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Red Raiders In The NFL: Week 2
September 20, 2016 | Football
LUBBOCK, Texas – Former Red Raiders combined for three touchdowns and a sack during week 2 of NFL play.
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Each week, texastech.com will provide updates on the accomplishments of Red Raiders in the NFL.
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Coming off a 2015 season lost to injury, Jace Amaro has landed with the Tennessee Titans for the 2016 campaign ... Tennessee won a dramatic week 2 contest against Detroit, 16-15 ... Amaro will look to build off an impressive 2014 rookie campaign, in which he hauled in 38 passes for 345 yards while hitting paydirt twice ... Amaro was the New York Jets' second-round pick (49th overall) in the 2014 NFL Draft.
Amendola had the second multi-TD game of his career in Sunday's win over Miami, hauling in a pair of TD passes from Jimmy Garoppolo … In seven NFL seasons, Amendola has caught 349 passes for 3,305 yards and scored 15 touchdowns … On top of that, he has hauled in three career postseason touchdowns, including a score in Super Bowl XLIX … Amendola was signed by the Dallas Cowboys as an undrafted free agent in 2008.
In Indianapolis' week two defeat against Denver, Clark did not log any snaps … Clark was the first of three Red Raiders to hear their names called in the 2016 NFL draft, going at No. 82 overall … Clark started all 51 games of his Red Raider career, and his senior year he was named a CBS Sports second team All-American ... He was the third-round pick of the Colts in the 2016 NFL Draft.
Crabtree had four catches for 31 yards on Sunday, including a fourth-down TD catch, which including the postseason, was the 40th TD of his career … He now has 443 receptions for 5,367 yards and 36 regular-season touchdowns in his professional career … Crabtree played two seasons at Texas Tech (2007-08), where he became the first receiver in collegiate history to win the Biletnikoff Award twice, before the 49ers selected him with the 10th overall pick of the 2009 NFL Draft.
Davis saw 44 snaps (24 defensive, 20 on special teams) in the Rams' week two win over Seattle, which was the first home game for the Rams since their return to Los Angeles … This summer, Davis and Red Raider teammate Bradley Marquez were featured on the popular HBO "Hard Knocks" series … Davis was a four-year letterman with the Red Raiders (2009-12) and then signed as an undrafted free agent with the Rams in 2013.
Grant saw eight special teams snaps in Miami's near comeback against the Patriots … Grant was Miami's sixth-round pick in the 2016 NFL Draft after a senior year at Tech in which he averaged 181 all-purpose yards per game which ranked fourth nationally, and ranked fourth nationally with 1,017 kickoff return yards and fifth with two kickoff return touchdowns … CBS Sports tabbed him as a second team All-American.
After making an unbelievable late charge to join the 53-man roster, topped off with three sacks in Detroit's final preseason game, Hyder now has three sacks in the regular season campaign after snagging another one against Tennessee ... Hyder's 3.0 sacks this season tie for second in the NFL, just one behind Super Bowl 50 MVP Von Miller ... Hyder joined the New York Jets as an undrafted free agent in 2014 after a Red Raider career which included a litany of All-Big 12 honors in 2013 and 2014.
Marquez saw 25 snaps (seven offensive, 18 on special teams) in the Rams' week two win over Seattle … This summer, Marquez and Red Raider teammate Cody Davis were featured on the popular HBO "Hard Knocks" series ... Marquez played four seasons at Texas Tech (2010-14) before the Rams signed him as an undrafted free agent in the spring of 2015.
Waddle did not record a snap in New England's win over Miami on Sunday … in 2015, after missing the first two games of the season recovering from off season knee surgery, Waddle came back strong for Detroit, earning a starting spot for the rest of the season … Waddle played four seasons at Tech (2009-12) before being signed by the Lions as an undrafted free agent.
Washington got seven carries and turned them into 46 yards in Oakland's narrow week two defeat, rushing for nearly seven yards a carry … Washington was the first Red Raider running back to register back-to-back 1,000 yard seasons since former Doak Walker Award winner Byron Hanspard in 1995 and 1996 ... one of five players in school history to rush for over 1,000 yards twice in a career.
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Each week, texastech.com will provide updates on the accomplishments of Red Raiders in the NFL.
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Jace Amaro – Tennessee Titans
Week 2 Matchup: Tennessee 16, Detroit 15Coming off a 2015 season lost to injury, Jace Amaro has landed with the Tennessee Titans for the 2016 campaign ... Tennessee won a dramatic week 2 contest against Detroit, 16-15 ... Amaro will look to build off an impressive 2014 rookie campaign, in which he hauled in 38 passes for 345 yards while hitting paydirt twice ... Amaro was the New York Jets' second-round pick (49th overall) in the 2014 NFL Draft.
Danny Amendola – New England Patriots
Week 2 Matchup: New England 31, Miami 24Amendola had the second multi-TD game of his career in Sunday's win over Miami, hauling in a pair of TD passes from Jimmy Garoppolo … In seven NFL seasons, Amendola has caught 349 passes for 3,305 yards and scored 15 touchdowns … On top of that, he has hauled in three career postseason touchdowns, including a score in Super Bowl XLIX … Amendola was signed by the Dallas Cowboys as an undrafted free agent in 2008.
.@JimmyG_10 to @DannyAmendola...
— NFL (@NFL) September 18, 2016
END ZONE! #MIAvsNE https://t.co/xTX6aTG14T
Le'Raven Clark – Indianapolis Colts
Week 2 Matchup: Denver 34, Indianapolis 20In Indianapolis' week two defeat against Denver, Clark did not log any snaps … Clark was the first of three Red Raiders to hear their names called in the 2016 NFL draft, going at No. 82 overall … Clark started all 51 games of his Red Raider career, and his senior year he was named a CBS Sports second team All-American ... He was the third-round pick of the Colts in the 2016 NFL Draft.
Michael Crabtree – Oakland Raiders
Week 2 Matchup: Atlanta 35, Oakland 28Crabtree had four catches for 31 yards on Sunday, including a fourth-down TD catch, which including the postseason, was the 40th TD of his career … He now has 443 receptions for 5,367 yards and 36 regular-season touchdowns in his professional career … Crabtree played two seasons at Texas Tech (2007-08), where he became the first receiver in collegiate history to win the Biletnikoff Award twice, before the 49ers selected him with the 10th overall pick of the 2009 NFL Draft.
4th & Goal.
— NFL (@NFL) September 18, 2016
Kick the FG? NOPE.
The @Raiders go for it. AND SCORE! #RaiderNation #ATLvsOAK https://t.co/pjqcQYD4R9
Cody Davis – Los Angeles Rams
Week 2 Matchup: Los Angeles 9, Seattle 3Davis saw 44 snaps (24 defensive, 20 on special teams) in the Rams' week two win over Seattle, which was the first home game for the Rams since their return to Los Angeles … This summer, Davis and Red Raider teammate Bradley Marquez were featured on the popular HBO "Hard Knocks" series … Davis was a four-year letterman with the Red Raiders (2009-12) and then signed as an undrafted free agent with the Rams in 2013.
Jakeem Grant – Miami Dolphins
Week 2 Matchup: New England 31, Miami 24Grant saw eight special teams snaps in Miami's near comeback against the Patriots … Grant was Miami's sixth-round pick in the 2016 NFL Draft after a senior year at Tech in which he averaged 181 all-purpose yards per game which ranked fourth nationally, and ranked fourth nationally with 1,017 kickoff return yards and fifth with two kickoff return touchdowns … CBS Sports tabbed him as a second team All-American.
Kerry Hyder – Detroit Lions
Week 2 Matchup: Tennessee 16, Detroit 15After making an unbelievable late charge to join the 53-man roster, topped off with three sacks in Detroit's final preseason game, Hyder now has three sacks in the regular season campaign after snagging another one against Tennessee ... Hyder's 3.0 sacks this season tie for second in the NFL, just one behind Super Bowl 50 MVP Von Miller ... Hyder joined the New York Jets as an undrafted free agent in 2014 after a Red Raider career which included a litany of All-Big 12 honors in 2013 and 2014.
THE DAILY DRIVE: #Lions DE @KerryhyderJR grabs more playing time, another sack, praise: https://t.co/dXDFvyTH7g pic.twitter.com/e5lZDz6Ayz
— Detroit Lions (@Lions) September 20, 2016
Bradley Marquez – Los Angeles Rams
Week 2 Matchup: Los Angeles 9, Seattle 3Marquez saw 25 snaps (seven offensive, 18 on special teams) in the Rams' week two win over Seattle … This summer, Marquez and Red Raider teammate Cody Davis were featured on the popular HBO "Hard Knocks" series ... Marquez played four seasons at Texas Tech (2010-14) before the Rams signed him as an undrafted free agent in the spring of 2015.
LaAdrian Waddle – New England Patriots
Week 2 Matchup: New England 31, Miami 24Waddle did not record a snap in New England's win over Miami on Sunday … in 2015, after missing the first two games of the season recovering from off season knee surgery, Waddle came back strong for Detroit, earning a starting spot for the rest of the season … Waddle played four seasons at Tech (2009-12) before being signed by the Lions as an undrafted free agent.
DeAndre Washington – Oakland Raiders
Week 2 Matchup: Atlanta 35, Oakland 28Washington got seven carries and turned them into 46 yards in Oakland's narrow week two defeat, rushing for nearly seven yards a carry … Washington was the first Red Raider running back to register back-to-back 1,000 yard seasons since former Doak Walker Award winner Byron Hanspard in 1995 and 1996 ... one of five players in school history to rush for over 1,000 yards twice in a career.
Through two games, the run game has been very effective, and it's been a team effort.
— OAKLAND RAIDERS (@RAIDERS) September 20, 2016
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