Red Raiders' Offense Suffers Injury Blows in West Virginia Win

LUBBOCK - Texas Tech head coach Joey McGuire told reporters after his No. 10-ranked Red Raiders pulled out a win over West Virginia that two offensive players suffered injuries in Saturday's game at Galaxy Stadium.

"We got banged-up tonight," he said after acknowledging the high-scoring, "throwback Big 12 game" and 53-48 final score.

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Fifth-year senior wide receiver Coy Eakin left the game with a broken hand and will miss multiple weeks, and running back Cam Dickey tweaked the high-ankle sprain he had initially suffered on Oct. 3.

Dickey left the game early in the second quarter after aggravating his ankle and severely hobbling over to the sideline. He had rushed for just eight yards on three carries against the Mountaineers.

After Dickey had injured his ankle at Colorado, the junior rusher recovered during the bye week and missed the next two games. He returned last week in the win over Arizona, rushing for 34 yards on 10 carries when McGuire admitted postgame that he was still not 100 percent healthy.

It is unclear at what point Eakin injured his hand this weekend. The Stephenville, Texas, native and locker room leader finished the game against West Virginia with one catch for 22 yards.

Eakin has recorded 1,990 receiving yards in 157 games for Texas Tech. This season, his 24 reception have gone for 285 yards and three touchdowns.

Dickey was a 1,000-yard rusher and semifinalist for the Doak Walker Award last season, but this year is off that production pace. The Austin, Texas, native has rushed for just 284 yards on 70 carries this season with three games remaining in the seaoson.

In their places, running back J'Koby Williams and receiver Kenny Johnson have picked up the slack with breakout seasons, even amid the quarterback change two games ago. Freshman wideout Chase Campbell also had a big game against West Virginia and will be a starter moving forward with Eakin out.

Williams has set multiple career-highs in rushing this season. His 160 yards rushing against the Mountaineers was good enough for his third 100-yard game in his last four appearances.

Williams' 954 rushing yards and seven touchdowns are already career highs for a season. The junior has carried the ball 36 fewer times than the 2025 season, when he rushed for 868 yards and six touchdowns.

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Johnson caught two touchdowns this past week, including the eventual game-winner from Thomas Castellanos with 2:44 left in the game. In his first season in Lubbock after three years at Pitt, Johnson is nine receptions and 64 receiving yards away from setting new single-season career highs in each category.

Dickey and Eakin are likely to be out for at least Texas Tech's next game, a road trip to Stillwater to face the Oklahoma State Cowboys on Nov. 14.