The Texas Tech Red Raiders have been working with their local NIL collective, The Matador Club, to produce a game-changing transfer portal class for the upcoming college football season. After achieving that feat, the Red Raiders appear to be in good hands for 2025.

In recent news, The Matador Club founder and major Texas Tech booster Cody Campbell has sold his oil and natural gas company. Double Eagle has been bought by Diamondback Energy for approximately $4 million. On3.com was among the outlets to report the sale.

Through his company, Campbell was able to help fund the Red Raiders’ NIL ambitions. Ownership changes are said to go into effect on April 1.

Before the 2024 season ended, Campbell vowed to improve Texas Tech’s efforts on the field, noting that if improvements needed to be made, he would make them. Working through and navigating the latest transfer portal process, Campbell was able to help support Red Raiders head coach Joey McGuire and general manager James Blanchard in building an incredible class of transfers and recruits. He worked with

This wave of recruits was reported to be the No. 1 portal class, according to On3 and ESPN. The recruiting endeavors were so good other programs were looking into ways to get Blanchard to work for them. Among them was Notre Dame, before the Red Raiders inked Blanchard to a new three-year deal this month.