2025 Football Roster
Roster
Jacob Redding
- Position:
- Safety
- Height:
- 6-1
- Weight:
- 196
- Class:
- Redshirt Sophomore
- Hometown:
- New Braunfels, Texas
- High School:
- New Braunfels HS
2025 (Redshirt Sophomore): Played in 11 games with nine starts … Started the last nine games played in, missing the Houston season finale due to injury … Finished with 53 tackles, 0.5 TFLs, three interceptions – including one returned for a TD – with two PBUs … Was Baylor’s highest rated defender according to PFF, with a 75.2 defensive rating, an 81.4 run-defense mark, with ratings of 80.0 in tackling and 69.8 in coverage … Had six tackles vs. Auburn in the opener … Had five tackles and intercepted a pass in the endzone at No. 17 SMU … Had a tackle vs. Samford … Made two tackles vs. Arizona State with two PBU … Had three tackles at Oklahoma State … Made six tackles vs. Kansas State and returned an interception 66 yards for a TD to fuel a comeback win … Made a season-high eight tackles at TCU … Had six tackles at Cincinnati … Had four tackles vs. UCF with an interception … Made seven tackles with half a stop for a loss vs. Utah … Had five tackles at Arizona.
2024 (Redshirt Freshman): Played in all 13 games as a key contributor on multiple special teams units and as a valuable reserve at safety … Emerged late in the year as a backup at the safety spot, getting key snaps throughout the second half of the year … Made 12 tackles … Made single stops vs. Colorado, Iowa State, OSU and WVU … Made three tackles at Houston … Played extensively vs. Kansas with 23 snaps according to PFF, with five tackles … Had a 62.4 defensive grade from PFF.
2023 (Freshman): Redshirted … Played in three games, vs. Long Island, at Kansas State and vs. West Virginia.
High School: Prepped at New Braunfels High School ... Was a unanimous first-team all-district selection at safety in 2022 ... Helped lead New Braunfels to bi-district championships as a junior and senior ... Also played basketball, helping the team to the bi-district qualifier ... Starred on the track, qualifying as part of a 4x100 meter and 4x200 meter relay team.
