David McMillan had a sack and forced a fumble last Saturday in Kansas University’s 43-33 victory at Tulsa.

The Texan is hoping to make more big plays Saturday when the Jayhawks play Baylor in Waco, Texas.

“My family  they’ll talk about you if you come out sloppy,” the sophomore defensive end said. “I’ll come out there with my ‘A game.'”

McMillan was recruited by Baylor and also made campus visits to Texas, Nevada-Las Vegas and a handful of junior colleges, but he opted to become part of KU’s pipeline out of Killeen, Texas.

“I knew a lot of people from Killeen came to KU, like Reggie Duncan, Carl Ivey and David Winbush,” he said. “When Johnny McCoy committed here I decided to come.”

McCoy, a defensive back, and McMillan are both starters this season after contributing as red-shirt freshmen last year. The former high school teammates are two of six KU starters from Texas, which has produced a total of 21 players on KU’s 2002 roster.

McMillan’s parents no longer live in the Lone Star State, but he’s still expecting other relatives and friends to show up Saturday at Floyd Casey Stadium.

KU needs to improve on a defense that ranks 114th out of 117 Division I-A teams against the run.

“It’s important for me to go home and play well,” said McMillan, who has 22 tackles  including three for loss  one pass breakup and seven quarterback hurries. “I have a lot of people coming out to support me, so I’ve got to make it a good game for them and for personal pride.”

KU’s Texans know the state of Baylor football. The Bears were once a force to reckon with in the Southwest Conference. BU, in fact, won the league crown in 1994, the SWC’s penultimate season.

Since joining the Big 12 in 1996, however, Baylor has posted a 3-43 league record, lost 29 straight league games and endured two coaching changes.

Despite those horrid numbers, BU is a four-point favorite against Kansas.

The Jayhawks, who kept Tulsa’s 15-game losing streak alive last weekend, don’t want Baylor to end its skid against them.

“I guess it would be pretty embarrassing,” McMillan said. “People said we’d lose to Tulsa, but we worked hard and we beat them.”