November 10, 2026 | Football
Castellanos threw for a career-high 362 passing yards and five touchdowns in the West Virginia win
LUBBOCK, Texas โ Texas Tech quarterback Thomas Castellanos received an additional weekly honor Tuesday as he was named the Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Award Player of the Week for his performance against West Virginia.
It is the fourth weekly honor already in the past 24 hours for Castellanos, who was tabbed a Big 12 Offensive Player of the Week on Monday. He was also recognized as part of the Manning Award Stars of the Week and the Davey O'Brien Award Great 8 list Monday after a career performance in Texas Tech's 53-48 victory over the Mountaineers.
Castellanos notched career highs with 362 passing yards and five touchdowns in the win, while also rushing for another 102 yards, his second 100-yard outing in as many games since being named Texas Tech's starter prior to its victory over No. 22 Arizona. Texas Tech totaled 638 yards of total offense against the Mountaineers, its most since facing Oklahoma State in 2020.
Castellanos became the first Red Raider in school history and only the second Big 12 player to throw for at least 350 yards and five touchdowns while also rushing for 100 or more yards in the same game. He is the first FBS player to hit all three marks since Byrum Brown did so at South Florida in 2023 against Memphis, and the first power conference quarterback to do so since Miami's D'Eriq King in 2020 at NC State.
Castellanos threw four touchdowns in the first half alone as the Red Raiders piled up a staggering 492 yards of offense to take a 41-27 lead at the break. He also provided the game-winning touchdown, finding Kenny Johnson from 5-yards out with only 2:44 remaining. Behind Castellanos' ability to make plays with his arm and his legs, Texas Tech became the first FBS program in the last 30 years to have one player with 350 passing yards, 100 rushing yards and five passing touchdowns and another, J'Koby Williams, with 150 rushing yards and a rushing score in the same game.
Texas Tech extended its home winning streak to a school record 14-consecutive games against the Mountaineers, breaking the previous mark from the World War II era over the course of the 1939 through 1942 seasons. The win also improved the Red Raiders to 8-1 overall heading into the first of two straight road games beginning Saturday at Oklahoma State.
Kickoff between the Red Raiders and Cowboys is slated for 8:30 p.m. with coverage provided on ESPN and the Texas Tech Sports Network.
