TEXAS TECH FOOTBALL MEDIA SUPPLEMENT | 2012
PAGE 45
68
23
OL • 6-6 • 329 • Senior/3L Diana, Texas/New Diana
ATH • 5-8 • 163 • Junior/2L Lakeland, Fla./Lakeland
2011 Played 12 games (12 starts) with three starts at center and nine starts at right tackle on the offensive line.
2012 – TRACK & FIELD Earned second team All-American honors in the 4x100 relay during the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships… the team ran a time of 39.92 in the preliminaries of the 4x100 to finish 15th overall... he ran the first leg of the relay during the second half of season and helped the team qualify for the NCAA Championships after recording a time of 39.76 at the NCAA West Preliminaries in Austin.
TERRY McDANIEL
2009 Played in six games while making four starts ... suffered season ending injury at Nebraska after a solid start. 2008 Redshirt season. HIGH SCHOOL A massive high school prospect with rare versatility ... named first-team All-District 18-2A as both an offensive and defensive linemen following senior season at New Diana ... earned Associated Press second-team Class 2A All-State honors after totaling an impressive 72 pancakes and 43 knockdowns on offense and adding 96 tackles on defense during final prep campaign ... noted for not having given up a sack during high school career in what amounted to more than 430 pass attempts ... tallied 306 tackles, including 45 for loss, and 10 sacks over the course of three varsity seasons for the Eagles ... a second-team All-State selection on the offensive line following junior season ... named first-team All-East Texas by the Longview News-Journal on both offense and defense following junior and senior seasons ... chosen to the Lubbock Avalanche-Journal’s `Top 100’ for 2008 ... regarded as a three-star player and listed as the No. 71 offensive tackle in the nation by Rivals.com ... ranked as the No. 36 offensive tackle prospect in the country by the ESPN Scouts Inc. ...also received a three-star rating from Scout.com and is ranked by the recruiting service as the No. 55 tackle nationally ... attended Texas Tech Football Camp prior to senior year ... chose Tech over Arizona, Colorado, Kansas State, LSU and Oklahoma State. PERSONAL Terry McDaniel ... born on August 2, 1989 in Shawnee, Okla. ... son of Russell and Kim McDaniel ... father is a the head football coach and athletics director at New Diana and a graduate of Southeastern Oklahoma ... mother is a seventh grade science teacher and also a graduate of Southeastern Oklahoma ... has one sister, Lauren ... pursuing a master’s degree in interdisciplinary studies at Texas Tech.
2011 All-Big 12 second team (Rivals.com)... All-Big 12 Midseason first team (Phil Steele)... Big 12 Conference Special Teams Player of the Week (9/26)... NCAA RANKINGS: ranked 37th in kickoff return average (25.0)... BIG 12 RANKINGS: ranked fifth in kickoff return average (25.0)... TEXAS TECH RECORD BOOK: ranks fifth on Tech career kickoff return yardage list (977)... ranks seventh on Tech career kickoff return list (40)... ranks second on Tech singleseason kickoff yardage list (899)... ranks second on Tech single-season kickoff return list (36)... recorded over 100 all-purpose yards in four games... notched over 100 kick-return yards in four contests... made six kickoff returns for 180 yards against No. 18 Baylor at Cowboys Stadium in Arlington (11/26)... made two kickoff returns for 20 yards against No. 2 Oklahoma State (11/12)... returned five kickoffs for 89 yards against Iowa State (10/29)... made four kick returns for 79 yards (41 long) at No. 1 Oklahoma (10/22)... caught one pass for 14 yards and returned one kickoff for 14 yards against No. 17 Kansas State (10/15)... made three kick returns for 118 yards (long 47) against No. 24 Texas A&M (10/8)... made five kick returns for 109 yards (long 29) at Kansas (10/1)... set a school record with 203 kickoff return yards and tied a school record with seven kickoff returns against Nevada (9/24)... seven kick returns tied for the most by a Big 12 player in a game this season... best return came in the fourth quarter with 4:50 on the clock with a 41-yard return that led to the game-winning touchdown with 36 seconds left to go up 35-34, which was the final score... kickoffs for 56 yards (long 37) while catching one pass and rushing once for nine yards at New Mexico (9/17)... made one kick return for 31 yards in season opener against Texas State (9/3). 2010 Played in 12 games (0 starts) rushing 22 times for 149 yards (6.8 avg.) with two rushing touchdowns during the season... also caught two passes for seven yards and returned four kickoffs for 78 yards (19.5 avg.)... contributed in several roles during bowl game with one carry for five yards, one reception for six yards and returned two kickoffs for 49 yards (24.5 avg.) against Northwestern in the TicketCity Bowl (1/1) at the Cotton Bowl in Dallas... scored a pair of rushing touchdowns - first and second of career - on eight carries for 76 yards (9.5 avg.) against Weber State (11/20)... first career touchdown was a one-yard run with 12:02 left in the fourth quarter... second touchdown was a 39-yard run with 7:16 left in the fourth quarter... rushed seven times for 31 yards at No. 16 Oklahoma (11/13)... made one carry for nine yards against No. 14 Missouri (11/6)... carried twice for 13 yards at Colorado (10/23)... made one rush for three yards against Baylor at the Cotton Bowl (10/9)... made one rush for four yards at New Mexico (9/11)... made career debut rushing once for eight yards against SMU (9/3) during season opener. HIGH SCHOOL Helped lead Lakeland High to the Class 5A state semifinals … played running back, receiver, cornerback and returned kicks during high school career … rushed 99 times for 872 yards and five touchdowns … also caught three passes for 101 yards and three score and average 52.3 yards on three kickoff returns … returned one kick for a TD. PERSONAL Benjamin McRoy … born January 7, 1991 in Bartow, Fla. … son of Benjamin and Suzette McRoy … has one brother, Javares, and two sisters, Cierra and Martisha … a university studies major at Texas Tech.
WWW.TEXASTECH.COM
THE RED RAIDERS
2010 Played in three games (0 starts) on the offensive line... made season debut at No. 16 Oklahoma (11/13).
BEN McROY