Tyler Owens

It’s time again to answer your questions of the week with regards to Baylor Athletics, college athletics in general and more.

Which Bears have speed to burn and which incoming recruits bring the jets

Grayson has done a great job to continually update you all, but wanted to chime in on the status of the 2019 class right now. Baylor has 13 commitments. That's nothing new, but that number was previously the max number of prospects that Baylor was going to be able to take until the departures of Rajah Preciado, Demarco Artis and Trevon Lewis. With 13 seniors on the roster and the three of those now out of the program, the max is up to 16 prior to any other departure. While the max was 13, we projected the class could end up somewhere around 15-16 based on potential attrition. As of right now, I will give my projection of 19-20 in the 2019 class. That means there are 6-7 spots remaining.Top prospects remaining... RB, King Doerue (Tascosa)WR, Langston Anderson (Midlothian Heritage)OL, Brant Banks (Westbury Christian)OL, Elijah Ellis (Paris)OL/DL, Gabe Hall (Waller)DE, Trace Ford (Edmond, OK/Santa Fe)ATH, Peyton Powell (Odessa Permian)Additional prospects... S, Tyler Owens (Plano East)WR, Yusuf Terry (Philly)WR, Genson Hooper (St. John's)Personally, I see Baylor going with 18 unless Ford and Powell want to hop on board. If they do, Baylor goes to 20 and figures out what to do later. Taking 18 means Baylor would likely lose three more to attrition. Going to 20 means Baylor would need to lose five.