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<p class="MsoNormal" align="right" style="text-align:right"><a name="_Hlk490052374"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">BAYLOR ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS –
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Baylor Football Earns Four Senior Bowl Watch List Selections<br>
</span></b><i><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Baldwin, Finn, Linton and Randolph garner spots on all-star game list<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">For more information contact:</span></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> Max Calderone, 254-265-1639,
<a href="mailto:Max_Calderone@Baylor.edu">Max_Calderone@Baylor.edu</a> <b> </b><br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">WACO, Texas –
</span></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Baylor football seniors Monaray Baldwin, Dequan Finn, Steve Linton and Garmon Randolph have been named to the 2025 Reese’s Senior Bowl Watch List, as announced Wednesday by the all-star game.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Baldwin has produced 10 total touchdowns (eight receiving, two rushing) throughout his tenure with the Bears and is coming off a career year that saw him post team-highs in receptions (38)
and receiving yards (623). The native of Killeen, Texas, averaged 51.9 yards per game and 16.4 yards per catch in 2023, while racking up three games with 100+ receiving yards. A 2022 All-Big 12 Fourth Team selection by Phil Steele and honorable mention pick
by the league coaches, Baldwin was also named No. 41 on Bruce Feldman’s Freaks List as one of the fastest players in college football, his second-career mention in the popular
<i>The Athletic</i> preseason article.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">The 2023 MAC Most Valuable Player, Finn joins the BU roster having played in 45 games over his collegiate career, including 32 starts. He has racked up 7,074 yards and 63 passing touchdowns,
while rushing for another 1,840 yards in his career on 389 carries with 25 TDs. A widely recognized quarterback this preseason, Finn is looking to build off his standout 2023 season in which he led the MAC in passing efficiency (151.04), yards (2,657), touchdown
passes (22) and total offense (247.7).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Another newcomer to Waco, Linton dons the green and gold as a sixth-year veteran outside linebacker. In 37 career games since 2019, Linton has racked up 67 total tackles including 7.5 sacks
between four years at Syracuse and a stop at Texas Tech. The native of Dublin, Ga., had a standout performance against the Bears in 2023, racking up three sacks and forcing two fumbles in Tech’s victory in Waco. Linton was also named a preseason All-Big 12
Third Team pick by College Football Network earlier this summer. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Randolph has made 91 total tackles over the last five seasons at Baylor, including 6.5 sacks. He appeared in 11 games and made five starts a year ago, racking up 23 stops with a fumble recovery
and a pass breakup. Randolph logged a career-high 4.5 sacks in 2022, including two sacks at Texas Tech, to set a single-game personal best. This is Randolph’s first preseason honor of the 2024 season.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Nine Bears have represented the green and gold at the event over the last six seasons, most recently with Gabe Hall in the 2024 game.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">The Reese’s Senior Bowl is widely regarded as the preeminent college football all-star game and the first stage in the NFL Draft process. The longest continual-running all-star game has taken
place in Mobile, Ala., the past 75 years. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">This year’s game will be held on Saturday, Feb. 1, 2025, and will be broadcast on the NFL Network.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">To stay up to date on all things Baylor football, follow the team on its official Facebook, Twitter and Instagram accounts: @BUFootball.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">2024 Baylor Football Preseason Honors
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Monaray Baldwin, WR<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Reese’s Senior Bowl Watch List<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Bruce Feldman’s Freaks List (No. 41)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Athlon Sports Preseason All-Big 12 Fourth Team (WR)<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Phil Steele Preseason All-Big 12 Fourth Team (WR)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Campbell Barrington, OL<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">DCTF Preseason All-Texas First Team (OT)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">DCTF Lone Star Top 50 (No. 35)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Devyn Bobby, S<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Athlon Sports Preseason All-Big 12 Fourth Team (S)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Josh Cameron, WR<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Athlon Sports Preseason All-Big 12 Second Team (PR)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">College Football Network Preseason All-Big 12 Second Team (PR)<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Phil Steele Preseason All-Big 12 Second Team (PR)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Phil Steele Preseason All-America Fourth Team (PR)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Alvin Ebosele, OL<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Phil Steele Preseason All-Big 12 Fourth Team (OL)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Dequan Finn, QB<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Reese’s Senior Bowl Watch List<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Maxwell Award Preseason Watch List<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Davey O’Brien Award Preseason Watch List<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award Preseason Watch List<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Ashtyn Hawkins, WR<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Biletnikoff Award Preseason Watch List<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Caden Jenkins, CB<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">DCTF Preseason All-Texas First Team (CB)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Pick Six Previews Preseason All-Big 12 Second Team (DB)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Athlon Sports Preseason All-Big 12 Third Team (CB)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Phil Steele Preseason All-Big 12 Fourth Team (CB)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">College Football Network Preseason All-Big 12 Honorable Mention (CB)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Matt Jones, LB<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">DCTF Preseason All-Texas First Team (LB)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Athlon Sports Preseason All-Big 12 Second Team (LB)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Phil Steele Preseason All-Big 12 Second Team (LB)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">College Football Network Preseason All-Big 12 Third Team (LB)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Kyler Jordan, OLB<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Wuerffel Trophy Watch List<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Cooper Lanz, DT<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">College Football Network Preseason All-Big 12 Honorable Mention (DT)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Steve Linton, OLB<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Reese’s Senior Bowl Watch List<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">College Football Network Preseason All-Big 12 Third Team (EDGE)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Tonga Lolohea, DL<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Polynesian College Football Player of the Year Award Preseason Watch List<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Hal Presley, WR<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">CSC Comeback Player of the Year Award Watch List<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Coleton Price, OL<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Athlon Sports Preseason All-Big 12 Fourth Team (OL)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Garmon Randolph, OLB<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Reese’s Senior Bowl Watch List<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Richard Reese, RB/KR<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Paul Hornung Award Preseason Watch List<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Jet Award Preseason Watch List<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">DCTF Lone Star Top 50 (No. 43)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Phil Steele Preseason All-Big 12 First Team (KR)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Athlon Sports Preseason All-Big 12 Second Team (KR)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">College Football Network Preseason All-Big 12 Second Team (KR)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Kaden Sieracki, OG<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">College Football Network Preseason All-Big 12 Third Team (OG)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Carl Williams IV, CB<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">College Football Network Preseason All-Big 12 Second Team (CB)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">College Football Network Preseason All-Big 12 Defensive Line of the Year<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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