For the second-straight year, Matt Wells’ Texas Tech football program is bringing a player from Wells’ old stomping grounds to Lubbock. After adding graduate transfer safety Ja’Marcus Ingram last August, the Red Raiders are now going to welcome linebacker Christian LaVelle according to Inside the Red Raiders.
The 5-foot-11, 240-pounder from Mission Viejo, California signed with Utah State in the class of 2019. At that time, he was the No. 44 inside linebacker in the nation and No. 98 player in California according to 247Sports. Thus, he will have to sit out the 2020 season as an undergraduate transfer unless he petitions the NCAA for an eligibility waiver.