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Texas Tech cornerback Jamar Wall and linebacker Marlon Williams, both of whom missed Tuesday’s practice, returned to Wednesday’s workout. Both got hurt late in Saturday’s 24-17 loss at Oklahoma State, Wall in a violent collision with Cowboys quarterback Zac Robinson.

Williams was wearing a protective boot Tuesday.

Starting middle linebacker Brian Duncan has taken some snaps at outside linebacker this week, the Avalanche-Journal learned, in case Williams’ availability were to be limited. In that case, Sam Fehoko would play in the middle.

On Tech’s quarterback front, Taylor Potts received the majority of the snaps in the team period of Wednesday’s workout, the A-J learned, much like last week when he got the starting nod over Steven Sheffield.

Tech does not provide information on injuries, and Tech coach Mike Leach has been coy about his quarterback decision leading up to games recently.

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In brief

As of Wednesday, about 300 tickets were left for next week’s Tech-Baylor game in Arlington, according to Dave Welsh, Tech’s assistant athletic director for ticket operations. … Tech FL Jacoby Franks practiced with the scout team for the second day in a row Wednesday. Since Tuesday and Wednesday are the team’s heaviest practice days, Franks’ chances on offense are likely to be limited in Saturday’s game against Oklahoma. To make up for Franks’ practice snaps, receivers coach Dennis Simmons said Lyle Leong has worked at both outside receiver positions and SE Brik Brinker has seen some more practice time. … Backup IR Cornelius Douglas was in a protective boot on Wednesday. RB Aaron Crawford, who has been a key special teams player this season, also was out Wednesday.