Baylor's disastrous 2025 football campaign is now solidly in the rearview, at least on the field. However, Baylor fans have been subjected to an already
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.
The 2025 Baylor Bears football season has been scrutinized with a magnifying glass since the Bears finished with a 5-7 record. It was the fourth losing campaign in six seasons under Aranda since he took the head coaching job in 2020.
Baylor has lost a few players on the defensive side of the field to the transfer portal, but now the Bears have lost their first big contributor on the offensive side.
In the preseason, the Baylor Bears were looked upon as the team to beat in the Big 12 Conference in 2025, as they returned 18 starters, including 10 on offense and starting quarterback Sawyer Robertson.
Baylor football secured its defensive coordinator after Matt Powledge left for North Texas. Dave Aranda moved quickly and landed Kansas State's long-time DC Joe Klanderman.
The hits keep coming to the Baylor defense. On Friday, On3's Pete Nakos revealed that redshirt sophomore DK Kalu was entering the transfer portal. The 6-foot-4, 309-pound lineman played in eight games for Baylor this season.
The Baylor Bears have found their man. Newly anointed defensive coordinator Joe Klanderman will stay in the Big 12 Conference, moving from Kansas State to take over Dave Aranda’s defense in 2026.
Coming into the year, the comparisons between former Big 12 Rookie of the Year and current Philadelphia 76er VJ Edgecombe and Baylor five-star freshman Tounde Yessoufou happened early and often.
It is awards and accolades season in this off season and the Baylor Bears football squad has been recognized once again. Two of the Bears gridiron stars have earned All-American status for their performances during the 2025 season.
Caden Jenkins is officially in the transfer portal, and while that news doesn’t shock anyone, it does bring some finality to what’s been a messy couple of weeks in Waco.
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.