Personal
- Son of Tom and Mary Ann Bauman
- One of five children
- Brother, Michael, played rugby at BYU
- Eagle Scout
- Ranked No. 1 in his graduating class with a 4.0 GPA
- Served a church mission in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
- Married to Lindsay Watts
- National Football Foundation scholar-athlete
Before BYU
- Three-year letterwinner at Skyline HS
- Helped lead Skyline HS to the state championship final with an 11-3 record as a senior
- Academic all-state selection
- Earned all-state honors as a defensive lineman as a senior
- Also played running back
- Earned letters in basketball and a letter in soccer
- Earned all-region, second-team and academic all-state honors in soccer as a senior.
Summary
A two-time ESPN the Magazine Academic All-American, MWC Scholar-Athlete and four-time Academic All-MWC honoree, Bauman was a recipient of a prestigious NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship based on his academic and athletic accomplishments at BYU. He was one of 16 student athletes named a 2009 National Scholar Athlete by the National Football Foundation and was a finalist for the Campbell Trophy (Academic Heisman). A team captain as a senior, the four-year letterman started 29 games and totaled 234 tackles during his BYU career. Playing in his final game as a Cougar, Bauman recovered a fumble against Oregon State in the Las Vegas Bowl and returning it for a 34-yard touchdown to change the game and become the first Cougar to return a fumble for a score in BYU bowl history.
Stats
YEAR | SOLO | AST | TOTAL | TFL/YDS | SACKS/YDS | INT/YDS | PBU | QBH | FR | FF |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2004 | 11 | 19 | 30 | 2.5/10 | 2.5/10 | 0/0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
2007 | 19 | 15 | 34 | 1.5/12 | 1.0/11 | 1/3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
2008 | 50 | 58 | 108 | 8.5/25 | 2.0/11 | 0/0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
2009 | 29 | 33 | 62 | 5.0/10 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
TOTAL | 109 | 125 | 234 | 17.5/57 | 5.5/32 | 1/3 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 1 |