Baylor Bears Defense and Special Teams Depth Chart Prediction
The Baylor Bears had one of the best defenses in the entire nation last season.
That unit led Dave Aranda to his first Big 12 championship as the Baylor head coach and brought the Bears a dominant Sugar Bowl win over one of the best offenses in the country in 2021, the Ole Miss Rebels.
However, significant talent needs to be replaced on that defense, with perhaps the biggest hole coming at safety, where Jalen Pitre was selected in the second round by the Houston Texans.
Luckily for the Bears, eight other starters, including three along the defensive front will be returning to Waco next fall.
But what will the defense look like as a whole? InsideTheBears.com predicts the full depth chart below:
Defense
DE - Cole Maxwell (SR)* | TJ Franklin (SR)
NT - Siaki Ika (SR)* | Jaxon Player+ (SR)
DT - Gabe Hall (JR)* | Brayden Utley (SR)
JACK - Garmon Randolph (JR) | Tony Anyanwu (SO)
MIKE - Dillon Doyle (SR)* | Matt Jones (JR)*
WILL - Will Williams (JR) | Josh White (SO)+
CB - Al Walcott (SR)* | AJ McCarty (SO)
CB - Mark Milton (SR)* | Chateau Reed (SO)
STAR - Lorando Johnson (FR) | Romareo Noel (FR)
FS - Christian Morgan (SR)* | Devin Lemear (FR)
WS - Devin Neal (JR) | Cisco Caston (FR)
Special Teams
PK - Isaiah Hankins (SO) | John Mayers (SR)
KO - Noah Rauschenberg (SR) | John Mayers (SR)
P - Issac Power (SR) | Noah Rauschenberg (SR
KR - Craig Williams (JR) | Josh Fleaks (SR)
PR - Gavin Holmes (SR) | Craig Williams (JR)
LS - Garrison Grimes (SR)
H - Issac Power (SR) | Blake Shapen (SOO)
+ = Transfer
* = Returning Starter
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