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 |
Year |
GP |
SOLO |
AST |
TOT |
TFL/YDS |
NO |
YDS |
INT |
YDS |
TD |
FF |
FR |
FRYDS |
QBH |
PBU |
2009 |
13 |
29 |
33 |
2 |
5 / 10 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
34 |
0 |
3 |
2008 |
13 |
50 |
58 |
0 |
8.5 / 25 |
2 |
11 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
2007 |
13 |
19 |
15 |
0 |
1.5 / 12 |
1 |
11 |
1 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
3 |
2004 |
11 |
11 |
19 |
0 |
2.5 / 10 |
2 |
10 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
TOTALS: |
50 |
109 |
125 |
2 |
17.5 / 57 |
5 |
32 |
1 |
3 |
- |
1 |
4 |
34 |
3 |
7 |
Career |
Year |
GP |
GS |
2009 |
13 |
12 |
2008 |
13 |
13 |
2007 |
13 |
1 |
2004 |
11 |
5 |
TOTALS: |
50 |
31 |