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<p class="MsoNormal" align="right" style="text-align:right"><a name="_Hlk490052374"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">BAYLOR ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS – </span></b></a><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">October
26, 2020<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Bernard Named Big 12 Defensive Player of the Week <br>
</span></b><i><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Junior linebacker Terrel Bernard tied his career high with 19 tackles on Saturday against Texas<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">For more information contact:<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Zach
Rhodes, 919-247-7585,<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a href="mailto:Zach_Rhodes@baylor.edu" title="mailto:Zach_Rhodes@baylor.edu"><span style="color:#0563C1">Zach_Rhodes@baylor.edu</span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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</span><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">WACO, Texas –</span></b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white"> For his dominant performance on the defensive
side of the ball on Saturday against Texas, junior Terrel Bernard was named the Big 12 Defensive Player of the Week, the league office announced on Monday.</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">Bernard tied his career-high with an impressive 19 tackles, including nine solo, two tackles-for-loss, one sack and a pass breakup. His two 19-tackle
performances (19 tackles vs. TCU last season) are the most by any Baylor player since 2011. The 19 takedowns are the most by a Big 12 player this season and second most in a college football game so far in 2020.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">The double-digit tackle performance is his sixth dating back to last season. In only three games this year, Bernard has totaled 40 tackles which
is second best in the Big 12, while he is averaging a league-best 13.3 per contest, with the conference's secondary leader averaging just 9.0 tackles per game. His 13.3 tackles per game are fourth in the nation, while his sacks per game (1.17) rank first in
the Big 12 and ninth in the country. In addition, his 1.83 tackles-for-loss per game is tied for the best in the conference.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">This is the third Big 12 Defensive Player of the Week honor for Bernard as he earned the award twice last season on Oct. 21 and Nov. 11.</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b>BAYLOR'S BIG 12 DEFENSIVE PLAYERS OF THE WEEK</b><br>
2001 - Samir Al-Amin, FS (Nov. 24)<br>
2004 - Willie Andrews, RS (Sept. 27)<br>
2005 - Colin Allred, LB (Nov. 21)<br>
2006 - Dwain Crawford, CB (Oct. 2)<br>
2007 - Jordan Lake, FS (Sept. 24)<br>
2008 - Joe Pawelek, LB (Nov. 17)<br>
2009 - Joe Pawelek, LB (Sept. 8)<br>
2010 - Byron Landor, S (Oct. 18)<br>
2010 - Byron Landor, S (Nov. 1)<br>
2011 - Elliot Coffey, LB (Nov. 14)<br>
2011 - Sam Holl, S (Dec. 5)<br>
2012 - Joe Williams, CB (Nov. 19)<br>
2012 - Eddie Lackey, LB (Nov. 26)<br>
2012 - Eddie Lackey, LB (Dec. 3)<br>
2013 - Terrell Burt, S (Sept. 23)<br>
2013 - Eddie Lackey, LB (Oct. 21)<br>
2013 - K.J. Morton, CB (Dec. 9)<br>
2014 - Shawn Oakman, DE (Nov. 24)<br>
2015 - Shawn Oakman, DE (Oct. 26)<br>
2015 - Andrew Billings, NT (Nov. 23)<br>
2016 - Orion Stewart, S (Sept. 12)<br>
2016 - Travon Blanchard, NB (Sept. 26)<br>
2016 - Ryan Reid, CB (Oct. 17)<br>
2018 – Clay Johnston, LB (Nov. 5)<br>
2019 – Clay Johnston, LB (Sept. 30)<br>
<b>2019 –<i> </i>Terrel Bernard, LB (Oct. 21) <br>
2019 – Terrel Bernard, LB (Nov. 11)<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black">Zach</span></b><span style="color:black"> Rhodes | Associate Director of Athletics Communications<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Department of Athletics | Baylor University<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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