Divine Oduduru of Texas Tech Turning Pro

By Doug Binder, DyeStat Editor

Another of last weekend's big NCAA track and field stars announced this week that he is turning professinal. 

Divine Oduduru, who ran a historic 9.86/19.73 double in the finals in Austin and led the Texas Tech Red Raiders to their first NCAA title in any men's team sport, delivered his news Thursday via Instagram. 

Oduduru joins other prominent NCAA stars Grant Holloway, Daniel Roberts, Mondo Duplantis and Sha'Carri Richardson, who will forgo their remaining college eligibility in order to turn professional roughly one year out from the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games.