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Baylor Continues Offensive Line Rebuild With Commitment From Texas Transfer Nate Kibble

Texas offensive lineman Nate Kibble has committed to Baylor out of the transfer portal.
By Grayson Grundhoefer
January 6, 2026
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Texas offensive lineman Nate Kibble has committed to Baylor out of the transfer portal. He becomes the second offensive lineman to commit in the 2026 transfer portal cycle, joining UAB offensive tackle Logan Moore.

Kibble, standing at 6-foot-3, 330 pounds, played in just three games and totaled 38 snaps with the Longhorns this season as a redshirt freshman. Although it was in limited playing time, Pro Football Focus gave Kibble an 80.3 pass-block grade and 57.3 rush-block grade.

Kibble was a three-time all-district honoree and four-year varsity starter at Atascocita High School in Houston, Texas. He was a three-star prospect in the 2024 recruiting class and was ranked as the No. 40 interior offensive lineman nationally and No. 95 overall player in the state of Texas.

The Bears recently promoted Austin Woods to full-time offensive line coach after serving as the co-interim offensive line coach over the back half of the 2025 season following the departure of Mason Miller.

Baylor has lost almost all of its offensive line depth to the transfer portal or graduation in recent weeks and desperately needs to continue adding bodies up front. Kibble will have three years of eligibility remaining.

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Baylor Continues Offensive Line Rebuild With Commitment From Texas Transfer Nate Kibble

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2:47p, 1/6/26
Great news!!
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2:50p, 1/6/26
Wooooooooooo!

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3:05p, 1/6/26
W



open the floodgates
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3:13p, 1/6/26
Definitely the best of the four or so transfers that we've gotten thus far
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3:15p, 1/6/26
So, thus far in the portal Baylor has gotten Kibble & bits

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Hell yeah!
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5:13p, 1/6/26
Not trying to be a Debby Downer. Assuming it was suggested/told to enter portal based on lack of future playing time at Austin. Hoping it works for BU. Quoting Joey here… "if he didn't start there we don't need a backup to be a backup here". Taking away a Mercedes and putting you in a used Hyundai sedan might hamper the enthusiasm.
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In reply to BBWCBear • 5:26p, 1/6/26
BBWCBear said:
Not trying to be a Debby Downer. Assuming it was suggested/told to enter portal based on lack of future playing time at Austin. Hoping it works for BU. Quoting Joey here… "if he didn't start there we don't need a backup to be a backup here". Taking away a Mercedes and putting you in a used Hyundai sedan might hamper the enthusiasm.


lol finally…I'm surprised it took this long for someone to piss in our Cheerios..
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In reply to Bearknuckle • 6:04p, 1/6/26
Bearknuckle said:
BBWCBear said:
Not trying to be a Debby Downer. Assuming it was suggested/told to enter portal based on lack of future playing time at Austin. Hoping it works for BU. Quoting Joey here… "if he didn't start there we don't need a backup to be a backup here". Taking away a Mercedes and putting you in a used Hyundai sedan might hamper the enthusiasm.


lol finally…I'm surprised it took this long for someone to piss in our Cheerios..

Honestly, can you put yourself in a player's position of coming from a 6A successful program in HS, recruited by the States' tradition rich university, red shirt and then see action in a few games potentially improving PT into next year and "leaving" to go to a perennial bottom feeder with infinite CURRENT problems? Hoping his NIL$$ was good enough to help him in his life. We'll see where he lands in the lineup.
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In reply to BBWCBear • 6:10p, 1/6/26
BBWCBear said:
Bearknuckle said:
BBWCBear said:
Not trying to be a Debby Downer. Assuming it was suggested/told to enter portal based on lack of future playing time at Austin. Hoping it works for BU. Quoting Joey here… "if he didn't start there we don't need a backup to be a backup here". Taking away a Mercedes and putting you in a used Hyundai sedan might hamper the enthusiasm.


lol finally…I'm surprised it took this long for someone to piss in our Cheerios..

a perennial bottom feeder with infinite CURRENT problems?

lmao, dumb
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6:24p, 1/6/26
Good progress in getting some bodies to compete.
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In reply to Bearknuckle • 6:28p, 1/6/26
Bearknuckle said:
BBWCBear said:
Bearknuckle said:
BBWCBear said:
Not trying to be a Debby Downer. Assuming it was suggested/told to enter portal based on lack of future playing time at Austin. Hoping it works for BU. Quoting Joey here… "if he didn't start there we don't need a backup to be a backup here". Taking away a Mercedes and putting you in a used Hyundai sedan might hamper the enthusiasm.


lol finally…I'm surprised it took this long for someone to piss in our Cheerios..

a perennial bottom feeder with infinite CURRENT problems?

lmao, dumb


I would explain it to you, but then I would have to understand it for you.
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In reply to BBWCBear • 6:33p, 1/6/26
BBWCBear said:
Not trying to be a Debby Downer. Assuming it was suggested/told to enter portal based on lack of future playing time at Austin. Hoping it works for BU. Quoting Joey here… "if he didn't start there we don't need a backup to be a backup here". Taking away a Mercedes and putting you in a used Hyundai sedan might hamper the enthusiasm.

He was a redshirt freshman this year playing behind a 3-4 year starter at RG. He was able to play some mop up minutes in three games. He has three years and is athletic for a 6-2.5 330. He does not look 330 on film. He is a OG all the way or possibly C. Body wise not dissimilar compared to our senior OG this year.
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In reply to BBWCBear • 6:37p, 1/6/26
BBWCBear said:
Bearknuckle said:
BBWCBear said:
Bearknuckle said:
BBWCBear said:
Not trying to be a Debby Downer. Assuming it was suggested/told to enter portal based on lack of future playing time at Austin. Hoping it works for BU. Quoting Joey here… "if he didn't start there we don't need a backup to be a backup here". Taking away a Mercedes and putting you in a used Hyundai sedan might hamper the enthusiasm.


lol finally…I'm surprised it took this long for someone to piss in our Cheerios..

a perennial bottom feeder with infinite CURRENT problems?

lmao, dumb


I would explain it to you, but then I would have to understand it for you.

perennial bottom feeder - that's not even true during Aranda's tenure, and outside of the Dark Times of the Reedy-Steele-Morris era, it's never been true of Baylor. Perennially Mid is closer to the long term historical truth but over the last 15 years we've had peaks of greatness.

'infinite' - that's just hyperbole. I get it from an emotional POV, but the Baylor football program does not have 'infinite' problems.
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In reply to DTBear • 6:39p, 1/6/26
DTBear said:
BBWCBear said:
Not trying to be a Debby Downer. Assuming it was suggested/told to enter portal based on lack of future playing time at Austin. Hoping it works for BU. Quoting Joey here… "if he didn't start there we don't need a backup to be a backup here". Taking away a Mercedes and putting you in a used Hyundai sedan might hamper the enthusiasm.

He was a redshirt freshman this year playing behind a 3-4 year starter at RG. He was able to play some mop up minutes in three games. He has three years and is athletic for a 6-2.5 330. He does not look 330 on film. He is a OG all the way or possibly C. Body wise not dissimilar compared to our senior OG this year.

And he was a 3*. There's nothing to prove he's anything but backup quality. Ignore the name of the school he transferred out of.

If he's a project, he's probably gone after one season to chase some more dollars elsewhere.

Let's not pretend this is something it's not
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In reply to Karab • 8:25a
Karab said:
DTBear said:
BBWCBear said:
Not trying to be a Debby Downer. Assuming it was suggested/told to enter portal based on lack of future playing time at Austin. Hoping it works for BU. Quoting Joey here… "if he didn't start there we don't need a backup to be a backup here". Taking away a Mercedes and putting you in a used Hyundai sedan might hamper the enthusiasm.

He was a redshirt freshman this year playing behind a 3-4 year starter at RG. He was able to play some mop up minutes in three games. He has three years and is athletic for a 6-2.5 330. He does not look 330 on film. He is a OG all the way or possibly C. Body wise not dissimilar compared to our senior OG this year.

And he was a 3*. There's nothing to prove he's anything but backup quality. Ignore the name of the school he transferred out of.

If he's a project, he's probably gone after one season to chase some more dollars elsewhere.

Let's not pretend this is something it's not

again, Omar Agbedion was unranked as a high school student, had to work his way up from FCS and now is likely to get drafted.

So I agree with you, let's not pretend we know how recruits will work out, including pessimistic takes not just optimistic ones.
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Maybe coaching matters?
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In reply to Bearknuckle • 9:38a
Bearknuckle said:
Karab said:
DTBear said:
BBWCBear said:
Not trying to be a Debby Downer. Assuming it was suggested/told to enter portal based on lack of future playing time at Austin. Hoping it works for BU. Quoting Joey here… "if he didn't start there we don't need a backup to be a backup here". Taking away a Mercedes and putting you in a used Hyundai sedan might hamper the enthusiasm.

He was a redshirt freshman this year playing behind a 3-4 year starter at RG. He was able to play some mop up minutes in three games. He has three years and is athletic for a 6-2.5 330. He does not look 330 on film. He is a OG all the way or possibly C. Body wise not dissimilar compared to our senior OG this year.

And he was a 3*. There's nothing to prove he's anything but backup quality. Ignore the name of the school he transferred out of.

If he's a project, he's probably gone after one season to chase some more dollars elsewhere.

Let's not pretend this is something it's not

again, Omar Agbedion was unranked as a high school student, had to work his way up from FCS and now is likely to get drafted.

So I agree with you, let's not pretend we know how recruits will work out, including pessimistic takes not just optimistic ones.

Katy had two guys very similar to Omar this year. That's his HS. One was 6-4 290 and signed with Lamar. The other 6-3 280 and is unsigned. Both way better than where they signed.
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