Quinten Joyner’s first season with the Red Raiders will have to attend.
Joyner tore his ACL after he went down with a noncontact knee damage in the workforce’s scrimmage on Saturday, head coach Joey McGuire confirmed on his podcast on Monday, via ESPN. No. 23 Texas Tech will now be with out the working again for all the 2025 season.
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Joyner transferred into Texas Tech this previous offseason after spending his first two years at USC. He racked up 478 speeding yards and had 4 whole touchdowns whereas averaging 7.6 yards per carry with the Trojans final season whereas largely backing up Woody Marks.
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Joyner, who was a four-star Rivals.com recruit out of the Austin space in Texas, then opted to maneuver again to the state and be a part of the Red Raiders. He was anticipated to begin and be a key piece to their offense this season. The workforce will now possible must lean on Cameron Dickey and J’Koby Williams in his place. Both gamers are coming back from final season, although neither ran for greater than 250 yards.
“I hate it so much for him, just because of how well he has done in the spring, summer and camp,” McGuire stated of Joyner. “He has really come in here and been a pro, and we’ve asked him to do a lot of stuff that he hasn’t done before. … He’s really taken to it, so it’s unfortunate.”
Texas Tech is getting into the season coming off an 8-5 marketing campaign below head coach Joey McGuire final fall. The Red Raiders sit in a fairly wide-open Big 12 convention, with No. 11 Arizona State, No. 17 Kansas State and No. 21 Iowa State additionally in the combo. Texas Tech will formally open the season on Aug. 30 when it hosts Arkansas-Pine Bluff.
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While the Red Raiders can nonetheless make a run in the Big 12 this fall, it is undoubtedly going to be way more troublesome with out Joyner out there.