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Jersey Number 90
Jaxon Player
- Position:
- Defensive Line
- Height:
- 6-0
- Weight:
- 299
- Class:
- Fifth Year
- Hometown:
- Waco, Texas
- High School:
- Midway HS / Tulsa
CAREER HONORS
• 2021 First Team All-AAC
• 2021 Pro Football Focus All-America Third Team
• 2020 First Team All-AAC
2022 (Fifth-Year Senior)
Played in all 13 games and made three starts … Totaled 19 tackles, including four for a loss with 0.5 sacks, adding a QB hurry and a pass break-up … Had two tackles, including 1.5 for a loss and half a sack, with a pass break-up in his Baylor debut vs. UAlbany … Made a tackle at No. 21 BYU … Had three stops and a tackle for a loss vs. Texas State … Made a season-high four tackles with half a stop for a loss vs. No. 7 Oklahoma State … Had a stop at West Virginia … Made a tackle in a win at Oklahoma … Had a QB hurry vs. No. 19 Kansas State … Made two stops vs. No. 4 TCU and two at No. 23 Texas, with one going for a loss … Made three tackles in the Armed Force Bowl vs. Air Force.
2021 (Senior/Tulsa)
Played in all 13 games at tackle, with 12 starts … Was a second-team all-ACC selection … Named to the Pro Football Focus All-America third team … Led the team with 14.0 tackles for loss for -40 yards … Had the second most tackles for loss in the AAC … Finished second on the team with 4.0 sacks for -22 yards … Had a forced fumble and a fumble recovery … Finished fourth on the team with 49 total tackles … Notched a tackle-for-loss in nine of the 13 games played in 2021 … Had a season-high six tackles with a tackle for loss against Navy … Tallied five tackles, 1.5 sacks and 2.5 tackles for loss against Memphis … Recorded five tackles and a forced-fumble against No. 2 Cincinnati … Had five tackles and a tackle for loss against Oklahoma State … Had a tackle for loss against No. 9 Ohio State … Recorded three tackles, two tackles for loss and a sack at Tulane … Tallied five tackles, 1.5 tackles for loss and 0.5 sacks in the regular-season finale against SMU … Had five tackles, 1.5 tackles for loss and 1 sack against Old Dominion in the Myrtle Beach Bowl … Named to the Bronko Nagurski preseason watch list … Named to the Chuck Bednarik Award preseason watch list.
2020 (Junior/Tulsa)
Played and started in all nine games at tackle … Was a first-team all-AAC selection … Registered 37 tackles, 9.5 TFLs for -26 yards, three sacks for -6 yards, five QB hurries and two blocked kicks … Ranked 8th in the AAC for tackles for lost yards … Tallied a career-best 12 tackles and 4.5 TFLs for -12 yards at Navy, while earning the AAC Defensive Player of the Week award for his performance … Had three tackles vs. #11 OSU, including one stop for -4 yards … Tallied four stops and one TFL for -3 yards at #11 UCF … Had three tackles and one TFL for -1 yard at USF …Totaled two tackles, four QB hurries and blocked a field goal against ECU … Had three stops and his first career sack for -3 yards vs. Tulane … Had four stops, 0.5 TFL for -2 yards, one fumble recovery and blocked one field in the AAC Championship game at #6 Cincinnati … Totaled five tackles and 0.5 TFL for -1 yard vs. Mississippi State in the Armed Forces Bowl.
2019 (Sophomore/Tulsa)
Played in nine games and started eight contests … Totaled 35 stops and seven tackles for -13 yards … Had a season-high seven stops against Navy … Missed the Memphis, Tulane and UCF games with an injury … Returned to the lineup as a starter against Houston and had five stops and one TFL … Totaled four tackles, one TFL for -4 yards and one caused fumble at East Carolina … Also tallied four stops in the Michigan State and Oklahoma State games.
2018 (Freshman/Tulsa)
Played in 10 games as a true freshman … Did not play vs. Arkansas State and Navy ... Had 14 tackles ... Had a season-high four stops in three games, including UCA, USF and Tulane … Also blocked a PAT at #23 USF.
High School
Was a three-year letterwinner at Waco Midway High School … Helped lead his team to a 15-1 record as a senior and played in the state championship game … Totaled 136 tackles, including 23 TFLs and nine sacks as a senior … Earned first-team Super Centex honors his senior season … Earned a three-star Rivals.com rating … Was credited with 271 tackles, 47 TFLs, 26 hurries and 18 sacks in his three seasons … Also caused seven fumbles and three recoveries in his career … Had a No. 3 ranking as a defensive tackle in the state of Texas by MaxPreps … High school coach was Jeff Hulme.
Personal
Mother’s name is Christy Player … Has four siblings … Majoring in management.
• 2021 First Team All-AAC
• 2021 Pro Football Focus All-America Third Team
• 2020 First Team All-AAC
2022 (Fifth-Year Senior)
Played in all 13 games and made three starts … Totaled 19 tackles, including four for a loss with 0.5 sacks, adding a QB hurry and a pass break-up … Had two tackles, including 1.5 for a loss and half a sack, with a pass break-up in his Baylor debut vs. UAlbany … Made a tackle at No. 21 BYU … Had three stops and a tackle for a loss vs. Texas State … Made a season-high four tackles with half a stop for a loss vs. No. 7 Oklahoma State … Had a stop at West Virginia … Made a tackle in a win at Oklahoma … Had a QB hurry vs. No. 19 Kansas State … Made two stops vs. No. 4 TCU and two at No. 23 Texas, with one going for a loss … Made three tackles in the Armed Force Bowl vs. Air Force.
2021 (Senior/Tulsa)
Played in all 13 games at tackle, with 12 starts … Was a second-team all-ACC selection … Named to the Pro Football Focus All-America third team … Led the team with 14.0 tackles for loss for -40 yards … Had the second most tackles for loss in the AAC … Finished second on the team with 4.0 sacks for -22 yards … Had a forced fumble and a fumble recovery … Finished fourth on the team with 49 total tackles … Notched a tackle-for-loss in nine of the 13 games played in 2021 … Had a season-high six tackles with a tackle for loss against Navy … Tallied five tackles, 1.5 sacks and 2.5 tackles for loss against Memphis … Recorded five tackles and a forced-fumble against No. 2 Cincinnati … Had five tackles and a tackle for loss against Oklahoma State … Had a tackle for loss against No. 9 Ohio State … Recorded three tackles, two tackles for loss and a sack at Tulane … Tallied five tackles, 1.5 tackles for loss and 0.5 sacks in the regular-season finale against SMU … Had five tackles, 1.5 tackles for loss and 1 sack against Old Dominion in the Myrtle Beach Bowl … Named to the Bronko Nagurski preseason watch list … Named to the Chuck Bednarik Award preseason watch list.
2020 (Junior/Tulsa)
Played and started in all nine games at tackle … Was a first-team all-AAC selection … Registered 37 tackles, 9.5 TFLs for -26 yards, three sacks for -6 yards, five QB hurries and two blocked kicks … Ranked 8th in the AAC for tackles for lost yards … Tallied a career-best 12 tackles and 4.5 TFLs for -12 yards at Navy, while earning the AAC Defensive Player of the Week award for his performance … Had three tackles vs. #11 OSU, including one stop for -4 yards … Tallied four stops and one TFL for -3 yards at #11 UCF … Had three tackles and one TFL for -1 yard at USF …Totaled two tackles, four QB hurries and blocked a field goal against ECU … Had three stops and his first career sack for -3 yards vs. Tulane … Had four stops, 0.5 TFL for -2 yards, one fumble recovery and blocked one field in the AAC Championship game at #6 Cincinnati … Totaled five tackles and 0.5 TFL for -1 yard vs. Mississippi State in the Armed Forces Bowl.
2019 (Sophomore/Tulsa)
Played in nine games and started eight contests … Totaled 35 stops and seven tackles for -13 yards … Had a season-high seven stops against Navy … Missed the Memphis, Tulane and UCF games with an injury … Returned to the lineup as a starter against Houston and had five stops and one TFL … Totaled four tackles, one TFL for -4 yards and one caused fumble at East Carolina … Also tallied four stops in the Michigan State and Oklahoma State games.
2018 (Freshman/Tulsa)
Played in 10 games as a true freshman … Did not play vs. Arkansas State and Navy ... Had 14 tackles ... Had a season-high four stops in three games, including UCA, USF and Tulane … Also blocked a PAT at #23 USF.
High School
Was a three-year letterwinner at Waco Midway High School … Helped lead his team to a 15-1 record as a senior and played in the state championship game … Totaled 136 tackles, including 23 TFLs and nine sacks as a senior … Earned first-team Super Centex honors his senior season … Earned a three-star Rivals.com rating … Was credited with 271 tackles, 47 TFLs, 26 hurries and 18 sacks in his three seasons … Also caused seven fumbles and three recoveries in his career … Had a No. 3 ranking as a defensive tackle in the state of Texas by MaxPreps … High school coach was Jeff Hulme.
Personal
Mother’s name is Christy Player … Has four siblings … Majoring in management.
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