Texas Tech’s top tackler LB Allen dismissed

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Texas Tech has removed sophomore linebacker Dakota Allen from the team, “due to a failure to uphold student-athlete expectations,” the school announced.

Allen was the Red Raiders’ top-returning tackler off last year’s team. That’s a blow for a defense that ranked next-to-last in the country in stopping the run in 2015.

Texas Tech also dismissed reserve offensive linemen Robert Castaneda and Trace Ellison.

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