Jacob Hand holds the PK · Backup spot in Texas Tech Red Raiders’s kicker room. Where he sits among the room’s front-line roles:

Jacob Hand is a placekicker from Mansfield, TX who transferred to Texas Tech after three seasons at Stephen F. Austin. Standing 6'1" and weighing 175 pounds, Hand arrives with two seasons of eligibility remaining. During his 2025 sophomore season with the Lumberjacks, he made all 3 field goal attempts, connecting from 54 yards against Nicholls State, 56 yards versus Lamar, and 48 yards against Abilene Christian in the FCS playoffs. As a kickoff specialist, Hand booted 48 of 89 kickoffs for touchbacks in 2025, totaling 5,524 yards at 62.1 yards per attempt. Over three seasons at Stephen F. Austin, he made 3 of 4 field goals and averaged 62.2 yards per kickoff on 95 touchbacks out of 172 attempts.

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