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2017 Baylor Bears football team

The 2017 Baylor Bears football team represented Baylor University in the 2017 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Bears played their home games at the McLane Stadium in Waco, Texas and competed in the Big 12 Conference. They were led by first-year head coach Matt Rhule. They finished the season 1–11 (1–8 in-conference) to finish in ninth place in the Big 12.

2017 Baylor Bears football
ConferenceBig 12 Conference
Record1–11 (1–8 Big 12)
Head coach
Co-offensive coordinatorGlenn Thomas (1st season)
Co-offensive coordinatorJeff Nixon (1st season)
Offensive schemeSpread
Defensive coordinatorPhil Snow (1st season)
Base defense3–3 stack[1]
Home stadiumMcLane Stadium
Seasons
← 2016
2018 →
2017 Big 12 Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 3 Oklahoma y$^   8 – 1     12 – 2  
No. 9 TCU y   7 – 2     11 – 3  
No. 14 Oklahoma State   6 – 3     10 – 3  
Texas   5 – 4     7 – 6  
West Virginia   5 – 4     7 – 6  
Kansas State   5 – 4     8 – 5  
Iowa State   5 – 4     8 – 5  
Texas Tech   3 – 6     6 – 7  
Baylor   1 – 8     1 – 11  
Kansas   0 – 9     1 – 11  
Championship: Oklahoma 41, TCU 17
  • ^ – College Football Playoff participant
  • $ – Conference champion
  • y – Championship game participant
Rankings from AP Poll

Recruiting

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Position key

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Back B Center C Cornerback CB Defensive back DB
Defensive end DE Defensive lineman DL Defensive tackle DT End E
Fullback FB Guard G Halfback HB Kicker K
Kickoff returner KR Offensive tackle OT Offensive lineman OL Linebacker LB
Long snapper LS Punter P Punt returner PR Quarterback QB
Running back RB Safety S Tight end TE Wide receiver WR

Recruits

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Baylor signed a total of 27 recruits.

College recruiting information (2017)
Name Hometown High school / college Height Weight Commit date
Jalen Pitre
S 		Stafford, Texas Stafford HS 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 197 lb (89 kg) Jul 24, 2015 
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Trevon Lewis
S 		Houston, Texas Lamar HS 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Dec 28, 2016 
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Timarcus Davis
CB 		College Station, Texas College Station HS 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) 165 lb (75 kg) Dec 31, 2016 
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Charlie Brewer
QB 		Austin, Texas Lake Travis HS 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 188 lb (85 kg) Dec 31, 2016 
Star ratings: Scout:    Rivals:    247Sports:     ESPN: 
James Lynch
DT 		Round Rock, Texas Round Rock HS 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 282 lb (128 kg) Jan 4, 2017 
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Abram Smith
RB 		Abilene, Texas Abilene HS 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 196 lb (89 kg) Jan 5, 2017 
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RJ Sneed
WR 		Cypress, Texas Cypress Ranch HS 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Jan 7, 2017 
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Harrison Hand
CB 		Cherry Hill, New Jersey Cherry Hill HS West 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 183 lb (83 kg) Jan 7, 2017 
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Jason Moore
OT 		Frisco, Texas Independence HS 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 275 lb (125 kg) Jan 15, 2017 
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Eleasah Anderson
OG 		Houston, Texas Alief Taylor HS 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 280 lb (130 kg) Jan 15, 2017 
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Trestan Ebner
WR 		Henderson, Texas Henderson HS 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 188 lb (85 kg) Jan 15, 2017 
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Xavier Newman-Johnson
OC 		DeSoto, Texas DeSoto HS 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 272 lb (123 kg) Jan 15, 2017 
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Ashton Logan
S 		Temple, Texas Temple HS 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 203 lb (92 kg) Jan 18, 2017 
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Terrel Bernard
LB 		La Porte, Texas La Porte HS 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Jan 18, 2017 
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Rob Saulin
DE 		Pennsville, New Jersey Memorial HS 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 240 lb (110 kg) Jan 22, 2017 
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Khahil Keith
OT 		Alpine, Alabama Winterboro HS 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 293 lb (133 kg) Jan 22, 2017 
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Cole Maxwell
DE 		Allen, Texas Allen HS 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 225 lb (102 kg) Jan 22, 2017 
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Henry Klinge
OG 		Southlake, Texas Carroll HS 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 295 lb (134 kg) Jan 22, 2017 
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Bryson Jackson
LB 		Mansfield, Texas Lake Ridge HS 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Jan 22, 2017 
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Gavin Holmes
WR 		Justin, Texas Northwest HS 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) 178 lb (81 kg) Jan 22, 2017 
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Chidi Ogbonnaya
DE 		Houston, Texas Langham Creek HS 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 245 lb (111 kg) Jan 26, 2017 
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Ryan Miller
C 		Southlake, Texas Carroll HS 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 270 lb (120 kg) Jan 29, 2017 
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Tyler Henderson
TE 		Kyle, Texas Lehman HS 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 225 lb (102 kg) Jan 29, 2017 
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Johnathan Lovett
RB 		Marlton, New Jersey Cherokee HS 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Jan 30, 2017 
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DeMarco Artis
DE 		Sanford, Florida Seminole HS 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 220 lb (100 kg) Jan 31, 2017 
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B.J. Thompson
DE 		England, Arkansas England HS 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Feb 1, 2017 
Star ratings: Scout:    Rivals:    247Sports:     ESPN: 
Justin Harris
DE 		Gonzales, Louisiana East Ascension HS 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 250 lb (110 kg) Feb 1, 2017 
Star ratings: Scout:    Rivals:    247Sports:     ESPN: 
Overall recruiting rankings:
  • Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight.
  • In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale.

Sources:

  • "Baylor Football Commitments". Rivals.com. Retrieved February 7, 2017.
  • "2017 Baylor Football Commits". Scout.com. Retrieved February 7, 2017.
  • "ESPN". ESPN.com. Retrieved February 7, 2017.
  • "Scout.com Team Recruiting Rankings". Scout.com. Retrieved February 7, 2017.
  • "2017 Team Ranking". Rivals.com. Retrieved February 7, 2017.

Schedule

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Baylor announced its 2017 football schedule on December 13, 2016. The 2017 schedule consisted of 6 home, 5 away and 1 neutral site game in the regular season. The Bears hosted Big 12 foes Iowa State, Oklahoma, Texas, and West Virginia, and will travel to Kansas, Kansas State, Oklahoma State, and TCU. Baylor played Texas Tech for the seventh season in a row in Arlington, Texas.[2]

The Bears hosted two of the three non-conference opponents, Liberty from the Big South Conference and UTSA from Conference USA and travel to Duke from the Atlantic Coast Conference.

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
September 26:00 p.m.Liberty*
FS2L 45–4845,784
September 96:00 p.m.UTSA*
  • McLane Stadium
  • Waco, TX
FSNL 10–1741,923
September 1611:30 a.m.at Duke*
ACCRSNL 20–3426,714
September 235:30 p.m.No. 3 Oklahoma
  • McLane Stadium
  • Waco, TX
FS1L 41–4943,573
September 302:30 p.m.at Kansas State
ESPN2L 20–3352,293
October 142:30 p.m.at No. 14 Oklahoma State
FS1L 16–5956,790
October 217:00 p.m.No. 23 West Virginia 
  • McLane Stadium
  • Waco, TX
FS2L 36–3845,389
October 2811:00 a.m.Texas
  • McLane Stadium
  • Waco, TX
ESPNUL 7–3845,656
November 411:00 a.m.at Kansas
FSNW 38–921,797
November 1111:00 a.m.vs. Texas Tech
FSNL 24–3834,482
November 181:30 p.m.Iowa State
  • McLane Stadium
  • Waco, TX
FSNL 13–2340,653
November 2411:30 a.m.at No. 10 TCU
FS1L 22–4543,015
  • *Non-conference game
  •  Homecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game
  • All times are in Central time
Schedule Source:[3]

Roster

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2017 Baylor Bears football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos. # Name Class
WR 6 Trevor White   Jr
RB 7 John Lovett Fr
QB 8 Zach Smith   So
QB 12 Charlie Brewer Fr
QB 12 Anu Solomon   Sr
WR 13 Tony Nicholson   So
WR 14 Chris Platt   Jr
WR 15 Denzel Mims   So
WR 16 Jared Atkinson   So
QB 16 Preston Heard   So
QB 17 Garret McGuire Fr
WR 17 Pooh Stricklin   So
WR 18 Gavin Holmes Fr
QB 18 Zack Bennema   So
WR 19 R.J. Sneed Fr
WR 21 Blake Lynch   So
RB 22 Terence Williams   Jr
RB 23 Obim Okeke   So
TE 24 Ishmail Wainright Sr
RB 25 Trestan Ebner Fr
RB 28 Abram Smith Fr
RB 30 Wyatt Schrepfer   Jr
RB 33 JaMycal Hasty   So
WR 34 Marques Jones   So
RB 35 Dwyer Bucey   So
RB 40 Jonathan Hockman   Sr
RB 44 Dru Dixon Fr
FB 47 Kyle Boyd   So
OL 52 Sam Tecklenburg   So
OL 55 Xavier Newman-Johnson   Fr
OL 56 Tyrae Simmons   Sr
OL 57 Jason Moore   Fr
OL 58 Ty Smith   Fr
OL 61 Khalil Keith   Fr
OL 62 Dalton Justice   So
OL 63 Daniel Russell   Sr
OL 64 Ryan Miller   Fr
OL 65 Christian Beard   Jr
OL 69 Josh Malin   Jr
OL 71 Jim Threet   Fr
OL 72 Blake Blackmar   Jr
OL 75 Eleasah Anderson   Fr
OL 76 Mo Porter   Sr
OL 77 Patrick Lawrence   Jr
OL 78 Henry Klinge III   Fr
OL 79 Jake Fruhmorgen   Jr
WR 80 Tyler Jaynes   Sr
WR 81 Blake Murphy   Sr
TE 82 Tyler Henderson   Fr
WR 83 Russell Morrison   Fr
WR 84 Jalen Hurd   Sr
TE 85 Jordan Feuerbacher   Sr
TE 86 Rob Saulin   Fr
TE 87 Jayson Clements   Jr
WR 88 Quan Jones   Sr
Defense
Pos. # Name Class
LB 1 Taylor Young   Sr
S 2 Taion Sells   Sr
S 3 Chris Miller So
CB 4 Grayland Arnold So
DE 5 Brian Nance   Sr
DT 9 Ira Lewis   Jr
CB 11 Jameson Houston   So
S 12 Davion Hall   Sr
CB 13 Raleigh Texada   Fr
LB 15 Eric Ogor   So
S 18 Chance Waz   Sr
CB 19 Niko Harrell   So
S 20 Rajah Preciado   So
CB 22 Jordan Tolbert   So
LB 24 Jalen Pitre Fr
LB 26 Terrel Bernard Fr
S 27 Verkedric Vaughns   Jr
LB 28 Henry Black   So
S 29 Jarrod Koym   Jr
S 30 Tre'von Lewis Fr
CB 31 Harrison Hand Fr
LB 32 Lenoy Jones Jr.   So
DE 33 DJ Artis Fr
CB 35 Ezekiel Brown   Fr
LB 36 Allen Anderson   Fr
CB 37 Timarcus Davis Fr
LB 38 Jordan Williams   So
S 39 John Arthur Fr
DL 40 Deonte Williams   Jr
S 41 Connor Stanton Fr
S 42 Jairon McVea   Fr
DE 43 Jamie Jacobs   Jr
LB 44 Clay Johnston   So
LB 45 Bryson Jackson   Jr
DE 48 BJ Thompson Fr
LB 49 Chad Kelly   Fr
LB 50 Ashton Logan Fr
DE 52 Greg Roberts   Jr
DL 54 Will Jones   Jr
DE 55 James Lockhart   Jr
DE 56 K.J. Smith   Sr
LB 57 Iain Hunter   Sr
LB 58 Michael McNair   Fr
LB 59 Koby Bullard   So
DT 73 Chidi Ogbonnaya   Fr
DT 78 Cody George   So
DE 90 Tyrone Hunt   So
DE 91 Andrew Morris   Jr
DT 92 Micheal Johnson   So
DT 93 James Lynch   Fr
DE 94 Xavier Jones   Sr
DE 96 Cole Maxwell   Fr
DE 98 Justin Harris   Fr
DT 99 Bravvion Roy   So
Special teams
Pos. # Name Class
P/K 36 Drew Galitz   Jr
K 89 Jay Sedwick Fr
K 95 Peter Webster   So
K/P 96 Connor Martin   So
LS 41 Clint Kelly   Jr
LS 46 Ross Matiscik   So
LS 51 Chris Lutzel   So
LS 67 Thor Rodoni   So
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  •   Injured
  •   Redshirt

Roster

References

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  1. ^ Newton, David (September 29, 2021). "Carolina Panthers' top-ranked defense reflects 'old-man' strength of Phil Snow". ESPN. Retrieved December 5, 2023.
  2. ^ "2017 Football Schedule Released" (Press release). Baylor University Department of Athletics. December 13, 2016. Archived from the original on February 14, 2017. Retrieved February 14, 2017.
  3. ^ "2017 Baylor Bears Football Schedule". FB Schedules. Retrieved February 14, 2017.
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