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<a name="_Hlk490052374"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">BAYLOR ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS –
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;color:black">Baylor Football’s Isaiah Hankins Named Big 12 Special Teams Player of the Week<br>
</span></b><i><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">Redshirt sophomore kicker tied BU record with four FGs in 32-29 victory at Cincinnati<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">IRVING, Texas –
</span></b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt">Baylor football redshirt sophomore kicker Isaiah Hankins has been named the Big 12 Special Teams Player of the Week, as announced by the conference office on Monday.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt">Hankins was outstanding for the Bears in their 32-29 victory at Cincinnati on Saturday, making all four of his field goal attempts and adding two PATs. The lefty from Little
Rock, Ark., connected twice on kicks of 43 yards out, nailed a 46-yarder and hit a career-long 54-yard attempt in helping BU to its second road win of the season. His four field goals and 14 points scored were both career bests.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt">Hankins also tied a program record in becoming the ninth kicker to make four FGs in one game and the first since 2017. Additionally, Hankins handled kickoff duties for the
first time this season and tallied three touchbacks in eight tries.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt">For the season, Hankins has made 15 of his 18 field goal attempts and has racked up 56 total points. He recently moved into the top-10 on Baylor’s all-time career points list
for kickers (10th, 163) and career field goals made leaderboard (ninth, 29). Hankins also currently sits second in program history with a .744 career field goal percentage, behind only John Mayers (.756).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt">This marks Baylor’s 21<sup>st</sup> all-time Big 12 Special Teams Player of the Week honor and first since Trestan Ebner brought home the hardware as a return man in 2021.
Hankins is the 16<sup>th</sup> different Bear to win the award and the sixth different place kicker, joining Mayers, Connor Martin, Chris Callahan, Aaron Jones and Ryan Havens.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt">Joining Hankins as this week’s Big 12 honorees are Oklahoma State running back Ollie Gordon II (Offensive), BYU cornerback Eddie Heckard (Defensive) and Oklahoma wide receiver
Nic Anderson (Newcomer).<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">BAYLOR’S ALL-TIME BIG 12 SPECIAL TEAMS PLAYERS OF THE WEEK:</span></u></b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt"><br>
2003 – Robert Quiroga, WR (Nov. 10)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt">2004 – Braelon Davis, CB (Sept. 27)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt">2004 – Willie Andrews, S (Nov. 1)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt">2005 – Ryan Havens, PK (Oct. 10)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt">2005 – Daniel Sepulveda, P (Nov. 21)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt">2006 – Daniel Sepulveda, P (Nov. 6)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt">2010 – Derek Epperson, P (Nov. 1)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt">2011 – Aaron Jones, PK (Sept. 6)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt">2014 – Terrell Burt, S (Oct. 6)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt">2014 – Chris Callahan, PK (Nov. 10)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt">2017 – Connor Martin, PK (Sept. 25)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt">2018 – Drew Galitz, P (Sept. 24)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt">2019 – Grayland Arnold, S/PR (Sept. 9)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt">2019 – John Mayers, K (Sept. 30)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt">2019 – John Mayers, K (Oct. 14)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt">2019 – Bravvion Roy, DT (Nov. 4)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt">2019 – John Mayers, K (Nov. 11)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt">2020 – Trestan Ebner, RB/KR (Sept. 28)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt">2020 – John Mayers, K (Nov. 30)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt">2021 – Trestan Ebner, RB/KR (Sept. 27)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt">2023 – Isaiah Hankins, K (Oct. 23)<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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