 Sawyer Robertson after beating TCU on November 2nd, 2024 | |
| Baylor Bears–No. 13 | |
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| Position | Quarterback |
| Class |  Senior |
| Personal information | |
| Born: | February 1, 2003 [1] Lubbock, Texas, U.S. |
| Height | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) |
| Weight | 220 lb (100 kg) |
| Career history | |
| College |
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| High school | Coronado (Lubbock, Texas) |
Sawyer James Robertson (born February 1, 2003) is an American college football quarterback for the Baylor Bears. Robertson previously played for the Mississippi State Bulldogs.
Robertson was born on February 1, 2003 in Lubbock, Texas. [2] [3] He attended Coronado High School in Lubbock where he lettered in football and baseball. In his high school career, he completed 877 of 1,359 pass attempts for 12,148 yards and 146 touchdowns to 22 interceptions, and rushed for 553 yards and 13 touchdowns. [4] Robertson was rated a four-star recruit and committed to play college football at Mississippi State University over offers from Arizona State, Arkansas, Florida State, Louisiana, Louisville, Nevada, SMU, TCU, Texas, Tulsa, USC, Washington State and Wisconsin. [5] [6]
As a freshman in 2021, Robertson was redshirted. [7] In 2022, he completed six of 11 passes for 23 yards and an interception in five games played. [8]
On January 4, 2023, Robertson announced that he would be entering the transfer portal following the death of Missisippi State coach Mike Leach. [9] [10]
On January 11, 2023, Robertson announced that he would be transferring to Baylor. [11] In 2023, he played in six games and was named as the starting quarterback against Utah after Blake Shapen had suffered an injury. [12] Robertson finished the season completing 66 of 117 passing attempts for 864 yards, two touchdowns and four interceptions, while also making 35 rushing attempts for 69 yards and a touchdown. In 2024, he threw for 2,626 yards and 26 touchdowns as Baylor finished with an 8–5 record (including a 6–3 conference record) and lost 44–31 to LSU in the Texas Bowl. [13]
| Season | Team | Games | Passing | Rushing | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GP | GS | Record | Cmp | Att | Pct | Yds | Y/A | TD | Int | Rtg | Att | Yds | Avg | TD | ||
| 2021 | Mississippi State | Redshirt | ||||||||||||||
| 2022 | Mississippi State | 5 | 0 | — | 6 | 11 | 54.5 | 23 | 2.1 | 0 | 1 | 53.9 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| 2023 | Baylor | 6 | 4 | 1−3 | 66 | 117 | 56.4 | 864 | 7.4 | 2 | 4 | 117.2 | 35 | 69 | 2.0 | 1 |
| 2024 | Baylor | 12 | 11 | 7−4 | 229 | 368 | 62.2 | 3,071 | 8.3 | 28 | 8 | 153.1 | 63 | 230 | 3.7 | 4 |
| 2025 | Baylor | 4 | 4 | 2−2 | 109 | 174 | 62.6 | 1,320 | 7.6 | 13 | 3 | 147.6 | 15 | 3 | 0.2 | 0 |
| Career | 27 | 19 | 10−9 | 410 | 670 | 61.2 | 5,278 | 7.9 | 43 | 16 | 143.8 | 115 | 302 | 2.6 | 5 | |
Robertson's father Stan Robertson was drafted by the Montreal Expos in the first round of the 1990 MLB Draft and following a career ending injury, played college football at Texas Tech. [10] [14] Robertson is the cousin of Denver Broncos quarterback Jarrett Stidham. [15]