Reigning MaxPreps National Player of the Year
David Gabriel Georges scored three fourth-quarter touchdowns and rushed for 173 yards while adding 70 yards as a pass catcher. With Baylor up 17-13 in the fourth, the five-star Tennessee commit had three straight runs of at least 10 yards before scoring a 6-yard touchdown to give the Red Raiders a 24-13 lead.
After an 80-yard Brentwood Academy touchdown on the first play of its drive, Gabriel Georges led Baylor down the field on three plays to take a 31-20 lead that effectively put the game away.
Baylor running back David Gabriel Georges ran for 173 yards and three touchdowns as the Red Raiders rolled to a 38-20 win over Brentwood Academy. (PHOTO: Robert Jones)
Four-star Ole Miss commit
Keegan Croucher threw for 172 yards and a touchdown in his first start for the Red Raiders after
transferring in from Connecticut.
Freshman quarterback
Marshall Manning also got the first varsity action of his career when he checked into the game midway through the second quarter. He completed his only throw of the game to junior
Antwaun Adams.
In the first quarter Adams, a four-star safety, hauled in a 39-yard touchdown reception and forced a fumble on defense. That fumble was recovered by three-star senior
Khori Faulkner, who later added a 1-yard touchdown run.
The Red Raiders have now won six straight games against Brentwood Academy with five of those victories being decided by one score or less, including the 2025 Division II Class AAA state title game.
Baylor got on the board first Thursday when Croucher hit Adams for 39 yards to go up 7-0. After trading field goals, Baylor scored with 1:17 left in the first half when Faulkner rumbled in from 1-yard out.
Marshall Manning, the son of NFL legend Peyton Manning, made his varsity debut Thursday night in Baylor's win. (PHOTO: Robert Jones)
Brentwood Academy answered right back though when senior Ole Miss pledge
Crews Jenkins hit wide receiver
Lexton Baskin for a 67-yard touchdown, cutting the deficit to 17-10 at halftime.
The Eagles got the ball back early in the second half when senior linebacker
Roman Jennings intercepted a Croucher pass to set up the offense in plus territory.
But on third and goal Faulker struck again, bringing down running back
Larry Sanders II behind the line of scrimmage. Brentwood Academy was forced to settle for a field goal from Notre Dame commit
Owen Davies to cut the lead to 17-13 with 5:31 left in the third quarter.
Baylor then went on a six-minute drive that ended with a Gabriel Georges touchdown to go up 24-13 with 11:31 remaining.
It only took one play for Brentwood Academy to get back in the game as Jenkins hit four-star Tennessee commit
Kesean Bowman on an 80-yard touchdown strike with 11:21 left. Jenkins finished with 230 passing yards and two touchdowns while Bowman went over the century mark as a receiver.
Baylor answered again with a second Gabriel Georges touchdown to go up 31-20. The Red Raiders defense then forced a punt to set up the Tennessee commits third rushing touchdown of the game to win 38-20.
Ole Miss quarterback commit Keegan Croucher had a successful debut at Baylor after making the move from Connecticut over the summer. (PHOTO: Robert Jones)
