When redshirt sophomore Keaton Thomas lays his head on his pillow at night, the X’s and O’s of head coach Dave Aranda’s unique defensive playbook flicker like an old movie on repeat.
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“I think the art is lost with winning in the details and then bringing physicality behind all that,” said Breckterfield, who hasn’t even been in Waco a full three weeks.
Head coach Dave Aranda will be sticking around in Waco, but not with the same staff he had during a disappointing 2023 season.
Texas State shocked Baylor football with an upset win over the weekend, but the Bears know just how tough their next opponent is. The Utes will be rolling into Waco following 10 days of rest to clash with Baylor for a first-ever matchup. Both teams are dealing with injuries to their starting quarterbacks. The Bears will be without redshirt junior quarterback Blake Shapen for two to three weeks with an MCL injury, while Utah is monitoring star senior quarterback Cam Rising’s status.
After a down year in 2022, senior defensive lineman Gabe Hall and fifth-year senior defensive lineman TJ Franklin look to get the Bears back on track.
As ambitious as it may sound, Baylor football seventh-year senior Bryson Jackson has found a sense of newness for the 2023 season with a position swap.
The Bears have their new defensive leader in defensive coordinator and safeties coach Matt Powledge, who now has to figure out what his safety room will look like in 2023.
Head coach Dave Aranda’s new defensive coordinator, Powledge, couldn’t stay away for long.
The Bears’ cornerbacks played at the line of scrimmage in 2021, and will be doing that again in 2023 under new defensive coordinator Matt Powledge.
The Bears wrapped up their first scrimmage of the spring practice slate, and head coach Dave Aranda said he saw good things from both quarterbacks along with several transfers.
The Bears lost a lot of ammunition on the defensive line over the off-season, so assistant coach and D-line coach Dennis Johnson is relying on two specific guys to step up.
Aranda said redshirt junior quarterback Blake Shapen and redshirt sophomore quarterback Sawyer Robertson will be at the forefront of the position battle.