Saturday’s Baylor Football loss to No. 4 TCU (read my short recap of the game here) was a sad ending to witness for many reasons, but mostly because the game was the Bears’ 2022 Senior Day. Prior to kickoff, Baylor Athletics honored 25 athletes listed from Juniors to super 6th years on the last home game of the season. The members of the Bears’ 2022 Senior class were coached by both former head coach Matt Rhule and now our philosophical giant Dave Aranda and they’ve seen both struggles and successes alike. For the oldest of the 2022 Senior group, the Baylor Football record has gone from 7-6 to 1-11 to 7-6 to 11-3 to 2-7 to 12-2 and now this season’s current 6-5 performance. Many of these athletes are some of the best in the green and gold and they’ll be more than missed next year!
- LB Dillon Doyle (5th year) – 216 tackles with 11.5 for a loss of 30 yards, 2 sacks for a loss of 14 yards, 3 interceptions returned 16 yards, 8 passes deflected, 2 forced fumbles, 1 fumble recovery; 9 carries for 18 yards and 1 TD; 3 catches for 6 yards and 2 TDs
- DL TJ Franklin – 88 tackles with 12.5 for a loss of 45 yards, 7 sacks for a loss of 38 yards, 4 passes deflected, 1 forced fumble, 1 blocked kick
- OL Jacob Gall (6th year)
- OL Connor Galvin (5th year)
- CB Byron Hanspard Jr. (5th year) – 7 tackles with 1 for a loss of 4 yards
- WR Gavin Holmes (6th year) – 68 catches for 880 yards and 6 TDs; 2 carries for 1 yard and 1 TD
- DL Siaki Ika (Junior) – 49 tackles with 8.5 for a loss of 40 yards, 4.5 sacks for a loss of 30 yards, 3 passes deflected
- LB Bryson Jackson (6th year) – 44 tackles with 9.5 for a loss of 51 yards, 5.5 sacks for a loss of 33 yards, 1 forced fumble, 1 fumble recovery
- OL Mose Jeffery (5th year)
- OL Khalil Keith (6th year)
- S Collin Losack (Junior)
- DL Cole Maxwell (6th year) – 42 tackles with 2.5 for a loss of 8 yards, 1.5 sacks for a loss of 7 yards, 3 passes deflected, 1 fumble recovery
- K John Mayers (5th year) – 117 of 119 PATs (98.3% – 3rd in program history for PATs made and attempted), 33 of 42 field goals (78.6% – best in program history)
- OL Grant Miller (6th year)
- WR Tripp Mitchell (Junior)
- DL Chidi Ogbonnaya (6th year) – 26 tackles with 4 for a loss of 16 yards, 1.5 sacks for a loss of 12 yards, 1 pass deflected, 1 forced fumble, 1 blocked kick
- DL Jaxon Player (5th year) – 14 tackles with 3 for a loss of 5 yards, 0.5 sacks for a loss of 1 yard, 1 pass deflected
- P Issac Power (5th year) – 207 punts for 8,673 yards averaging 41.9 yards/punt (longest punt for 68 yards)
- K Noah Rauschenberg – 238 kickoffs for 15,027 yards averaging 63.1 yards/kick
- LS Corbin Robertson
- TE Ben Sims (5th year) – 77 catches for 771 yards and 11 TDs; 2 carries for 2 yards and 2 TDs
- S Griffin Speaks (Junior) – 4 tackles, 1 forced fumble
- DL Brayden Utley (5th year) – 53 tackles with 8 for a loss of 31 yards, 3 sacks for a loss of 20 yards, 1 interception returned 15 yards, 2 passes deflected, 1 fumble recovery
- RB Craig “Sqwirl” Williams (Junior) – 123 carries for 777 yards and 7 TDs; 11 catches for 80 yards and 1 TD
- LB Will Williams (Junior) – 21 tackles with 1 for a loss of 2 yards, 2 passes deflected, 1 forced fumble, 1 fumble recovery
