2025 Football Roster
Roster
Lindsay, Deante

Jersey Number 26
Deante Lindsay
- Position:
- Cornerback
- Height:
- 6-1
- Weight:
- 185
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- Ada, Okla.
- High School:
- Ada
Bio
HIGH SCHOOL
PERSONAL
- Attended Ada High School, approximately 80 miles southeast of Oklahoma City … featured as a wide receiver, cornerback, safety and nickelback under the guidance of head coach Wade Boyles.
- Helped lead the Ada Cougars in 2024 to its first district championship since 2017 as a senior … scored a defensive touchdown, by forcing and recovering a fumble, and returning it 27 yards for a touchdown, in the district-clinching 40-14 win over Sallisaw on senior night … the Cougars finished the regular season at 7-3 overall … Ada piled up 631 total yards of offense to win its first-round playoff game, 53-50, over Cushing before falling in the quarterfinals, 30-6, to Bethany to see its season come to and end at 8-4.
- Led Ada with 987 receiving yards and 11 receiving touchdowns on 53 receptions as a senior … on the defensive side, racked up 53 tackles and one interception as a senior … caught 36 passes for 859 yards and 13 touchdowns during his junior season, while also making 51 tackles to go along with five interceptions.
- A three-sport athlete that also competed for the basketball and track teams … was an Oklahoma 4A 300-meter hurdles silver medalist as a junior with a time of 39.97 … previously ran a personal best time of 39.47 earlier in the year, which ranked 16th in the state … placed fourth in the state in the 110-meter hurdles that same year with a time of 15.42 … personal best in the 110-meter hurdles was a 14.99 that was run earlier in the spring of 2024.
- Originally offered by the Texas Tech staff in Feb. 2024 before committing that June … consensus three-star prospect by the likes of On3, 247Sports, ESPN and Rivals … ranked as high as No. 10 in the state of Oklahoma for the 2025 class … listed as the No. 40 cornerback in the country by On3 … CHOSE TEXAS TECH OVER: Boston College, Harvard, Tulsa, UNLV and Utah.
PERSONAL
- Deante Lindsay … son of Franklin Lindsay and Edna Blue … siblings are Shaunette Lindsay, Kira Blue, and Hilary Griffen … father was a three-year starter at defensive back at East Central University.
- Enjoys fishing, hunting, ranching as well as welding in his spare time.
- Intends to seek collegiate studies in entrepreneurship.
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