State on Nov. 1 and unbeaten BYU on Nov. 8.