Texas Tech lands pledge from 5-star DT Brewster

While No. 11 Texas Tech made a Week 6 sojourn to Houston, the Red Raiders secured a committedness for the aboriginal connected Saturday with a pledge from five-star imaginable Jalen Brewster, ESPN's No. 1 antiaircraft tackle successful the 2027 class.

Brewster is the No. 7 wide enlistee successful the ESPN Junior 300. A 6-foot-3, 305-pound defender from Cedar Hill, Texas, helium announced his committedness to Texas Tech implicit finalists Ohio State, Texas A&M, Oregon, Oklahoma and Indiana during a ceremonial Saturday night.

Brewster is simply a inferior astatine Cedar Hill High School, the Dallas-area programme wherever Red Raiders manager Joey McGuire won 3 authorities titles crossed 14 seasons from 2003-16. He's the lad of Robert Brewster, a two-time All-MAC violative lineman astatine Ball State from 2005-08 and a third-round enactment of the Dallas Cowboys successful the 2009 NFL Draft.

Brewster narrowed his recruitment to 10 schools past period earlier visiting Indiana and Texas A&M crossed the last 2 weekends of September. Sources told ESPN that Ohio State and Texas A&M stood among the starring contenders alongside Texas Tech successful the closing stages of Brewster's process, portion Oregon besides emerged precocious with a important fiscal package. Per NCAA rules, Brewster is not permitted to motion a revenue-share declaration until Dec. 2026.

Brewster marks the latest summation to an progressively talented Red Raiders antiaircraft people successful 2027.

He arrives arsenic the program's 2nd five-star pledge successful the cycle, joining No. 1 extracurricular linebacker LaDamion Guyton, who committed to Texas Tech connected Aug. 7. Brewster follows September pledges successful four-star antiaircraft tackle K'Adrian Redmond (No. 156 overall) and antiaircraft extremity Antonio Underwood arsenic the 4th subordinate of the Red Raiders' 2027 class, which mislaid a committedness from five-star violative tackle Cooper Hackett (No. 19) connected Sept. 25.

Brewster's pledge continues a mostly blistery tally of recruiting for McGuire and Texas Tech wide manager James Blanchard. The Red Raiders person added 10 commitments successful the 2026 people since June 1, headlined by five-star violative tackle Felix Ojo (No. 20 overall). The program's incoming people ranked 24th successful ESPN's latest recruiting people rankings for the cycle.

Bolstered by important fiscal concern into the program, Texas Tech is expected to stay a important subordinate successful the Class of 2027 recruiting market. No. 2 wide backmost Kavian Bryant (No. 48) and apical 100 defenders Zane Rowe (No. 90) and Kaden McCarty (No. 93) are among the high-profile 2027 targets who person already visited the Red Raiders this fall.

Following a Week 5 bye, Texas Tech (4-0) traveled to unbeaten Big 12 rivals Houston connected Saturday for the program's archetypal sojourn to the Cougars since Sept. 2021.