Baylor interim coach Jim Grobe said Monday that not only does he not know if former Bears player Shawn Oakman was in the team's locker room at Rice last Friday, he does not even know who Oakman is.

The 6-foot-9 Oakman, who became the school's all-time sacks leader in 2015, was indicted in July by a grand jury on charges of second-degree felony sexual assault.

"I don't know who Shawn Oakman is. So I wouldn't be able to recognize him if he walked in the door right now,'' Grobe said when asked during his weekly news conference about whether Oakman was in the locker room. "There were a lot of people around at the end of the game. There are always a lot of people around. But I had no issues. I didn't know he was there, or know who he is.''

Earlier, ESPN.com quoted a Baylor spokesman as saying that Oakman remained in the hallway entrance outside the locker room, but never went into the locker room. The same spokesman later clarified to ESPN.com that Oakman did in fact enter the locker room.

At that same time, Baylor also issued a statement:

"Baylor did not invite Shawn Oakman onto the field or into the locker room. He made his way there after the game but did not address the team. As indicated earlier today, Coach Grobe did not recognize that Oakman was in the locker room area as Coach gave his post-game address. Oakman spoke personally with a few former teammates and left the stadium. Oakman is not permitted in Baylor-owned facilities nor in the locker room at future away games."

Police in Waco arrested Oakman in April after a Baylor graduate student accused him of sexually assaulting her at his apartment on April 3. Under Texas law, second-degree felony sexual assault typically carries a sentence of two to 20 years in state prison and a fine up to $10,000.

"He's a great guy, just in a bad situation," Baylor quarterback Seth Russell told the Dallas Morning News on Monday. "We're not gonna hold anything against him. He was part of the team and he's still part of Baylor. We're going to love him as much as anybody else."

Oakman's attorney has maintained "that the sex in this case was consensual."

Oakman, who was the preseason Big 12 Defensive Player of the Year last summer, went undrafted in the spring after his arrest.

Later in his news conference, Grobe -- who was hired by Baylor on May 30 -- was pressed again about not knowing who Oakman is.

"I've heard that Shawn Oakman was at the game," he replied. "But I don't know who Shawn Oakman is. If he walked in today, I wouldn't know that was Shawn Oakman."

Baylor, ranked 16th in the AP poll, opens Big 12 play this weekend at home against Oklahoma State.

ESPN's Heather Dinich contributed to this report.