J.J. Joe

J.J. (John Eric) Joe, BBA ’93, Baylor Athletics Hall of Famer and former quarterback, died Feb. 25 at age 54. 

An Arlington, TX, native, Joe was named the Fort Worth Star-Telegram Offensive Player of the Year as a senior at Lamar High School in 1988. After a meteoric rise from third-stringer to starter four games into his redshirt freshman season at Baylor in 1990, Joe led the Bears to back-to-back bowl games in 1991 and 1992. The program record-holder for career yards per completion 32 years later, he still ranks in the top 10 in career yards passing, completions, touchdown passes and total offense. A three-time Academic All-American, Joe was named to Baylor’s All-Decade Team for the 1990s. He was inducted to the Baylor Athletics Hall of Fame in 2006. 

After graduating from Baylor in 1993 with a degree in finance, Joe went into the banking business and earned his MBA in finance from UT Arlington in 1997. As a founding partner, he was the CFO of Beverly Sue Global Services (BSGC), which does operations and maintenance at overseas camps, mostly in the Middle East. 

For the past six years, Joe had served on the staff at First Presbyterian Church of Dallas as senior executive director and chief financial officer. 

In 2004, he joined the Baylor football radio broadcast team, serving as the in-booth analyst for a 21-year run that included 12 bowl games, Robert Griffin III's 2011 Heisman Trophy run and Big 12 championships in 2013, 2014 and 2021.