Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 3 games
| Wk | Opp | PUNT | YDS | AVG | LONG | IN20 | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 67-7vs Arkansas-Pine Bluff | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Wk 3 | W 45-14vs Oregon State | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Wk 14 | W 49-0@ West Virginia | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Total | — | — | — | — | — |
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Ian Hershey
5th-year punter on Texas Tech's 2026 roster.
5′11″ · 185 lb · Pocatello, ID · Highland
Returning to Texas Tech for 2026
Recruiting
2★
K recruit
No. 2723 nationally · Signed with Idaho State
No college snaps yet.
The story
4 punter on Texas Tech's 2025 roster.
- Signed as a 2-star recruit to Idaho State in 2022.
Ian Hershey
Across three seasons and two programs, two head coaches: Kenny Dillingham and Joey McGuire.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- head-coach lineage
His career
2022
- Signed with Idaho State2-star out of Highland
20253 games
- Entered the portal
Career arc
HS
Recruit
★★
CFB
College
2 teams
NFL
NFL Draft
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Coaching lineage · 2023–2025
1 coach2023–2025
Texas Tech
Played his entire career under Joey McGuire.
2025 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
2023Arizona State3-9HC: Kenny Dillingham · Balanced
2024Arizona State11-3HC: Kenny Dillingham · Run-leaning
2025Texas Tech12-2HC: Joey McGuire · Balanced
Splits & context
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Joey McGuire
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Game log
How he plays
2026 Outlook
Texas Tech
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Punter · Texas Tech
Returning around him
- 9 Texas Tech players drafted to NFL
- Transfer portal: +2 net (23 in / 21 out)
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Texas Tech · Last season: 12-2 (AP #4) · Talent rank #29 · 2026 recruiting class #18
Background
2025 SEASON (SENIOR) Served as Texas Tech’s backup punter and kickoff specialist throughout first season as a Red Raider … appeared in only four games, including all three non-conference wins and then the regular-season finale at West Virginia (11/29). Connected on one extra point in the wins ove...
Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology