FWST: TCU’s Ty Slanina aims for impact in crowded wide receiver group

 When he hit the turf in Lubbock last year and knew he had probably broken his collarbone, Ty Slanina did not think, “Get up.”

He wouldn’t have been able to by himself.

“I just tried to roll off so the offense could keep going,” the TCU receiver said. “I was hoping that if I could go off quick enough, they could keep going, just sub somebody in. I didn’t realize until I went back and watched it, that they had stopped the game. I was a little upset about that.”

Slanina’s 14-yard catch for a first down late in the first quarter at Texas Tech turned out to be the last play of the year for the 6-foot, 195-pound junior from East Bernard. He spent the rest of the season recovering and watching, yet another starter sidelined for the year.