Texas Tech’s pre-practice team meeting on Wednesday turned out to be anything but routine for Talor Nunez.
The sophomore defensive lineman from Midland Lee was told in front of the team he’d been placed on scholarship. Tech coach Kliff Kingsbury highlighted top classroom performers from the summer II session, then showed a practice highlight of Nunez.
“He was just pointing out positive things,” Nunez said, “and out of nowhere — it was kind of like a left hook — he said, ‘And on top of that, you’re on scholarship.’”
Nunez, a former high school quarterback and hurdler, came to Tech as a 200-pound walk-on projected to play safety.