Baylor’s steady, old-school glue guy with a coach’s son feel
In the 2026 season, John Heard profiles more as a reliable culture piece than a stat-stuffing headline maker: Baylor lists him as a 6-foot-5 senior forward from Houston, and his career production has been limited, with ESPN showing just 0.3 points and 0.3 rebounds per game and a 17.6% field-goal rate. His real value is the hard-to-measure stuff—years in the program, buy-in, and the kind of former walk-on background that usually signals toughness, gratitude, and zero ego. If your team wants a low-drama, high-intangibles wing who knows the Baylor standard, he fits the bill.
