Summary
Texas Tech's football team won the Big 12 championship and secured their first spot in the College Football Playoff. Despite not being a Heisman Trophy finalist, linebacker Jacob Rodriguez won the Lombardi Award, making history as the first Texas Tech player to earn this honor.
Key Facts
- Texas Tech defeated BYU to win the Big 12 championship.
- The team secured a No. 4 seed in the College Football Playoff and has a first-round bye.
- They will face the winner of No. 12 James Madison vs. No. 5 Oregon in the quarterfinals.
- Jacob Rodriguez, a star linebacker, did not make the Heisman Trophy finalist list.
- Rodriguez won the Lombardi Award, given to the nation's top lineman or linebacker.
- He is the first Texas Tech player to win the Lombardi Award.
- Rodriguez was named the Big 12 Defensive Player of the Year.
- This season, he had 117 tackles, 11 tackles for loss, and several other key defensive plays.
