Simply put, K'Adrian "Big Juicy" Redmond is locked in on his commitment to Texas Tech. 

Other programs have continued to recruit the 6-foot-4, 300-pound defensive tackle from DeSoto ever since he verballed on Sept. 18, but moving him off that commitment will be nearly as impossible as moving him off the line of scrimmage.

"Shut down," Redmond said when asked if he was completely closed off to other programs.

And it all has to do with Joey McGuire and the coaching staff in Lubbock.

"You know, they've shown me love since I stepped on campus," he said. "I know everybody there and everybody knows me. And the fans too. I remember walking into my first game there. I was walking through the little tunnel and like four or five people were calling my name. It was like playing in DeSoto. I was like, that's a great feeling to know everybody loves you when you're not even there yet."

Redmond, who has his only official visit scheduled with Tech on June 19, was one of the first dominoes to fall in the Red Raiders' 2027 recruiting class. He takes pride in that fact and is doing his best to sway other top recruits to join him in Lubbock along with five-star DT Jalen Brewster and four-star QB Kavian Bryant.

"I feel like I fit in perfectly," he said. "Everybody says there's nothing in Lubbock, but I feel like that is perfect for me — no distractions outside of football. Inside of football, Coach McGuire, that's my dog. I see him pretty regularly. You know he has a close relationship with Coach (Claude) Mathis, you know, he comes from Cedar Hill, so that's pretty close. And he comes up here pretty regularly."

Those relationships are exactly why it's going to be tough to sway him elsewhere. Even for a program like Texas, whose defensive line coach, Kenny Baker, is a close ally.

"Coach Baker — he's the first person who called me when I committed. He was like, "Is this true?" I was like, "Yeah, Coach, it is," Baker said. "And you know Coach Baker is my dog. So I look at him outside of just a coach, like more than a coach. I look at him as a figure. He texts me pretty regularly, like every week, texts me every day. That's like my guy."

But are Baker's consistent check-ins going to be enough to at least get him to Austin for an official visit?

"Probably not," Redmond said.

In the midst of his recruiting journey, Redmond is also focused on leading DeSoto to another state championship. The Eagles have won two since he's been on campus, including in 2025.

"We started out rough going to Georgia and losing, so it was pretty tough," he said. "Starting 0-2 is pretty tough, but we stayed strong and that's what really helped us through the whole season with adversity. You know, we've been there, we've been in the losing streak. So us just coming back after starting 0-2 and then having a crazy seven-game win streak after that — beating Southlake, the No. 1 team — felt great."