Week 3 of the college football season starts early with a Big 12 appetizer on Friday night. Usually, these evenings are reserved for high school football in the state of Texas, but one of the most highly anticipated conference matchups of the year is set for this stage. The Houston Cougars and Texas Tech Red Raiders are both looking to compete for a Big 12 title – tonight, they meet under the Friday night lights in a game that could have major implications down the line.
If you’re looking for player props for this game, look no further. Here are some of the top picks for Houston vs. Texas Tech on DraftKings Sportsbook.
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Houston vs. Texas Tech player props
Conner Weigman 270+ passing + rushing yards (+107)
While Keisean Henderson is waiting in the wings for his chance to take over as the starting quarterback for Houston, the program was probably quite happy to get incumbent Conner Weigman back for another season. The former Texas A&M Aggie came to UH last year and promptly threw for a hair over 2,700 yards with 25 passing touchdowns, racking up another 700 yards and 11 scores via his legs. He was good-to-great during his first season under center for the Cougars, and through two games in 2026, he’s got an efficient 69.0% completion rate with 425 passing yards and four touchdown passes, plus 36 yards and another score on the ground.
It may not sound like much for two games, but Houston blew Southern out of the water with a 77-6 win last week in which Weigman barely played and finished with 120 passing yards on 12 attempts. He did see plenty of action in the opener against Oregon State – a game in which UH was on the ropes for a bit – with 305 passing yards and 30 rushing yards. That contest is much closer to what we may see this week against Texas Tech, though the level of competition is obviously much stiffer. The Red Raiders just allowed 417 passing yards to that same Oregon State team in Week 2, so perhaps this defense isn’t what it was last year. Watch for Weigman to make plenty of plays, whether that be with his arm or his legs, to get to 270+ scrimmage yards.
J’Koby Williams 100+ rushing + receiving yards (-129)
We might just be watching a star blossom before our eyes in Lubbock. Last season, Cameron Dickey worked as the primary halfback for Texas Tech and did an admirable job, running for over 1,100 yards in the lead role. It was J’Koby Williams who occasionally stole the show, though, picking up 868 rushing yards at a clip of 5.6 yards per attempt while operating as a change-of-pace back. The latter also finished fifth on the team in receiving during the 2025 campaign, catching 35 balls for 388 additional yards. Now, Williams seems to have potentially supplanted Dickey on the depth chart – or at least emerged as a real 1B to Dickey’s 1A.
Williams has been excellent thus far in 2026. In Week 1, he picked up 71 yards on 13 carries and added another 57 yards on his eight receptions. Last week, he handled 20 rush attempts for 116 yards with an extra 16 yards on a pair of catches. If we’re looking at the workload, he’s now out-touched Dickey 33-25 as a runner and 43-27 if we include the receiving work. After eclipsing 100 scrimmage yards in both of his games to this point, I like Williams to do it again against Houston. The Cougars’ defensive front has been very good through the first two weeks, but the Red Raiders’ impressive offensive line should open some nice holes and Williams is likely to see volume both on the ground and through the air.
