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The top three tight ends on the 2021 depth chart return. A lot of Longhorn offensive success will rest on Sarks ability to scheme up run game solutions on a short week. Seven months removed from winning the national championship, Baylor could be good enough to reach the final game again this season. Baylor returns four starters on the offensive line and has had five players return who have started at least eight games on the offensive line. A year ago, Dave Aranda sensed his team still having doubts. Shouldnt we do it some other way?. But West Virginia also ranks 89th in returning offensive production nationally, and doesnt really make up for it on the defensive side, where the Mountaineers are 49th. After an awful 2020, in which the Bears went 2-7 and looked listless by seasons end, Aranda overhauled the offensive staff. Only five scholarship players have entered the portal since August: Bohanon, Sneed, defensive lineman Josh Landry, former backup quarterback Jacob Zeno and safety Tyrone D. Brown. Injuries certainly played a part, but the offseason attrition was also worrisome. How the star shakes out will impact the rest of the secondary. 124 nationally: 121st on offense and 107th on defense, are stepping up in conference AND are doing so while replacing head coach Luke Fickell, who went who went 53-10 over the last five years. If you or someone you know has a gambling problem, call 1-800-GAMBLER. Baylor has to settle its quarterback situation, and Grimes doesnt have a Zach Wilson to work with. But if he comes in and truly finds his footing, the Cougars could be too low here. Powledge, a Huntsville, Texas, native who played fullback at Sam Houston, is also back in his Texas roots. Anticipate Gall to be another invaluable piece to a stellar offensive line group. The good is that Brent Venables may be just the coach to deal with that kind of roster turnover and has already drawn rave reviews for the way hes circled the wagons and begun building culture. But perhaps the single biggest reason to believe in Oklahoma: (Photo: Frank Jansky/Icon Sportswire, Getty), (Photo: Jay Biggerstaff, USA TODAY Sports), (Photo: James Guillory, USA TODAY Sports), according to ESPNs Bill Connellys measurements, When we looked at how teams fared in one-score games. Gavin Holmes is the senior statesman of the group, but after dropping 210 yards against West Virginia, hes had 84 yards receiving total over the last five games. The Bears have some athletes and plenty of raw speed, but theyre inconsistent. Blake Shapen rode an excellent performance in the Big 12 title game to the starting job this spring, unseating Gerry Bohanon, who has since transferred and is now the starter at USF. before going out with a concussion. So some regression to the mean could occur. The 2021 season was no fluke. WebThe official 2022 Football schedule for the Baylor University Bears Editors note:This ispart of a seriespreviewing Power 5 and top Group of 5 teams for the 2022 college football season. 13 in the FanSided Top 50 Preseason Rankings. Except for that group, every Baylor signing class since 2017 has ranked either fourth or fifth in the Big 12. Defense drove the Bears to the Big 12 title and if theres one thing Aranda can be counted on having, its a good defense. But those are all a far cry from a year ago, when it wasnt certain if Baylor could block consistently and installed a whole new offense. A native Houstonian, Sam graduated from the University of Houston. The challenge for Texas wont be physicality. Hes long and has some quickness, but hes a one trick finesse pony. Key stat to know: Baylors stout defense forced the second-most third downs (200) in the Big 12 and 11th most in the Power 5 last season, a result of good early down defense. Developing some receivers. LT Connor Galvin, RG Grant Miller, RT Kahlil Keith, and C Jacob Gall are all seniors who were eligible to return for another season in 2022. Another key defensive position to fill is the star, Baylors hybrid nickelback/outside linebacker role, previously occupied by 2021 Big 12 defensive player of the year and second-round pick Pitre. Without certainty at running back or in the back seven of the defense, its fair to expect the Bears to take a slight step back. Its safe to expect him to continue performing at a high level as a blocker and as a lethal receiving threat for Shapen. Starters Gabe Hall, Siaki Ika and Cole Maxwell and rotational linemen TJ Franklin, Chidi Ogbonnaya and Brayden Utley return. But he questions the quarterback depth. 247Sports writer Kevin Flaherty joined Athlon Sports in predicting Texas to finish first in the Big 12 conference. The wild card at linebacker is LSU transfer Josh White, who just arrived on campus this month. When Baylors outside zone running game is humming, theyre a Bear to defend as Reese and Sqwirl are adept at finding small creases or using their quickness to make sharp cuts against the grain when second level defenders overrun to the sideline. He is the sports editor for the school's student newspaper, the Baylor Lariat. Leading receiver Tyquan Thornton is off to the NFL and No. Returning Starters on Offense: 6 Offensive Coordinator Collin Klein, who was promoted to the position after a remarkable offensive output as the Wildcats That has turned each team's returning starter count into one of the most panned metrics heading into a given season. Hes a graduate of BGSU and works as an auditor for Google content curation products. Aranda likes how Blake Shapen is developing leadership skills: "The thing Im most proud of is his leadership and the art of when to say something and how to say it and being authentic with everything youve got. Zeno (transferred to UAB) and Brown both entered the portal last September. Few teams across the nation if any were as wrecked by the transfer portal as the Sooners, who didnt just lose multiple starters, but also a foundational quarterback and Heisman Trophy candidate in Caleb Williams. The defense was stifling and the offense pounded the rock as the Bears worked their way through the Big 12 slate and took down ranked BYU. Seth Jones, another sophomore, is up to nearly 200 pounds after being recruited at 180. I really felt we saw a different side of him, Grimes said. I act like this. Texas has a real opportunity to hold down this unit if theyre assignment sound and the corner opposite Ryan Watts comes to play. The offense will have to start over at quarterback Texas Tech transfer Donovan Smith could be the pick there and must replace Tunes favorite target in Tank Dell. It takes trust and a sense of safety to put yourself out there to die and then to be born again.. The biggest piece were moving through right now is probably just immaturity, Aranda told The Athletic. Itll be giving up a soft edge (pretty unlikely) or second level defenders overrunning or being paralyzed by backfield candy (more likely) allowing Baylor runners a crease in the alley. While Kansas State had six on both sides of the ball and added a transfer quarterback to fill one of the openings, Oklahoma State returns seven starters from the nations 53rd-best offense, according to SP+, including quarterback Spencer Sanders. The stuff youre battling, especially if youre a young team, is, Im cool. LSUs Josh White will try to bolster the linebacker corps, which does return middle linebacker Dillon Doyle. I dont say it in an ugly way, I say it as thats probably where it is right now. The biggest reason to propel the Bears down these rankings is that Baylor ranks 100th nationally in returning production, third-to-last in the Big 12. Preseason prognosticators that looked at 14 returning starters and picked the Bears to win the league are being punished for not understanding that Baylor losing six players to the NFL Draft 4 of them in the first first 3 rounds isnt something that can be replaced. 2021 stats: Started all 14 games at center. Texas and Oklahoma are both in the middle of their respective builds: Steve Sarkisian heading into year three, Brent Venables in year two. This page is Flahertys reasoning: While the team loses plenty on the defensive side, the Wildcats return Will Howard and all five offensive linemen. The Wildcats have their 12 returning starters equally spread across both sides of the ball, with six on offense and six on defense. Now hes the uncontested No. Theyre veteran, older players and thats really where you want your leadership to come from. Expect Baylor to give Texas a wake-up call in the regular season finale but settle for a 9-3 campaign. But Oklahoma would tell you that some of the departures arent the worst thing in the world, and Brent Venables upset the apple cart a bit in the offseason by going guns blazing into the transfer portal. Returning starters (5): DT Cole Maxwell, NT Siaki Ika, WLB Matt Jones, MLB Dillon Doyle, S Christian Morgan. But the defense let Houston down in a major way at times, including allowing 48 points to now-Big 12 foe Kansas, and will need to become more consistent in 2023. Powered by Capitol Presence & Olympus Cloud. There will be more on the QBs shoulders this season with reading rushers Abram Smith and Trestan Ebner gone. Copyright 2017-22 Heartland College Sports. Get the fastest scores, stats, news, LIVE videos, and more. Enter Sonny Dykes, who took the short jaunt from Dallas, and SMU, to Fort Worth. Redshirt freshman Tyrone M. Brown is also a potential reserve option. Baylor has been one of the least active teams in the transfer portal nationally. Hes a guy that opened up his heart to the team and led his team in a real prideful, courageous way, Aranda said of Bohanon. Dave Aranda enters Year 3 in Waco in considerably better shape than last year, with a Big 12 Championship in the trophy case. Hes a graduate of BGSU and works as an auditor for Google content curation products. Doyle and Jones are plenty physical, but Jones can miss assignments and both can be exploited in space by Bijan or Keilan. The Bears tend to be deliberate on offense and average 6.1 yards per play on the strength of an efficient running game and a sporadically explosive but inconsistent play action passing game. Four of five starters return on the offensive line, and the entire defensive line two-deep is back. The No. On the other side of the ball, West Virginia will need some of the younger players it has landed in recent classes to pan out sooner rather than later. To fill the void, Aranda hired former Nevada assistant Ronnie Wheat. Miller returns after a solid year, Byers could play guard or tackle and Jeffery and Mazzccua will also compete for those spots. Some of those bounces are likely to go the Sooners way this season, which could mean improvement in the win column just by being less unlucky. (Jerome Miron-USA TODAY Sports). Baylor is the 45th ranked defense by FEI advanced statistics and while they allow only a reasonable 5.3 yards per play, offenses that are able to solve their disguised coverages and avoid turnovers will move the ball. No one should expect to make money from the picks and predictions discussed on this website. He scored two offensive touchdowns (rushing and receiving) versus BYU. Matt Jones, who played all 14 games and was fifth on the team in tackles, will begin the year as Bernards successor at weakside linebacker. STAR Al Walcott is of the Big Nickel variety (6-2, 220) and he can be exploited if Texas can hunt formations to put him 1 on 1 in the slot. There are also five transfers combined from those two cycles still around. No other Bear tight end has caught as many touchdowns as his nine career scores. Breakdown: There are so many other worthy names that could have made this list, but it felt wrong to exclude one of the best tight ends in Baylor football history. In the three games Shapen saw significant action Kansas State, Texas Tech and Oklahoma State Shapen completed 71 percent of his passes and averaged 190 passing yards. 10:00 AM on Aug 5, 2022 CDT. Note: Baylor OC Jeff Grimes loves trick plays. Were winning every day. Note: the 3 Bear runners have combined for a healthy 41 total catches, but they average just over 7 yards per reception. Another year in Venables defensive system couldnt hurt either, as Oklahoma struggled at times to be assignment sound on that side of the ball. The 2022 Georgia Bulldogs will be replacing a lot of experience on both sides of the ball especially on defense. The best aspect of the Bear secondary is their ability to hone in on an offenses preferred routes and force turnovers with sucker coverages. It wont be a big one, but itll be enough for the Cowboys to close the gap. Hunter Dekkers is the likely Brock Purdy replacement, and he has some interesting traits to build around. Remaining steady in the trenches should be a big help to the offense. Another opposing coach agrees that Baylors offensive and defensive lines will be the strength and expects the Bears to be a contender to return to the Big 12 championship game. 6 overall recruiting class, ranking in the top 10 both in incoming high school and junior college talent (fourth) and in 247Sports transfer class rankings (eighth). The Bears should be one of the top three teams in the Big 12, and it shouldnt surprise anyone if theyre back in the conference title game in December. Texas has to press their advantages here and not concede confidence building throws to Shapen. Collins joined the Baylor staff in 2020 and spent three seasons with Aranda at LSU. A number of transfers doesnt hurt either. Two years ago, Kansas had the youngest team in college football. On the plus side, Shapen will have a veteran offensive line led by defending Big 12 Offensive Lineman of the Year Connor Galvin and reinforced y Buffalow transfer Jacob Gall. Grimes said Sims has improved as a blocker and Drake Dabney as a receiver. You dont have to worry about a lot of things that you usually have to worry about. #SicEm, 2021 stats: 29 tackles, six pass breakups (led team), two tackles for loss. Prod. The content on this site is for entertainment and educational purposes only. While they lost to Oklahoma State and suffered a two-point defeat at TCU, they punched a ticket to the conference title game where they avenged their loss to the Cowboys for the crown. The Bears return some experience at linebacker but must replace second-round draft pick Bernard. And they found some young pieces along the way, adding a few pretty good transfers as well. Baylor struggles to get an honest pass rush at times and they rely heavily on deceptive coverages on the back end to confound QBs and force sucker throws. This article was first published in the Cougar Bohanon averaged only 157.9 passing yards per game and his completion percentage dipped to 61.5 percent in conference play. 70 nationally), the players that the Cougars replace departures with are often older and more physically ready to step in than the traditional redshirt freshman or sophomore. Sam Khan Jr. is a senior writer for The Athletic covering college football and recruiting primarily in Texas. And that would typically seem to indicate some regression. With those two moved on, fall camp has indicated the Richmond native as being the likely bell cow back starting in Week 1, and hes impressed many as of late. Breakdown: Player was a highly touted transfer portal prospect, so the fact that hes joining Apu, Hall, TJ Franklin and Cole Maxwell must be terrifying for any opposition. Ive watched them go through stretches where theyre utterly dominated by aggressive corner and nickel play. Somebody has to be last. One of the most important factors in a team's success in college football is its returning experience. A Big 12 championship game record 17-straight completions is one way to get into the spotlight, but thats just what Shapen did. The ranking takes a look at data on both sides of the football for all FBS teams in the country. After a 12-2 season, a Big 12 championship and a Sugar Bowl win which could rank as the best season in school history there really arent those questions being asked now, he said. "I thought football had to be part of it, somehow." In run blocking in 2020, the Bears averaged 1.4 yards per rush before first contact, which was last in the Big 12 and 111th in the FBS. Im perfect. Web2021-22 Baylor Bears Men's Roster and Stats Previous Season Next Season Record: 27-7 (14-4, 1st in Big 12 MBB ) Rank: 4th in the Final AP Poll Coach: Scott Drew More School Info Big 12 Reg Season Champ Baylor (Men's) School History Roster & Stats Polls, Schedule & Results Game Log Starters On this page: Roster Per Game Team and Opponent Stats @BUFootball pic.twitter.com/UGVc1Saj3L. The former Iowa Hawkeyes presence was shown even with Bernard on the squad, and hes beloved among his peers, so expect a big year from Doyle in 2022. I do stuff that I win, and I dont even make it look like Im trying that hard. Those are all things that have to die. The Bears will ride the hot hand the 175 pound Reese has two games where he had 30+ carries, the 170 pound Sqwirl has a 25 carry game and theyre not going to worry about work load in a season finale. The 2021 Big 12 Defensive Newcomer of the Year eats up two-to-three blocks and plugs up running lanes, giving the rest of the Baylor defense lots of flexibility and reduced stress. Here's a look at each Big 12 team's returning starters for the 2022 season. Devin Leary returns at quarterback and so does plenty of impactful players on defense. It resulted in nine 100-yard performances and 1,621 rushing yards, the most in Baylor history. A veteran leader on the back end, Baylor will rely on Morgan to make an impact in 2022. In the history of the Big 12, 2023 will always stand as an outlier. Josh Cameron, a former walk-on who was awarded a scholarship, gives the group some size (6-2, 210 pounds). They combined for 2,400 yards and 14 touchdowns, so replacing them will be no easy feat. Wake Forest Demon Deacons Sam Hartman is likely back for Wake Forest, which makes a If he can avoid making mistakes, the Cougars should be physical enough a trait BYU has shown in recent matchups with Big 12 teams to at least compete. If Shapen gets hurt this year, theyre (in trouble).. Venables defensive bonafides will be put to the test with a talented, but young, group that brings back four defensive starters. With belief no longer an obstacle, Aranda fights different beasts: the teams attitude and maturity. Sophomore Blake Shapen leads the Bears offense and hes had an inconsistent season, playing pretty well up to the West Virginia game where he had over 300 yards passing at halftime! The travel schedule is brutal for Baylor with trips to BYU, Iowa State, Oklahoma and Texas on tap. Younger possibilities include true freshman safety Alfonzo Allen. 2021 stats: 91 tackles (second most), 8.5 TFL (second most), scored two offensive TDs (rushing and receiving). Diminutive Richard Reese (908 yards, 14 tds, 5.2 per carry) and Sqwirl Williams (530 yards, 4 tds, 5.8 per carry) are the speed component while 245 pound Qualan Jones (403 yards, 7 tds, 5.5 per carry) brings the pain. I always win. Defensively, adding Player and having the entire two-deep back up front is viewed as a strength. The nucleus of the 2021 team is largely gone, with six players chosen in the NFL Draft. How will Shapen develop? At least the defense will be anchored by Siaki Ika and a defensive line that should be just as stout as last year, especially with the addition of Jaxon Player from Tulsa. You can learn more about Pete by visiting his personal website: PeteMundo.com. Nobody has really stepped forward yet and said, Im the guy, and this is my job,' Grimes said. The Bears brought in two scholarship players thus far, both in the defensive front seven: Player and White. Perhaps the fog has never fully lifted as he was particularly ineffective as the season progressed against Kansas, Oklahoma and Kansas State. BYU wide receiver Keanu Hill makes a touchdown catch against Utah Tech at LaVell Edwards Stadium in Provo on Saturday, Nov. 19, 2022. Web2022 Football Roster - Baylor University Athletics Baylor University Athletics Scoreboard Football UAlbany Sep 3 6 PM ESPN + Football vs UAlbany September 3, 2022 6 PM Many of them embodied the style and soul of what Aranda wants Baylor football to be. Im truly excited to see what the defense will accomplish in Although Baylor lost four key defenders via the NFL Draft and five starters total, theres a lot to like about the unit, starting with the defensive line. Returning starters on offense: 7 Quarterback Spencer Sanders returns and brings 35 career starts with him. Jun 16, 2022 7:08 PM EDT The Baylor Bears offense had some serious turnover this spring, with quarterback Gerry Bohanon hitting the NCAA Transfer Portal in Ben Sims is the teams returning leader in receptions (31), receiving yards (361) and touchdown catches (six). This 67 edge JACK Garmon Randolph leads them in sacks with 4.5 on the season. Baylors departing players registered 1,579 points, 512 rebounds, and 234 steals/blocks in the 2020-2021 season; those numbers rank 11th, 49th, and 7th in the country among non-returning players. Longtime starter Charlie Brewer is off to Utah, but backups Jacob Zeno and Gerry Bohanon are around with a little time logged in. Breakdown: Returning for his fifth season, the 2021 Big 12 Offensive Lineman of the Year will yet again be a force to be reckoned with in the trenches. This is a let it hang out game and Sark and PK should expect Dave Aranda to go for it on 4th down until Texas punishes them for it. Likely this will be another year like last year: West Virginia has the talent to sneak up and bite somebody, but might not have the consistent week-in, week-out results. Bohanons passing numbers were solid in nonconference play (66.6 percent completion rate, 626 yards, four touchdowns and one interception in three games) but his yardage and completion rate dipped in Big 12 games. Only two of Baylors 18 sacks allowed last season came within three seconds of the snap, the fewest in the country, per PFF. Baylors one-two punch of Abram Smith and Trestan Ebner left the program. And will Iowa States reluctance to fully embrace the transfer portal mean that the Cyclones wont fill the holes they do have? And with the departure of Max Duggan, Kendre Miller and Quentin Johnston TCU ranks 130th (!!!) Baylor football shocked the Big 12 last year. Six four-star prospects and 14 three-star recruits headline BU's 26th-ranked class, according Point, blank period. (We have) to come from a position of powerlessness, a sense of, Hey, were fighting for every edge. With both coordinators back and all the returnees on the line of scrimmage, Baylor can figure it out. Breakdown: Gabe Hall has come up in recent news as being one of college footballs top freak athletes, and its true. Ranking 77th nationally in returning production, the Sooners are somewhat middle of the pack in the Big 12 in that category. Offensively, John Rhys Plumlee headlines a group that ranks 78th in returning offensive production, but may be more ready to hit the ground running with a strong group of wide receivers and Plumlees ability to impact games with his legs as well. Craig Sqwirl Williams, 5-foot-8, 173 pounds, has battled injuries but was healthy this spring. 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