[BAYLOR FOOTBALL] Six Baylor Football Standouts Earn CoSIDA Academic All-District Honors

[Ingram, Brent]

BAYLOR ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS – Nov. 22, 2022

Six FB Standouts Earn CoSIDA Academic All-District Honors
Baylor has six players honored with all-district accolades

For more information contact: Brent Ingram; 210-845-8651, brent_ingram at baylor.edu<mailto:brent_ingram at baylor.edu> or Max Calderone; 254-265-1639, max_calderone at baylor.edu<mailto:max_calderone at baylor.edu>

WACO, Texas -- A total of six Baylor football standouts have earned Academic All-District accolades from the College Sports Information Directors Association, it was announced on Tuesday afternoon.



Dillon Doyle, Jacob Gall, John Mayers, Brooks Miller, Issac Power and Brayden Utley were each honored with academic all-district accolades. The six are now eligible for Academic All-America honors from CoSIDA.



A fifth-year senior linebacker, Doyle has been a team leader for the Bears throughout the last two seasons. A native of Iowa City, Iowa, Doyle sports a 3.97 GPA while working on a master’s degree in business administration. Doyle leads the team in 2022 with 71 tackles, including three QB hurries, two pass break-ups and two interceptions. Over his career – which featured two seasons at Iowa to open his collegiate journey – Doyle has totaled 242 tackles, with 217 coming at BU. He has 11.5 tackles for a loss, three interceptions and two sacks. He also serves as a fullback offensively, owning three catches and two TD grabs, and nine rushes with one TD scamper. Doyle was a preseason All-Big 12 selection by the media, Athlon, Phil Steele, Dave Campbell’s Texas Football and Pick Six Preview in 2022. He was a nominee for the Campbell Trophy – the top academic award in college football – and on the Bronko Nagurski Trophy Watch List.



Gall, a native of Cincinnati, Ohio, is a sixth-year senior offensive lineman who is one of the top centers in college football. He is working on his master’s degree in sports management and owns a 3.58 GPA. Gall has played in 57 games over his career, including 25 games at Buffalo before journeying to Waco. Gall was a preseason All-American in 2022 by three publications, and earned preseason all-conference from five outlets. He was on the Rimington Trophy and Outland Trophy Watch List.



A fifth-year senior place kicker out of Flower Mound, Texas, Mayers owns a 3.89 GPA while working on his master’s degree in sports management. Mayers has gone 7 of 8 in field-goal attempts in 2022 and is 39 of 41 in PATs. He is 4 of 5 from 40-49 yards with a season-long of 49 that served as the difference in Baylor’s win at Oklahoma. Mayers is 33 for 42 in his career in field-goal tries and is 117 for 119 in PATs, ranking tops in program history in field-goal percentage (78.6).



Miller, a sophomore linebacker out of West Monroe, La., sports a 3.6 GPA while working on his degree in health, kinesiology and leisure studies. Miller has gone for a career-high 17 tackles in 2022, with 1.5 tackles for a loss, one sack and two pass break-ups. Miller has played in 19 games over two seasons, with 24 career tackles and 2.5 stops for a loss.



A fifth-year senior punter out of Castle Rock, Colo., Power owns a 3.77 GPA while working on his master’s of sports management. Power had charted a 43.0 per punt average as a senior, with 12 downed inside the 20-yard line and five going for 50+ yards. Power owns a 41.8 career average over 49 games and averaged a career-best 44.7 as a junior while helping lead BU to the Big 12 Conference Championship. Power was preseason all-conference in 2022 by two outlets and was a member of the Ray Guy Award Watch List, given annually to the nation’s best punter.



A native of Huntington Beach, Calif., Utley is a fifth-year senior who owns a 3.52 GPA while efforting his master’s in sports management. Utley has played in all 11 games with eight tackles, 1.5 tackles for a loss and 0.5 sacks, adding two QB hurries. Utley has played in 45 career games with 54 tackles, eight tackles for a loss and three sacks.



Baylor (6-5, 4-4 Big 12 Conference) wraps up its regular-season schedule with an 11 a.m. kickoff on Friday at Texas (7-4, 5-3 Big 12). The game will be televised live on ESPN and broadcast live on the Baylor Sports Network from Learfield.



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Brent Ingram | Assistant AD for Communications
Department of Athletics | Baylor University
C: 210-845-8651

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