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<a name="_Hlk490052374"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">BAYLOR ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS –
</span></b></a><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">July 31, 2023<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;color:black">Baylor Football’s Richard Reese Named to Maxwell Award Watch List<br>
</span></b><i><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">Award honors most outstanding player in college football<br>
</span></i><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">For more information contact:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black"> Brent Ingram, 210-845-8651,
</span><a href="mailto:Brent_Ingram@Baylor.edu"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Brent_Ingram@Baylor.edu</span></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">; Max Calderone, 254-265-1639,
</span><a href="mailto:Max_Calderone@Baylor.edu"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Max_Calderone@Baylor.edu</span></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">; or Colin Pirtle, 940-564-0351,
</span><a href="mailto:Colin_Pirtle1@Baylor.edu"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Colin_Pirtle1@Baylor.edu</span></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt">PHILADELPHIA –
</span></b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt">Baylor sophomore running back Richard Reese has been named to the Maxwell Award Watch List, as announced Monday by the Maxwell Football Club.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt">Reese is one of 85 candidates named to the award’s watch list, which is presented annually to the most outstanding player in college football. He is one of 13 Big 12 players
named to the list, including one of just three league running backs.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt">Already a preseason All-Big 12 honoree, Reese was tabbed a Freshman All-American in 2022 after shattering Baylor’s rookie rushing record with 972 yards on 198 carries. He added
14 touchdowns, which ranked fourth-best in BU single-season history, and finished just 28 yards shy of becoming the 16<sup>th</sup> 1,000-yard rusher in program history.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt">The Bellville, Texas, native logged three games of 100+ yards rushing and was twice named the Big 12 Newcomer of the Week in 2022. For his efforts, Reese was also named the
Big 12 Offensive Freshman of the Year by the league coaches and Offensive Freshman of the Year in the state of Texas by Dave Campbell’s Texas Football a year ago.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt">The Maxwell Award has been presented to the College Player of the Year since 1937 and is named in honor of Robert “Tiny” Maxwell, a former standout at Swarthmore College and
a renowned sportswriter and football official. Semifinalists for the award will be announced on Nov. 13, while the three finalists will be unveiled on Nov. 28.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt">The winner of the 87<sup>th</sup> Maxwell Award will be revealed as part of the ESPN Home Depot College Football Awards Show held on Dec. 7. The formal presentation of the
Maxwell Award will be made at the Maxwell Football Club Awards in March 2024.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt">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-size:10.5pt;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt">2023 Baylor Football Preseason Honors<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt">Baylor<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt">Preseason Offensive Line of the Year (College Football Network)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt">Monaray Baldwin, WR<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt">Preseason All-Big 12 Fourth Team (Athlon Sports)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt">Preseason All-Big 12 Honorable Mention (College Football Network)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt">Clark Barrington, OL<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt">Preseason All-Big 12 First Team (College Football Network)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt">Preseason All-Big 12 Second Team (PFF)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt">Preseason All-Big 12 Third Team (Athlon Sports, Phil Steele)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt">Campbell Barrington, OL<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt">Preseason All-Big 12 Honorable Mention (College Football Network)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt">Gavin Byers, OL
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt">Preseason All-Big 12 Honorable Mention (College Football Network)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt">TJ Franklin, DL<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt">Preseason All-Big 12 Fourth Team (Athlon Sports)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt">Gabe Hall, DL<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt">Preseason All-Big 12 First Team (Phil Steele)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt">Preseason All-Big 12 Third Team (Athlon Sports)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt">Preseason All-Big 12 Honorable Mention (College Football Network)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt">Matt Jones, LB<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt">Preseason All-Big 12 Second Team (Athlon Sports)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt">Preseason All-Big 12 Third Team (College Football Network)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt">Devin Lemear, S<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt">Preseason All-Big 12 Third Team (Phil Steele)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt">Preseason All-Big 12 Fourth Team (Athlon Sports)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt">Preseason All-Big 12 Honorable Mention (College Football Network)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt">Garmon Randolph, OLB<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt">Preseason All-Big 12 Fourth Team (Athlon Sports)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt">Preseason All-Big 12 Honorable Mention (College Football Network)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt">Richard Reese, RB<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt">Maxwell Award Watch List<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt">Preseason All-Big 12 First Team (Athlon Sports, Big 12 Media, PFF)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt">Preseason All-Big 12 Third Team (College Football Network)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt">Dominic Richardson, RB<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt">Preseason All-Big 12 Third Team (Phil Steele)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt">Mike Smith Jr., LB<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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