Is it even possible to distract you with football content?

I don’t think this was really mentioned all that much, but still something really cool as Texas Tech quarterback Tyler Shough was invited to and participated in the Manning Camp.

Thank you to the Manning family for an unforgettable weekend! Fall camp🔜 #WreckEm @EliManning pic.twitter.com/nSaEqlXdyK

— Tyler Shough (@tylershough2) July 21, 2021

I’m an absolute sucker for offseason training content.

A look inside summer workouts with @coachscholz 💪#WreckEm | @FUBTexas pic.twitter.com/HFlPybEYKm

— Texas Tech Football (@TexasTechFB) July 30, 2021

Let Jaylon Hutchigs and Tony Bradford entertain you by asking their teammates if water is wet.

𝗧𝗵𝗲𝘆’𝗿𝗲 𝗕𝗮𝗰𝗸 😤

Welcome to the debut episode of Tony vs. Jaylon, featuring who else? @TBradford97 & @HutchingsJaylon!

Now, the question remains: Is water wet? Who is right? 💧 pic.twitter.com/Ha3Pq5Cu2j

— Texas Tech Football (@TexasTechFB) July 29, 2021

And nice to see the team blow off some steam by playing a bit of paintball.

Targets acquired 🎯 pic.twitter.com/FzM9MkMmsK

— Texas Tech Football (@TexasTechFB) July 28, 2021

Athlon Sports’ Steven Lassan ranks the Big 12 quarterbacks and has Texas Tech’s Shough ranked 8th, which seems low, but am not sure if you move him in front of Jarrett Doege, Skylar Thompson, Spencer Sanders, Max Duggan, Brock Purdy or Spencer Rattler. The inclusion of Texas’ Casey Thompson at #5 seems odd given his lack of stats, but for me, that’s why I’d keep Shough further down the list than maybe some of you. Doege, Thompson, Sanders, Duggan, Purdy, and Rattler all have a full season of pretty good success, while Shough does not.

Shough is an intriguing quarterback, but also an unknown commodity for Texas Tech. With Alan Bowman transferring to Michigan and touted freshman Behren Morton needing time to develop, coach Matt Wells dipped into the portal to bring Shough from Oregon to Lubbock. Shough had the difficult task of replacing Justin Herbert last season and showed promise through the first four games by connecting on 65.8 percent of his throws for 10 touchdowns and 1,158 yards. However, the next three contests saw Shough regress and lose time to backup Anthony Brown. The Arizona native completed 29 of 50 passes for 401 yards and three touchdowns to two picks over the Ducks’ final three games of 2020. And while his completion percentage from that stint was 58 percent, it’s a number propped up by a 77.8 mark in limited time from the Fiesta Bowl. It was a rough finish to the season for Shough, but he’s talented (former four-star prospect), averaged 9.3 yards per pass attempt, and brings more mobility to the offense than recent Texas Tech quarterbacks. There’s a lot of unknown here – but also a lot of upside for 2021.