Will Hammond
{{Short description|American football player}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=December 2024}}
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| school = Texas Tech Red Raiders
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| currentposition = Quarterback
| class = Freshman
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| birth_place = Austin, Texas
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| height_ft = 6
| height_in = 2
| weight_lb = 205
| highschool = Hutto
(Hutto, Texas)
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| pastschools =
- Texas Tech (2024–present)
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Will Hammond is an American football quarterback for the Texas Tech Red Raiders.
High school career
Hammond attended Hutto High School in Hutto, Texas, outside of Austin. In his senior year, Hammond lead all Texas quarterbacks with 3,901 passing yards and 35 passing touchdowns, along with 1,077 rushing yards and 19 rushing touchdowns.{{cite web |publisher=ESPN |last=Wilson |first=Dave |url=https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/42969056/texas-tech-qb-behren-morton-miss-liberty-bowl-injury |title=Texas Tech QB Behren Morton to Miss Liberty Bowl with injury |date=December 14, 2024 |access-date=December 15, 2024}} Rated as a consensus four-star recruit, Hammond committed to Texas Tech over offers from other programs such as Auburn, Oregon, Penn State, and Texas A&M.{{cite web |publisher=ESPN |url=https://www.espn.com/college-sports/football/recruiting/player/_/id/254257/will-hammond |title=Will Hammond Quarterback: Pocket Passer Recruiting Profile |access-date=December 15, 2024}}
{{College Athlete Recruit Start|40=no|collapse=no|year=2024}}
{{College Athlete Recruit Entry
| recruit = Will Hammond
| position = Quarterback
| hometown = Hutto, TX
| highschool = Hutto High School
| feet = 6
| inches = 1.5
| weight = 190
| commitdate = December 11, 2022
| rivals stars = 4
| 247 stars = 4
| espn stars = 4
}}
|}
College career
Hammond appeared in the second half of the Red Raiders' game against TCU after an injury to starter Behren Morton.{{cite web |publisher=247Sports |last=Johnson |first=Jarret |url=https://247sports.com/college/texas-tech/article/texas-tech-red-raiders-will-hammond-behren-morton-college-football-tcu-horned-frogs-238671346/ |title=Texas Tech freshman QB Will Hammond takes over for injured Morton against TCU |date=October 26, 2024 |access-date=December 15, 2024}} Hammond lead scoring drives on his first two possessions.{{cite news |newspaper=Lubbock Avalanche-Journal |last=Giese |first=Nathan |url=https://www.lubbockonline.com/story/sports/college/red-raiders/2024/10/26/who-is-texas-tech-football-quarterback-will-hammond/75870016007/ |title=Who is Texas Tech football quarterback Will Hammond? |date=October 26, 2024 |access-date=December 15, 2024}} On December 14, 2024, the athletic department announced that Morton would miss the Red Raiders' game against Arkansas in the Liberty Bowl, with Hammond being named Texas Tech's starter for the bowl game.{{cite news |newspaper=Lubbock Avalanche-Journal |last=Williams |first=Don |url=https://www.lubbockonline.com/story/sports/college/red-raiders/2024/12/14/behren-morton-injury-update-texas-tech-football-shoulder-surgery/76993032007/ |title=Texas Tech football's Behren Morton has surgery, to miss Liberty Bowl |date=December 14, 2024 |access-date=December 15, 2024}}{{cite news |newspaper=Dallas Morning News |last=Apodaca |first=Justin |url=https://www.dallasnews.com/sports/texas-tech-red-raiders/2024/12/14/texas-tech-qb-behren-morton-set-to-miss-liberty-bowl-after-undergoing-shoulder-surgery/ |title=Texas Tech QB Behren Morton set to miss Liberty Bowl after undergoing shoulder surgery |date=December 14, 2024 |access-date=December 15, 2024}}
=Statistics=
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
! rowspan="2" |Season ! colspan="3" |Games ! colspan="8" |Passing ! colspan="5" |Rushing | ||||||||||||||
| GP | GS | Record | Comp | Att | Pct | Yards | Avg | TD | Int | Rate | Att | Yards | Avg | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| colspan="16" style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Texas Tech Red Raiders|color=white}}"| Texas Tech Red Raiders | ||||||||||||||
| 2024
| 3 || 0 || 0–0 || 15 || 23 || 65.2 || 191 || 8.3 || 1 || 0 || 149.3 || 12 || 35 || 2.9 || 2 | ||||||||||||||
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! [https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/players/will-hammond-1.html Career] !! 3 !! 0 !! 0–0 !! 15 !! 23 !! 65.2 !! 191 !! 8.3 !! 1 !! 0 !! 149.3 !! 12 !! 35 !! 2.9 !! 2 |
References
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External links
- [https://texastech.com/sports/football/roster/will-hammond/13067 Texas Tech profile]
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Category:Players of American football from Austin, Texas
Category:American football quarterbacks