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Who is Will Hammond? Meet the Texas Tech backup QB that led the Red Raiders to a 34-10 win over Utah
It’s still early in the season, but one team already looks ahead of the pack in the Big 12 race: the Texas Tech Red Raiders . Tech went on the road to face Utah in Salt Lake City and took control of the conference picture with a dominant 34-10 victory.
Tech’s defense held strong for most of the afternoon, but the clear star of the day was backup quarterback Will Hammond, who entered in the second half.
Starter Behren Morton opened the game under center, but a hard third-quarter hit knocked him out of action. That’s when Hammond, a redshirt freshman, came off the bench and stole the show.
He delivered two touchdown passes and led four scoring drives in the fourt