20 Years in the Making: Caden Powell Comes Home to Baylor

Caden Powell took the long road home. After growing up 20 minutes from Baylor's campus, he left Texas for Wyoming, experienced negative 20-degree winters, then played at Rice before finally returning to wear the green and gold – becoming the first Waco native to play for Baylor basketball in over 20 years.

In this heartfelt conversation, Powell shares his unlikely journey from a kid who never thought he'd play college basketball until his junior year of high school to becoming a hometown hero. He opens up about the brutal sophomore year at Wyoming that nearly broke him – losing 10 pounds in a week from illness, struggling with consistency, and learning to give himself grace when nothing would go right.

From his mom refusing to let him play football to getting 20 missed calls from assistant coach Tweety Carter the day he entered the transfer portal, Caden's story is about discovering that sometimes you have to leave home to truly appreciate it. He discusses what it means to represent his city, why he hasn't quite processed playing in his hometown yet, and how he plans to leave his mark on a program with championship standards.

As Baylor basketball enters a new era, Powell represents the bridge between past and future – a local kid who's seen the world, experienced the highs and lows of college basketball, and returned home with the wisdom and hunger to help restore Baylor to its championship standard.

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