in returning offensive production theres reason to believe some of those close games are going to go the other way in 2023. 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. Copyright 2017-22 Heartland College Sports. The clearest strength of the Baylor offense is an OL that represents the 2nd most seasoned unit in college football. Zeno (transferred to UAB) and Brown both entered the portal last September. Those are some pretty big haymakers to take, and with Cincinnati bringing in 247Sports 11th-rated transfer class, Scott Satterfield could have a bit of an uphill climb to keep things where theyve been. On defense, the second coach sees Baylors defensive line as the deepest in the Big 12. A native Houstonian, Sam graduated from the University of Houston. Galvin was an All-Big-12 first-teamer with All-American mentions to his name last season. 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. LSUs Josh White will try to bolster the linebacker corps, which does return middle linebacker Dillon Doyle. In the starting lineup, Grimes expects competition at both guard spots. 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. He covered the 2022 Allstate Sugar Bowl and multiple Texas Sports Hall of Fame induction ceremonies in Waco. The No. 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. Grimes said Sims has improved as a blocker and Drake Dabney as a receiver. Ika is a monster inside who will pose a handful for Majors and big defensive end TJ Franklin (6-5, 285) is a negligible pass rusher who is one of the best run stoppers in the league. Longtime starter Charlie Brewer is off to Utah, but backups Jacob Zeno and Gerry Bohanon are around with a little time logged in. Baylor football is riding high after the program attained its first 12-win season, highlighted by a Big 12 Championship and Sugar Bowl win. Will that be enough for the Cyclones to overcome the leagues lowest returning starter count? For there to be an ascent, there has to be a descent first. 19 in the nation, good for second in the Big 12 Conference. 14. Brennan Armstrong entered the 2022 season as one of the most experienced quarterbacks in the ACC but had the lowest completion percentage of his career as a starter. While Gundy and Pokes fans seemed to have put their Posted on January 10, 2022. With a solid crop of returning players, the question will be whether that talent can start delivering results on the field. Related: College Football's Top Quarterbacks on the Rise for 2023 4. Texas checks in at No. Baylor had a backloaded schedule in terms of difficulty and theyre on a two game slide after being obliterated by Kansas State 31-3 and then losing a heartbreaker to TCU by one point in which they outplayed (an injured-riddled) TCU for most of the game. Remaining steady in the trenches should be a big help to the offense. Related: College Football's Top Quarterbacks on the Rise for 2023 4. Wheat also worked with Aranda at LSU, spending seven seasons as a defensive analyst for the Tigers, including all four in which Aranda was defensive coordinator. You can learn more about Pete by visiting his personal website: PeteMundo.com. 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 defense could improve, and the cupboard is far from bare in Fort Worth, where Sonny Dykes will get back his original starting quarterback in Chandler Morris, who should sling the ball to Alabama transfer JoJo Earle, among others. Josh Fleeks moved this offseason from receiver to running back. Our standards are so high that it is difficult to be who you say were going to be, but Im going to stay on the path, Aranda said. With Tyquan Thornton gone via the draft and R.J. Sneed having transferred (Colorado), the Bears are young at wide receiver. Seth Jones, another sophomore, is up to nearly 200 pounds after being recruited at 180. Another transfer, Gall made his way from Buffalo to a key role on Baylors excellent offensive line in 2021. This page is A '21 start against Baylor (461 passing yards and two scores and 70 rushing yards) showcased Morris' talent. With the Wildcats tied for the fourth-highest number of returning starters, and some of the players that Kansas State has back, are the Wildcats in position to become a dark horse Big 12 candidate in a year where there are few true frontrunners? Players Im most excited to see in CFB - Pt 20Ben Sims - TE - BaylorSims was very productive on @BUFootball Big 12 championship run. Sophomore Tony Anyanwu, whom Roberts said was the starting jack before foot surgery forced him to miss the season, will be in the mix, as well as redshirt freshman Jackie Marshall. During a 12-0 regular season, the Horned Frogs went a perfect 5-0 in one-score games, meaning TCU wasnt far from a vastly different season. There will be more on the QBs shoulders this season with reading rushers Abram Smith and Trestan Ebner gone. All aboard the Aranda train. The Bears have young athletes out wide capable of explosive plays, but they are remarkably inconsistent and inexperienced. In the history of the Big 12, 2023 will always stand as an outlier. 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. Thats the bad. The NFL Draft and NFL Draft Logo are copyright of the National Football League and in no way are owned by Ourlads Scouting Services LLC. Its another to go from being a strength to being leaders. The 2021 season was no fluke. Run blocking has improved, Aranda said. The Bears have six players on preseason watch lists for national awards. The Mountaineers looked like a better team with Garrett Greene at quarterback because of his toughness and ability to make big plays with his legs when he needed to. "We got married in Katy, Texas, about a mile from the high school stadium," he said. I really felt we saw a different side of him, Grimes said. (We have) to come from a position of powerlessness, a sense of, Hey, were fighting for every edge. Ika made an immediate impact as a transfer from LSU, earning the 2021 Big 12 Defensive Newcomer of the Year Award. 247Sports writer Kevin Flaherty joined Athlon Sports in predicting Texas to finish first in the Big 12 conference. They combined for 2,400 yards and 14 touchdowns, so replacing them will be no easy feat. 17 Baylor Bears football team kicks off week four with a Big 12 Conference showdown against the undefeated Iowa State Cyclones in Ames, 2022 This article was first published in the Cougar A year ago, Dave Aranda sensed his team still having doubts. The pass rush will be good, the run D will be great, and Im truly excited to see what the defense will accomplish in 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. Devin Leary returns at quarterback and so does plenty of impactful players on defense. Powered by Capitol Presence & Olympus Cloud. 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. However, this years group will have some major absences to contend with, including Big 12 Defensive Player of the Year Jalen Pitre and All-Big-12 first-team linebacker selection Terrel Bernard. UW, of course, finished an 11-2 season with a No. And while the Cyclones are getting younger on defense, theres talent there and Iowa State boasts one of the Big 12s top defensive coordinators in Jon Heacock. With nine offensive returning starters and eight defensive returning starters and Lance Leipold getting his first spring with the team after signing on after spring ball last year, the Jayhawks should have significantly better understanding of the teams system and what it takes to compete in the Big 12. Remember: this team went 1-6 in one-score games last year, including 0-6 in Big 12 play. The secondary is being retooled with Christian Morgan providing the most veteran presence at safety. In the return game, Baylor lost Ebner, a third-round pick and the Big 12 special teams player of the year. And while we dont think Cincinnati will be bad, the Bearcats rank last in the league in returning production, coming in at No. Sixth-year senior Gavin Holmes has starting experience but has endured multiple injuries in his career. 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. Whoever wins the job should have plenty of talent to utilize, but will need the offensive line to come together. And while Nebraska quarterback transfer Adrian Martinez couldnt give it a go in the spring, hes certainly an experienced option and would seem to be the frontrunner to take over for the graduated Skylar Thompson at quarterback. Baylor has added two more super-seniors to the list of returning players, as defensive linemen Cole Maxwell and Chidi Ogbonnaya have announced that they will be back in 2022. Theyre veteran, older players and thats really where you want your leadership to come from. After a 2-7 Hes got new ideas and new ways to look at things that are going to improve all of us.. Lorando Johnson, S Lorando Johnson likely wont declare in the 2023 NFL Draft cycle, but his name is one to keep in the memory banks. 8 national ranking last fall and has Pac-12 title and CFP aspirations in 2023. Texas and Oklahoma are both in the middle of their respective builds: Steve Sarkisian heading into year three, Brent Venables in year two. 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. The QB will also be working with a rebuilt receiving corps. This year it could be the playoff by avoiding another loss like that pesky one against TCU. Texas has to press their advantages here and not concede confidence building throws to Shapen. Theres a fair amount of moxie in him.. That was a full yard improvement over 2020, which was seventh in the Big 12 and 62nd nationally. 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. 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. And that would typically seem to indicate some regression. SHARE If BYU football players, coaches were stocks, who would you buy? 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. Powledge, a Huntsville, Texas, native who played fullback at Sam Houston, is also back in his Texas roots. Now hes the uncontested No. Will receive lots of Vita Vea comps. He is the sports editor for the school's student newspaper, the Baylor Lariat. Somebody has to be last. Now the Jayhawks are bringing back a number of those players who took their lumps in a winless season. Dave Aranda enters Year 3 in Waco in considerably better shape than last year, with a Big 12 Championship in the trophy case. Will the Bears scratch and claw for progress the way the 2021 team did? Blake Corum and Donovan Edwards will take over a lot of the running duties with the potential to really be successful as a one-two punch. 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. But there are worse bets to take than a Kansas State team with a returning starter at quarterback in Will Howard, playing behind the bulk of his offensive line returning. Redshirt freshman Devin Lemear graded out the highest of all the safeties this spring, Roberts said. Wheat joined the Nevada staff in 2020, coaching safeties before shifting to linebackers in 2021. (Kevin Jairaj / USA Today), Baylor linebacker Dillon Doyle finished second on the team in tackles with 90 and second with 8.5 tackles for loss. Sneed (Colorado) entered after the 2021 season and Bohanon (USF) and Landry (Missouri) departed after spring football ended. The Big 12 Conference lays claim to two of the top five small forwards in the country. 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. Baylor has to settle its quarterback situation, and Grimes doesnt have a Zach Wilson to work with. Offensive coordinator Jeff Grimes hopes Shapen gives the offense a higher ceiling. While talent and certainly coaching are major indicators, perhaps nothing is quite as important as having good players who have already seen the field. Prod. Aranda said Baker has done wonders with the receiving corps and called it probably the most improved group of the spring. The Bears have some athletes and plenty of raw speed, but theyre inconsistent. On the line, starters at four positions return: left tackle Connor Galvin, center Jacob Gall, right guard Grant Miller and both right tackles, Khalil Keith and Gavin Byers. Unlike last year, they dont take care of the ball all that well. . The burst, football mind, physicality and speed that he has is gonna separate him, Aranda said. The Bears badly miss Jalen Pitre and JT Woods. Both are expected to contribute immediately. The nucleus of the 2021 team is largely gone, with six players chosen in the NFL Draft. 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. 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. Note: the 3 Bear runners have combined for a healthy 41 total catches, but they average just over 7 yards per reception. 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. One opposing coach sees the Bears as a force in the Big 12 again. The 2022 Georgia Bulldogs will be replacing a lot of experience on both sides of the ball especially on defense. 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. So some regression to the mean could occur. 2021 stats: Six sacks (second most), 7.0 TFL, 17 total tackles. Theres a lot to like about what the Golden Knights are building defensively for the future, and the good news is that with UCF ranking 43rd in returning defensive production, those younger players wont be needed immediately. Bohanon averaged only 157.9 passing yards per game and his completion percentage dipped to 61.5 percent in conference play. A veteran leader on the back end, Baylor will rely on Morgan to make an impact in 2022. The Bears do lose starting left guard Xavier Newman-Johnson, who had 36 career starts and earned Pro Football Network First-Team All-American Honors in 2021. Projected defensive starters: DE Lonnie Phelps DT Kenean Caldwell DT Caleb Sampson* DE Malcolm Lee* LB Taiwan Berryhill* LB Gavin Potter* LB Rich Miller Its a big gamble, the second coach said. Four of five starters return on the offensive line, and the entire defensive line two-deep is back. Subscribe to The Athletic for in-depth coverage of your favorite players, teams, leagues and clubs. A more consistent downfield and intermediate passing game will be the big difference., Added Aranda: (Shapens) ability as a thrower to read coverages, to anticipate looks his arm is strong, his delivery can be unique. 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. Aranda called Player a twitchy and instinctive playmaker who creates havoc. A year ago, Grimes found his running back by moving linebacker Abram Smith, a former running back recruit, back to the position. Previously, he spent eight years covering college sports at ESPN.com and seven years as a sports reporter at the Houston Chronicle. Baylor will contend for the Big 12 again this year. (Jerome Miron-USA TODAY Sports). With whats left of the returners, here is who will stand out among the bunch in hopes to repeat as conference champions. One of the most important factors in a team's success in college football is its returning experience. Max Duggan is a returning starter at quarterback, but must hold off last years backup in Chandler Morris. 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. Defensively, adding Player and having the entire two-deep back up front is viewed as a strength. Michael Haag is a Journalism student at Baylor University in Waco, TX. 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 Aranda had to replace three departures from his on-field staff. Ben Sims is the teams returning leader in receptions (31), receiving yards (361) and touchdown catches (six). 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. "We got married in Katy, Texas, about a mile from the high school stadium," he said. 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. It takes trust and a sense of safety to put yourself out there to die and then to be born again.. The proof? Baylor football defensive tackle Siaki Ika and linebacker Dillon Doyle. There are tangible questions that need answers, too. 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. Redshirt freshman Tyrone M. Brown is also a potential reserve option. Ronnies smart, he cares a lot, hes a tireless worker, Aranda said. 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). 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. Their preferred front lines up Baylor size and power on the specific Longhorn OL whove dealt with that least well and its important that the Longhorns have some run game wrinkles that allow advantageous blocking angles inside and create some conflict in Baylors clean up crew. 7:00 AM on Aug 19, 2022 CDT. The Bears average recruiting ranking from 2019-22, per the 247Sports Composite Rating, is 40.25. The strength of the offense lies up front. 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, Newman-Johnson will play in the 2022 East-West Shrine Bowl in February and should have his name called at the 2022 NFL Draft in April. After helping the Bears reach the semifinalist phase for the Joe Moore Award, he could target individual honors in 2022. Leading receiver Tyquan Thornton is off to the NFL and No. Shapen is 60 and quite mobile, but not the running threat represented by a Jalen Daniels or Adrian Martinez. 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. But he questions the quarterback depth. He and his wife, Karina, got married last January and have a 4-month-old daughter, Zoe. What should fans expect in 2022? Monaray Baldwin is their best deep threat, but the young 165 pounder can struggle to get off of physical corners. 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. Gavin Byers, a sophomore who started the first eight games of the year at right tackle, also returns in 2022 and will provide depth for an already deep unit. The lowest-ranked class in that span, unsurprisingly, came in 2020 (49th), the transition class from former coach Matt Rhule to Aranda. A lot of Longhorn offensive success will rest on Sarks ability to scheme up run game solutions on a short week. Thats the next challenge.. The Jayhawks may still be a year off; there a number of those projected starters still have more eligibility after this year. 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. WebThe official 2022 Football schedule for the Baylor University Bears CBS Sports is a registered trademark of CBS Broadcasting Inc. (Photo: Kansas State Athletics Media Relations). He led the Bears in tackles in five games. 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. After a 2-7 debut during a season impacted by COVID-19, the head coach pulled his team together to win the Big 12 for the first time since 2014, going 12-2 with a victory in the Sugar Bowl to cap things off. The Horns need Quinn Ewers to throw the ball capably within the construct of a run first offense. But expecting TCU to reach the Big 12 title game again might be too much. 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. Much like Morgan, he is stepping into an expanded role. Nobody has really stepped forward yet and said, Im the guy, and this is my job,' Grimes said. Theyre certainly at their best running free on play action shots. 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