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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 class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span></b></a><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Dec.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Baylor FB’s Pitre Named AFCA All-American<br>
</span></b><i><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Senior DB garners more first-team honors<br>
</span></i><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"> Max Calderone, 254-265-1639,<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a href="mailto:Max_Calderone@Baylor.edu" title="mailto:Max_Calderone@Baylor.edu"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0563C1">Max_Calderone@Baylor.edu</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> </span></span><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> </span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt">WACO, Texas –</span></b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt"> Baylor football senior
Jalen Pitre has been named to the 2021 American Football Coaches Association (AFCA) All-America First Team, as announced Wednesday.<br>
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This is the fifth All-America recognition of the 2021 postseason for Pitre and his fourth as a first-team selection.<br>
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Pitre led the Big 12 with 17.5 tackles for loss as part of his 70 total tackles on the year. He also added three forced fumbles, three fumble recoveries, 2.5 sacks, two interceptions and seven pass breakups. A Jim Thorpe Award finalist, Pitre is the nation’s
only player to record at least three fumble recoveries, three forced fumbles and two interceptions in 2021.<br>
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The Stafford, Texas, native ranked among the nation’s best in fumble recoveries (3, t-3<sup>rd</sup>) and TFL’s (17.5, 7<sup>th</sup>), while placing 25<sup>th</sup> in the Big 12 with 5.4 tackles per game. He was one of just 21 Big 12 players with at least
two INT’s in 2021. The senior has excelled in Dave Aranda’s STAR position, a hybrid safety/linebacker with freedom to disrupt plays in the backfield, collecting a tackle for loss in 12 of 13 games this season and 22 of his last 25 career games.<br>
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With this accolade, Pitre becomes Baylor’s 22nd AFCA<i> </i>All-American all-time. The Bears have had eight honorees in the last 10 seasons, including three-consecutive years.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><u>2021 BAYLOR FOOTBALL POSTSEASON HONORS</u></b></span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt">Dave Aranda, Head Coach<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt">Big 12 Coach of the Year (AP, Bear Bryant Awards)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt">DCTF All-Texas Second Team Head Coach<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt">Eddie Robinson Coach of the Year Finalist<br>
Paul “Bear” Bryant Award Finalist<br>
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<b>Terrel Bernard, LB<br>
</b>All-Big 12 First Team (AP, Coaches)<br>
DCTF Best Linebacker<br>
DCTF All-Texas First Team<br>
Mayo Clinic Comeback Player of the Year Semifinalist<br>
Reese’s Senior Bowl All-America<br>
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<b>Gerry Bohanon, QB<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt">All-Big 12 Honorable Mention (Coaches)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt">Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Award Semifinalist<br>
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<b>Dillon Doyle, LB<br>
</b>All-Big 12 Honorable Mention (Coaches)<br>
DCTF All-Texas Second Team<br>
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<b>Trestan Ebner, RB<br>
</b>Big 12 Special Teams Player of the Year (Coaches)<br>
All-Big 12 First Team (All-Purpose, AP; KR/PR, Coaches)<br>
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<b>TJ Franklin, DL<br>
</b>All-Big 12 Honorable Mention (Coaches)<br>
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<b>Jacob Gall, OL<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt">All-America Second Team (FWAA)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt">All-Big 12 Second Team (AP)<br>
All-Big 12 Honorable Mention (Coaches)<br>
DCTF All-Texas Second Team<br>
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<b>Connor Galvin, OL<br>
</b>All-America First Team (<i>The Athletic),</i> Third Team (AP)<br>
Big 12 Offensive Lineman of the Year (Coaches)<br>
All-Big 12 First Team (AP, Coaches)<br>
DCTF All-Texas First Team<br>
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<b>Jeff Grimes, Offensive Coordinator</b><br>
Broyles Award Finalist<br>
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<b>Siaki Ika, DL<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt">Big 12 Defensive Newcomer of the Year (Coaches)<br>
All-Big 12 First Team (AP)<br>
All-Big 12 Second Team (Coaches)<br>
DCTF All-Texas First Team<br>
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<b>Cole Maxwell, DL<br>
</b>All-Big 12 Honorable Mention (Coaches)<br>
Mayo Clinic Comeback Player of the Year nominee<br>
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<b>Christian Morgan, S<br>
</b>All-Big 12 Honorable Mention (Coaches)<br>
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<b>Xavier Newman-Johnson, OL<br>
</b>All-Big 12 Honorable Mention (Coaches)<br>
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<b>Offensive Line – Unit<br>
</b>Joe Moore Award Semifinalists<br>
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<b>Jalen Pitre, S</b><br>
All-America First Team (AFCA, AP, <i>The Athletic,</i> ESPN, FWAA, Walter Camp), Second Team (<i>Sporting News)</i><br>
Big 12 Defensive Player of the Year (AP, Coaches)<br>
All-Big 12 First Team (AP, Coaches)<br>
DCTF Defensive Player of the Year<br>
DCTF Best Safety<br>
Reese’s Senior Bowl All-America<br>
Jim Thorpe Award Finalist<br>
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<b>Ben Sims, TE<br>
</b>All-Big 12 Honorable Mention (Coaches)<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt">Abram Smith, RB<br>
</span></b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt">All-Big 12 Second Team (AP, Coaches)<br>
DCTF All-Texas First Team<br>
Doak Walker Award Semifinalist<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt">Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Award Finalist<br>
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<b>R.J. Sneed, WR<br>
</b>All-Big 12 Honorable Mention (Coaches)<br>
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<b>Tyquan Thornton, WR<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt">All-Big 12 Second Team (AP, Coaches)<br>
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<b>JT Woods, S<br>
</b>All-Big 12 Honorable Mention (Coaches)<br>
DCTF All-Texas Second Team<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:#154734">Max Calderone</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black"> | Associate Director of Athletics Communications (BSB, FB, EQ)</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">Department of Athletics | Baylor University</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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