BYU 5-Star QB Commit Stuns College Football World with Decision to Flip and Join Texas Tech over Alabama and Tennessee…

BYU 5-Star QB Commit Stuns College Football World with Decision to Flip and Join Texas Tech over Alabama and Tennessee…

The NCAA statistical rankings are finalized after Monday’s College Football National Championship, with Texas Tech finishing in the top 10 of several categories, according to the Texas Tech Athletics Department.

Texas Tech finished ninth in the country for both total offense per game with 462.7 yards and passing offense with 296.7 yards.

Junior quarterback Behren Morton ended the year eighth individually in passing yards per game after averaging 277.9 yards through the air.

Texas Tech baseball picked fifth in preseason, Damian Bravo achieved Big 12 honors

Tahj Brooks concluded his time at Texas Tech ranked third in the FBS for rushing yards per game with 136.8 yards a contest. Brooks was also eighth this season with 1,505 total rushing yards, making him the third Big 12 rusher in history and the first Red Raider with multiple 1,500-yard seasons in a career.

Linebacker Jacob Rodriguez led the Big 12 for total and solo tackles and recorded the most tackles in a season by a Red Raider since 2002.

Simon Onditi

Simon used the dual-credit program at Mansfield Early College High School at Timberview in Arlington to begin paving the path to a college degree. The program enabled him to juggle high school coursework with college-level credits.

But he didn’t stop there.

He also took online classes during summer and winter breaks. Those first classes were difficult since he felt like he was going to miss out on the things he could be doing during these breaks. However, after some time, he got used to it and started taking classes with confidence during these breaks.

Then after graduating from high school in three years, he also received his associates degree from Tarrant County College at the same time. He then attended Baylor University for a full year. A pre-med major, it was during the summer of 2024 that he discovered Texas Tech’s $10K Degree Completion Program and began regularly attending Saturday classes at the Texas Tech DFW site in Irving.

“I was just getting it done and seeing what the workload was like,” he recalled. “Then I became more confident I could finish sooner. I began by thinking that I would just ride out the dual-credit program for however long, but then things started snowballing, and here I am.”

Simon earned a degree in leadership studies from Texas Tech, customizing his coursework to include health-care-related electives. He said the program’s flexibility allowed him to complete classes at his own pace while balancing other priorities in his life.

“I felt like the pacing was really good with that program,” he said. “It all flowed well and wasn’t difficult to navigate.”

He now is turning his attention to medical school. Simon planned to take “a couple” of days off in late December and then focus on the Medical College Admission Test (MCAT). He has his career sights set on becoming an anesthesiologist.

“I have been thinking about what comes next,” he said. “I want to become a medical professional, and I am aiming at taking the MCAT this spring, so I have to get the studies and prer

equisites done.”