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Baylor Releases Statement on Situation of Wide Receiver Ashtyn Hawkins

May 13, 2025
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On Tuesday evening, news broke that Baylor wide receiver Ashtyn Hawkins would not receive his extra season of eligibility from the NCAA as originally expected. Hawkins shared the update over Instagram in a live video feed. 

Shortly later, Baylor released a statement identifying a course of action that will be taken by Hawkins and Baylor to work with the NCAA to hopefully resolve the issue. 

“We intend for Ashtyn to be part of our program this upcoming season and are actively working with the NCAA to explore all eligibility options,” a spokesperson for the athletic department told SicEm365. “We will have no further comment on this matter at this time.”

After completing his senior season in 2024, Hawkins practiced with the team throughout the spring, passing up his opportunity to enter his name into the NFL Draft, and was originally approved for a sixth year of eligibility thanks to the court case surrounding Vanderbilt quarterback Diego Pavia. Pavia was granted an extra year of eligibility after winning his lawsuit against the NCAA, which granted a waiver to all Division I athletes who attended a non-NCAA school for at least one season.

Hawkins likely signed an updated revenue share agreement once he decided to stay in Waco, a contract that is now in question as his collegiate career is in question. This late news also affected Baylor, which expected Hawkins to be part of the 2025 team.

Before transferring to Baylor last offseason, Hawkins starred at Texas State for three seasons and played at Cisco Community College in 2020.

Hawkins was a reliable target for quarterback Sawyer Robertson and was second on the team in receptions (45), receiving yards (567) and touchdowns (5).

The Bears are slated to return wide receiver Josh Cameron (RSr.) and tight end Michael Trigg (RSr.). Baylor added three essential pass catchers in the transfer portal: Alabama’s Kobe Prentice (Sr.), Texas State’s Kole Wilson (Sr.) and Colorado State’s Louis Brown IV (Sr.).

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Baylor Releases Statement on Situation of Wide Receiver Ashtyn Hawkins

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10:00p, 5/13/25
The NCAA is going to take a pretty big L on this one if they don't reverse course.
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10:12p, 5/13/25
it'll get reversed i'm sure but ncaa y'all are so dumb
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10:31p, 5/13/25
Time to lawyer up
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8:36a, 5/14/25
Not a lawyer, but seems he'd have a case for a civil suit since this kind of screws his ability to go through the draft process like the senior bowl and combine if he wanted to declare for the NFL
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9:39a, 5/14/25
The question I have is if Hawkins hid information and facts in his initial request. If not, and everything was on the table, laches and/or estoppel may be in play.
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In reply to Polycarp • 10:17a, 5/14/25
Polycarp said:
The question I have is if Hawkins hid information and facts in his initial request. If not, and everything was on the table, laches and/or estoppel may be in play.

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12:10p, 5/14/25
Weird how some players get about 8 years of college ball and some are only allowed 4 or 5.
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In reply to LIB,MR BEARS • 7:32p, 5/14/25
Laches, in legal terms, refers to an undue delay in asserting a right or claim that prejudices the other party. It's an equitable defense, meaning it's used in courts of equity (which deal with fairness and justice, rather than strictly following laws). Laches is different from a statute of limitations, which sets a specific time limit for filing a lawsuit.

Estoppel is a legal principle that prevents someone from denying or asserting a fact that contradicts their previous actions, statements, or legal judgments. It's a common law doctrine that protects one party by holding the other to their word or established legal facts. The person barred from making contradictory claims is said to be "estopped". Estoppel can be used as an affirmative defense or to prevent issues from being re-litigated

Unless the NCAA can show that Hawkins deliberately and intentionally misled the NCAA, in his request, this is as close to a sure thing is anything. I'm not an attorney, but these concepts were very helpful for me in a litigation.
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10:25a, 5/15/25
Hard to imagine why MiFB would try to infringe on a members opportunity to chase the Almighty $$ when case law is not on their side
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In reply to Polycarp • 11:10a, 5/15/25
Polycarp said:
The question I have is if Hawkins hid information and facts in his initial request. If not, and everything was on the table, laches and/or estoppel may be in play.
... could be a latent remainderman en pares bremondis???

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