Joey McGuire addresses re-recruitment of Micah Hudson in transfer portal

Expectations have never been higher for head coach Joey McGuire during his time at Texas Tech. After an offseason of bringing in talent from the transfer portal, the Red Raiders are expected to compete for a Big 12 championship in 2025.

One of those key additions was a familiar face, Micah Hudson. The wide receiver had initially gone to Texas Tech out of high school before transferring. Now, he’s back and Joey McGuire addressed how his re-recruitment went during Big 12 Media Days.

“When the portal opened up, I called his mom,” Joey McGuire said. “And I said, ‘I’m gonna reach out to Micah.’ His mom didn’t want him to leave and she said, ‘You don’t have to worry about reaching out to Micah, and he’s coming to see you face to face.’ I said I could give him a call, and she said, ‘No. Whenever he left your office, whenever he got in the portal, he did it as a man and he’s going to come back and talk to you face to face.’ The first thing I did, before he even started talking, I said, ‘Micah, let me open up and tell you what I feel like I did wrong and, what I would do different if I could do it over again.'”

Micah Hudson played his high school football at Lake Belton in Texas. There, he was a five-star recruit in the Class of 2024. He was the 12th-ranked player nationally and the fourth-ranked wide receiver in that recruiting cycle.

In his freshman season with Texas Tech, Hudson saw limited playing time, only appearing in eight games for the Red Raiders. Following the season, he made the decision to transfer to Texas A&M, but come spring, he re-entered the portal to return to Texas Tech.

“And I think that really we’ve had a really good relationship. It got strained at the end,” McGuire said. “And I think that really kind of opened that, you know, took some of the barriers down. Maybe he was worried that I’d be upset with him, and he’s, he’s been good, man. Right now, through the spring and the summer, our mindset as a team is make the main thing the main thing, and the main thing is be on time. And then the second part is, when you walk into the building or walk on the football field, empty the tank. This is the standard we’re going to practice at. And that’s all I’m asking out of these guys right now, and he’s done that this summer.”

For his one season in college football, Micah Hudson had eight receptions for 123 yards. That’s 15.4 yards per reception, but he’d certainly like to build on that mark in his sophomore season.

“So I’m glad to have him back,” McGuire said. “And I think it’s a great story.”