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2025 BIG 12 SCHOLAR-ATHLETE OF THE YEAR (COACHES): Sawyer Robertson, QB, Baylor,...Sawyer Robertson, the 2025 Big 12 Scholar-Athlete of the Year, was not only a leader on the field as one of the nation's leaders in every major passing statistic, but he also boasts a 3.72 GPA as a Marketing major. Robertson is the third player in Baylor history to receive the award and the first since Dillon Doyle in 2022. The senior finished his Baylor career with 599 completions, 7,616 passing yards and 68 career touchdowns, which all rank in the top five in program history. - Big 12 Football

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12/05/25 - Palmer Williams, Jr/2027, Baylor, 6-2, 201 (DS#1 P) + More +

2025 BIG 12 SPECIAL TEAMS PLAYER OF THE YEAR (COACHES): Palmer Williams, P, Baylor,...The Big 12 Special Teams Player of the Year, punter Palmer Williams from Baylor, averaged 46.93 yards per punt this season. He tallied a punt of 50 yards or more in seven of his 12 appearances this season, and only one of his attempts resulted in a touchback. - Big 12 Football

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P Palmer Williams, Baylor
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11/30/25 - DJ Lagway, So/2028, Baylor, 6-3, 241 (DS#9 QB) + More +

Florida hired Tulane's Jon Sumrall as its next coach Sunday, settling for its second choice after Lane Kiffin reportedly picked LSU over the Gators. Sumrall finalized a six-year, $44.7 million contract that comes with incentives, according to a person familiar with the search. The person spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because financial details were not released. The deal averages $7.45 million annually. The 43-year-old Sumrall will remain with the 22nd-ranked Green Wave for next week's American Conference title game and through the College Football Playoff if Tulane makes the 12-team field. The Gators also are on the verge of signing general manager Dave Caldwell, who won a Super Bowl during his five seasons with the NFL's Philadelphia Eagles. He also spent eight years (2013-20) with the Jacksonville Jaguars and built a roster that made the AFC title game. Caldwell is expected to help manage Florida's salary cap and evaluate college talent as demands on coaches have expanded with the burgeoning transfer portal and name, image and likeness payments. Sumrall played linebacker at Kentucky (2002-04) and returned to his alma mater for a three-year stint before becoming Troy's head coach in 2022. He won consecutive Sun Belt championships in two seasons with the Trojans and then enjoyed similar success at Tulane.

Sumrall is 19-7 in two years in New Orleans and led the Green Wave to the American championship game both seasons. So he has made four league title games in four years as a head coach. The Gators are hoping he's Urban Meyer 2.0 and not Billy Napier 2.0. "Not many coaches win big at two different non-Power programs, and even fewer do it as quickly as Jon has done it," Florida athletic director Scott Stricklin said. "He joins rare company - coaches like Urban Meyer, Brian Kelly and Willie Fritz - who've delivered immediate success at multiple stops. Jon's track record of rapid turnarounds speaks directly to his leadership and the culture he establishes." Sumrall had been considered a possibility at Auburn, Arkansas and Ole Miss. Florida made a late push when Kiffin's interest in the Gators waned. Florida fans are likely to view him as a consolation prize, another gamble from a Group of Five conference. Sumrall replaces Napier, who was fired in mid-October and went 22-23 over four seasons in Gainesville. Napier was nicknamed "Sun Belt Billy" because he often looked in over his head in the powerhouse Southeastern Conference. Going back to Louisiana for another G5 coach? And a defensive guy to boot? That's a bold move for Stricklin, who is sure to draw the ire of the Florida faithful for failing to land Kiffin. He was roundly booed at a championship celebration to honor men's basketball coach Todd Golden and his title-winning team in April. Now, the fan base is calling for his job. - AP College Football

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11/28/25 - DJ Lagway, So/2028, Baylor, 6-3, 241 (DS#9 QB) + More +

Florida has shifted focus from Lane Kiffin in the school's coaching search, as the school has sensed through irregular communication that he is interested in other options, sources told ESPN on Friday. Florida, which is searching for former coach Billy Napier's successor, has interviewed roughly a dozen candidates and is optimistic about the process. Louisville's Jeff Brohm, Tulane's Jon Sumrall and Washington's Jedd Fisch are believed to be among the candidates the Gators are still considering. Florida targeted Kiffin early in the search and offered him a deal to put him among the highest-paid coaches in college football, which included significant incentives.

Ole Miss officials told ESPN ahead of Friday's Egg Bowl against Mississippi State in Starkville that Kiffin is expected to provide them with a decision about his future on Friday night or Saturday. He's also considering a lucrative contract offer from SEC rival LSU. LSU also wants an answer from Kiffin, as the coaching carousel has intensified the Tigers' search, as well as a potential one at Ole Miss if Kiffin leaves. Missouri's Eli Drinkwitz and Vanderbilt's Clark Lea, two of the top candidates believed to be under consideration at either Florida or LSU, signed six-year contract extensions with their respective schools in the past 24 hours. If the No. 7 Rebels defeat the Bulldogs on Friday, they'll finish 11-1 and are expected to reach the College Football Playoff for the first time. They would possibly host a first-round game at Vaught-Hemingway Stadium in Oxford, Mississippi, on Dec. 19 or 20. If Kiffin decides to leave for LSU, the Rebels have an interim plan in place. Sources previously told ESPN that former New York Giants interim coach Joe Judge would likely serve as interim head coach. - ESPN College Football

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11/10/25 - DJ Lagway, So/2028, Baylor, 6-3, 241 (DS#9 QB) + More +

The Florida Gators are sticking with struggling quarterback DJ Lagway for Saturday's game at No. 6 Ole Miss. Interim coach Billy Gonzales said Lagway will take first-team repetitions in practice this week but added that "competition is great for everybody." Gonzales benched Lagway at halftime of last week's 38-7 loss to Kentucky, replacing him with freshman Tramell Jones. Lagway completed 11 of 19 passes for 83 yards with a touchdown and three interceptions. Jones was 9-of-17 passing for 60 yards. Gonzales used a Major League Baseball analogy to explain his rationale for the move. "If a pitcher's struggling in the major leagues, what do you do? You get the next guy in, right?" Gonzales said Monday. "It doesn't mean that he's not a great pitcher. Just means that wasn't his day. For some reason or another, it wasn't breaking. For some reason or another, he didn't have the day that he wanted to have. "I talked to him about that. I said, 'So you're a great player, but I'm not going to let somebody just continue to struggle. I wanted to bring you out and let you refocus, let you gather, let you learn, and hopefully it's a learning experience. It's going to make you better this week when we prepare for Ole Miss." Lagway has thrown for 1,762 yards with 11 touchdowns and 12 interceptions this season. He has eight TDs and all his picks since beating lower-division Long Island in the season opener.

The Gators (3-6, 2-4 SEC) expected Lagway to show steady improvement after he missed most of the offseason while recovering from core-muscle surgery, pain in his throwing arm and then a strained left calm. But that hasn't been the case. He continues to regress after going 6-1 as a starter as a freshman in 2024 and now faces constant questions about his future with a program that is searching for its next head coach. The 20-year-old Lagway has declined to commit to Florida beyond this season despite having lucrative name, image and likeness deals with Gatorade, Jordan Brand, Mercedes-Benz of Gainesville, Lamborghini Orlando, T-Mobile, Beats by Dre, Chipotle, Red Bull and others. He signed a promotional deal with Hollister just days before getting benched against the Wildcats. - AP College Football

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QB DJ Lagway, Baylor
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11/01/25 - Michael Trigg, rSr/2026, Baylor, 6-4, 246 (DS#4 TE) + More +

With his five-catch, 82-yard and one touchdown performance, Trigg now holds Baylor's single-season record for receiving yards by a tight end with 607, is tied for first in single-season TDs with six and is tied in single-season receptions with 43. - AP College Football

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TE Michael Trigg, Baylor
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11/01/25 - Sawyer Robertson, rSr/2026, Baylor, 6-4, 221 (DS#11 QB) + More +

Sawyer Robertson threw for three touchdowns, true freshman Caden Knighten rushed for a career-high 104 yards and Baylor got back in the win column with a 30-3 victory over UCF on Saturday. Baylor (5-4, 3-3 Big 12) scored points on four of its first five drives, including a pair of TD tosses from Robertson to former USC and Ole Miss tight end Michael Trigg and wide receiver Josh Cameron. The Bears built a 20-3 lead by halftime, and Connor Hawkins drilled his third field goal late in the third quarter to put them up 20. Hawkins made kicks from 41-, 40- and 28-yards out. Robertson completed 29 of 40 passes for 267 yards but coughed up his first fumble of the season on a strip sack late in the first half. He has 2,780 yards and 26 touchdowns passing overall, both marks rank near the top of the FBS.

UCF (4-4, 1-4) scored its only points as time expired in the first half. The Knights were set up with a short field after Robertson's fumble, and Noe Ruelas drilled a 45-yard field goal. The Knights' other drives ended in four punts, three turnovers on downs, a missed field goal and two interceptions, one of which set up Baylor's only TD of the second half. Tayven Jackson was 18-of-33 passing for 151 yards with two interceptions for UCF. Duane Thomas Jr. rushed eight times for 77 yards. - Baylor/AP College Football

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QB Sawyer Robertson, Baylor
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10/19/25 - DJ Lagway, So/2028, Baylor, 6-3, 241 (DS#9 QB) + More +

Florida fired coach Billy Napier on Sunday, dumping him a day after an error-filled win against Mississippi State that included more head-scratching calls and offensive lulls like those that marked much of his four-year run with the Gators. Athletic director Scott Stricklin made the move following a 23-21 victory that looked like it was going to be gut-wrenching loss until defensive tackle Michai Boireau picked off a pass with 21 seconds remaining and the Bulldogs near field-goal range. The game-sealing takeaway energized the Swamp, but the home crowd quickly turned on Napier and booed him as he sprinted off the field.

Stricklin had seen enough and pulled the plug on a run that most of the Florida faithful thought lasted longer than it should have. "While his influence was positive, it ultimately did not translate into the level of success we expect on the field," Stricklin said in a lengthy statement. Napier went 22-23 in four seasons at Florida, including 12-16 in Southeastern Conference play. He was 5-17 against ranked opponents, including 0-14 away from home, and declined to give up his play-calling role despite calls to do so. Equally damning: his 3-12 mark against rivals Florida State, Georgia, LSU, Miami and Tennessee includes the fewest wins by a Florida coach in such games since the late 1930s. Receivers coach Billy Gonzales is the interim head coach for Florida's remaining five games, beginning against rival Georgia (6-1, 4-1 Southeastern Conference) on Nov. 1 in Jacksonville. The Gators (3-4, 2-2) have an off week to regroup from the chaos that often comes with a coaching change. Jettisoning Napier will temporarily quell a frustrated fanbase, but the group won't truly be satisfied until the Gators hire someone with a proven track record at college football's highest level. Mississippi coach Lane Kiffin is expected to top the list, although Stricklin passed on him when he hired Napier from Louisiana-Lafayette in November 2021. Louisville's Jeff Brohm, Missouri's Eli Drinkwitz and Notre Dame's Marcus Freeman also could be targets. - AP College Football

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QB DJ Lagway, Baylor
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10/13/25 - Sawyer Robertson, rSr/2026, Baylor, 6-4, 221 (DS#11 QB) + More +

MIDSEASON AP BIG 12 TOP OFFENSIVE PLAYER: Sawyer Robertson, the only 2,000-yard FBS passer, leads the nation with 343 yards per game and 19 touchdowns for Baylor. He is 158-of-248 passing (63.7%) for 2,058 yards with a streak of 10 multiple-TD games in a row that goes back to last season. - AP College Football

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10/08/25 - DJ Lagway, So/2028, Baylor, 6-3, 241 (DS#9 QB) + More +

WEEK 6 SEC OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: DJ Lagway, QB, Florida,...Lagway completed 21-of-28 passes (75.0%) for a season-high 298 yards (third-highest total of career) and two touchdowns...Was a perfect 4-for-4 for 31 yards on Florida's opening drive...He posted the third-best quarterback rating of his career (180.8) while completing at least 75% of his passes for the second time in five starts this season...Has posted a QB rating above 130.0 in nine of his last 11 games...Lagway delivered a 150.0-plus rating for the eighth time in his career. He has thrown a touchdown in 10 out of his last 12 contests...Lagway's 60-yard connection with WR Vernell Brown III marked his 14th-career completion of 40-plus yards. - SEC Football

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QB DJ Lagway, Baylor
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10/04/25 - Jacob Redding, rSo/2028, Baylor, 6-1, 188 (DS#11 FS) + More +

Connor Hawkins kicked a 53-yard field goal with 31 seconds left after Jacob Redding's go-ahead 66-yard interception return for a touchdown as Baylor rallied twice in the fourth quarter for a 35-34 victory over Kansas State on Saturday. Hawkins matched the longest kick of his career after Luis Rodriguez had put the Wildcats in front with a 22-yard field goal with 1:48 remaining. Kansas State (2-4, 1-2 Big 12) had to settle for the kick after having a first down at the Baylor 2-yard line. Rodriguez had a chance for a game-winner from 56 yards, but 6-foot-4 defensive end Cooper Lanz blocked it with 2 seconds to go. The Bears (4-2, 2-1) held on two weeks after losing to Arizona State on a game-ending field goal in their previous home game.

Michael Trigg had career highs with eight catches for 155 yards and sparked Baylor's rally from a 14-point deficit with a 42-yard grab a play before making a spectacular one-handed catch while getting one foot down on the sideline. Sawyer Robertson's 11-yard scoring pass to Bryson Washington came on the next play, and Robertson's conversion run cut Baylor's deficit to 31-25. Avery Johnson, who threw for touchdowns and ran for a score, had kept a potential clock-killing drive alive with two third-down conversions but he threw into traffic on first down in Baylor territory with the six-point lead. Redding picked off the pass, ran left up the sideline and cut back inside with the speedy Johnson pursuing to finish off the score untouched. Baylor had earlier pulled within six on quarterback Sawyer Robertson's 2-point conversion run after his TD pass to Bryson Washington, Hawkins' PAT kick put the Bears in front 32-31. Johnson's 12-yard scoring pass to Jayce Brown broke a 17-17 halftime tie, and the Wildcats went up two touchdowns on Dylan Edwards' 5-yard run late in the third quarter. - Baylor/AP College Football

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FS Jacob Redding, Baylor
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09/29/25 - Sawyer Robertson, rSr/2026, Baylor, 6-4, 221 (DS#11 QB) + More +

WEEK 5 BIG 12 CO-OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Sawyer Robertson, QB, Baylor,...Robertson ranked in the top three nationally for the week with 393 passing yards and four touchdown passes in Baylor's win in Stillwater. He connected with four different Bears in the endzone, giving the program its first game in a decade of four different receivers catching a touchdown. His performance also marked his fifth-straight game with at least three passing touchdowns, the longest streak by a Big 12 quarterback since Kyler Murray in 2018. - Big 12 Football

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QB Sawyer Robertson, Baylor
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09/27/25 - Sawyer Robertson, rSr/2026, Baylor, 6-4, 221 (DS#11 QB) + More +

Sawyer Robertson passed for 393 yards and four touchdowns, and Baylor ruined Oklahoma State's first game without Mike Gundy as head coach in more than 20 years with a 45-27 victory on Saturday. Robertson threw each of his touchdown passes to a different player and also ran for a score. Josh Cameron caught six passes for 98 yards for the Bears (3-2, 1-1 Big 12), who gained 612 total yards. Zane Flores passed for 232 yards for Oklahoma State, which lost its first game under interim coach Doug Meacham. Trent Howland had career highs of 84 yards and two touchdowns rushing for the Cowboys (1-3, 0-1).

Despite the loss, it was a significant improvement for the Cowboys, whose previous losses were 69-3 to Oregon and 19-12 to Tulsa. The Cowboys posted a season-high 448 yards. Oklahoma State showed early that it planned to open things up. The Cowboys scored their first points of Meacham's tenure on a double pass. Receiver Sam Jackson V completed a 26-yard touchdown pass to Josh Ford that tied the game at 7 in the first quarter. Robertson threw three touchdown passes in the first half to help Baylor take a 28-20 lead at the break, despite Oklahoma State outgaining the Bears 349 yards to 285. Howland added to his career day by throwing a 13-yard completion, then running in from a yard out on the next play to cut Baylor's lead to 35-27 in the third. That was the closest Oklahoma State would get. - Baylor/AP College Football

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QB Sawyer Robertson, Baylor
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09/21/25 - DJ Lagway, So/2028, Baylor, 6-3, 241 (DS#9 QB) + More +

The Florida Gators shuffled into the visitor's locker room at Hard Rock Stadium, mostly quiet, some with their heads bowed. Running back Jadan Baugh, who scored Florida's only touchdown, paused before entering the locker room and shook his head, still absorbing the sting of Saturday's 26-7 loss to No. 4 Miami - a game in which the Gators struggled offensively and failed to capitalize on an uneven offensive performance by the Hurricanes. The scene seemed to encapsulate what has been a dreadful season for Florida, which is off to its worst start (1-3) in 39 years despite a talented roster that many picked to be a formidable competitor this season in the Southeastern Conference. The Gators have hardly looked the part in the first four games of the season, which have featured a rout of Long Island University, a collapse against South Florida in a game they were heavily favored, and road losses to No. 3 LSU and Miami. T "We've got work to do," said embattled Florida coach Billy Napier, whose record with the Gators fell to 20-22.

Florida's only scoring drive came on the first possession of the third quarter, when quarterback D.J. Lagway extended the drive with a fourth-down run and Baugh capped it off with a 2-yard rushing touchdown. Lagway, Florida's sophomore quarterback who was 6-1 as a starter in 2024, was 12 of 23 for only 61 yards and no touchdown passes. "It's very frustrating," Lagway said. "We've got to clean a lot of things up. That's nowhere near the brand of football wen want to play." Lagway added that improvement starts with him. He admitted Saturday wasn't his best performance, noting that he just took what the defense gave him and only managed the game. "I'm going to demand greatness from everybody," Lagway said. "We're done with the playing around stuff. It's time to get serious. And it starts with me. I've got to set the tempo. I set the tone - in practice, in meetings, everywhere. So I know for a fact that it's going to change because it starts with me." - AP College Football

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QB DJ Lagway, Baylor
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09/15/25 - Palmer Williams, Jr/2027, Baylor, 6-2, 201 (DS#1 P) + More +

WEEK 3 BIG 12 CO-SPECIAL TEAMS PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Palmer Williams, P, Baylor,...The Preseason All-Big 12 selection at punter, Williams picked up his weekly honor following his performance versus Samford. He booted four times with an average of 48.5 yards per punt, including a pair inside the 20-yard line. His average was fourth best in FBS for the week, and his punt from 59 yards out was the 31st punt of 50 or more yards of his career. - Big 12 Football

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P Palmer Williams, Baylor
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