Maurice Linguist

Senior Maurice Linguist is listed No. 1 on the depth chart at outside safety and will challenge for All-Big 12 honors in his final campaign as a Bear ... With 12 career starts under his belt, only four returning Baylor defenders have made more starts than Linguist, who enters the 2006 campaign having posted 16 multi-tackle games over his last 18 appearances ... Received his undergaduate degree in Aug. 2006.

Mesquite High School, Mesquite, Texas

First-team all-district and all-city selection as a senior cornerback

Captained Mesquite's 2001 Class 5A 15-0 state championship team

Tallied 78 tackles, including two for loss, six interceptions, 23 pass breakups, a forced fumble and a fumble recovery as a senior cornerback

Had 25 tackles, eight pass breakups and two interceptions in junior season

Earned three letters for the Skeeters in football

Started prep career as a running back, where he averaged 3.9 yards per rush as a sophomore for Mesquite's state semifinalist squad before moving into the Skeeters' secondary his final two seasons

Also lettered twice in basketball

A-B honor roll student throughout high school career

Coached by Steve Halpin at the District 10-5A school

Originally signed with Air Force.

The son of Maurice Linguist and Maureen Waithe, Maurice Marlon Linguist was born April 1, 1984, in Dallas

Speech communications major would like to become a Division I college head coach

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