NEW ORLEANS — Baylor does not have a gold Turnover Chain or a Turnover Belt or any of those beloved, wacky props used to honor the thrilling act of a defensive takeaway. All it has are gold and green stickers of the program’s bear logo. Nothing special, really. They get affixed to the back of a player’s helmet when he comes up with a turnover, so most people have probably never noticed them. A sticker doesn’t really stand out.



Thirty stickers, on the other hand, are another story. That’s how many takeaways these Bears have produced in 2019. They tripled their takeaway output in one season, suddenly becoming one of the nation’s most prolific turnover creators after ranking among the very worst for two years. If you ask Baylor linebacker Jordan Williams, all these turnovers help tell the tale of the Bears’ one-year turnaround from 7-6 to a No. 7 ranking, 11 wins and a New Year’s Six bowl.



“We always talked about how...