Five-star OT Felix Ojo commits to Texas Tech, lands $5M+ deal - ESPN

Five-star offensive tackle Felix Ojo, No. 20 in the 2026 ESPN 300, committed to Texas Tech on Friday upon signing a historic, seven-figure revenue share contract with the Red Raiders, his agent Derrick Shelby of Prestige Management told ESPN.

Ojo, a 6-foot-7, 285-pound prospect from Mansfield, Texas, is ESPN's No. 4 offensive tackle and second-ranked recruit from the state of Texas in the 2026 class. He chose Texas Tech over finalists Florida, Michigan, Ohio State and Texas following a slate of official visits this spring. If he signs with the Red Raiders later this year, Ojo will arrive as the program's highest-ranked addition since ESPN began ranking high school prospects in the 2006 recruiting cycle.

Per Shelby, Ojo is set to join Texas Tech on a fully guaranteed, three-year, $5.1 million contract.

The deal is believed to be one of the largest fully guaranteed revenue share agreements in college football history under the recently approved federal settlement that allows college programs to pay their athletes directly. Ojo's deal now rivals the lucrative, multiyear package top-ranked 2026 offensive tackle Jackson Cantwell secured with Miami earlier this year, which sources tell ESPN will earn the nation's No. 3 overall prospect more than $2 million annually with incentives.

«Football is a brutal sport and athletes are not able to play professionally until their graduating class has been in college three years,» Shelby told ESPN. «It was important to be able to secure Felix Ojo's future and give him and his family some security as he continues to develop into a first round NFL draft pick.»

Ojo's agreement with Texas Tech marks the school's latest move in a string of significant expenditures over the past year.

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