Baylor

CAREER HONORS
• Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll (8x) 

2021 (Senior) First-Team All-Big 12 (AP & Conference) ... Dave Campbell's Texas Football Best Linebacker ... DCTFB All-Texas First Team ... Mayo Clinic Comeback Player of the Year Semifinalist ... Reese's Senior Bowl All-American ... Bednarik Award Watch List ... Butkus Award Watch list ... Nagurski Award Watch List ... Senior Bowl Watch List ... Preseason All-Big 12 selection by five publications (Athlon, Street & Smith’s, Lindy’s, Media, Phil Steele) ... Senior captain ... Started all 13 of Baylor's 14 games ... Named the Most Valuable player of the Sugar Bowl after a record-tying 20-tackle, two-sack game against Ole Miss ... Named Big 12 Defensive Player of the Week following nine-tackle, two-sack game vs. OU (11/15) ... Fifth in the Big 12 in total tackles (106) ...  Led the team in tackles in nine of his 13 games played ... Tallied nine tackles, one sack and 0.5 tackles for loss in a BU win over Texas State in the season opener (9/4) ... Had seven tackles against Texas Southern (9/11) ... Recorded three solo tackles in Baylor's Big 12 opener against Kansas (9/18) ... Had two tackles before suffering an injury against Iowa State (9/25) ... Missed the Oklahoma State game with an Injury (10/2) ... Returned to action with nine tackles and a sack against West Virginia (10/9) ... Tallied five tackles and a sack against BYU (10/16) ... Recorded seven tackles, 0.5 tackles for loss and a season-high two quarterback hurries against Texas (10/30) ... Made 11 tackles including a tackle for loss against TCU (11/06) ... Earned Big 12 Defensive Player of the week honors after a nine-tackle, two-sack performance against Oklahoma (11/13) ... Recorded six tackles including one for a loss against Kansas State (11/20) ... Tallied eight tackles, two for loss and a pass breakup in BU's regular season season finale against Texas Tech (11/27) ... Finished with 10 tackles and 0.5 sacks in the Big 12 Championship game (12/4) ... Tied a Sugar Bowl record with 20 tackles to go along with a pair of sacks ... Became the first defensive player to win Sugar Bowl MVP honors since 2008.

2020 (Junior): Second Team All-Big 12 (AP & Conference) … 2020 Pop Warner College Football Award Finalist ... 2020 Preseason All-American Fourth Team (Athlon) ... Preseason All-Big 12 First Team (Athlon, Street & Smith’s, Lindy’s, Media, Phil Steele) ... Preseason All-Texas First Team (DCTF) ... Bednarik Award Watch List ... Butkus Award Watch List ... Nagurski Award Watch List ... Wuerffel Trophy Watch List ... Started all five games and led the team in tackles, sacks and tackles-for-loss before exiting with a season-ending shoulder injury … Was leading the Big 12 in tackles per game (11.0), also good enough for T-11th in the nation ... 2nd in the Big 12 and 11th in the country in total tackles (55)  ... 4th in the Big 12 in sacks per game with 0.70 ... T-4th in the Big 12 in tackles-for-loss per game (1.30) ... Big 12 Defensive Player of the Week (10/26) ... Pop Warner College Football Award Finalist … First Team Academic All-Big 12 … Had a game-high eight tackles (six solo) to go along with career highs in TFL (3.5), sacks (2.5), also recorded  the first BU safety since 2017 in the win over Kansas (9/26) ... Tallied his fifth career double-digit tackle game of his career with 13 (career-best 10 solo) at WVU (10/3), along with his third-career interception, one pass breakup and a quarterback hurry ... Tied his career-high with an impressive 19 tackles, including nine solo, two tackles-for-loss, one sack and a pass breakup against Texas (10/24), his two 19-tackle performances (19 tackles vs. TCU last season) are the most by any Baylor player since 2011 ... The 19 tackles are the most by a Big 12 player this season and second most in a college football game so far in 2020. The double-digit tackle performance is his sixth dating back to last season ... Tied for a team-best seven tackles in the loss vs. TCU (10/31) ... Once again was tied for the team lead in tackles against ISU (11/7), finishing with eight total and one TFL.


2019 (Sophomore): First Team Academic All-Big 12 ... Second Team All-Big 12 (Coaches, AP) ... Postseason All-Texas Team (DCTF) ... appeared in all 14 games on the season and started three games at WLB and eight at MLB ... finished the season with a team-high 112 total tackles (53 solo), 4.5 sacks for 33 yards, 3 fumble recoveries, 1 interception, 5 QB hurries and 2 pass breakups ... against Georgia in the Sugar Bowl (1/1), collected 5 tackles (3 solo) ... collected 12 tackles (4 solo) with 1.5 TFL and one fumble recovery vs. OU in the Big 12 title game (12/7) ...  collected 4 tackles (all solo) at Kansas (11/30) ... finished with 8 tackles (5 solo) along with 1.0 sack and 1.0 TFL vs. Texas (11/23)  ... had double-digit tackle totals for the third-straight game, leading the team with 15 tackles, including a career-best 7 tackles, 1.0 sack, 1 fumble recovery and 1 QB hurry vs. Oklahoma (11/16) ... tallied a career-high 19 total tackles (13 alone in the first half), the most by a Baylor defender in a game since 2011 and most under Coach Rhule, also hauled in first interception of the season and had 1.0 sack and 3.0 TFL in triple OT victory at TCU (11/9), earning him Big 12 Defensive Player of the Week honors (Nov. 11) ... collected 10 tackles (6 solo), along with 1.0 sack, his first of the season, 1.5 TFL and 2 QB hurries vs. WVU (10/31) ... was named Big 12 Defensive Player of the Week after making his first start of the year at MLB and scooping up a fumble for a TD, along with collecting 9 tackles at OSU (10/19) ... had 6 tackles (4 solo) vs. Texas Tech (10/12), also was credited with a half a sack and 1 QB hurry ... collected 5 tackles (2 solo) and was credited with 1 pass breakup at K-State (10/5) ... finished tied for second on the team with a season-high 6 tackles (2 solo) vs. ISU (9/28) ... tallied 5 tackles (3 solo) at Rice (9/21) ... collected 4 tackles (1 solo) and was credited with 1 QBH vs. UTSA (9/7)... in the season opener vs. SFA (8/31), collected 4 total tackles (2 solo).

2018 (RS Freshman): 2018 Big 12 All-Academic first team ... Appeared in 11 of 13 games this season, making two starts ... Finished with 47 total tackles, 25 solo and 22 assisted with 3 TFL, 1 sack, 1 INT and 1 pass break up ... In the Texas Bowl vs. Vanderbilt (12/27) tallied 3 tackles (all solo) ... Made his second collegiate start at Iowa State (11/10), collected 4 tackles, 2 solo ... Made his first collegiate start vs. Oklahoma State (11/3), had 6 tackles, 1 shy of his career-high, 3 solo and 0.5 TFL ... Made 2 tackles at West Virginia (10/25) ... Collected 5 tackles (2 solo) at Texas (10/13) ... Had seven tackles in back-to-back-back games (vs. UTSA, vs. Duke, vs. Kansas) ... Had 5 tackles with one half TFL at Oklahoma ... Made his career debut vs. Abilene Christian ... recorded his first-career interception with a return for 28 yards vs. ACU and finished with one tackle ... recorded his first-career sack for 12 yards at UTSA (9/8). 

High School: All-state linebacker from La Porte (Texas) High School ... Played under head coach Jeff LaReau at LPHS ... Rated nation's 46th-best OLB prospect in 2017 signing class by ESPN, ranked No. 53 by Scout and No. 78 by 247Sports ... Listed No. 106 in-state recruit by ESPN and No. 140 by 247Sports ... Three-time first-team all-district honoree at LPHS ... Earned 2016 Class 6A All-State second team honors following senior season, led La Porte to 9-3 mark and DII area finals ... Also named 2016 first-team All-Greater Houston (Houston Chronicle) and District 22-6A defensive MVP ... Totaled 201 tackles, 12 TFL, five sacks and four forced fumbles as senior ... Named 2015 first-team All-District 21-6A as junior for 8-3 LPHS squad ... Totaled 148 tackles, nine TFL, five sacks, two interceptions (one TD return) and two fumble recoveries as junior ... Earned 2014 All-District 21-6A first-team honors as sophomore, made 114 tackles, seven for losses, two interceptions, five PBUs and one fumble recovery.

Personal: Son of Laura Bernard ... Graduated with an undergraduate degree in health, kinesiology and leisure studies ... graduated with undergrad degree in August 2020 ... working on master’s degree in sports management.