The Baylor Bears entered the 2025 campaign with high expectations. The Bears returned 18 starters and were picked by one college football analyst, Phil Steele, to raise the Big 12 Championship trophy at season’s end.
The Baylor Bears continued what has been a strong season for Scott Drew's team with a lopsided win on Sunday. After taking down Southern Unviersity 111-67, Baylor is 9-2 on the season with wins against Washington, Creighton and San Diego State, who each have intriguing NBA Draft prospects on their rosters.
Baylor is losing one of its most reliable defenders, with linebacker Keaton Thomas officially entering the transfer portal. It’s a big loss, plain and simple.
The transfer portal can giveth and it can also taketh. As of now, the Bears are losing a lot of players to the portal, and on Monday afternoon, a big one announced his intention to leave.
As first reported by SicEm365, Baylor tight end Kelsey Johnson is set to enter the portal. Johnson, a Class of 2022 high school prospect, appeared in 38 career games for the Bears over four seasons, seeing only four games during his junior year due to injuries and the preservation of his redshirt.
With the college basketball season in full effect, many programs across the country are beginning to see their stock go up or down after the first month or two of play.
The Baylor Bears 2026 recruiting class is loaded with talent, including three-star linebacker Jamarion Phillips. On Saturday, Phillips was a beast of a defender for the South Oak Cliff Golden Bears as they defeated Richmond Randle 35-19 in the Texas 5A-DII state championship.
Baylor had its 12th player decide they were going to enter the transfer portal when it opens on Jan 2. Defensive lineman Ronnie Mageo announced on social media that he will enter the portal.
QB Sawyer Robertson was second in the nation, averaging 306 yards per game through the air. He threw 31 touchdowns on the year, and Dave Aranda and OC Jake Spavital will be looking for a new QB to feature in Waco.
The Baylor Bears opened up their Christmas week with a Sunday matinee and a nice present, as they got their second win in 48 hours, this time over Southern University, 111-67.
The second-ranked Texas Longhorns had four ranked wins to their credit coming into Sunday, and there was not much standing in their way of a fifth such win against No. 13 Baylor.
Baylor just took another gut punch on the recruiting trail. Four-star cornerback Jamarion Vincent has officially flipped his commitment from the Bears to Michigan, marking the second blue-chip prospect Baylor has lost in the last 48 hours.