Baylor head football coach Matt Rhule is set to hire former Texas Longhorn and Rice assistant coach Frank Okam to coach the defensive line, SicEm365 has learned. Okam spent the 2016 and 2017 seasons at Rice in the same position.

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Okam, who was selected by the Houston Texas in the 2008 NFL Draft, was a four-year letterman for the Longhorns from 2004-2007 and was a starter for the 2005 team that went on to win the National Championship over the University of Southern Cal.

Okam finished his undergrad at Texas with a degree in Sport Management while minoring in Business. He was a 2004 graduate of Lake Highlands High School in Dallas where he was a Parade and US Army All-American and graduated in the top 5 percent of his class.

Okam finished his collegiate career with 160 total tackles and 28 tackles for loss.

The hiring of Okam will bring Baylor to the new limit of coaches allowed by the NCAA for the 2018 season at 10. Rhule recently promoted former Director of Player Personnel Evan Cooper to an on-field assistant position and announced the hiring of wide receivers coach Frisman Jackson after the depature of Bob Bicknell to the NFL.

Okam will fill a vacant position left behind by now Texas A&M defensive line coach Elijah Robinson.