Everybodys going to talk about Apu Ika, and rightfully so, but Gabe Hall is the real deal, he said. Editors note:This ispart of a seriespreviewing Power 5 and top Group of 5 teams for the 2022 college football season. Starters Gabe The tricky part will be actually defending the title with Oklahoma State still rolling, Oklahoma with their own defensive guru at the helm and Texas strengthening. The school president and athletic director each signed 10-year extensions. 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. Pass protection improved immensely, too. 2022 Baylor Football Preview. No one is going to underestimate the Bears this time around and that could mean dropping unexpected games en route to a 7-5 record. It must replace the single-season school rushing record holder and both starting wide receivers. "We got married in Katy, Texas, about a mile from the high school stadium," he said. 2021 stats: 183 rushing yards (fourth on team), two rushing TDs (T-third on team). I dont say it in an ugly way, I say it as thats probably where it is right now. A veteran leader on the back end, Baylor will rely on Morgan to make an impact in 2022. He looked inward, forcing himself to evolve. Aranda pointed to Fleeks and Baldwin as possibilities. You gotta go down before you go up.. Besides Alabama or Georgia, I dont know whos got a better front scheme-wise than Baylor.. Whoever wins the job should have plenty of talent to utilize, but will need the offensive line to come together. 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. Breakdown: Gall is as dependable as they come. Written by Brett Gibbons Brett is an avid sports traveler and former Division-I football recruiter for Bowling Green and Texas State. "I thought football had to be part of it, somehow." Roberts is leaning toward Walcott at star and Johnson at corner. 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. For there to be an ascent, there has to be a descent first.

Five best college football futures bets to make, including our Syracuse Orange, who return 80% of their starters this season. 8 national ranking last fall and has Pac-12 title and CFP aspirations in 2023. The Bears have young athletes out wide capable of explosive plays, but they are remarkably inconsistent and inexperienced. 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. 17 Baylor Bears football team kicks off week four with a Big 12 Conference showdown against the undefeated Iowa State Cyclones in Ames, 2022 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. 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. Over his last five games he has 3 touchdowns to 6 interceptions and while he hasnt had a Ewers level bottoming out, hes been shaky. Fleeks has all the ability in the world, and Baldwin is a dynamic player with really good speed. Other receivers could get looks at returner. Redshirt freshman Tyrone M. Brown is also a potential reserve option. 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. Now its just about getting experience on the field so theyre comfortable.. 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. 8 national ranking last fall and has Pac-12 title and CFP aspirations in 2023. He picked up All-Big-12 first-team honors and is now in pursuit of national recognition. 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. A native Houstonian, Sam graduated from the University of Houston. Baylor will contend for the Big 12 again this year. The average sack allowed by the Baylor line in 2021 took 4.6 seconds from snap to sack, the second-longest average in the FBS. On defense, the second coach sees Baylors defensive line as the deepest in the Big 12. 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. 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. Bohanon, who started the other 12 games, hit the transfer portal after the coaches gave Shapen the nod and landed at South Florida. Breakdown: McWilliams time on the turf was limited, as he played behind two NFL running backs in Trestan Ebner and Abram Smith. 2022 College Football Returning Production Rankings Team Ret. The Bears have some athletes and plenty of raw speed, but theyre inconsistent. He knows a thing or two because hes seen a thing or two over the course of his collegiate career. Aranda said Baker has done wonders with the receiving corps and called it probably the most improved group of the spring. 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. 2021 stats: Six sacks (second most), 7.0 TFL, 17 total tackles. Baylor (6-7 in 2022) (Photo: Frank Jansky/Icon Sportswire, Getty) The biggest reason to propel the Bears down these rankings is that Baylor ranks 100th nationally in The Wildcats return 14 starters from last seasons 8-5 team, with 10 being All-Conference players. To fill the void, Aranda hired former Nevada assistant Ronnie Wheat. March 1, 2023 12:56 pm CT. College football writers are taking notice of the Longhorns loaded returning roster. Baylor Football (@BUFootball) November 19, 2022. But there are no proven backs with Smith and Trestan Ebner gone. Powledge, a Huntsville, Texas, native who played fullback at Sam Houston, is also back in his Texas roots. The Cyclones starter count includes five on offense and three on defense, with the former group including a new starter at quarterback. 21 transfer class, the third-best in the Big 12. They work really well together and dont necessarily need to physically dominate at the point of attack to make their outside zone system hum. The No. Key stat to know: Baylors offensive line improvement from 2020 to 2021 was significant. (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. Hes long and has some quickness, but hes a one trick finesse pony. Baylor Bear Insider One of seven returning starters from a 31-20 Baylor team, sophomore infielder Tre Richardson didn't like that aching feeling last May when Iowa State enters 2022 without OT Derek Schweiger (67.1 Baylor Bear Insider One of seven returning starters from a 31-20 Baylor team, sophomore infielder Tre Richardson didn't like that aching feeling last May when the Bears were the "first team out" when the NCAA Regional selections were announced. The challenge for Texas wont be physicality. Heres the thing on the Red Raiders: Like TCU, the Red Raiders were undefeated in one-score games in the regular season. A '21 start against Baylor (461 passing yards and two scores and 70 rushing yards) showcased Morris' talent. He will put the ball in peril and he isnt shy about taking deep shots, even on 3rd and forever. A returning starting quarterback in Dillon Gabriel is a good thing, and the Sooners have 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. 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). When former outside linebackers coach Joey McGuire took the Texas Tech head coaching job in November, Aranda elevated quality control coach Caleb Collins. Big TE Ben Sims is a chain mover, but 20 of his 30 catches happened in the first four games of the season. Its one thing to go from being a weakness to a strength, Grimes said. Shouldnt we do it some other way?. The lowest-ranked class in that span, unsurprisingly, came in 2020 (49th), the transition class from former coach Matt Rhule to Aranda. Were winning every day. 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 Remember, too, that while BYUs production numbers arent super high (middle of the Big 12 pack at No. Leading receiver Tyquan Thornton is off to the NFL and No. Nobody has really stepped forward yet and said, Im the guy, and this is my job,' Grimes said. It certainly helps that one of the offensive starters is Deuce Vaughn. I always win. Its worth noting that while Baylor started the year rock-ribbed against the run with their massive interior Tite front, theyve surrendered 179 yards per game rushing over their last three games. 2021 stats: 62-86 passes for 596 yards and five TDs (six games, two starts). AJ McCarty is ready to contribute at corner and Chateau Reed may be the most talented of Baylors corners, Roberts said. That was a full yard improvement over 2020, which was seventh in the Big 12 and 62nd nationally. This article was first published in the Cougar 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. 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. But if he comes in and truly finds his footing, the Cougars could be too low here. 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. UW, of course, finished an 11-2 season with a No. 14. Hes joined by Matt Jones, who has been a massive drop off from the cat quick NFL draftee Terrel Bernard. Safety Christian Morgan is an experienced starter (leads them in INTs with 3) and physical SPARQ freak and smallish safety Devin Lemear has traits, but hes too inexperienced. 7:00 AM on Aug 19, 2022 CDT. Baylor ranked 10th in the country and first in the Big 12 in rushing offense in 2021, averaging 219.3 yards per game, leading the way to a Big 12 Championship. 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. 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. The strength of the offense lies up front. 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. The buildup to the 2021 season was full of change. Can Iowa State replace Xavier Hutchinson, who seemed like the offenses only option at times last year? BYU wide receiver Keanu Hill makes a touchdown catch against Utah Tech at LaVell Edwards Stadium in Provo on Saturday, Nov. 19, 2022. Powledge, a Huntsville, Texas, native who played fullback at Sam Houston, is also back in his Texas roots. The QB will also be working with a rebuilt receiving corps. Breaking down the five best futures bets, picks, and predictions for the 2022 season. Freshmen Reggie Bush and Tevin Williams III are also long, fast corner possibilities. But Texas Tech also just couldnt get healthy quarterback play with some downright awful injury luck at the position. 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. 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. A Big 12 championship game record 17-straight completions is one way to get into the spotlight, but thats just what Shapen did. Ronnies smart, he cares a lot, hes a tireless worker, Aranda said. The travel schedule is brutal for Baylor with trips to BYU, Iowa State, Oklahoma and Texas on tap. 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. 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. Josh Fleeks moved this offseason from receiver to running back. (Top photo of Dave Aranda: Stephen Lew / USA Today). Expect Baylor to give Texas a wake-up call in the regular season finale but settle for a 9-3 campaign. In comparison to Baylors six returning starters, BYU has a clear advantage in this department as they return a colossal 19 players from last years already stacked team. Powledge, a Huntsville, Texas, native who played fullback at Sam Houston, is also back in his Texas roots. Sanders may rank among the Big 12s best returning quarterbacks, and with the defense returning five starters from last years elite group, he could need to elevate his game, and the offense as a whole, for the Cowboys to finish this year atop the league standings. The ranking takes a look at data on both sides of the football for all FBS teams in the country. 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. 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 OL @grantmiller55 spoke highly of RB @TayeMcwilliams Thursday:I think hes like a little bit of a combination of both Abram and Trestan. #Baylor DT Siaki Ika (6-4, 354, SR) LSU transfer. Projected defensive starters: DE Lonnie Phelps DT Kenean Caldwell DT Caleb Sampson* DE Malcolm Lee* LB Taiwan Berryhill* LB Gavin Potter* LB Rich Miller In 2021, that number rose to 2.2 yards per rush, sixth in the conference and 49th nationally, according to Pro Football Focus. Arandas second season in charge could hardly have gone more perfectly. With a solid crop of returning players, the question will be whether that talent can start delivering results on the field. 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. Baylor Bears Preview 2022: Defense Dave Aranda knows how to get a defense to produce, and this one should be more than fine. 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. This team went 2-3 in one-score games in the regular season; getting another win or two this year certainly wouldnt be a shock. Its safe to expect him to continue performing at a high level as a blocker and as a lethal receiving threat for Shapen. Hes a graduate of BGSU and works as an auditor for Google content curation products. Will receive lots of Vita Vea comps. Build your customFanSided Daily email newsletter with news and analysis onFanSided.com and all your favorite sports teams, TV shows, and more. "I thought football had to be part of it, somehow." Wheat joined the Nevada staff in 2020, coaching safeties before shifting to linebackers in 2021. 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. Each team's returning starter count comes from Athlon's look at the conference. 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. This year it could be the playoff by avoiding another loss like that pesky one against TCU. 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. 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. Get the fastest scores, stats, news, LIVE videos, and more. Will that lead to more wins? Hill is among a number of players who could have breakout seasons in 2023. Losing Deuce Vaughn and Felix Anudike-Uzomah arguably the Wildcats best player on offense and defense, respectively certainly hurts. And while we dont think Cincinnati will be bad, the Bearcats rank last in the league in returning production, coming in at No. With belief no longer an obstacle, Aranda fights different beasts: the teams attitude and maturity. Defensively, the Texas DL will match up just fine against Baylors experienced offensive line.

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. 247Sports writer Kevin Flaherty joined Athlon Sports in predicting Texas to finish first in the Big 12 conference. By far, this is the most depth weve had since Ive been here, Roberts said. Hes watching closely, gauging whether the young players succeeding the departed stars will bring the same level of accountability. It sets the tone for everything.. 247Sports writer Kevin Flaherty joined Athlon Sports It resulted in nine 100-yard performances and 1,621 rushing yards, the most in Baylor history. The Bears won the league last year, return their starting quarterback from a season ago in Gerry Bohanon and top all other projected contenders and rank second in the Big 12 in returning starters. Ben Sims is the teams returning leader in receptions (31), receiving yards (361) and touchdown catches (six). Try a week on us. Seven months removed from winning the national championship, Baylor could be good enough to reach the final game again this season. The Baylor Bears are riding a wave of momentum after a 21-7 victory over Ole Miss in the Allstate Sugar Bowl, and this announcement just makes things all the better down in Waco. Over their last 7 games, the Bears have given up 13 turnovers. Explosive Florida State running back transfer Treshaun Ward is among the Big 12s most exciting transfer additions, and hell join DJ Giddens in making sure the Wildcats can still run the ball. Get the fastest scores, stats, news, LIVE videos, and more. The wild card at linebacker is LSU transfer Josh White, who just arrived on campus this month. The Bears are returning a total of 13 starters from last season, but they lost nearly all of their offensive production from 2021 and almost all of their starting secondary. Aranda called Player a twitchy and instinctive playmaker who creates havoc. 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. Michael Haag is a Journalism student at Baylor University in Waco, TX. While talent and certainly coaching are major indicators, perhaps nothing is quite as important as having good players who have already seen the field. Offensive coordinator Jeff Grimes hopes Shapen gives the offense a higher ceiling. He and his wife, Karina, got married last January and have A year ago, Grimes found his running back by moving linebacker Abram Smith, a former running back recruit, back to the position. 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. A number of transfers doesnt hurt either. The Big 12 Conference lays claim to two of the top five small forwards in the country. Prod. 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. By Matt Severance Updated: Dec 27, 2021 10:49AM PST . After helping the Bears reach the semifinalist phase for the Joe Moore Award, he could target individual honors in 2022. And that would typically seem to indicate some regression. Four of five starters return on the offensive line, and the entire defensive line two-deep is back. 19 in the nation, good for second in the Big 12 Conference. Texas safeties and linebackers cant get caught up in trash and must fit the cutback lanes. Injuries certainly played a part, but the offseason attrition was also worrisome. #Baylor RB @TayeMcwilliams on what its like behind a good O-line that returned so much talent:[Its] way easier, it makes life super easy. Here are our predictions for the Big 12's order of finish in 2023. Here's a look at each Big 12 team's returning starters for the 2022 season. Baylors one-two punch of Abram Smith and Trestan Ebner left the program. Flahertys reasoning: While the team loses plenty on the defensive side, the Wildcats return Will Howard and all five offensive linemen. In the history of the Big 12, 2023 will always stand as an outlier. 2023 sets up for Texas to have its most experienced Can a transfer class that brings in a few potential impact players turn the tide? Texas checks in at No. Except for that group, every Baylor signing class since 2017 has ranked either fourth or fifth in the Big 12. With Texas and Oklahoma moving their Big 12 ousters to 2024 rather than 2025, this season will mark the only one that includes the two departing conference schools along with the four new additions: BYU, Cincinnati, Houston and UCF. 1 and in charge of moving the Bears forward on offense. There was a point in spring where you say, Hes one of the top guys on our team, just based on production, Aranda said. 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. Note: Baylor OC Jeff Grimes loves trick plays. It finished fourth in the Big 12 in total D and tenth in the nation in scoring defense, but the it was really, really good at was taking the ball away. Related: Early 2022 Big 12 QB Preview and Rankings 3. Wake Forest Demon Deacons Sam Hartman is likely back for Wake Forest, which makes a Galvin was an All-Big-12 first-teamer with All-American mentions to his name last season. The Bears have been in the conference title game two of the past three years and have six double-digit win seasons and three Big 12 championships since 2011. 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. Run blocking has improved, Aranda said.

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