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7 Baylor Recruits Reportedly Request Release from NLI's After Art Briles' Firing

The Baylor Bears are already hemorrhaging recruits in 2017, and a mass exodus from their 2016 class may be on the horizon in the aftermath of Art Briles' imminent departure.

ESPN.com's Jeremy Crabtree reported Wednesday that seven members of the Bears' 2016 class are asking the school to release them from their national letters of intent.

Offensive tackle JP Urquidez is one of the seven, according to his father:

According to Crabtree, Devin Duvernay, Patrick Hudson, Jared Atkinson, Kameron Martin, Parrish Cobb and Donovan Duvernay are also looking to get out of their letters of intent.