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<h1 align="right" style="text-align:right"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;text-decoration:none">BAYLOR ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS – Jan. 6, 2025<o:p></o:p></span></b></h1>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Cameron, Williams Named Phil Steele All-Americans</span></b><b><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black;background:white">Cameron, Williams Earn All-America Honors; Bell, Thomas Named Honorable Mention<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt">For more information contact:
</span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt">Brent Ingram; 210-845-8651, </span><a href="mailto:brent_ingram@baylor.edu"><span style="font-size:9.0pt">brent_ingram@baylor.edu</span></a><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="font-size:9.0pt">
</span></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt"> </span><span style="font-size:9.0pt">or Max Calderone; 254-265-1639,
</span><a href="mailto:max_calderone@baylor.edu"><span style="font-size:9.0pt">max_calderone@baylor.edu</span></a><span style="font-size:9.0pt">
</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt">or Josie Hutton; 254-709-7720, </span><a href="mailto:josie_hutton@baylor.edu"><span style="font-size:9.0pt">josie_hutton@baylor.edu</span></a><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">WACO, Texas --</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif"> Baylor football standouts Josh Cameron and Palmer Williams have earned All-America
honors from Phil Steele, it was announced. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Cameron was named a second-team All-American as a punt returner, while Williams was tabbed fourth-team punter. In addition, Baylor linebacker Keaton Thomas and kickoff returner
Jamaal Bell were named honorable mention. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Cameron is the first player in Baylor history to be named All-America as a punt returner and the first returner since Tristan Ebner in 2020 and 2021. Williams is the first
punter to earn All-America accolades since Derek Epperson in 2009 and Daniel Sepulveda in 2004, 2005 and as a consensus selection in 2006.
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">It marks the third, second-team All-America accolade of the season for Cameron, who was also tabbed second-team All-America by the Football Writers Association of America and
CBS Sports. He was also named first-team All-Big 12 Conference by the coaches in the circuit. A native of Cedar Park, Texas, Cameron averaged 20.7 yards per punt return, including a 73-yarder. In the Kinder’s Texas Bowl vs. LSU, Cameron returned an 82-yarder
for a touchdown but it was called back due to a roughing the punter penalty. Offensively, Cameron had a breakout season where he established himself as one of the nation’s top receiving threats, totaling 52 catches for 754 yards and 10 TDs, which ranked 13<sup>th</sup>
nationally. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Cameron finished just shy of qualifying for the nation’s lead in punt returns, which was capped at 1.2 returns per games played, and featured 1.08 punt returns per game for
the junior, meaning he finished three return attempts shy of the national lead. He did help the Bears lead the nation in punt returns, good for an average of 20.71 yards per return. Cameron finished the season ranked fourth in program history in single-season
punt return average and 10<sup>th</sup> in punt return yards, while his career average of 18.18 yards per punt return marks the best in Baylor annals.
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Williams was named first-team All-Big 12 Conference by the league’s coaches, the Associated Press, Sports Info Solutions and College Football News, who also tabbed him the
punter of the year. A sophomore out of Advance, N.C., Williams led the nation with a 49.3 yard per punt average, and had a long of 79 yards, which tied for the longest punt in the nation in 2024. Williams was also named to the Ray Guy Award Punter of the Year
Watch List and was a three-time member of Ray’s 8, which honors the best putting performances each week in college football.
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">The 6-foot-2, 201-pound Williams finished 2024 setting the program record for punting average (49.34) – which was 2.86 yards more than Sepvulveda during his unanimous first-team
All-America season in 2006, the previous record holder. He had 22 punts of 50 yards or more, ranking fourth in Baylor single-season history.
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Thomas led the Bears with 114 tackles, adding seven stops for a loss, with 2.5 sacks, one interception and three QB hurries. Despite playing the majority of the season with
a cast on his hand, Thomas totaled the most tackles in a season since Bryce Hager in 2012. A native of Jacksonville, Fla., Thomas totaled a nation-leading 107 tackles as a first-team junior college All-American in 2023 at Northeast Mississippi Community College.
He had four games with double-digit tackles, including a 13-tackle effort at Houston.
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Bell, a native of Lancaster, Calif., had a strong lone season after transferring from Nevada. He returned 22 kickoffs for a 24-yard average, including a 100-yard return for
a touchdown at Colorado. The all-time leading kickoff returner in Nevada history, Bell finished his career returning 2,239 yards worth of kickoffs.
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">2024 BAYLOR FOOTBALL POSTSEASON HONORS<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Omar Aigbedion, OL<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Second Team All-Big 12 (AP)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Honorable Mention All-Big 12 (Coaches)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">First Team All-Texas (DCTF)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Jamaal Bell, KR<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Honorable Mention All-America (Phil Steele) – KR<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Josh Cameron, WR<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Second Team All-America (FWAA, CBS Sports, Phil Steele) – PR<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Burlsworth Trophy Semifinalist<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">First Team All-Big 12 (Coaches) – KR/PR<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Honorable Mention All-Big 12 (Coaches) – WR<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Honorable Mention Big 12 Special Teams Player of the Year (Coaches)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Second Team All-Texas (DCTF) – WR<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Lorando Johnson, DB<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Honorable Mention All-Big 12 (Coaches)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Second Team All-Texas (DCTF)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Matt Jones, LB<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">First Team All-Big 12 (AP, Coaches)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Treven Ma’ae, DL<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Honorable Mention All-Big 12 (Coaches)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Jackie Marshall, DL<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Honorable Mention All-Big 12 (Coaches)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Sawyer Robertson, QB<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Second Team All-Texas (DCTF)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Keaton Thomas, LB<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Honorable Mention All-America (Phil Steele)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">First Team All-Big 12 (AP, Coaches)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Honorable Mention Big 12 Defensive Newcomer of the Year (Coaches)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">First Team All-Texas (DCTF)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Michael Trigg, TE<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Second Team All-Big 12 (Coaches)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Bryson Washington, RB<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Honorable Mention Big 12 Offensive Newcomer of the Year (Coaches)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Honorable Mention Big 12 Offensive Freshman of the Year (Coaches)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Second Team All-Texas (DCTF)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Palmer Williams, P<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Fourth-Team All-America (Phil Steele)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">First Team All-Big 12 (AP, Coaches)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">First Team All-Texas (DCTF)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Gavin Yates, FB<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Honorable Mention All-Big 12 (Coaches)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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