List of Texas Tech Red Raiders football honorees

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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.

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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]

All-conference honorees

Border Intercollegiate Athletic Association

YearNamePosition
1955Hal BroadfootG
1955Bill HerchmannT
1955Don SchmidtHB
1955James SidesFB
1955Jerry WalkerT
1954Hal BroadfootG
1954Walter BryanHB
1954Claude HarlandDE
1954Bill HerchmannT
1954Jerry JohnsonQB
1954Bob KilcullenT
1954James SidesFB
1954Rick SpinksHB
1954Jerry WalkerT
1954Arlen WesleyG
1954Dwayne WestC
1954Dean WhiteDE
1953Bobby CavazosRB
1953Don GrayG
1953Jack KirkpatrickQB
1953James SidesHB
1953Vic SpoonerDE
1953Jerry WalkerT
1953Jimmy WilliamsT
1952Bobby CavazosHB
1952Hollis DavisT
1952Ray HowardG
1952Jim TurnerHB
1951Junior ArterbrunQB
1951Bobby CavazosRB
1951Ray HowardG
1951Aubrey PhillipsC
1951Jerrell PriceT
1951Jim TurnerHB
1950Robert BroylesG
1950Jerrell PriceT
1949James ConleyFB
1949Marshall GettysT
1949Dan PurselG
1949Calvin StevensonHB
1948John AndrewsT
1948Marshall GettysT
1948Ernest HawkinsQB
1948Bill KelleyDE
1948Dorrell McCurryG
1948Dan PurselG
1947Fred BrownQB
1947Roland NaborsC
1947Ed SmithHB
1947Joe SmithDE
1947Bernie WinklerT
1946Clyde HallT
1946Floyd LawhornG
1946Roland NaborsC
1946Ed RobnettFB
1946Roger SmithHB
1946Bernie WinklerT
1942Will AllbrightG
1942Don AustinBack
1942J.R. CalahanBack
1942Doyle CarawayG
1942Walter SchlinkmanBack
1942Joe SmithDE
1942George ZollerT
1941Tyrus BainQB
1941Charles DvoracekFB
1937Lewis JonesG
1937Floyd OwensG
1937Herschel RamseyDE
1937Elmer TarboxHB
1936William HolcombT
1936Jim NeillHB
1936Herschel RamseyDE
1936Tom WigintonC
1935Charles DuvallQB
1935Walker NicholsG
1934G.C. DowellHB
1934Pete OwensG
1934Lawrence PriddyC
1933Elva BakerDE
1933Matt HitchcockDE

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Southwest Conference

YearNamePosition
1960E.J. HolubC
1962David Parks SE
1963David Parks SE
1963Donny AndersonHB
1964Teddy RobertsS
1964Donny AndersonHB
1965Tom WilsonQB
1965Donny AndersonHB
1966Mike LeinertHB
1966Larry Gilbert SE
1967Jerry TurnerC
1967Phil TuckerOL
1967Ed MooneyLB
1967Mike LeinertHB

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Big 12 Conference

College Football Hall of Fame inductees

Seven Red Raider players, Donny Anderson, Hub Bechtol, E. J. Holub, Byron Hanspard, Dave Parks, Gabriel Rivera, and Zach Thomas, have been inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame. [10]

Retired jerseys

Retired football jerseys
NumberPlayerYear
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. [11]

Trophies and awards

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." [12] 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

PlayerPositionYearsInducted
Donny Anderson RB 1963–652013
E. J. Holub C/LB 1958–602013
Dave Parks SE 1961–632013
Gabe Rivera DT 1979–822014
Zach Thomas LB 1993–952016
Michael Crabtree WR 2006–082021
Elmer Tarbox DB/WR/RB 1936–382021
Patrick Mahomes QB 2014–162022

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