BEHREN MORTON NEWS

214 yards and no scores in win Morton completed 17 of 29 passes for 214 yards during Saturday's 28-22 victory against Arizona.

Impact Morton failed to record a touchdown pass for the first time this year as Texas Tech beat the Wildcats on the ground. Tahj Brooks was masterful with 21 carries for 128 yards and three touchdowns. It's not often that Texas Tech scores all of their touchdowns on the ground, but this is a different kind of Red Raiders team. Morton should get back to throwing touchdowns against Baylor in Week 8 after Texas Tech has a bye week.

4 DAYS AGO • ROTOWIRE

Pair of TDs in high-scoring win Morton completed 19 of 29 passes for 251 yards and two touchdowns during Saturday's 44-41 win versus Cincinnati. He also had three rushes for 46 yards.

Impact Morton has at least two touchdown passes in each of the Red Raiders' last three games. Over that span, he also has no turnovers as the experienced signal caller has done a great job of avoiding those critical mistakes since throwing a pair of picks at Washington State in Week 2. With Morton leading a high-tempo Texas Tech offense, he's an excellent play when the team plays at Arizona next week.

SEPTEMBER 29 • ROTOWIRE

Pair of TDs in high-scoring win Morton completed 19 of 29 passes for 251 yards and two touchdowns during Saturday's 44-41 win versus Cincinnati. He also had three rushes for 46 yards.

Impact Morton has at least two touchdown passes in each of the Red Raiders' last three games. Over that span, he also has no turnovers as the experienced signal caller has done a great job of avoiding those critical mistakes since throwing a pair of picks at Washington State in Week 2. With Morton leading a high-tempo Texas Tech offense, he's an excellent play when the team plays at Arizona next week.

SEPTEMBER 29 • ROTOWIRE

Two TD passes in win Morton was 24-for-44 passing for 201 yards and two touchdowns during Saturday's 30-22 victory against Arizona State.

Impact Morton had at least two touchdown passes in three of four games this year. Texas Tech leaned heavily on their run-game to control the time of possession against the Sun Devils. That still resulted in Morton throwing the ball 44 times, he just didn't connect on the majority of those passes. He should remain a strong fantasy play against Cincinnati next week.

SEPTEMBER 22 • ROTOWIRE

Morton throws 2 TD passes, Brooks runs for 117 yards, as Texas Tech spoils ASU's Big 12 debut 30-22

Behren Morton passed for two touchdowns and 201 yards and Tahj Brooks rushed for 117 yards against a defense that had allowed an average of just 65.3 per game as Texas Tech beat Ar...

SEPTEMBER 21 • ASSOCIATED PRESS

Five TD performance in big win Morton completed 15 of 19 passes for 273 yards and four touchdowns during Saturday's 66-21 victory over North Texas. He also had two rushes for negative one yard with one touchdown...

Impact Morton had a breakout performance against the Mean Green with five total touchdowns. Texas Tech tied a school record with 52 points in the first half as their offense and defense looked immaculate. Morton racked up all of this production in just a single half of play. He should remain in starting line-ups when the team plays Arizona State in their first Big 12 game next week.

SEPTEMBER 15 • ROTOWIRE

Five TD performance in big win Morton completed 15 of 19 passes for 273 yards and four touchdowns during Saturday's 66-21 victory over North Texas. He also had two rushes for negative one yard with one touchdown...

Impact Morton had a breakout performance against the Mean Green with five total touchdowns. Texas Tech tied a school record with 52 points in the first half as their offense and defense looked immaculate. Morton racked up all of this production in just a single half of play. He should remain in starting line-ups when the team plays Arizona State in their first Big 12 game next week.

SEPTEMBER 15 • ROTOWIRE

Pair of picks in loss at Wazzu Morton completed 34 of 58 passes for 323 yards, one touchdown and two interceptions during Saturday's 37-16 loss against Washington State.

Impact Morton threw a couple of costly interceptions as Texas Tech struggled to compete at Washington State. Morton threw 58 passes which was the most he's attempted in a game since Week 6 of the 2022 season when he threw 62 passes at Oklahoma State. Texas Tech was sloppy for most of the game, and it showed from the very beginning. Morton will have an excellent opportunity to turn the momentum around when Texas Tech plays North Texas in a game that should be a shootout.

SEPTEMBER 8 • ROTOWIRE

Pair of picks in loss at Wazzu Morton completed 34 of 58 passes for 323 yards, one touchdown and two interceptions during Saturday's 37-16 loss against Washington State.

Impact Morton threw a couple of costly interceptions as Texas Tech struggled to compete at Washington State. Morton threw 58 passes which was the most he's attempted in a game since Week 6 of the 2022 season when he threw 62 passes at Oklahoma State. Texas Tech was sloppy for most of the game, and it showed from the very beginning. Morton will have an excellent opportunity to turn the momentum around when Texas Tech plays North Texas in a game that should be a shootout.

SEPTEMBER 8 • ROTOWIRE

Five scores in wild opener Morton completed 30 of 42 passes for 378 yards and five touchdowns during Saturday's 52-51 overtime win versus Abilene Christian.

Impact Morton missed the spring with a shoulder injury, but was back in full force against Abilene Christian as he exploded with five touchdown passes. The five scores were a career-high for the junior signal caller as he connected with four different players for the touchdowns. It's worth noting that star RB Tahj Brooks is nursing an arm injury, so the Red Raiders may need to throw the ball even more in their next game at Washington State.

SEPTEMBER 2 • ROTOWIRE

Behren Morton set as Texas Tech's opening day QB, an injury-plagued role in recent years

Behren Morton enters the season as Texas Tech’s starting quarterback for the first time

AUGUST 22 • ASSOCIATED PRESS

Texas Tech QB Behren Morton says he's fully recovered from shoulder injury The Red Raiders shut down their starting quarterback during spring practice in April in the interest of the junior’s health, and the plan wa...

JULY 9 • DALLASNEWS.COM

100 percent recovered Morton (shoulder) is 100 percent recovered from the injury that prevented his availability during April, Adam Rittenberg of ESPN reports.

Impact Earlier in 2024, Morton was expected to miss spring football but be available by July. It is July now, and the aforementioned timetable has come to fruition. Morton saw several specialists in late spring, when he began a recovery program that included throwing 75 balls every week. Now, the quarterback can throw whenever and however he wants, which is incredibly welcome news for a Tech program that benefited from his 182 completions for 1,754 yards and 15 touchdowns during 2023.

JULY 9 • ROTOWIRE

Texas Tech ends spring early for QB Behren Morton as 2024 starter recovers from shoulder issue

Texas Tech is ending spring practice for quarterback Behren Morton, who was limited by a shoulder injury last season and has already been named the 2024 starter

APRIL 3 • ASSOCIATED PRESS

Tosses three TDs in bowl game Morton completed 27 of 43 passes for 256 yards, three touchdowns and one interception during Saturday's 34-14 victory over California.

Impact Morton struggled against Texas in his last regular-season contest, but he bounced back with the extra prep time leading up to the bowl game, watching his season-high output with 256 passing yards en route to the win. With Tyler Shough again entering the transfer portal, Morton could enter 2024 as the team's most likely option to start under center.

DECEMBER 20, 2023 • ROTOWIRE

Morton and Brooks lead Texas Tech past California 34-14 in Independence Bowl

Behren Morton completed 27 of 43 passes for 256 yards and three first-half touchdowns, leading Texas Tech to a 34-14 victory over California in the Independence Bowl

DECEMBER 17, 2023 • ASSOCIATED PRESS

Two scores against Knights Morton was 21-for-35 passing for 256 yards, two touchdowns and one interception during Saturday's 24-23 victory against UCF.

Impact Morton threw at least two touchdown passes for the fifth time this season. Texas Tech continues to lean heavily on Tahj Brooks who had 24 carries for 182 yards and a touchdown on the ground. Morton and the Red Raiders will finish the regular season at Texas next week.

NOVEMBER 19, 2023 • ROTOWIRE

Morton throws 2 TDs, Taylor-Demerson has 2 INTs as Texas Tech beats TCU 35-28

Behren Morton threw for 282 yards and two touchdowns, with a 44-yarder to Drae McCray with 10 1/2 minutes left, as Texas Tech beat TCU 35-28

NOVEMBER 3, 2023 • ASSOCIATED PRESS

Warming with starting unit Morton (undisclosed) is dressed and warming up with the starting center ahead of Thursday's game versus TCU, Jarrett Ramirez of Rivals.com reports.

Impact Morton was considered likely to play in Thursday's contest despite dealing with some injury issue recently, and all signs point to him giving it a go as expected. Moreton is coming off his first empty game in the passing touchdowns column against Kansas State, but he did manage to rush for a touchdown, marking his second straight with a rushing score. BYU's defense figures to be a slightly better matchup for the sophomore.

NOVEMBER 2, 2023 • ROTOWIRE