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Jersey Number 94
Braden Bays
- Height:
- 6-3
- Weight:
- 259
- Class:
- Redshirt Freshman
- Hometown:
- Boerne, Texas
- High School:
- Boerne
Pronunciation Guide
2025
Moved into the playing rotation late in the season and saw action in four games plus the bowl game to preserve his redshirt…. Saw action 11 plays in his first three games (Memphis, UAB & North Texas) before playing 40 snaps at USF and vs. Texas State in the Armed Force Bowl to end the year with 91… Credited with a career-best five tackles at South Florida and added one vs. North Texas and two vs. Texas State to end the year with eight… Collected his first career tackle for loss (one yard) in the Armed Forces Bowl.
Boerne HS
Unanimous All-District 13-5A D2 and a third-team All-State selection (TSWA) as a senior for coach Che Hendrix as the Greyhounds advanced to the 5A D2 semifinals before falling to eventual champion Fort Bend Randle… District Defensive MVP as a junior and District 14 4A D1 Defensive Newcomer of the Year as a sophomore as Boerne reached the state championship game… Credited with 20 tackles for loss and 10 sacks as a senior and closed his career with 60 tackles for loss, 21 sacks, 12 forced fumbles, and nine fumble recoveries… Selected to play in the San Antonio Sports All-Star Football Game held at the Alamodome and started for the winning Blue team… Academic All-State selection and a member of FCA.
Personal
Full name: Braden Bays… Born: November 2… Parents: Joe and Crystal Bays… Four brothers, three sisters… Father (Joe Bays) was a four-year letterman as an offensive lineman at SMU from 1975-78.. Rice College: McMurtry
McMurtry College
2025
Moved into the playing rotation late in the season and saw action in four games plus the bowl game to preserve his redshirt…. Saw action 11 plays in his first three games (Memphis, UAB & North Texas) before playing 40 snaps at USF and vs. Texas State in the Armed Force Bowl to end the year with 91… Credited with a career-best five tackles at South Florida and added one vs. North Texas and two vs. Texas State to end the year with eight… Collected his first career tackle for loss (one yard) in the Armed Forces Bowl.
Boerne HS
Unanimous All-District 13-5A D2 and a third-team All-State selection (TSWA) as a senior for coach Che Hendrix as the Greyhounds advanced to the 5A D2 semifinals before falling to eventual champion Fort Bend Randle… District Defensive MVP as a junior and District 14 4A D1 Defensive Newcomer of the Year as a sophomore as Boerne reached the state championship game… Credited with 20 tackles for loss and 10 sacks as a senior and closed his career with 60 tackles for loss, 21 sacks, 12 forced fumbles, and nine fumble recoveries… Selected to play in the San Antonio Sports All-Star Football Game held at the Alamodome and started for the winning Blue team… Academic All-State selection and a member of FCA.
Personal
Full name: Braden Bays… Born: November 2… Parents: Joe and Crystal Bays… Four brothers, three sisters… Father (Joe Bays) was a four-year letterman as an offensive lineman at SMU from 1975-78.. Rice College: McMurtry
McMurtry College
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