Dawson Pendergrass
Baylor Bears
83
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Dawson Pendergrass

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Projected Starter

Is Dawson Pendergrass starting?

Dawson Pendergrass is the projected starter at RB for Baylor Bears.

Redshirt junior · #35 · 6'2", 225 lbs

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Depth at RB · Baylor Bears

  1. 13583Dawson PendergrassStarter
  2. 21183Caden Knighten
  3. 32377Michael Turner
  4. 42561Ryelan Morris
  5. 53357HD Davis

Baylor Starting Lineup

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Up next for Baylor

Baylor plays Iowa State at home on Sat, Nov 7. The listed kickoff time is 12:00 PM ET.

The Story

Making His Case

A 3-star recruit out of Mineola, ranked #946 nationally coming out of high school. In 2024: 671 rushing yards, 6 rush TD.

Recruit3★ · #946 Natl2-Yr Total1,009 rush yds · 11 TD
Alba, TX
Jersey
#35
Class
RS JR
Height
6'2"
Weight
225 lbs

Career Stats

SeasonRush YdsRush TD
20246716
20233385

Regular-season totals from public sources. Derived splits (completion %, yards per carry, catch rate) aren't available in our current dataset.

Recruiting Profile

Stars
★★★☆☆3-star
Composite
0.8658
National Rank
#946
High School
Mineola
Hometown
Mineola, TX

Why this rating?

On a 87-rated offense; 50th-percentile recruit (no FBS production stats) → 83 after depth penalty.

Team offense (SP+)
87
Rating basis
Recruiting pedigree
Recruiting pedigree
Top 50% recruit
Depth-chart adjustment
-4 for role

2026 projection — based on SP+ (a respected team-efficiency metric; 2026 not published yet, using 2025), 2025 production, recruiting, and the 2026 transfer portal; capped to depth-chart order.

2026 Game Log

Oct 30WUCFYDS 7
CAR
1
YDS
7
AVG
7.0
TD
0
REC
0
YDS
0
AVG
0.0
TD
0

Final W 41-9

Oct 24LKUYDS 4
CAR
4
YDS
4
AVG
1.0
TD
1
REC
0
YDS
0
AVG
0.0
TD
0

Final L 25-24

Oct 17LTCUYDS 11
CAR
9
YDS
11
AVG
1.2
TD
0
REC
1
YDS
1
AVG
1.0
TD
0

Final L 17-6

Oct 4WASUYDS 29
CAR
8
YDS
29
AVG
3.6
TD
0
REC
0
YDS
0
AVG
0.0
TD
0

Final W 55-19

Sep 26WCOLOYDS 84
CAR
17
YDS
84
AVG
4.9
TD
0
REC
0
YDS
0
AVG
0.0
TD
0

Final W 23-13

Sep 19WLTYDS 46
CAR
16
YDS
46
AVG
2.9
TD
1
REC
1
YDS
-1
AVG
-1.0
TD
0

Final W 36-19

Sep 13WPVYDS 69
CAR
15
YDS
69
AVG
4.6
TD
0
REC
2
YDS
19
AVG
9.5
TD
0

Final W 44-3

Sep 5LAUBYDS 88
CAR
25
YDS
88
AVG
3.5
TD
0
REC
2
YDS
11
AVG
5.5
TD
0

Final L 17-16

Dawson Pendergrass's 2026 game-by-game stat log.

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