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Texas Tech without Will Hammond

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Texas Tech is 1–0 without Will Hammond this season and 6–1 with him. Since 2025, Texas Tech is 11–1 in the 12 games without him and 8–2 with him.

Benched, per espn.com.

Will Hammond’s page

, a game

This season

MeasureWith Will Hammond7 gamesWithout1 gameDifference
Record6–11–0
Points, over expected+3.0+5.3−2.3
Passing yards, over expected+5.7−79.1+84.8
Against the line−6.5+4.0−10.5
Points allowed, over expected−1.1−1.7+0.6
Margin, over expected+2.2+6.8−4.7
Rushing yards, over expected−1.4+172.7−174.1
Carries, over expected+0.2+9.3−9.1
Yards a carry5.127.22−2.09
Pass attempts, over expected+0.5−7.3+7.7
Total yards, over expected+1.5+93.1−91.6
Third-down conversion rate, over expected+0.2%−3.2%+3.4
Penalty yards, over expected−3.4+18.3−21.7

One game without him is one game, not a sample, but maybe you can find something if you squint.

Last 25 games

MeasureWith Will Hammond11 gamesWithout14 gamesDifference
Record8–313–1
Points, over expected+0.6+6.1−5.5
Passing yards, over expected−21.3+45.8−67.1
Against the line−5.3+10.8−16.0
Points allowed, over expected+1.2−3.7+4.9
Margin, over expected−2.7+8.2−10.9
Rushing yards, over expected+14.6+11.6+3.0
Carries, over expected−0.7+1.9−2.6
Yards a carry5.235.08+0.14
Pass attempts, over expected−1.1+2.9−3.9
Total yards, over expected−11.7+52.2−63.9
Third-down conversion rate, over expected−0.3%+8.4%−8.7
Penalty yards, over expected−9.9+6.9−16.7

Who played instead

His teammates without him

This season

MeasureWith Will HammondWithoutDifference
J'Koby Williams, RB
Rushing yards88.4175.0−86.6
Carries12.314.0−1.7
Cameron Dickey, RB
Rushing yards48.434.0+14.4
Carries11.410.0+1.4
Thomas Castellanos, QB
Passing yards11.3144.0−132.8
Pass attempts1.324.0−22.8
Quinten Joyner, RB
Rushing yards35.02.0+33.0
Carries7.92.0+5.9
Kenny Johnson, WR
Receiving yards71.349.0+22.3
Receptions4.44.0+0.4

Last 25 games

MeasureWith Will HammondWithoutDifference
Coy Eakin, WR
Receiving yards38.547.2−8.7
Receptions3.43.6−0.3
Behren Morton, QB
Passing yards91.0261.9−170.9
Pass attempts12.034.2−22.2
J'Koby Williams, RB
Rushing yards74.770.5+4.2
Carries10.611.4−0.8
Cameron Dickey, RB
Rushing yards74.053.4+20.6
Carries12.811.5+1.3

The games he missed this season

DateGameResultPlayed instead
Oct 31, 2026vsArizonaW 34–26Thomas Castellanos

Method

  • With him is a game he played, from the schools’ participation lists, and a box score row where a game has no list; without him is a game the team played while he was on its roster and he didn’t.
  • With him means he was the team’s quarterback that game, at least half of its pass attempts; a game he left early or came into late reads as without him.
  • Over expected is the team’s average a game over what the season’s ratings expected in each game, the same numbers each measure’s own page reads. “Averages” shows the plain numbers. A game with no expected number sits out.
  • Against the line is the team’s margin less the closing line’s, the market’s margin before kickoff, from College Football Streak King’s lines. A game with no line sits out.
  • His teammates’ numbers are plain averages a game.
  • Why he’s out: espn.com.