Baylor running back Dawson Pendergrass, the Bears' second-leading rusher from 2024, will miss the 2025 season with a foot injury that will require surgery.

The Baylor Bears will be without a key member of their offensive backfield when they take the field against Auburn later this month.

Baylor football will go into the 2025 season without a pivotal offensive weapon. Head coach Dave Aranda announced Saturday that running back Dawson Pendergrass is out for the year with a foot injury. Aranda added that Pendergrass will undergo surgery on the injured foot.

Baylor head football coach Dave Aranda confirmed to media on Saturday that running back Dawson Pendergrass sustained a foot injury that requires surgery and will force him to miss the 2025 season. Pendergrass served as exactly the one-two punch the Baylor running game needed last season,

WACO — Baylor will be without one of its key running backs this season. Head coach Dave Aranda said after the team concluded its first scrimmage of the fall on Saturday at McLane Stadium that junior Dawson Pendergrass will miss the season with a foot injury he sustained during camp.

In a press conference Saturday, Baylor head football coach Dave Aranda said Pendergrass has suffered a season-ending foot injury.

Baylor football head coach Dave Aranda revealed that running back Dawson Pendergrass sustained an injury during Fall camp and will miss the entirety of the 2025 season

The Auburn Tigers open the 2025 season on the road at Baylor on Aug. 29, and the Bears will be without a key offensive weapon.