Former five-star prospect and Florida quarterback DJ Lagway has committed to Baylor out of the transfer portal, sources confirm to Dave Campbell’s Texas Football. 

He was the 2023 Mr. Texas Football at Willis High School after recording 5,606 yards of total offense and 73 touchdowns in 14 games while leading the team to the third round of the playoffs for only the second time in the school’s 95-year history. 

Lagway started seven times and played in 12 games as a true freshman for the Gators, passing for 1,915 yards and 12 touchdowns to nine interceptions. He added 101 yards on the ground. Injuries in the offseason and a lame duck head coach in Billy Napier halted his progression as a sophomore. He threw for 2,264 yards and 16 touchdowns to 12 interceptions as Florida’s full-time starter as the Gators limped to a 4-8 season which ended with Napier’s dismissal. 

Lagway joins a Baylor program facing some of the same head coaching concerns. Dave Aranda was controversially given a seventh season despite Baylor finishing with a losing record for the third time in four seasons with a 5-7 mark in 2025. The bright spot for the Bears has been the offense, which was led by OC Jake Spavital and QB Sawyer Robertson for the last two seasons. Spavital remains but a void at QB with Robertson off to the NFL meant the Bears needed a new starting quarterback. 

Lagway provides Aranda & Co. with a splash signing to help reenergize the fan base and gives the offense a high-upside starter at quarterback. He’s clearly talented, but inconsistency on- and off-the-field have thwarted his college career so far. Lagway must cutdown on his interceptions and play more within the system, and it is Spavital’s job to harness the arm talent. 

Baylor hired a new athletic director after the season and figuring out the Aranda situation is job No. 1. The Bears face a tough schedule in 2026, which includes a non-conference game against Auburn and a Big 12 slate that includes Texas Tech, BYU, Houston, Iowa State, and TCU.