Texas Tech’s Head Coach, Joey McGuire, ensured that the world knew that Jacob Rodriguez made history despite being snubbed from the Heisman Trophy contendership.

McGuire is fully aware of Rodriguez’s potential. Jacob Rodriguez losing the Heisman trophy didn’t shake the head coach’s belief in him. After all, there’s no reason it should, especially since the linebacker won the Bronko Nagurski Award. On Monday, the 6-foot-1, 230-pound LB received the award at the Charlotte Convention Center.

“Lets goooooooooooo! So proud of you!!!! #WreckEm,” wrote McGuire.

While Rodriguez’s win of this award edged out finalists like Notre Dame’s Leonard Moore, OSU’s Caleb Downs, and Texas A&M’s Cashius Howell, it’s by no means a lesser achievement. Now, with this honor, Rodriguez joins an elite group of p

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