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BAYLOR ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS – Sept. 9, 2019</span></b><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">MIMS, ARNOLD EARN WEEKLY BIG 12 HONORS
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<i><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt">Denzel Mims was named Big 12 Co-Offensive Player of the Week, Grayland Arnold Special Team Player of the Week.
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<b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">For more information contact: </span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Rachel Caton, 254-652-2061, </span><span style="color:black"><a href="mailto:Rachel_Caton@baylor.edu"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#954F72">Rachel_Caton@baylor.edu</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">WACO, Texas</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> – Senior wide receiver
<b>Denzel Mims</b> was named Big 12 Co-Offensive Player of the Week, while junior safety/punt returner
<b>Grayland Arnold</b> was named Big 12 Special Teams Player of the Week for Week 2, it was announced by the Conference office Monday afternoon.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Mims tied his career high with three touchdown receptions in the Bears’ 63-14 victory over UTSA on Saturday afternoon. He opened up scoring for the Bears on the day with a 9-yd
touchdown reception in the first quarter, then added a 30-yd touchdown reception in the second quarter and his third TD reception of the day was a 26-yd pass that he hauled in for the score in the second quarter. He finished with 101 receiving yards on seven
receptions (averaging 14.4 yards per catch), his seventh-career 100 yard plus receiving performance.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Overall, Mims now has 19 career touchdowns, good for sole possession of ninth on the Baylor all-time TD list for receivers. He also ranks 13<sup>th</sup> with 132 career receptions
and now has 2,052 receiving yards in his career, good for 10<sup>th</sup> best all-time at Baylor.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">This is Mims’ first-career Player of the Week honor and the first Offensive Player of the Week selection for the Bears since Shock Linwood on Oct. 3, 2016. He received the honor
as Co-Offensive Player of the Week with Texas’ Devin Duvernay. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Junior safety/punt returner Grayland Arnold ran back the first punt return for a touchdown for the Bears since Levi Norwood’s 58-yd punt return TD vs. Texas Tech on Nov. 16,
2013. On Saturday vs. UTSA, Arnold ran one back 73 yards for his first-career punt return touchdown, good for the ninth longest in Baylor history (tying Don Huggins’ 73-yd TD return vs. TCU in 1970) and the longest since Shaun Rochon’s 85-yd punt return touchdown
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The honor is the first of Arnold’s career and the first Special Teams Player of the Week honor for the Bears since Drew Galitz on Sept. 24, 2018.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The Bears have now had six different Big 12 weekly honorees under head coach Matt Rhule.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">BU (2-0) is idle this week before heading to Rice on Saturday, Sept. 21 for a 6 p.m. CT kick on CBSSN.
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<p><strong><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">BAYLOR'S 2019 BIG 12 PLAYERS OF THE WEEK</span></strong><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><br>
Sept. 9 –<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Denzel Mims<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>(Offense)<br>
Sept. 9 – Grayland Arnold (Special Teams)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<strong><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">BAYLOR'S BIG 12 OFFENSIVE PLAYERS OF THE WEEK</span></strong><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><br>
2002 - Jonathan Golden, RB (Sept. 7)<br>
2006 -<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><dfn><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-style:normal">Shawn Bell</span></dfn>, QB (Oct. 23)<br>
2007 - Blake Szymanski, QB (Sept. 10)<br>
2008 - Robert Griffin III, QB (Sept. 15)<br>
2009 -<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><dfn><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-style:normal">Nick Florence</span></dfn>, QB (Nov. 9)<br>
2010 - Robert Griffin III, QB (Oct. 24)<br>
2011 - Robert Griffin III, QB (Sept. 6)<br>
2011 - Robert Griffin III, QB (Nov. 21)<br>
2011 - Terrance Ganaway, RB (Nov. 28)<br>
2011 - Robert Griffin III, QB (Dec. 5)<br>
2012 -<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://baylorbears.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=1510"><span style="color:#092017;text-decoration:none">Lache Seastrunk</span></a>, RB (Dec. 3)<br>
2013 -<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://baylorbears.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=1510"><span style="color:#092017;text-decoration:none">Lache Seastrunk</span></a>, RB (Oct. 7)<br>
2013 -<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Shock Linwood, RB (Nov. 11)<br>
2013 -<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Bryce Petty, QB (Nov. 18)<br>
2014 -<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Seth Russell, QB (Sept. 8)<br>
2014 -<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Bryce Petty, QB (Oct. 13)<br>
2014 -<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Corey Coleman, WR (Nov. 10)<br>
2015 -<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Corey Coleman, WR (Sept. 14)<br>
2015 -<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Seth Russell, QB (Oct. 19)<br>
2015 -<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>KD Cannon, WR (Nov. 23)<br>
2016 -<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Seth Russell, QB (Sept. 26)<br>
2016 -<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Shock Linwood, RB (Oct. 3)<br>
<b>2019 – Denzel Mims, WR (Sept. 9)</b> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">BAYLOR'S BIG 12 SPECIAL TEAMS PLAYERS OF THE WEEK</span></strong><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><br>
<span style="background:white">2003 - Robert Quiroga, WR (Nov. 10)</span><br>
<span style="background:white">2004 - Braelon Davis, CB (Sept. 27)</span><br>
<span style="background:white">2004 - Willie Andrews, S (Nov. 1)</span><br>
<span style="background:white">2005 - Ryan Havens, PK (Oct. 10)</span><br>
<span style="background:white">2005 - Daniel Sepulveda, P (Nov. 21)</span><br>
<span style="background:white">2006 - Daniel Sepulveda, P (Nov. 6)</span><br>
<span style="background:white">2010 - Derek Epperson, P (Nov. 1)</span><br>
<span style="background:white">2011 - </span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Aaron Jones<span style="color:black;background:white">, PK (Sept. 6)</span><span style="color:black"><br>
<span style="background:white">2014 - </span></span>Terrell Burt<span style="color:black;background:white">, S (Oct. 6)</span><span style="color:black"><br>
<span style="background:white">2017 –<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><dfn><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-style:normal">Connor Martin</span></dfn><span style="background:white">, PK (Sept. 25)</span><br>
<span style="background:white">2018 –<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><dfn><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-style:normal">Drew Galitz</span></dfn><span style="background:white">, P (Sept. 24)<br>
<b>2019 – Grayland Arnold, PR (Sept. 9)</b> </span></span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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