Baylor defensive duo named to Preseason All-Big 12 Team
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WACO, Texas – Senior linebacker Clay Johnston and junior defensive tackle James Lynch were named to the 2019 Preseason All-Big 12 Team by a vote of the league's media, it was announced today by the Conference office.
Johnston, a fifth-year senior, is one of the top linebackers in the conference after earning 2018 All-Big 12 second team honors. He finished the 2018 campaign ranking fifth in the Big 12 with 99 total tackles and fifth with 8.25 tackles per game. In the month of November, the Abilene, Texas, native averaged 13.3 tackles per game, including a career-high 17 tackles in the Bears' come-from-behind victory over Oklahoma State on Homecoming. Overall, the MIKE linebacker has 179 career tackles, the most on the team.
Lynch, a 2017 ESPN Freshman All-American, boasts career totals of 14.0 tackles-for-loss and 8.5 sacks, the most on the Bears' roster. In 2018, Lynch was an All-Big 12 Second Team selection and an AP All-Big 12 First Team honoree as he led the team and ranked ninth in the conference with 5.5 sacks and 9.0 tackles-for-loss.
The Bears' two selections on the Preseason All-Big 12 Defensive Team is second-most in the conference, tied with TCU and just behind Iowa State's four selections.
The Bears will open up the 2019 campaign on Aug. 31 at 6 p.m. CT as they host Stephen F. Austin at McLane Stadium.
Preseason All-Big 12 Team
QB Sam Ehlinger — Texas
RB Pooka Williams Jr. — Kansas
RB Kennedy Brooks — Oklahoma
RB Chuba Hubbard — Oklahoma State
WR CeeDee Lamb — Oklahoma
WR Tylan Wallace — Oklahoma State
WR Jalen Reagor — TCU
TE Grant Calcaterra — Oklahoma
OL Creed Humphrey — Oklahoma
OL Lucas Niang — TCU
OL Zach Shackelford — Texas
OL Jack Anderson — Texas Tech
OL Colton McKivitz — West Virginia
PK Cameron Dicker — Texas
KR/PR CeeDee Lamb — Oklahoma
DL James Lynch — Baylor
DL JaQuan Bailey — Iowa State
DL Ray Lima — Iowa State
DL Reggie Walker — Kansas State
DL Corey Bethley — TCU
LB Clay Johnston — Baylor
LB Marcel Spears Jr. — Iowa State
LB Kenneth Murray — Oklahoma
DB Greg Eisworth — Iowa State
DB A.J. Green — Oklahoma State
DB Jeff Gladney — TCU
DB Caden Sterns — Texas
DB Adrian Frye — Texas Tech
P Kyle Thompson — Kansas