Voted Newcomer of the Year in Big 12 Santos-Silva was voted the 2020-21 Preseason Newcomer of the Year in the Big 12 conference. Impact Chris Beard and the Red Raiders have an incredibly successful recent history of reloading post players via the transfer market, with Chris Clarke filling a significant role last season and Tariq Owens doing the same the year before. Now it's Santos-Silva's turn, as he'll look to follow up back-to-back years of double-digit scoring at VCU in what will be his final season of collegiate eligibility. Texas Tech lost Russel Tchewa to the transfer market this season, and while the 6-foot-6 Terrence Shannon has seen minutes at the five, it's not his natural position. This leaves Santos-Silva to take on all the minutes he can handle for a team voted to finish fifth in the conference in the preseason polls. Santos-Silva is plenty capable of filling the box scores for fantasy players, as he also chipped in 8.9 rebounds, 1.3 blocks and 1.1 steals while playing in a competitive Atlantic 10 conference in the 2019-20 season.
NOVEMBER 2, 2020 • ROTOWIRE