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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. 14, 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">Bryson Washington Named FWAA Freshman All-America</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">Baylor Running Back Named First-Team Freshman All-America<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,
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</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 running back Bryson Washington – who shattered the program standard for rushing
yards in a season by a freshman – has been named Freshman All-America by the Football Writers Association of America, it was announced on Tuesday afternoon.
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">A native of Franklin, Texas, Washington was one of two tailbacks listed on the FWAA Freshman All-America team and one of 14 offensive players. A 6-foot, 203-pound redshirt
freshman, Washington set the Baylor freshman record with 1,028 rushing yards, on 175 carries, while scoring 12 rushing TDs. He also caught 22 balls for 217 yards and a score.
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Washington ranked third among NCAA freshman in rushing yards and TDs. Despite missing the first two games of the year due to injury, Washington averaged 113.2 all-purpose yards
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">He had six games with at least 100 yards rushing, including four straight games to end the regular season. After opening the Kinder’s Texas Bowl with five carries for 24 yards,
Washington suffered an injury that ended his game and kept him from five straight 100+ yard games. In his starting debut vs. Air Force, Washington had 12 carries for 106 yards and a TD. He found his groove with a two-score game on 10 carries and 116 yards
in a beatdown of Texas Tech in Lubbock, following by 78 yards on 17 carries vs. Oklahoma State. A four-TD game on 26 carries and 196 yards vs. TCU started a stretch of four straight 100-yard games. He went for three rushing TDs and a receiving TD on 18 carries
for 123 yards, adding 59 yards receiving, in a win at West Virginia. After 113 yards at Houston, Washington had 192 yards and two TDs on 28 carries vs. Kansas.
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Washington is the fifth Baylor player to earn FWAA Freshman All-America honors since the award was conceptualized in 2001 and the first since Richard Reese in 2022.
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">All-Time Baylor FWAA Freshman All-America Selections<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">2006: Joe Pawelek, LB
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">2014: KD Cannon, WR; Taylor Young, LB<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">2022: Richard Reese, RB<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">2024: Bryson Washington, RB<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">FWAA Freshman All-America<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">OFFENSE<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">QB DJ Lagway, Florida<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">QB LaNorris Sellers, South Carolina<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">RB Ahmad Hardy, ULM<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">RB Bryson Washington, Baylor<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">WR Jeremiah Smith, Ohio State<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">WR Bryant Wesco Jr., Clemson<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">WR Ryan Williams, Alabama<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">TE Mason Williams, Ohio
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">OL Aidan Banfield, North Carolina<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">OL Tyler Mercer, North Texas<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">OL Elijah Paige, USC<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">OL Tyson Ruffins, Nevada<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">OL Jordan Seaton, Colorado<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">OL Josiah Thompson, South Carolina<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">DEFENSE<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">DL Jamarioius Brown, Ole Miss<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">DL Jayden Jackson, Oklahoma<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">DL Colin Simmons, Texas<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">DL Dylan Stewart, South Carolina<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">LB Sammy Brown, Clemson<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">LB Isaiah Chisom, Oregon State<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">LB Josiah Trotter, West Virginia<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">CB OJ Frederique Jr., Miami<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">CB Ashton Hampton, Clemson<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">CB Leonard Moore, Notre Dame<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">S KJ Bolden, Georgia<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">S Koi Perich, Minnesota<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">S Zechariah Poyser, Jax State<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">K Nolan Hauser, Clemson<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">P Rhys Dakin, Iowa<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">KR Samuel Singleton Jr., Florida State<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">PR Kam Shanks, UAB<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">AP Isaac Brown, Louisville<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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