Texas Tech’s All-American list has some real star power at the top, and the 2025 season added a new wrinkle: David Bailey and Jacob Rodriguez both landed unanimous All-American honors, giving the Red Raiders two players on that level in the same year for the first time.
That’s the headline, but the full history is loaded with familiar names. Michael Crabtree stands alone as Texas Tech’s only two-time unanimous All-American, earning the distinction in both 2007 and 2008. He’s joined on the unanimous list by Jace Amaro, Byron Hanspard, Zach Thomas and Mark Bounds, with Bailey and Rodriguez now added after the 2025 season.
A player becomes an All-American when one of the major postseason selectors - the Associated Press, the American Football Coaches Association, the Football Writers Association of America, Sporting News or the Walter Camp Football Foundation - names him to its team. If at least half of those outlets pick a player, he’s a consensus All-American. If all five do, he’s unanimous.
Texas Tech’s consensus list mirrors much of the same star power. Bailey and Rodriguez are there again from 2025, along with Amaro, Brandon Carter, Crabtree, Hanspard, Thomas, Bounds, Montae Reagor, Gabriel Rivera, Dan Irons, Donny Anderson, Dave Parks and E.J.
Holub. Hanspard appears twice in the source list, both for 1996.
The 2025 season also marked another milestone: it was the first time two Texas Tech players were named consensus All-Americans in the same season.
Looking ahead, Texas Tech has a few players with a real shot at joining the club in 2026. Defensive lineman A.J.
Holmes already put together a strong case after collecting multiple second-team All-American honors last season, finishing with 38 tackles, nine stops for a loss and 4.5 sacks. Cornerback Brice Pollock also enters the conversation after a 2025 season that earned him first-team All-Big 12 recognition, along with 48 tackles, four stops for loss, five interceptions and 11 pass defenses while not allowing a touchdown.
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