Baylor Football Earns Four Senior Bowl Watch List Selections

WACO, Texas – Baylor football seniors Monaray Baldwin, Dequan Finn, Steve Linton and Garmon Randolph have been named to the 2025 Reese’s Senior Bowl Watch List, as announced Wednesday by the all-star game.

Baldwin has produced 10 total touchdowns (eight receiving, two rushing) throughout his tenure with the Bears and is coming off a career year that saw him post team-highs in receptions (38) and receiving yards (623). The native of Killeen, Texas, averaged 51.9 yards per game and 16.4 yards per catch in 2023, while racking up three games with 100+ receiving yards. A 2022 All-Big 12 Fourth Team selection by Phil Steele and honorable mention pick by the league coaches, Baldwin was also named No. 41 on Bruce Feldman’s Freaks List as one of the fastest players in college football, his second-career mention in the popular The Athletic preseason article.

The 2023 MAC Most Valuable Player, Finn joins the BU roster having played in 45 games over his collegiate career, including 32 starts. He has racked up 7,074 yards and 63 passing touchdowns, while rushing for another 1,840 yards in his career on 389 carries with 25 TDs. A widely recognized quarterback this preseason, Finn is looking to build off his standout 2023 season in which he led the MAC in passing efficiency (151.04), yards (2,657), touchdown passes (22) and total offense (247.7).

Another newcomer to Waco, Linton dons the green and gold as a sixth-year veteran outside linebacker. In 37 career games since 2019, Linton has racked up 67 total tackles including 7.5 sacks between four years at Syracuse and a stop at Texas Tech. The native of Dublin, Ga., had a standout performance against the Bears in 2023, racking up three sacks and forcing two fumbles in Tech’s victory in Waco. Linton was also named a preseason All-Big 12 Third Team pick by College Football Network earlier this summer.

Randolph has made 91 total tackles over the last five seasons at Baylor, including 6.5 sacks. He appeared in 11 games and made five starts a year ago, racking up 23 stops with a fumble recovery and a pass breakup. Randolph logged a career-high 4.5 sacks in 2022, including two sacks at Texas Tech, to set a single-game personal best. This is Randolph’s first preseason honor of the 2024 season.

Nine Bears have represented the green and gold at the event over the last six seasons, most recently with Gabe Hall in the 2024 game.

The Reese’s Senior Bowl is widely regarded as the preeminent college football all-star game and the first stage in the NFL Draft process. The longest continual-running all-star game has taken place in Mobile, Ala., the past 75 years.

This year’s game will be held on Saturday, Feb. 1, 2025, and will be broadcast on the NFL Network.

2024 Baylor Football Preseason Honors

Monaray Baldwin, WR

• Reese’s Senior Bowl Watch List
• Bruce Feldman’s Freaks List (No. 41)
• Athlon Sports Preseason All-Big 12 Fourth Team (WR)
• Phil Steele Preseason All-Big 12 Fourth Team (WR)

Campbell Barrington, OL

• DCTF Preseason All-Texas First Team (OT)
• DCTF Lone Star Top 50 (No. 35)

Devyn Bobby, S

• Athlon Sports Preseason All-Big 12 Fourth Team (S)

Josh Cameron, WR

• Athlon Sports Preseason All-Big 12 Second Team (PR)
• College Football Network Preseason All-Big 12 Second Team (PR)
• Phil Steele Preseason All-Big 12 Second Team (PR)
• Phil Steele Preseason All-America Fourth Team (PR)

Alvin Ebosele, OL

• Phil Steele Preseason All-Big 12 Fourth Team (OL)

Dequan Finn, QB

• Reese’s Senior Bowl Watch List
• Maxwell Award Preseason Watch List
• Davey O’Brien Award Preseason Watch List
• Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award Preseason Watch List

Ashtyn Hawkins, WR

• Biletnikoff Award Preseason Watch List

Caden Jenkins, CB

• DCTF Preseason All-Texas First Team (CB)
• Pick Six Previews Preseason All-Big 12 Second Team (DB)
• Athlon Sports Preseason All-Big 12 Third Team (CB)
• Phil Steele Preseason All-Big 12 Fourth Team (CB)
• College Football Network Preseason All-Big 12 Honorable Mention (CB)

Matt Jones, LB

• DCTF Preseason All-Texas First Team (LB)
• Athlon Sports Preseason All-Big 12 Second Team (LB)
• Phil Steele Preseason All-Big 12 Second Team (LB)
• College Football Network Preseason All-Big 12 Third Team (LB)

Kyler Jordan, OLB

• Wuerffel Trophy Watch List

Cooper Lanz, DT

• College Football Network Preseason All-Big 12 Honorable Mention (DT)

Steve Linton, OLB

• Reese’s Senior Bowl Watch List
• College Football Network Preseason All-Big 12 Third Team (EDGE)

Tonga Lolohea, DL

• Polynesian College Football Player of the Year Award Preseason Watch List

Hal Presley, WR

• CSC Comeback Player of the Year Award Watch List

Coleton Price, OL

• Athlon Sports Preseason All-Big 12 Fourth Team (OL)

Garmon Randolph, OLB

• Reese’s Senior Bowl Watch List

Richard Reese, RB/KR

• Paul Hornung Award Preseason Watch List
• Jet Award Preseason Watch List
• DCTF Lone Star Top 50 (No. 43)
• Phil Steele Preseason All-Big 12 First Team (KR)
• Athlon Sports Preseason All-Big 12 Second Team (KR)
• College Football Network Preseason All-Big 12 Second Team (KR)

Kaden Sieracki, OG

• College Football Network Preseason All-Big 12 Third Team (OG)

Carl Williams IV, CB

• College Football Network Preseason All-Big 12 Second Team (CB)

TEAM AWARDS

• College Football Network Preseason All-Big 12 Defensive Line of the Year