The Wildcats return 14 starters from last seasons 8-5 team, with 10 being All-Conference players. Redshirt freshman Tyrone M. Brown is also a potential reserve option. WebThe official 2022 Football schedule for the Baylor University Bears Hes a graduate of BGSU and works as an auditor for Google content curation products. In the return game, Baylor lost Ebner, a third-round pick and the Big 12 special teams player of the year. Theres still plenty of talent in H-Town, and the offense still has enough pieces to cause havoc (the young receiving corps could be particularly nasty). Dont expect too big a slide, if any, overall. Im truly excited to see what the defense will accomplish in Almost a third of the league has less than 10 returning starters, and seven of the Big 12's teams have 12 or fewer. Powledge, a Huntsville, Texas, native who played fullback at Sam Houston, is also back in his Texas roots. The wild card at linebacker is LSU transfer Josh White, who just arrived on campus this month. There will be more on the QBs shoulders this season with reading rushers Abram Smith and Trestan Ebner gone. pic.twitter.com/zg3fJXYoU9, 2021 stats (Tulsa): 14.0 TFLs (led team, second in AAC), four sacks (second on team), one forced fumble and a fumble recovery. 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. 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. 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. You gotta go down before you go up.. Gavin Yates saw action as a freshman walk-on last year, and freshman Kelsey Johnson has impressed since arriving. If that offense can jell and the defense can take a step forward, the Red Raiders could surprise. The nucleus of the 2021 team is largely gone, with six players chosen in the NFL Draft. Pass protection improved immensely, too. Will the Bears scratch and claw for progress the way the 2021 team did? Run blocking has improved, Aranda said. When the Bear running game hits it rhythm, its a lot of fun to watch and loading up the box can actually make things worse for the run defense. Josh Cameron, a former walk-on who was awarded a scholarship, gives the group some size (6-2, 210 pounds). The Bears have been a strong Big 12 road team, compiling a 3-1 record, and their play style and experience tends to travel well. After losing eight players to the NFL over the summer, Baylor football will be forced to replace some big-time athletes from a 2021 Big A native Houstonian, Sam graduated from the University of Houston. 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). Doyle was second on the Bears defense with 90 tackles, adding 8.5 tackles for loss. 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. The 6-7, 265-pound junior should build on his 2021, which included 29 tackles and three sacks in 11 games. With both coordinators back and all the returnees on the line of scrimmage, Baylor can figure it out. Aranda recruited the 2020 four-star prospect while with the Tigers but left for Baylor before getting a chance to coach him. Baylor football is riding high after the program attained its first 12-win season, highlighted by a Big 12 Championship and Sugar Bowl win. Related: College Football's Top Quarterbacks on the Rise for 2023 4. 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. For more NCAA football news, analysis, opinion and unique coverage by FanSided, including Heisman Trophy and College Football Playoff rankings, be sure to bookmark these pages. Bill Bender of Sporting News projectsthe Bears will face Oregon in the Alamo Bowl. 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. He currently resides in Kansas City where he is a talk show host and program director at KCMO Talk Radio. Texas has a real opportunity to hold down this unit if theyre assignment sound and the corner opposite Ryan Watts comes to play. Except for that group, every Baylor signing class since 2017 has ranked either fourth or fifth in the Big 12. 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. 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! Already an A+ run defender and also shows flashes of having passing down value to melt the pocket. They have 150+ combined starts in aggregate. 240 pound interior linebacker Dillon Doyle leads them in tackles and is also solid dropping into zone coverages (2 interceptions). If the offense can make the most of a strong group of running backs led by Richard Reese and an athletic crop of wide receivers, Baylor should be pretty good the defense has a chance to improve from where it was a year ago. 17 Baylor Bears football team kicks off week four with a Big 12 Conference showdown against the undefeated Iowa State Cyclones in Ames, 2022 Perhaps the fog has never fully lifted as he was particularly ineffective as the season progressed against Kansas, Oklahoma and Kansas State. That makes for a wide open race where it seems like the 12 teams that don't reach the Big 12 championship game are likely to finish somewhere between 8-4 and 4-8, decided by a bounce here or there. Related: Early 2022 Big 12 QB Preview and Rankings 3. Sophomore Monaray Baldwin starred in the Sugar Bowl with a 48-yard second-half touchdown run. It certainly helps that one of the offensive starters is Deuce Vaughn. I expect an all conference season.6 TD catches in 21 pic.twitter.com/gOOF8Armmd. (Top photo of Dave Aranda: Stephen Lew / USA Today). The arrival of four-star freshman Armani Winfield could be right on time. All advice, including picks and predictions, is based on individual commentators opinions and not that of Minute Media or its related brands. The top three tight ends on the 2021 depth chart return. 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 Michael Haag is a Journalism student at Baylor University in Waco, TX. He scored two offensive touchdowns (rushing and receiving) versus BYU. 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. The Bears have six players on preseason watch lists for national awards. Expect more transfer help at running back (UNLVs Aidan Robbins) and on both lines. Offensive coordinator Jeff Grimes hopes Shapen gives the offense a higher ceiling. Following that group is a young trio: redshirt freshman Cisco Caston, true freshman Devyn Bobby and third-year sophomore Mike Harris. WACO, Texas Baylor football head coach Dave Aranda announced the signings of 20 student-athletes to the class of 2022 on Wednesday. With Connor Galvin The Mountaineers will be leaning fairly heavily on the transfer portal after bringing back six offensive starters and three defensive starters from last years team. Redshirt freshman Devin Lemear graded out the highest of all the safeties this spring, Roberts said. 2022 Baylor Football Preview. 8 national ranking last fall and has Pac-12 title and CFP aspirations in 2023. It wont be a big one, but itll be enough for the Cowboys to close the gap. And with the talent on hand on defense some of the teams most talented defenders are working with the second and third teams so far this spring improvement on that end should come quickly. Alan Bowman transferred in to potentially take over the quarterback spot after Spencer Sanders departure, but Bowman struggled to stay healthy at Texas Tech and he attempted all of 11 passes over the last two years at Michigan combined. Returning starters on offense: 7 Quarterback Spencer Sanders returns and brings 35 career starts with him. Oklahoma and Texas will loom in the second half of the season but the Oct. 1 matchup with Oklahoma State could be the early indicator of what the Bears are capable of. Baylor football 2021 season in review Arandas second season in charge could hardly have gone more perfectly. Each of the new schools comes in at a different place, and the 2022 Big 12 title game participants, TCU and Kansas State, both had major losses on at least one side of the ball. It might be way too early for college football predictions, but before the rest of the country hits the field for spring ball, here are our early predictions for Power-5 conference champions in 2023. (Kevin Jairaj / USA Today), He looked inward, forcing himself to evolve, Aranda signed a contract extension in February, but opting for its 2021 backup, Blake Shapen, over starter Gerry Bohanon. The Horns need Quinn Ewers to throw the ball capably within the construct of a run first offense. UFC 278: Kamaru Usman vs. Leon Edwards fight card, start time, channel guide, Mets: Buck Showalter pours cold water on potential call-ups, Oregon football 2022 season prediction, preview, awards, 2022 bowl game, Jake Paul Is Hilariously Bad at Taking Batting Practice, Sorry Calipari, Paul Finebaum has spoken: Kentucky is a football school, Oklahoma football 2022 season prediction, preview, awards, 2022 bowl game, Nebraska WR Decoldest Crawford debuts in coolest HVAC ad possible. This 67 edge JACK Garmon Randolph leads them in sacks with 4.5 on the season. Aranda signed a contract extension in February that is scheduled to keep him at the school through 2029, quieting coaching carousel discussion. It must replace the single-season school rushing record holder and both starting wide receivers. Defensively, Kansas brings back most of its pieces on the back end, but will need to hope a transfer class of defensive linemen can hit the ground running if the Jayhawks are to make major (and much-needed) improvements on that side of the ball. Texas safeties and linebackers cant get caught up in trash and must fit the cutback lanes. One of the most important factors in a team's success in college football is its returning experience. The QB will also be working with a rebuilt receiving corps. But Texas Tech also just couldnt get healthy quarterback play with some downright awful injury luck at the position. 2023 sets up for Texas to have its most experienced Josh Fleeks moved this offseason from receiver to running back. One opposing coach sees the Bears as a force in the Big 12 again. The transfer portal will help the Sooners make up for some of the losses, and if Dillon Gabriel can join the five returning offensive starters and hit the ground running, the Sooners could take off. Get the latest D-FW sports news, analysis, scores and more. They may not have won that award in 2021, that distinction belongs to Michigan. Now hes the uncontested No. The Longhorns could go as far as the quarterback position will take them this year, whether thats Hudson Card, who started two games last year, or Quinn Ewers, the former top-ranked overall prospect in the 2021 247Sports Composite. 8 national ranking last fall and has Pac-12 title and CFP aspirations in 2023. Iowa States Ashley Joens and Bad blood spilled over in a major way during the opening round of the SEC Womens Basketball Tournament between Florida and Kentucky About us: HCS is owned and operated by Pete Mundo. This page is It sets the tone for everything.. Joey McGuires first team will be fascinating to watch with an offense that returns four starters but also adds Zach Kittley, the architect of last years explosive Western Kentucky group. The challenge for Texas wont be physicality. 2021 stats: Started all 14 games at left tackle. The 2022 class, which includes 21 signees, finished 36th. Starters Gabe And with seven of 11 starters returning on defense, the Red Raiders could bow up on that side of the ball with increased experience and the toughness that McGuire is attempting to instill. 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. The 2019 class, which ranked 35th, has nine of the 24 signees still with the team, but the retention rates in 2020 (17 of the 18 signees are still with Baylor) and 2021 (16 of 17) are superb. A big physical front headlined by plus size nose tackle Siaki Ika isnt designed to compile stats, but to dominate the interior line of scrimmage and force runners to either collide into an interior wall or bounce wide on a rounded angle that allows easy clean up. 2005-2023 CBS INTERACTIVE ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. A lot of Longhorn offensive success will rest on Sarks ability to scheme up run game solutions on a short week. Michael has covered Baylor football, men's and women's basketball, baseball and more. Shapen showed promise in his two starts last year, the regular-season finale versus Texas Tech and the Big 12 championship win over Oklahoma State. 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. No other Bear tight end has caught as many touchdowns as his nine career scores. How will Shapen develop? Note: the 3 Bear runners have combined for a healthy 41 total catches, but they average just over 7 yards per reception. 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. Aranda called Player a twitchy and instinctive playmaker who creates havoc. Hunter Dekkers is the likely Brock Purdy replacement, and he has some interesting traits to build around. Miller returns after a solid year, Byers could play guard or tackle and Jeffery and Mazzccua will also compete for those spots. Those expecting last year to be a one-off for Kansas arent looking at what Kansas brings back: the Jayhawks rank second nationally in returning production, including first offensively and 10th defensively. Much of the fault is on Baylors second and third level defenders not hitting their run fits when runners spill wide. The lowest-ranked class in that span, unsurprisingly, came in 2020 (49th), the transition class from former coach Matt Rhule to Aranda. Subscribe to The Athletic for in-depth coverage of your favorite players, teams, leagues and clubs. All picks and predictions are suggestions only. The Bears enter the season ranked No. Whoever wins the quarterback job out of Tyler Shough and Donovan Smith has both starting experience and a high ceiling. Nobody has really stepped forward yet and said, Im the guy, and this is my job,' Grimes said. 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 Breaking down the five best futures bets, picks, and predictions for the 2022 season. 2023 On3 Media, Inc. All rights reserved. Breakdown: Another grizzled veteran, Morgan is stepping into a bigger role after playing alongside former Bear and current Los Angeles Charger JT Woods. There may be inexperience at those key offensive spots, but sufficient talent exists. Early spring success has Texas filling fans with hope, Judge rules in favor of Michael Irvin in request for expedited evidence in $100M lawsuit, Mike McCarthy calls taking over play-calling most fun Ive had as Cowboys coach, PK winners! The Longhorns werent far off. Dykes inherits six offensive starters and seven defensive starters, and theres plenty of room for growth on both sides. Ranking 77th nationally in returning production, the Sooners are somewhat middle of the pack in the Big 12 in that category. Thats the bad. Things could take a turn for the worst early if the defense isnt quite up to their 2021 form in the first half of the season. 2020-21 Season-Ending Roster (bold denotes returning for 2021-22): F Flo Thamba (6-foot-10), G LJ Cryer (6-1), G/F Jordan Turner (6-8), G Adam Flagler (6-3), G/F Mark Vital (6-5), G Jared Butler (6-3), G/F Jackson Moffatt (6-7), F Jonathan Tchamwa Tchatchoua (6-8), G/F Matthew Mayer (6-9), G MaCio Teague (6-4), F Zach Loveday (7 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. 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. He creates openings for himself that maybe others dont. Baylors offensive line was one of thirteen finalists for the Joe Moore Award, presented annually to the nations top offensive line in college football. The 2021 second-team All-AAC selection should thrive being back in his hometown of Waco. The OL is also stacked with returning starters and a few players who havent spent as much time in the trenches, so Im hoping that those who have led in the past: senior RG Sam Tecklenburg and C Jake Fruhmorgen will encourage the younger players to step up when theyre needed. The Bears have a three-headed running back group comprised of two scatbacks and one power runner. Now the Jayhawks are bringing back a number of those players who took their lumps in a winless season. That could make picking the 14-team Big 12 an absolute madhouse with so many variables. He is the sports editor for the school's student newspaper, the Baylor Lariat. The Bears O-line was the most improved unit in 2021, becoming a true strength as the Bears led the Big 12 in rushing and allowed the third-fewest sacks. Build your customFanSided Daily email newsletter with news and analysis onFanSided.com and all your favorite sports teams, TV shows, and more. After losing eight players to the NFL over the summer, Baylor football will be forced to replace some big-time athletes from a 2021 Big 12 championship squad. Now that hes gotten to the top, he needs to figure out to how keep Baylor there. 2023 Minute Media - All Rights Reserved. If Alabama transfer Amari Kight can be part of an offensive line that keeps Plumlee upright, UCF could surprise and finish much higher than this. Per PFF, Baylor QBs were pressured 35.2 percent of the time in 2020 (8th in the Big 12, 96th in the FBS) but only 29.1 percent of the time in 2021 (first in the conference, 45th nationally). 2 spot, Grimes said. Prod. The Bears are allowing offenses to convert a healthy 45.4% of their 3rd downs this season and that simply doesnt marry well to Arandas larger philosophy. 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. Only two of Baylors 18 sacks allowed last season came within three seconds of the snap, the fewest in the country, per PFF. Daniel Green has been among the Big 12s best linebackers when healthy, and hell try to shore up a defense that ranks 94th in returning production, but was sprinkling through some of the younger players over the course of the season. Hill is among a number of players who could have breakout seasons in 2023. And the unit got a boost in the offseason, when Baylor landed Tulsa defensive tackle transfer Jaxon Player, a Waco, Texas, native and two-time All-AAC selection. There are certainly unknowns. They can probably look at the 20-13 Norristown loss where the Eagles made a goal line stand and a few kneel-downs to pull off the upset as a turning point, The Cyclones were one of the nations most experienced teams last year the reason for Iowa States lofty preseason expectations and now need to start over in a major way after a number of those players moved on. 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. 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. Iowa State ranks 28th in returning production on offense, and while the defense looks vastly different in returning production, Jon Heacock gets a bit of benefit of the doubt there. 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. Wheat joined the Nevada staff in 2020, coaching safeties before shifting to linebackers in 2021. The incoming Bears represent five different states, including Arkansas, Missouri, Oklahoma, Texas and Utah. Still, he said, players wondered: Why are we doing this? UW, of course, finished an 11-2 season with a No. Hes the smallest guy out there but maybe the toughest guy, Grimes said. Aranda pointed to Fleeks and Baldwin as possibilities. Tay McWilliams is the top returning player at running back and he had just 181 yards on 17 carries last year. And with the departure of Max Duggan, Kendre Miller and Quentin Johnston TCU ranks 130th (!!!) "I thought football had to be part of it, somehow." A year ago, Dave Aranda sensed his team still having doubts. Baker played receiver for the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Florida Gators, winning championships with each. Theyre certainly at their best running free on play action shots. In the history of the Big 12, 2023 will always stand as an outlier. Even with Bijan Robinson moving on, Texas still ranks third nationally in returning offensive production, and with Texas bringing in the No. And they found some young pieces along the way, adding a few pretty good transfers as well. Why is Baylor the potential favorite to win its second consecutive Big 12 title? Shapen is 60 and quite mobile, but not the running threat represented by a Jalen Daniels or Adrian Martinez. Previewing Baylor Bears defense for 2022 season. Ben Sims is the teams returning leader in receptions (31), receiving yards (361) and touchdown catches (six). Try a week on us. The school president and athletic director each signed 10-year extensions. In that regard, the Big 12 is a league in transition. 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. 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. The Cougars are the top-ranked newcomer here, though whether that plays out will likely depend on whether Kedon Slovis can re-find some of the magic he showed a few years back at USC. Breakdown: Apu, one of Halls companions, is one of the best nose guards in the country. March 1, 2023 12:56 pm CT. College football writers are taking notice of the Longhorns loaded returning roster. With Tyquan Thornton gone via the draft and R.J. Sneed having transferred (Colorado), the Bears are young at wide receiver. Were winning every day. The Buffs have just five returning starters on defense, and their offensive line still isnt ready to compete with the top programs in the Pac-12, let alone the entire country. In 2021, that number rose to 2.2 yards per rush, sixth in the conference and 49th nationally, according to Pro Football Focus. Copyright 2017-22 Heartland College Sports. Sophomore quarterback Baylor Romney, brother of wide receiver Gunner Romney, announced Friday on Twitter that he will not return to the Cougars in 2022. SHARE If BYU football players, coaches were stocks, who would you buy? On the move! Previously, he spent eight years covering college sports at ESPN.com and seven years as a sports reporter at the Houston Chronicle. Written by Brett Gibbons Brett is an avid sports traveler and former Division-I football recruiter for Bowling Green and Texas State. Venables defensive bonafides will be put to the test with a talented, but young, group that brings back four defensive starters. Galvin was an All-Big-12 first-teamer with All-American mentions to his name last season. 247Sports writer Kevin Flaherty joined Athlon Sports CLICK HERE to download the CBS Sports Mobile App and get the latest on your team today. 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. 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. Each team's returning starter count comes from Athlon's look at the conference. [Get a FREE 7-day trial of Inside Texas Plus!]. 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. At jack, Baylors edge rusher, Garmon Randolph returns. Collins joined the Baylor staff in 2020 and spent three seasons with Aranda at LSU. Gabe Hall (6-6, 300) is the best pass rusher of the group (3.5 sacks) but all three of them exist to dominate the run and own the line of scrimmage from tackle to tackle. You can learn more about Pete by visiting his personal website: PeteMundo.com. On average, Baylor opponents had 8 yards to go on third downs, the longest average distance in the Big 12 and seventh best in the nation, according to PFF. Ika made an immediate impact as a transfer from LSU, earning the 2021 Big 12 Defensive Newcomer of the Year Award. Theres talent on hand, particularly at quarterback where the Mountaineers added USC and Georgia transfer JT Daniels, giving West Virginia its most talented signal-caller in years. It might be way too early for college football predictions, but before the rest of the country hits the field for spring ball, here are our early predictions for Power-5 conference champions in 2023. February 8, 2023 7:57 pm CT. ESPN announced its returning production rankings for the 2023 season on Tuesday. @BUFootball pic.twitter.com/UGVc1Saj3L. The clearest strength of the Baylor offense is an OL that represents the 2nd most seasoned unit in college football. To fill the void, Aranda hired former Nevada assistant Ronnie Wheat. 19 in the nation, good for second in the Big 12 Conference. We know. UW, of course, finished an 11-2 season with a No. Studying what Oklahoma and Kansas State did to them will be instructive. We looked at not just the numbers for each team, but breakdowns on each side of the ball and whether teams return starters at the most important positions on the football field as well. Will the rushing attack be as reliable as it was a year ago? 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. 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