Merriweather 3rd essential Tech participant deciding on to continue to be for 2022

Texas Tech linebacker Krishon Merriweather declared Sunday he plans to continue to be with the software for the 2022 season, becoming the Red Raiders’ 3rd crucial defensive participant to make this kind of a declaration about the weekend.

Merriweather was the Red Raiders’ fifth-main tackler this season, having credit history for 52 stops, 5 1/2 tackles for reduction and just one sack. His final decision to keep for a further 12 months is be primarily practical, offered that veteran linebackers Colin Schooler and Riko Jeffers — Tech’s leading and third-top tackler, respectively — are out of eligibility.

On Friday, Tech defensive backs Marquis Waters and Adrian Frye also explained they system to stick with the Purple Raiders for 2022.

Merriweather and Frye have the more yr of eligibility that the NCAA awarded all gamers for the COVID-disrupted 2020 season. For Waters, 2021 was that further season. Nonetheless, Waters suffered a season-ending damage in the very first quarter of the Major 12 opener and can utilize for professional medical hardship waiver to prolong his job to 2022.

Also on Sunday, a Tech spokesman claimed offensive lineman Casey Verhulst will not return in 2022. Verhulst commenced a few game titles as a sophomore in 2019, but a back again harm the pursuing calendar year derailed his occupation.

Tech finished 7-6 this season, ending a extend of five consecutive sub-.500 seasons by beating Mississippi State 34-7 in the Liberty Bowl.

Waters’ and Frye’s choices to continue to be for another year provides the Crimson Raiders a boatload of expert safeties. Waters has 39 job starts, Reggie Pearson 23, Frye 21 and Dadrion Taylor-Demerson 12.

Frye has put in a great deal of his vocation at cornerback, even so. The Crimson Raiders could transfer him back to corner, where by 49-match starter DaMarcus Fields completed his eligibility this time.

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