Texas Tech added another massive recruiting win with 2027 five-star edge rusher Anthony Sweeney, continuing Joey McGuire’s rise on the trail.
Texas Tech football keeps stacking major recruiting wins, and the latest one might be one of the biggest yet.
The Red Raiders landed a commitment from Anthony Sweeney, a five-star defensive end in the 2027 recruiting class, giving Joey McGuire another blue-chip building block as the program continues its rise on the national stage.
Sweeney, a 6-4, 230-pound edge rusher from Baltimore, is rated among the very best players in the country and now becomes another headline addition for a Texas Tech staff that has clearly changed the perception of the program with elite high school prospects.
His commitment adds even more juice to a recruiting class that was already drawing national attention.
The talented pass rusher is regarded as Maryland’s top prospect in the 2027 cycle and one of the nation’s top defensive ends.
He recently made an unofficial trip to Lubbock, and that visit appears to have sealed the deal.
Texas Tech beat out a long list of heavyweight programs for his pledge, which says plenty about where the Red Raiders stand right now in the recruiting world.
Sweeney now joins Jalen Brewster, the nation’s No. 1 overall recruit, as another five-star name committed to Texas Tech in this class.
That kind of talent haul would’ve sounded unrealistic for this program not long ago. Under McGuire, though, it’s starting to look normal.
And the momentum didn’t come out of nowhere. Texas Tech is coming off a huge run that included a Big 12 title and the program’s first College Football Playoff appearance.
The Red Raiders also made noise in the transfer portal and followed that with strong high school recruiting momentum.
Sweeney posted 34 tackles and 3.5 sacks during his junior season at Our Lady of Good Counsel.
He’s also set to transfer to St. Frances Academy for his senior year, which should only put him under a brighter national spotlight.
At this point, Texas Tech isn’t just chasing national relevance in recruiting. The Red Raiders are living in it.
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