# List of Texas Tech Red Raiders football honorees

The Texas Tech Red Raiders college football team represents Texas Tech University in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I Football Bowl Subdivision as a member of the Big 12 Conference's South Division. Texas Tech players and coaches of exceptional ability have received various accolades.

## All-Americans

Each year, numerous publications and organizations release lists of All-America teams, hypothetical rosters of players considered the best in the nation at their respective positions. Some selecting organizations choose more than one roster of All-Americans, in which case they use the terms "first team", "second team", and "third team" as appropriate. College Sports Information Directors of America awards similar All-American honors with a focus on academic achievements.
The National Collegiate Athletic Association, a college sports governing body, uses officially recognized All-America selectors to determine the "consensus" selections. These are based on a point system in which a player is awarded three points for every selector that names him to the first team, two points for the second team, and one point for the third team. The individual who receives the most points at his position is called a consensus All-American. Over time, the sources used to determine the consensus selections have changed, and since 2002, the NCAA has used five selectors, the Associated Press (AP), American Football Coaches Association (AFCA), Football Writers Association of America (FWAA), The Sporting News (TSN), and the Walter Camp Football Foundation (WCFF), to determine consensus All-Americans.
In 1935, end Herschel Ramsey was the first Texas Tech player to be named an All-American. Twenty-five years later in 1960, linebacker E. J. Holub became Texas Tech's first consensus All-American. Texas Tech players have earned consensus All-America honors 12 times: E. J. Holub in 1960, Donny Anderson in 1965, Dan Irons in 1977, Gabriel Rivera in 1982, Mark Bounds in 1991, Zach Thomas in 1995, Byron Hanspard in 1996, Montae Reagor in 1998, Michael Crabtree in 2007 and 2008, Brandon Carter in 2008, and Jace Amaro in 2013.

## All-conference honorees
### Border Intercollegiate Athletic Association

| Year | Name | Position |
| 1955 | Hal Broadfoot | G |
| 1955 | Bill Herchmann | T |
| 1955 | Don Schmidt | HB |
| 1955 | James Sides | FB |
| 1955 | Jerry Walker | T |
| 1954 | Hal Broadfoot | G |
| 1954 | Walter Bryan | HB |
| 1954 | Claude Harland | DE |
| 1954 | Bill Herchmann | T |
| 1954 | Jerry Johnson | QB |
| 1954 | Bob Kilcullen | T |
| 1954 | James Sides | FB |
| 1954 | Rick Spinks | HB |
| 1954 | Jerry Walker | T |
| 1954 | Arlen Wesley | G |
| 1954 | Dwayne West | C |
| 1954 | Dean White | DE |
| 1953 | Bobby Cavazos | RB |
| 1953 | Don Gray | G |
| 1953 | Jack Kirkpatrick | QB |
| 1953 | James Sides | HB |
| 1953 | Vic Spooner | DE |
| 1953 | Jerry Walker | T |
| 1953 | Jimmy Williams | T |
| 1952 | Bobby Cavazos | HB |
| 1952 | Hollis Davis | T |
| 1952 | Ray Howard | G |
| 1952 | Jim Turner | HB |
| 1951 | Junior Arterbrun | QB |
| 1951 | Bobby Cavazos | RB |
| 1951 | Ray Howard | G |
| 1951 | Aubrey Phillips | C |
| 1951 | Jerrell Price | T |
| 1951 | Jim Turner | HB |
| 1950 | Robert Broyles | G |
| 1950 | Jerrell Price | T |
| 1949 | James Conley | FB |
| 1949 | Marshall Gettys | T |
| 1949 | Dan Pursel | G |
| 1949 | Calvin Stevenson | HB |
| 1948 | John Andrews | T |
| 1948 | Marshall Gettys | T |
| 1948 | Ernest Hawkins | QB |
| 1948 | Bill Kelley | DE |
| 1948 | Dorrell McCurry | G |
| 1948 | Dan Pursel | G |
| 1947 | Fred Brown | QB |
| 1947 | Roland Nabors | C |
| 1947 | Ed Smith | HB |
| 1947 | Joe Smith | DE |
| 1947 | Bernie Winkler | T |
| 1946 | Clyde Hall | T |
| 1946 | Floyd Lawhorn | G |
| 1946 | Roland Nabors | C |
| 1946 | Ed Robnett | FB |
| 1946 | Roger Smith | HB |
| 1946 | Bernie Winkler | T |
| 1942 | Will Allbright | G |
| 1942 | Don Austin | Back |
| 1942 | J.R. Calahan | Back |
| 1942 | Doyle Caraway | G |
| 1942 | Walter Schlinkman | Back |
| 1942 | Joe Smith | DE |
| 1942 | George Zoller | T |
| 1941 | Tyrus Bain | QB |
| 1941 | Charles Dvoracek | FB |
| 1937 | Lewis Jones | G |
| 1937 | Floyd Owens | G |
| 1937 | Herschel Ramsey | DE |
| 1937 | Elmer Tarbox | HB |
| 1936 | William Holcomb | T |
| 1936 | Jim Neill | HB |
| 1936 | Herschel Ramsey | DE |
| 1936 | Tom Wiginton | C |
| 1935 | Charles Duvall | QB |
| 1935 | Walker Nichols | G |
| 1934 | G.C. Dowell | HB |
| 1934 | Pete Owens | G |
| 1934 | Lawrence Priddy | C |
| 1933 | Elva Baker | DE |
| 1933 | Matt Hitchcock | DE |

### Southwest Conference

| Year | Name | Position |
| 1960 | E.J. Holub | C |
| 1962 | David Parks | SE |
| 1963 | David Parks | SE |
| 1963 | Donny Anderson | HB |
| 1964 | Teddy Roberts | S |
| 1964 | Donny Anderson | HB |
| 1965 | Tom Wilson | QB |
| 1965 | Donny Anderson | HB |
| 1966 | Mike Leinert | HB |
| 1966 | Larry Gilbert | SE |
| 1967 | Jerry Turner | C |
| 1967 | Phil Tucker | OL |
| 1967 | Ed Mooney | LB |
| 1967 | Mike Leinert | HB |

### Big 12 Conference
## College Football Hall of Fame inductees

Seven Red Raider players, Donny Anderson, Hub Bechtol, E. J. Holub, Byron Hanspard, Dave Parks, Gabriel Rivera, and Zach Thomas, have been inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame.

## Retired jerseys

Three Red Raider football players have had their jersey numbers retired. E.J. Holub's No. 55 was retired on Dec. 19, 1960, and Donny Anderson's No. 44 was retired Nov. 11, 1995. Dave Parks's No. 81 jersey was retired Nov. 17, 2001. Both Holub and Anderson are members of the College Football Hall of Fame.

## Texas Tech Ring of Honor

Texas Tech announced the creation of the Football Ring of Honor in June 2012. The Ring of Honor consists of an "elite group of players and coaches that made outstanding contributions to Red Raider Football." Each player in the ring of honor has his name permanently added to the interior of the stadium on the West building.

### Ring of Honor Members

| Player | Position | Years | Inducted |
| Donny Anderson | RB | 1963–65 | 2013 |
| E. J. Holub | C/LB | 1958–60 | 2013 |
| Dave Parks | SE | 1961–63 | 2013 |
| Gabe Rivera | DT | 1979–82 | 2014 |
| Zach Thomas | LB | 1993–95 | 2016 |
| Michael Crabtree | WR | 2006–08 | 2021 |
| Elmer Tarbox | DB/WR/RB | 1936–38 | 2021 |
| Patrick Mahomes | QB | 2014–16 | 2022 |