2024 Football Roster
Roster
Monaray Baldwin
- Position:
- Wide Receiver
- Height:
- 5-9
- Weight:
- 172
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Killeen, Texas
- High School:
- Shoemaker HS
CAREER HONORS
• 2022 Second-Team Academic All-Big 12
2024 (Senior): Played in all 13 games with three starts … Had 27 catches for 478 yards and five TDs … Had a catch in 11 of 13 games … Finished his career with 99 catches for 1,673 yards and 13 TDs, averaging 16.9 yards per catch and 38 yards per game, playing in 44 games … Finished his career with six 100+ yard receiving games, which ranked 13th in Baylor history … Had two catches for 36 yards in the season opener vs. Tarleton … Had single grabs at Utah and vs. Air Force … Had first TD of the year, a diving 30-yard grab at Colorado, part of a three-catch for 36-yard performance … Had two catches each at Iowa State and Texas Tech, which his forward flip TD on a catch and scamper at Tech going for 24 yards … Had a 23 yad grab vs. OSU and a 40-yard catch vs. TCU … Went for three catches for 82 yards and a TD at WVU … Had a season-best performance of seven catches for 119 yards and two TDs vs. Kansas … Had four catches for 79 yards in the Texas Bowl vs. LSU … Entered the preseason as a fourth-team All-Big 12 selection by Athlon and Phil Steele, and a member of the Bruce Feldman Freak’s List (No. 41), in addition to a spot on the Reese’s Senior Bowl Watch List.
2023 (Junior): Led the team in catches (38) and receiving yards (623), adding four TDs … Averaged 51.9 yards per game and 16.4 yards per catch … Also rushed three times for 17 yards … Had three 100+ yard games … Opened the year with two catches for 47 yards vs. Texas State … Had three grabs for 81 yards, including a long of 55 vs. No. 3/6 Texas … Had a monster game in leading the Bears to a comeback at UCF, catching seven balls for 150 yards and a TD, including a long of 43 yards, and rushing once for 10 yards … Followed that up with five catches for 126 yards and a score vs. Texas Tech, featuring a 71-yard scamper … Had seven catches for 49 yards, and rushed once for 12 yards in a win at Cincinnati … Had six grabs for 117 yards and a TD vs. Iowa State … Had four catches vs. Houston, a six-yard TD at Kansas State and three catches for 41 yards at TCU.
2022 (Sophomore): Named fourth-team All-Big 12 by Phil Steele and earned honorable mention all-league honors from the league coaches and Pro Football Network … Earned Academic All-Big 12 Second-Team honors … One of Baylor’s go-to receivers throughout the year … Played in 11 of 13 games and made five starts … Led the team in catches (33) and yards (565) and ranked tied for the team lead in receiving TDs (four) … Also rushed seven times for 71 yards and a score … Returned nine kickoffs and one punt … Had two 100+ yard receiving games … Had four catches for 84 yards – including a 47-yard TD strike – and two rushes for 46 yards – including a 50-yard TD run – in the season-opening win over UAlbany … Was named to the Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Award Honorable Mention list after the UAlbany outing … Went down with an injury at No. 21 BYU and missed the Texas State game, returning for limited action (1 catch for three yards) at Iowa State … Had a career-high seven catches for 174 yards and two TDs vs. No. 7 Oklahoma State … Had a 20-yard rush and two catches for 42 yards at West Virginia … Had a TD grab vs. Kansas over two catches for 29 yards … Suffered an injury vs. Kansas and missed the following game at Texas Tech, returning in limited action at Oklahoma … Had eight catches for 75 yards vs. No. 19 Kansas State … Charted second-career 100-yard game with six catches for 123 yards – while rushing three times for 10 yards – vs. No. 4 TCU, also returning four kickoffs for 69 yards and one punt … had three catches for 35 yards at No. 18 Texas … Was limited in the Armed Forces Bowl, returning three kickoffs for 44 yards.
2021 (Freshman): Appeared in eight games ... Recorded career-first rushing attempt and returned a kick for 23 yards in collegiate debut at Texas State (9/4) ... Notched one carry for 22 yards and returned a kick 25 yards against Texas Southern (9/11) … Carried the ball twice for 16 yards at Kansas (9/18) ... Did not play vs. Iowa State (9/25), at Oklahoma State (10/2), vs. West Virginia (10/9), vs. BYU (10/16) or Texas (10/30) … Played but did not record a stat at TCU (11/6) or vs. Oklahoma (11/13) … Got one carry for one yard against Kansas State (11/20) … Played but did not record a stat vs. Texas Tech (11/27) … Scored his career-first touchdown on a 48-yard run against Ole Miss in the Sugar Bowl (1/1).
High School: Prepped at Shoemaker High in Killeen, Texas for coach Toby Foreman … Helped team to 8-3 record as a senior … 42 receptions for 795 yards and 12 touchdowns … Averaged 75.6 yards per game … Also rushed 33 times for 399 yards and two scores … Finished season with 1,306 all-purpose yards … Returned one interception for touchdown … Also returns kick and punts … Two-time All-District selection … No. 157 player in Texas according to 247 Sports … Three-star prospect … Rated a three-star recruit by ESPN ... Owns a 10.66 PR in the 100 meters on the track … Also competed in long jump, triple jump, and relays.
Personal: Son of Avion and Amanda Sherman … majoring in health, kinesiology and leisure studies.
