Baylor RB Dawson Pendergrass Set to Miss Entire 2025 Season Following Fall Camp Injury

Turner and DP are really good players. Turner was trending to be a top 3 player on our defense at a huge position of need. Pendergrass might be one of the 10 best backup rbs in the entire country.

The roster is pretty talented but losing two top 50 type players in the big 12 would be a setback for any team.

Head coach Dave Aranda on the health status of four-star freshman running back Michael Turner, who missed several practices this week:

"We anticipate he's going to be back. We're looking to have him back prior to this first game — that's the plan. He's doing good."#SicEm🐻 pic.twitter.com/fD4eEFGLPp

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Head coach Dave Aranda talks about the depth of the RB room following the season-ending injury to Dawson Pendergrass:

"I feel good ... I'm confident with Dodds' improvement. I'm excited about how electric Caden can be. Mike can be someone who's a way physical dude."#SicEm🐻 pic.twitter.com/JE2t6o6wwz

— Baylor Bears on SicEm365 (@SicEm365) August 19, 2025

Bummer about DP and hope to get him back healthy next season. But looking forward t seeing the new guys step up.

Keaton Thomas talks about who will replace the production of Dawson Pendergrass this fall:

"Caden Knighten is a baller. The kid’s a dog ... He makes me go hard every practice, and I love that. I think we can expect a lot of things from him this year."#SicEm🐻 pic.twitter.com/2tfqAi3WFK

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