The Red Raiders made a big recruiting splash landing the commitment of 4-star Rockdale, TX running back Cam'Ron Valdez. He was a highly sought after recruit, racking up a total of 26 offers from program all around the country. Valdez had at least one offer from each of the Power 5 Conferences.
He earned his first offer on March, 27th 2019 from Michigan and ultimately ended up committing to Texas Tech on October, 22nd 2020. In this update, RedRaiderSports takes a look back at his recruitment.
March 2019
March 27th - offered by Michigan
April 2019
April 23rd - offered by Houston
May 2019
May 1st - offered by Texas Tech
May 2nd - offered by Tulsa
June 2019
June 11th - Valdez makes his first visit to Lubbock
June 20th - Cam'Ron receives his 4-star ranking from Rivals
September 2019
September 12th - offered by both Missouri and Kansas
October 2019
October 10th - offered by Utah
October 16th - offered by SMU
October 29th - offered by Georgia Tech
November 2019
November 13th - offered by both West Virginia and Oklahoma State
November 14th - offered by Purdue
December 2019
December 23rd - offered by Texas State
January 2020
January 22nd - offered by Ole Miss
January 25th - Valdez makes another trip to Lubbock
January 26th - offered by TCU
January 27th - offered by Arizona State
January 31st - offered by both Minnesota and UTSA
February 2020
February 5th - offered by Nebraska
February 7th - offered by Louisiana Tech
February 11 - posts pictures from January visit to Lubbock
February 27th - offered by Arkansas
March 2020
March 24th - offered by Louisiana
March 30th - offered by Arizona
June 2020
June 18th - offered by Iowa State
July 2020
July 10th - releases a Top 7 of Texas Tech, Oklahoma State, Nebraska, Purdue, Arizona State, Arkansas, and Utah
July 16th - offered by Southern Mississippi
August 2020
August 5th - offered by Vanderbilt
October 2020
October 22nd - Valdez wraps things up and commits to Texas Tech