Baylor Hall of Famer Jj Joe passes

Waco, Texas – The Baylor Athletics Hall of Famer and the former BU -Quarterback Great JJ (John Eric) Joe died on Tuesday, February 25th, at the age of 54.

Joe, who was recorded in the Baylor Athletics Hall of Fame in 2006, also ended his 21^st Season as part of the Baylor Football Radio Broadcast Team as a color analyst next to “Voice of the Bears” John Morris And secondary reporter Ricky Thompson.

“It is an honor for me to be JJS coach,” said Hall of Fame Baylor Coach Grant Teaff. “I am broken with a broken heart. JJ is one of the best men I've ever done. He was an excellent leader and a talented athlete. He was selfless and more and more took care of the success of his teammates than his own awards. He was hard, determined and boy, loved his teammates and his Baylor University.

“After leaving Baylor, he not only became a former player, but a closer and trustworthy friend. He was something special and will always stay in my heart and live on in the spirit of the Baylor family.”

A native Arlington, Texas, JJ, he was named Fort Worth Star Telegram Offensive player of the year as a senior at the Lamar High School in 1988 when he threw 2,124 yards and 16 touchdowns and led the Vikings to the quarter -finals of class 5a.

After a meteoric climb from the third broadcaster to four games in his redshirt Freshman season in 1990 Joe led the bears in 1991 and '92 to two consecutive Bowl games and organized all school records until the end of his career (1990-93).

The program record holder for career meal per completion (17.3) 32 years later he is in the top 10 in the Passing Yards (5.995), the completions (347-of-665), touchdown passes (31) and total criminal offense (6,815). Joe, a triple academic all-American, was appointed for the nineties in Baylor's all-decade team.

“When you play and went through, (the Hall of Fame) is not something you thinking about,” said JJ, when he was included in the Baylor Athletics Hall of Fame in 2006. “

Joe Castle in Baylor in 1993 with a degree in finance in the banking business directly from college. In 1997 he received his MBA in Uta finances. As a founding partner, he was CFO of Beverly Sue Global Services (BSGC), which was led overseas in overseas camps in the Middle East.

In the past six years, JJ has worked as a senior director and Chief Financial Officer in the first Presbyterian Church of Dallas.

In 2004 he entered the Baylor Football Radio Broadcast team with Morris and Thompson and was the in-booth analyst for a 21-year-old run with 12 Bowl games, Robert Griffin IIis Heisman Trophy Run and Big 12 championships in 2013, 2014 and 2021.

“JJ was a Baylor man at its core,” said Morris. “From his career as a four -year -old starter in the quarterback up to the past 21 years as a color analyst in our radio programs, JJ was generally loved and respected by fans who had the feeling of knowing him through the air waves.”

JJ is survived by his wife Lakeesha and sons Jordan, Josh and Jacob as well as his family Baylor and former teammates at the Lamar High School and Baylor.

The funerals are still pending.