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Linebacker, Baylor, 2018–21
Terrel Bernard
- Number
- No. 2
- Height
- 6′1″
- Weight
- 222 lb
- Class (2021)
- Junior
- Hometown
- La Porte, TX
- Born
- May 7, 1999
Terrel Bernard played linebacker at Baylor (2018–21). The Buffalo Bills took Bernard in round 3, No. 89 overall in the 2022 NFL Draft.
At a glance
Career highs
19tackles, career hightwice; last at Texas, 20202.5sacks, career highvs. Kansas, 2020Honors
Team titles: Big 12 champions, 2021
Defense
Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. A dash: the source has no number for that season (often an FCS season), and career totals count only the numbers on file.
On the roster
| Season | Team | No. | Pos | Class | Ht | Wt |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Baylor | 2 | LB | Yr 1 | ||
| 2019 | Baylor | 2 | LB | Yr 2 | ||
| 2020 | Baylor | 2 | LB | Yr 3 | ||
| 2021 | Baylor | 2 | LB | Jr. (Yr 4) | 6′1″ | 222 |
As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.
Game by game
2021 Baylor 13 games, 103 tackles, 7.5 sacks
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 4 | at Texas State | W 29–20 | 9 | 2 | 1.5 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Sep 11 | vs. Texas Southern | W 66–7 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 18 | at Kansas | W 45–7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 25 | vs. Iowa State | W 31–29 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 9 | vs. West Virginia | W 45–20 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 16 | vs. BYU | W 38–24 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 30 | vs. Texas | W 31–24 | 7 | 3 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Nov 6 | at TCU | L 28–30 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 13 | vs. Oklahoma | W 27–14 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 20 | at Kansas State | W 20–10 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 27 | vs. Texas Tech | W 27–24 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Dec 4 | vs. Oklahoma State | W 21–16 | 10 | 5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Jan 1 ✦ | vs. Ole Miss | W 21–7 | 17 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
2020 Baylor 5 games, 55 tackles, 3.5 sacks, 1 INT
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 26 | vs.Kansas | W 47–14 | 8 | 6 | 3.5 | 2.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 3 | atWest Virginia | L 21–27 | 13 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Oct 24 | atTexas | L 16–27 | 19 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Oct 31 | vs.TCU | L 23–33 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 7 | atIowa State | L 31–38 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2019 Baylor 14 games, 112 tackles, 4.5 sacks, 1 INT
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 31 | vs. Stephen F. Austin | W 56–17 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Sep 7 | vs. UTSA | W 63–14 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 21 | at Rice | W 21–13 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 28 | vs.Iowa State | W 23–21 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 5 | atKansas State | W 31–12 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Oct 12 | vs.Texas Tech | W 33–30 | 6 | 4 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 19 | atOklahoma State | W 45–27 | 9 | 5 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 31 | vs.West Virginia | W 17–14 | 10 | 4 | 1.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 9 | atTCU | W 29–23 | 19 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Nov 16 | vs.Oklahoma | L 31–34 | 15 | 8 | 1.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 23 | vs.Texas | W 24–10 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 30 | atKansas | W 61–6 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dec 7 | vs.Oklahoma | L 23–30 | 12 | 4 | 1.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jan 1 ✦ | vs. Georgia | L 14–26 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2018 Baylor 10 games, 47 tackles, 1 sack, 1 INT
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 1 | vs. Abilene Christian | W 55–27 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Sep 8 | atUTSA | W 37–20 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 15 | vs. Duke | L 27–40 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 22 | vs.Kansas | W 26–7 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 29 | atOklahoma | L 33–66 | 5 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 13 | atTexas | L 17–23 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 25 | atWest Virginia | L 14–58 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 3 | vs.Oklahoma State | W 35–31 | 6 | 3 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 10 | atIowa State | L 14–28 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dec 27 ✦ | vs. Vanderbilt | W 45–38 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.
Before the draft
Played in the 2022 Senior Bowl (National team, won 20–10).
| Drill | Combine 2022 | Combine or pro day 2022 |
|---|---|---|
| Height | 6′0⅞″ | |
| Weight | 224 lb | |
| Arm length | 30¼″ | |
| Hand size | 9⅝″ | |
| Wingspan | 73″W | |
| 40-yard dash | 4.59 sW | |
| 10-yard split | 1.57 sW | |
| Vertical jump | 35½″ | |
| Broad jump | 10′3″ | |
| Bench press | 22 reps | |
| 3-cone drill | 7.03 s | |
| 20-yard shuttle | 4.25 s |
Combine or pro day: the source doesn’t say which. Unmarked: Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data); W: Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA). Rosters and honors: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).
In the NFL
5 seasons, 52 games with a stat; latest team: Buffalo Bills.
| Season | Team | G | Tkl | Sacks | Int |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Buffalo Bills | 6 | 18 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | Buffalo Bills | 17 | 127 | 6.5 | 3 |
| 2024 | Buffalo Bills | 13 | 94 | 1 | 2 |
| 2025 | Buffalo Bills | 12 | 60 | 0 | 1 |
| 2026 (so far) | Buffalo Bills | 4 | 28 | 0 | 0 |
| NFL career | 52 | 327 | 7.5 | 6 | |
Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat.
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