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A promising tech football player will have to wait until 2026 to return to the field.
Quinten Joyner, who was transferred to the Red Raiders after two years to the USC, suffered a contactless injury during the teammother on Saturday. Texas Tech head coach Joey McGuire confirmed on his podcast what the team feared – Joyner has torn his ACL.
Texas Tech, classified n ° 23 This pre-season, will now be without the man who should work on the share of the racing lion in the rear field this year.
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Quinten Joyner heads the ball in the spring match of the Texas Tech football team on Saturday April 19, 2025, at Jones At & T Stadium. (Imagn)
Joyner was a four -star recruit that went to California instead of staying in his native Texas, where he had offers. He collected 478 yards on the ground with four affected in total last season for the Trojans, where he mainly fell Woody Marks.
To head to Texas Tech offered him a better opportunity to get playing time, while coming back closer to his home.
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But now, McGuire will have to focus on Cameron Dickey and Je Koby Williams, the other two runners on the depth board which must intervene in place of Joyner.
“I hate it so much for him, just because of the way he did in the spring, in summer and in camp,” said McGuire about Joyner. “He really came here and was a pro, and we asked him to do a lot of things that he has never done before. … He really took it, so it’s unhappy.”
Quinten Joyner de Texas Tech goes through an exercise during spring football training on Tuesday April 8, 2025, at Womble Football Center (Imagn)
Given the quantity of factor that Joyner had to be in the Red Raiders offensive, it will be interesting to see how they are classified with a week before the start of the season.
Texas Tech seeks to improve its 8-5 record a year ago under McGuire. The Big 12 does not have a predetermined winner, with Arizona State (n ° 11), Kansas State (n ° 17) and Iowa State (n ° 21) alongside Texas Tech in terms of teams in the Top 25.
But injuries are a cruel reality for football, and the McGuire team must have a next height mentality after losing Joyner for the year.
Quinten Joyner attends the local Texas Tech football team’s day on Tuesday July 29, 2025, at Jones AT&T Stadium. (Imagn)
The Red Raiders begin their 2025 season against Arkansas-Pine Bluff on August 30.
