The Bears return all but one member of a depth chart that could see increased emphasis in the passing game.
Browsing: Jake Spavital
The redshirt senior signal-caller is slated to again be one of the top quarterbacks in the Big 12.
For the first time since 2020, Baylor football kicked off spring practice with no question marks surrounding who the starting quarterback would be. Highlighted by redshirt senior Sawyer Robertson, the uncontested QB1, the quarterback room is looking to elevate the Bears’ top 20 offense in year two with offensive coordinator Jake Spavital.
The Bears kicked off spring ball last week, the first step toward a 2025 season that features College Football Playoff aspirations.
After losing to his former team in the Kinder’s Texas Bowl on New Year’s Eve, head coach Dave Aranda went to work looking to build on an 8-4 season. Baylor football added 11 players in the transfer portal and replaced two coaches before the start of spring football.
Riding its first four-game winning streak since 2021, Baylor football is still looking to prove it can keep the hot streak rolling with improved defense and steady offense against Houston at 6 p.m. Saturday at TDECU Stadium in Houston.
Since hiring Spavital this offseason (and moving redshirt junior quarterback Sawyer Robertson into the starting lineup), Baylor’s offense has sped light years ahead of where it was a year ago. Jeff Grimes’ wide zone offense finished No. 101 nationally at 23.1 points per game. In less than a full season on the job, Spavital has the Bears up to No. 23 nationally and second in the Big 12 at 35.1 points per game.
The 38-28 victory marked the Bears’ first Big 12 home win since Oct. 22, 2022.
From watching Baylor football win a Big 12 Championship on the sidelines to starting in the Bears’ highest-scoring game against a Big 12 opponent under Aranda, Lengyel’s journey has been far from easy. But with a smile on his face, he rode the lows of struggling to find a place on the team to becoming one of the most exciting offensive linemen in the Big 12.
Baylor’s rushing, defensive woes have marred the quarterback’s breakout season.
The former Mississippi State quarterback needs to become the Bears’ full-time starter.
Baylor lost to the Utes in Salt Lake City, 23-12, but began to shake off the frost built up over the past two seasons.
An offseason overhaul of the roster and coaching staff has positioned this team to, at the very least, bring back fair-weather fans.
With 22 transfers making their Baylor football debut, fresh faces wasted no time writing their way into the record book. Led by sixth-year senior quarterback Dequan Finn, four transfers each scored a touchdown to lead the Bears to a season-opening 45-3 win over Tarleton Saturday night on the 10th anniversary of the first game played at McLane Stadium.
The coaching overhaul and personnel additions have poised the Bears’ offense to be much more explosive than in the past couple of years. The Bears should come into the fall with their eyes set on bowl games and beyond.
The stage is set, and the cards are on the table as the 2024 NCAA football season begins. With Week 0 in the rearview mirror, Big 12 football on the Brazos is on deck. Here are some of the Lariat Sports Desk’s predictions for Baylor football in a make-or-break season.
The Biletnikoff Award is given to the season’s most outstanding receiver, with the most recent winner being Ohio State’s Marvin Harrison Jr. Winning the praise wouldn’t be new for a Bear, as in 2015, Baylor wide receiver Corey Coleman took home the hardware. Bringing the award back to Waco may not be too big of a stretch with offensive coordinator Jake Spavital’s Air Raid offense inducing a heavy dose of passing.
Just one week before the season, Baylor football named Toledo transfer Dequan Finn its starting quarterback over former Mississippi State transfer Sawyer Robertson.
Baylor football is expected to name Toledo transfer sixth-year quarterback Dequan Finn as the team’s starting quarterback, according to Matt Zenitz of CBS Sports.
Day two of spring practice camp has come and gone for Baylor football, and one thing that’s clear is the competition for starting quarterback is still up for grabs.
The Bears have reportedly reached out to several signal-callers in the transfer portal.
Baylor football officially introduced new offensive coordinator Jake Spavital as part of a press conference on Monday at McLane Stadium.