It isn’t too often you see a player the caliber of Micah Hudson on the South Plains in Lubbock, Texas, playing for the Texas Tech Red Raiders. In fact, Hudson is the first five-star signee in school history. One could bank on Hudson being on full display this fall in the Zach Kittley offense.
Paul Myerberg of USA TODAY Sports released his list of impact freshman and Hudson was among several wide receivers listed including Ohio State’s Jeremiah Smith and Auburn’s Cam Coleman. You probably could throw Alabama’s Ryan Williams into the mix as well. No matter how you slice it, there are a lot of freshman wideouts who could make an impact this season.
What Myerberg Says…
That Hudson was slowed in the spring as he recovered from knee surgery makes it hard to say exactly what role he’ll play for Texas Tech as a freshman — whether he’ll see more spans as an inside receiver or on the outside, for example. But to be clear: Hudson is going to play a ton for the Red Raiders after choosing Tech over offers from every major program in the FBS. He has a chance to be a “generational player,” as coach Joey McGuire said at Big 12 media days.
Whether or not he plays inside or outside is irrelevant, the only thing that Behren Morton needs to do is get the ball into the hands of Hudson and let him cook.
— recruitvids3 (@recruitvids3) October 14, 2023
Full list of impact freshman from Myerberg:
- Jeremiah Smith, WR: Ohio State
- Dylan Raiola, QB: Nebraska
- Ellis Robinson IV, CB: Georgia
- Cam Coleman, WR: Auburn
- Rhys Dakin, P: Iowa
- Williams Nwaneri, DE: Missouri
- Kyngstonn Viliamu-Asa, LB: Notre Dame
- Jordan Seaton, OT: Colorado
- Dylan Stewart, Edge: South Carolina
- Micah Hudson, WR: Texas Tech