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Texas Tech football: Players that must step up in 2021

LUBBOCK, TEXAS - SEPTEMBER 26: Defensive lineman Tyree Wilson #19 of the Texas Tech Red Raiders gestures before the college football game against the Texas Longhorns on September 26, 2020 at Jones AT&T Stadium in Lubbock, Texas. (Photo by John E. Moore III/Getty Images)

Each season, we as fans like to look to new additions to the roster as reasons for optimism. And certainly, the Texas Tech football team will be relying on quite a few fresh faces in key roles for the 2021 season.

But often, a team’s greatest improvement comes in the form of returning players who take their games to a new level.