By Jackson Posey | Sports Writer
With a blackout home crowd roaring, the final game against a longtime rival on the line, an unlikely star rose to the occasion:
The long snapper.
Baylor lost their 2023 game against Texas, but along the way, a star was born. Long snapper Garrison Grimes, a second-year starter and son of then-offensive coordinator Jeff Grimes, recovered two muffed punts and snapped for both of Baylor’s made field goals.
“I think just his growth just as a young man has been really strong,” head coach Dave Aranda said on Monday after the game.