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<p class="MsoNormal" align="right" style="text-align:right"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">BAYLOR ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS – April 24, 2020</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">MIMS DRAFTED BY NEW YORK JETS IN THE SECOND ROUND OF 2020 NFL DRAFT
</span></b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">Mims is the highest-drafted Bear since 2016.
</span></i></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">For more information contact: </span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Rachel Caton, (254) 652-2061, <a href="mailto:Rachel_Caton@baylor.edu"><span style="color:#954F72">Rachel_Caton@baylor.edu</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">WACO, Texas</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white"> - Wide receiver </span><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="https://baylorbears.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=9325"><span style="color:#092017">Denzel
Mims</span></a></span></i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white"> was selected by the New York Jets in the second round of the 2020 NFL Draft, as the 59th pick overall, it was announced Friday evening on
day two of the draft. </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><br>
<span style="background:white"> </span><br>
<span style="background:white">Mims is the highest-drafted Bear since Corey Coleman was taken in the first round as the 15</span><sup>th </sup><span style="background:white">overall pick in 2016. Overall, he is the 16th wide receiver drafted out of Baylor since
1970 and the first since Coleman in 2016. </span><br>
<span style="background:white"> </span><br>
<span style="background:white">The Daingerfield, Texas, native is the seventh Bear to be drafted by the Jets all-time and the first since quarterback Bryce Petty was taken in the fourth round of the 2015 draft. Mims is the highest drafted BU player by the Jets
and the first of his position to be drafted to New York out of Waco. </span><br>
<span style="background:white"> </span><br>
<span style="background:white">Although Mims had a breakout year in 2019, he has consistently produced the past three seasons, as he was the only player in FBS with eight or more touchdowns in each of the last three seasons, with 12 in 2019 and eight apiece
in 2018 and 2017, respectively. As a senior in 2019, Mims starting all 14 games, finishing with 1,020 yards receiving on 66 receptions and 12 touchdowns as he earned First Team All-Big 12 honors by a vote of the league's coaches and was named to the Postseason
All-Texas Team by </span><i>Dave Campbell's Texas Football</i><span style="background:white">. His 12 touchdowns on the year ranked tied for fifth-most in Baylor single-season history and his 66 receptions tied for 10</span><sup>th </sup><span style="background:white">on
the single-season list. He had four 100+ receiving yard performances on the year, including three-straight 100+ yard performances vs. UTSA, at Rice and vs. Iowa State. He also had four multi-touchdown performances on the year, including a career-high three
touchdowns in a victory over UTSA. </span><br>
<br>
<span style="background:white">For his career, Mims is found throughout the BU record book, finishing sixth on Baylor's career receiving yards list with 2,925 yards, ranking third with 28 receiving touchdowns and fifth with 186 career receptions. He boasted two
1,000+ receiving yard seasons in his career, finishing with 1,020 in 2020 and 1,087 as a sophomore in 2017, making him only the third Bear in program history to complete the feat twice. He finished with 11-career 100+ yard receiving performances and was named
to the Biletnikoff Award watch list three times (2017-2019).</span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">BAYLOR WIDE RECEIVERS IN THE DRAFT
<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">1976, Ricky Thompson – 8<sup>th</sup> Rd (228<sup>th</sup>) Baltimore
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">1981, Robert Holt – 6<sup>th</sup> Rd (161<sup>st</sup>), Buffalo
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">1981, Mike Fisher – 8<sup>th</sup> (198<sup>th</sup>), St. Louis<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">1984, Gerald McNeil – 2<sup>nd</sup> Rd (44th), Cleveland
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">1984, Bruce Davis, 2<sup>nd</sup> Rd (50<sup>th</sup>), Cleveland
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">1989, John Simpson, 10<sup>th</sup> Rd (277<sup>th</sup>), Chicago
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">1992, Lee Miles, 11<sup>th</sup> Rd (294<sup>th</sup>), Miami
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">1993, Melvin Bonner, 6<sup>th
</sup>Rd (154<sup>th</sup>), Denver <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">1995, David Mims, (expansion), Carolina
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">2010, David Gettis, 6<sup>th</sup> Rd (198<sup>th</sup>), Carolina
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">2012, Kendall Wright, 1<sup>st
</sup> (20<sup>th</sup>) Tennessee <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">2012, Josh Gordon, 2<sup>nd
</sup>Rd (supplemental), Browns <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">2013, Terrance Williams, 3<sup>rd</sup> Rd (74<sup>th</sup>), Dallas
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">2014, Tevin Reese, 7<sup>th</sup> Rd (240<sup>th</sup>), San Diego
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">2017, Corey Coleman – 1<sup>st</sup> Rd (15<sup>th</sup> overall), Cleveland
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">2020, Denzel Mims – 2<sup>nd</sup> Rd (59<sup>th</sup> overall), New York Jets
<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">NEW YORK JETS BAYLOR DRAFT CHOICES<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">YEAR RND PICK NAME, POS.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">1962 ^5 37 Bobby Ply, DB<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">1970 13 332 Walter Groth, DT<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">1977 5 129 Gary Gregory, OL<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">2012 6 202 Terrance Ganaway, RB<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">2012 6 203 Robert T. Griffin, OG<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">2015 4 103 Bryce Petty, QB<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">2020 2 59 Denzel Mims, WR
<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">-baylorbears.com-<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:black">__________________________________</span></b><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:6.5pt;color:black"> </span></b><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#154734">Rachel Caton</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black"> | Associate Sports Information Director</span><span style="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="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">O: 254-710-3784 | C: 254-652-2061</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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