Parent’s take: PG Jaylen Petty to Texas Tech

Texas Tech added a big piece to its 2025-26 basketball roster earlier this month with the commitment of Seattle (WA) Rainier Beach guard Jaylen Petty. The top ranked player in the state of Washington, Petty was initially committed to New Mexico where he planned to go play for Richard Pitino. However, Pitino would go on to take the Xavier job which left Petty looking for his future home. After a brief commitment to Stanford, Petty couldn't pass up the opportunity to go play at Texas Tech and learn from Grant McCasland and his staff. Now the Washington Gatorade Player of the Year will have a lot expected of him as one of the primary guards behind last seasons All-Big 12 freshman guard Christian Anderson Jr. To learn more about Petty we caught up with his dad, Jerry Petty Sr, who was an All-State basketball player himself in HS and played two seasons at Nevada where he earned WAC All-Defense honors. Petty Sr is now the head basketball coach at Foster HS in Tukwila, Washington, where his team actually got to compete against Jaylen this past season.