By Mallory Mattingly
In his final season as Baylor University’s starting quarterback, Sawyer Robertson has one goal in mind: to “be a witness for Jesus Christ.”
“I had tried on my own, but I had finally got to a point where I was like, ‘God, it’s Yours,’” Robertson said on Sports Spectrum’s “What’s Up” podcast of why he gave God his football career. “‘I surrender it to You. If You want it to happen, I know it’ll happen. If You don’t, I trust it. I don’t necessarily like it because I wanted to be a football player my whole life, but I trust it.’”
Sports Spectrum explained throughout his college career at two schools, he only played 11 games during those four years, starting only four of them.
Robertson wasn’t sure what God’s plan for his life was, but he decided to trust Him.
After Baylor’s second loss in Week 2 last season, Robertson finally got his shot at quarterback.
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Throughout the next four games, “Robertson threw eight touchdown passes, ran for three more scores, and averaged 244.5 passing yards while completing 59.1% of his passes,” according to Sports Spectrum.
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When Baylor played at Texas Tech, the athlete went off as he threw five touchdown passes. That one win started a domino effect for the Bears, and the teams finished 8-5 on the season. That was the first time Baylor had an eight-win season since 2021.
Last season, Robertson “threw for 3,004 yards and 27 touchdowns with only eight interceptions in the 11 games he started.”
But even though he finally got his shot as the Bears QB, football isn’t his priority.
“I don’t play football for popularity or anything like that,” he declared on the podcast. “I play football because it’s a platform for me to spread that positivity and be a light for other people and just be a witness for Jesus Christ.”
For Robertson, being at Baylor, one of the top Christian universities in the nation, has helped him grow in his faith.
“There are so many people that are pouring into you at Baylor,” he explained. “And just that sense of community — being surrounded by all those people — you learn stuff from this person, from that person. They learn stuff from you. There’s just always that sense of growing in your faith.”
Last season, Robertson shared a photo of himself on the sideline pointing up to Christ.
The photo had Psalm 73:26 written over it: “My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.”
As Robertson heads into his final season at Baylor, he hopes to lead the Bears into the postseason. But ultimately, the athlete wants his life to point others to Christ.
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