Jerod Douglas​

Jerod Douglas was one of San Antonio’s finest high school running backs. He led his team to two state championships and then excelled collegiately in the Southwest and Big 12 Conferences. At Judson High School he rushed for a state 5A record 6,189 yards and scored 85 touchdowns between 1991-1993.  His best season was 1992 when he gained 2,967 yards, also a state record. He set the state championship game record at 238 yards when the Rockets won the 1992 title and set it again in 1993 when he gained 244 yards and Judson repeated as state champion. ​

Douglas set numerous rushing records at Baylor University between 1994 and 1997. He was named to the Bears’ All-Decade Team for the 1990s. His 2,811 career yards rank him the school’s second all-time leading rusher, and he’s also ranked second in single season yards with 1,114. His best game was a school-record 210 yards as a freshman in 1994. In the 1995 season, he had the third highest game rushing total in the Southwest Conference, 197 yards, the top kick-off return, 76 yards, and the most game kickoff return yards ,143. He was an All-Southwest Conference selection in 1995 and an Honorable Mention All-Big 12 honoree in 1997. He was Baylor’s leading rusher in the 1994 Alamo Bowl.​

Douglas’ number 22 football jersey was retired by Judson in 1995, and in 2003 he was inducted into the Texas High School Hall of Fame. ​