Dave Aranda and the Baylor Bears made an incredible addition through the transfer portal on Monday afternoon with the commitment of Oregon defensive back transfer Tyler Turner.
Turner, a 6-foot freshman from San Antonio, Texas, is coming off of his freshman season at Oregon.
The Texas native recorded seven total tackles and one pass breakup in his lone season of collegiate football. An impressive prospect in his class, Turner committed to the Ducks over 17 different teams, including Oklahoma, Auburn, Baylor, Houston, Ole Miss, TCU, Texas, Texas Tech, Utah, and more.
Coming out of Brennan High School in the Class of 2023, Turner was listed as a four-star prospect by the 247Sports index and the nation’s 360th-ranked player. He also checked in as the 34th-ranked player at his position and the 62nd-ranked player in the state of Texas.
With the addition, Baylor has now added a total of nine prospects, giving them the eighth-best class in the Big 12 Conference.
The transfer portal officially opened on Monday, December 9, 2024, and will remain open until Saturday, December 28, with an exception for players on teams who play bowl games after the window closes. According to NCAA data, 2,273 FBS football players entered the transfer portal in 2023-24 school year, with 1,558 (68.5%) undergraduates and 715 (31.5%) graduate transfers. Of the entrants, 57% reported that they enrolled in another school, 8% withdrew their names from the portal, and 35% are still active, transferred to a non-NCAA school, or left their sport.
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