The Texas Tech football team has lost its second veteran running back in a week. Following Demarcus Felton’s departure last week, Desmond Nisby announced on Wednesday that he is also leaving the program for his senior year.
This announcement is not a shock to most who saw Nisby fall out of the running back rotation as the 2017 season progressed. In the final six games of the season, he had five carries in a game only once despite some early-season indications that he might be able to help diversify the Texas Tech offense.
The 6-foot-1, 235-pound JUCO transfer provided a power element to the offense that had been missing from the Texas Tech football program for quite some time.