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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">December
17, 2020</span></b><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Ebner Named Special Teams Player of the Year, Leads Big 12 Honorees<br>
</span></b><i><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Returner Trestan Ebner is only the second player in Baylor history to be named Special Teams POTY<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">For more information contact:
</span></b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="mailto:Zach_Rhodes@baylor.edu">Zach_Rhodes@baylor.edu</a> or 919-247-7585</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><br>
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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"> Senior return man Trestan Ebner was named
the 2020 Big 12 Conference Special Teams Player of the Year, while junior defensive back Jalen Pitre was named First Team All-Big 12, the league announced Thursday.<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">Ebner finished the season second in the Big 12 in kick return average (32.2) and first kick return touchdowns with his two in the season opener against
Kansas. The Tyler, Texas native was fourth in the Big 12 in all-purpose yards with 116.3 per game, a majority of those coming in the return game. He became the first BU player to win the award since its inception in 2005. He joins Daniel Sepulveda who won
it in 2006.<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">Pitre ended his junior campaign 13th in the Big 12 in tackles per game with 6.7, while leading the team in total tackles with 60 and tackles-for-loss
with 13. He was also third in the Big 12 and 28th nationally in tackles-for-loss per game (1.44). In addition, Pitre was third on the team in sacks with 2.5 and the first Baylor player to have two interception returns for TD in same season.<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">Additionally, Second Team All-Big 12 honors included Ebner, junior wide receiver RJ Sneed (39 catches, 497 yards, three TDs) and junior linebacker
Terrel Bernard (55 tackles, 6.5 TFLs, 3.5 sacks). <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">Seven earned honorable mention distinction, senior defensive end William Bradley-King, sophomore linebacker Dillon Doyle, Ebner as a running back,
redshirt sophomore kicker John Mayers, junior defensive back Christian Morgan, Pitre as the defensive player of the year and junior defensive back J.T. Woods.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Big 12 Special Teams Player of the Year <br>
</span></b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Trestan Ebner (Kick Returner/Punt Returner, Sr.)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">First Team All-Big 12 <br>
</span></b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Jalen Pitre (Defensive Back, Jr.)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Second Team All-Big 12 <br>
</span></b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Terrel Bernard (Linebacker, Jr.)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Trestan Ebner (Kick Returner/Punt Returner, Sr.)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">RJ Sneed (Wide Receiver, Jr.)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Honorable Mention All-Big 12 <br>
</span></b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">William Bradley-King (Defensive Line, Sr.)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Dillon Doyle (Linebacker, So.)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Trestan Ebner (Running Back, Sr.)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">John Mayers (Kicker, R-So.)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Christian Morgan (Defensive Back, Jr.)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Jalen Pitre - received votes for Defensive Player of the Year (Defensive Back, Jr.)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black">Zach Rhodes</span></b><span style="color:black"> | Associate Director of Athletics Communications<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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