After a disastrous season, the Texas Tech football team's defense has all the pressure to deliver. Who are the most important players to make that happen?

After a disastrous season, the Texas Tech football team's defense has all the pressure to deliver. Who are the most important players to make that happen?

But the big moneymaker for all programs is football and the Red Raiders will find out this fall if a big financial commitment to those players will get them into the 12-team College Football Playoff.

Texas Tech football coach Joey McGuire recently used quarterback Will Hammond as an example of a player he'd like to have on a multi-year contract with the Red Raiders. Hammond checks a lot of ...