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Junior speedster David Gettis, one of nine returning offensive starters for the 2008 Bears, is poised for a breakout season after a solid all-around 2007 campaign ... Gettis' 22.44-yard kickoff return average ranks 10th on Baylor's all-time list. 2007: Played in every game and made eight starts at wide receiver as a sophomore to earn second Baylor letter ... Ranked No. 5 on squad in both receptions (31) and receiving yards (407), but was one of only two Bears with at least 12 receptions not to catch a TD pass ... Averaged 13.1 yards per reception to rank No. 3 on squad ... Recorded 12 plays of 25-plus yards on season (five receptions and seven returns) ... 30 of 35 career receptions off Blake Szymanski throws ... Nine career multi-catch games, included eight in 2007 ... Registered at least one reception in 11 of 12 games as a sophomore ... Had a career-high eight receptions for career-best 99 yards vs. Colorado in second career start; totaled career-high 225 all-purpose yards (99 receiving and 126 kickoff return) against Buffs to tie the fifth-best one-game total in school history ... Caught four passes vs. No. 19 Texas (for 73 yards) and at No. 4 Oklahoma (30 yards) ... Recorded a career-long 69-yard catch at Texas A&M in first career start ... Also returned 34 kickoffs for 763 yards on the season ... Had a 97-yard kickoff return for a score at Kansas, the seventh-longest in school history ... His 22.4-yard kickoff return average ranked No. 12 in Big 12 and No. 87 nationally ... Tallied 763 yards in kickoff returns, most ever by a Big 12 sophomore and the league's 10th-best, all-time total overall ... In Big 12 games only, ranked No. 12 in kickoff return average (22.5 ypr) ... His 34 kickoff returns ranked No. 3 on Baylor's single-season list, while the 763 return yards were a school single-season record ... Totaled 1,170 all-purpose yards on season--just 14 yards shy of a spot on the school's one-season chart ... Averaged 126.8 all-purpose yards per game to rank No. 10 in Big 12 for league games only ... Saw action on 612 snaps with a high of 68 vs. Colorado ... Played 40 or more downs 10 times. 2006: Played in 11 games behind senior wide receiver Trent Shelton and registered four receptions for 82 yards and one touchdown ... Averaged a team-best 20.50 yards per catch ... Totaled season-high two receptions for 62 yards at Oklahoma State, one of which was a 51-yard touchdown catch from Blake Szymanski ... Recorded first career catch, a 13-yarder, at Texas Tech, and had a seven-yard grab vs. No. 16 Oklahoma ... Also a member of the Baylor track team ... Saw action on 57 snaps to pick up first letter. High School: Dorsey High School, Los Angeles ... Signed with Baylor in 2004 and enrolled in June 2006 ... Baylor's first commitment to play in the U.S. Army All-American Bowl ... Caught a 39-yard touchdown pass in 2005 All-American Bowl ... Ranked California's 50th-best prep and nation's 26th-best receiver in 2004 by Rivals.com ... Golden State's 38th-best player by SuperPrep ... Caught 31 passes for 600 yards and nine touchdowns in final prep season en route to all-city honors ... Also played free safety for the Dons, totaling 40 tackles, three interceptions and six pass breakups ... Had 23 receptions for 496 yards and seven scores as a junior ... California's first prep ever to capture three consecutive state 400 meter titles, also won Los Angeles City 400 crowns as a junior and senior ... Won state 400 title in 47.1 seconds as a sophomore, then ran a 46.3 to claim his second state 400 gold medal in 2004 and smoked the field by nearly two seconds to win in 45.84 as a senior in 2005 ... His 45.84 400 was nation's fastest by a prep ... Also anchored Dorsey's victorious 4x400-meter relay team and ran second leg of its gold-medal 4x100-meter relay team at 2005 state meet ... Selected The Los Angeles Times' 2005 Boys' Track & Field Athlete of the Year ... Had football scholarship offers from Arizona, Arizona State, Washington and San Diego State, as well as a track offer from Southern California ... Played football for coach Ralph Caldwell. Personal: The son of Dale and Valeri Gettis, David Alexander Gettis was born Aug. 27, 1987, in Cherry Point, N.C., and will turn 21 the day before the Bears' Aug. 28 season-opener against Wake Forest ... Political science major. |
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