Texas Tech Red Raiders football statistical leaders

Graham Harrell (left), Kliff Kingsbury (center), Patrick Mahomes (right) are 1st, 2nd, and 3rd in career passing yards and career passing touchdowns.

The Texas Tech Red Raiders football statistical leaders are individual statistical leaders of the Texas Tech Red Raiders football program in various categories,[1] including passing, rushing, receiving, total offense, defensive stats, and kicking. Within those areas, the lists identify single-game, single-season and career leaders. The Red Raiders represent Texas Tech University in the NCAA Division I FBS Big 12 Conference.

Texas Tech began competing in intercollegiate football in 1925.[1] These lists are dominated by more recent players for several reasons:

  • Since 1950, seasons have increased from 9 games to 10, 11 and then 12 games in length.
  • The NCAA didn't allow freshmen to play varsity football until 1972 (with the exception of the World War II years), allowing players to have four-year careers.
  • Bowl games only began counting toward single-season and career statistics in 2002.[2] The Red Raiders have played in a bowl game in all but two seasons since 2002.
  • The Big 12 has held a championship game from 1996–2010 and since 2017. Texas Tech played in (and won) the 2025 edition.
  • Since 2018, players have been allowed to participate in as many as four games in a redshirt season; previously, playing in even one game "burned" the redshirt.[3] Since 2024, postseason games have not counted against the four-game limit.[4] These changes to redshirt rules have given very recent players several extra games to accumulate statistics.
  • Due to COVID-19 disruptions, the NCAA did not count the 2020 season against the eligibility of any football player, giving all players active in that season five years of eligibility instead of the normal four.
  • Since 2000, the Red Raiders have run a high-octane air raid offense, most notably under head coaches Mike Leach, Tommy Tuberville, Kliff Kingsbury, and currently Joey McGuire. The passing and receiving lists are dominated by players from this era, although the rushing lists are not.

The statistics below are updated through the 2025 Big 12 Championship Game. Players active for Tech in 2025 are in bold.

Passing

Passing yards

Passing touchdowns

Rushing

Rushing yards

Rushing touchdowns

Receiving

Receptions

Receiving yards

Receiving touchdowns

Total offense

Total offense is the sum of passing and rushing statistics. It does not include receiving or returns.[7]

Total offense yards

Touchdowns responsible for

"Touchdowns responsible for" is the NCAA's official term for combined passing and rushing touchdowns.[8] Texas Tech uses this term in its official record book.

Defense

Interceptions

Tackles

Sacks

Kicking

Field goals made

  1. ^ This was the regularly scheduled game between the teams. They played a second time in the Big 12 championship game.

Field goal percentage

References

  1. ^ a b "Record Book" (PDF). 2025 Texas Tech Football Media Guide. Texas Tech Athletic Department. August 23, 2025. pp. 241–60. Retrieved November 7, 2025.
  2. ^ "NCAA changes policy on football stats". ESPN.com. AP. August 28, 2002. Retrieved September 11, 2014.
  3. ^ "DI football to offer more participation opportunities" (Press release). NCAA. June 13, 2018. Retrieved July 27, 2018.
  4. ^ "DI football oversight committees propose one transfer window" (Press release). NCAA. August 27, 2024. Retrieved September 1, 2024.
  5. ^ a b c d "Behren Morton: Stats". ESPN.com. Retrieved December 6, 2025.
  6. ^ a b c The 2025 Texas Tech Record Book only lists a single leader.
  7. ^ "Official 2007 NCAA Division I Football Record Book" (PDF). National Collegiate Athletic Association. August 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 1, 2007. Retrieved January 3, 2008.
  8. ^ "2022 Football Bowl Subdivision Records" (PDF). NCAA. p. 12. Retrieved October 17, 2022.
  9. ^ "David Bailey: Stats". ESPN.com. Retrieved December 6, 2025.
  10. ^ "Stone Harrington: Stats". ESPN.com. Retrieved December 6, 2025.
  11. ^ Texas Tech's 2025 record book notes that 13 players had 4 field goals in a game, and listed only the most recent player to have done so. This record was broken during the 2025 season.
  12. ^ "Harrington's 5 field goals, Rodriguez's takeaways lead No. 9 Texas Tech past No. 8 BYU 29-7". Associated Press. November 8, 2025. Retrieved November 8, 2025. Stone Harrington kicked a school-record five field goals and standout Texas Tech linebacker Jacob Rodriguez had two takeaways as the No. 9 Red Raiders beat No. 8 BYU 29-7 on Saturday...
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