Defensive back, Washington, 2014–16
Budda Baker
- Number
- No. 32
- Height
- 5′10″
- Hometown
- Bellevue, WA
- Born
- Jan 10, 1996, in Bellevue, Washington
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Budda Baker played defensive back at Washington (2014–16). He was a consensus All‑American in 2016. The Arizona Cardinals took Baker in round 2, No. 36 overall in the 2017 NFL Draft.
At a glance
Career highs
10tackles, career highat Arizona, 2016Honors
Team titles: Pac-12 champions, 2016
Defense
| Season | Team | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD | Hur |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Washington | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – |
| 2015 | Washington | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | – |
| 2016 | Washington | 70 | 48 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1 |
| Career | 70 | 48 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 1 | |
Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. A dash: the source has no number for that season (often an FCS season), and career totals count only the numbers on file.
Defense before 2016
| Season | G | Solo | Ast | Tkl |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 8 of 13 | 14 | 4 | 18 |
Our box scores carry tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from 2016 only, so these come from other sources: ESPN play-by-play participants, via SportsDataverse: tackles only, counted in the games whose play-by-play names tacklers (G: those games, of his team’s), so part of the season, not its total. A dash: the source has no number for it.
On the roster
| Season | Team | No. | Pos | Ht |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Washington | 32 | DB | |
| 2015 | Washington | 32 | DB | |
| 2016 | Washington | 32 | DB | 5′10″ |
As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.
Game by game
2016 Washington 14 games, 70 tackles, 3 sacks, 2 INT
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 3 | vs. Rutgers | W 48–13 | 2 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 10 | vs. Idaho | W 59–14 | 6 | 4 | 1.5 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 17 | vs. Portland State | W 41–3 | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 24 | at Arizona | W 35–28 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 30 | vs. Stanford | W 44–6 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Oct 8 | at Oregon | W 70–21 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Oct 22 | vs. Oregon State | W 41–17 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 29 | at Utah | W 31–24 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Nov 5 | at California | W 66–27 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 12 | vs. USC | L 13–26 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 19 | vs. Arizona State | W 44–18 | 5 | 4 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 25 | at Washington State | W 45–17 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Dec 2 | vs. Colorado | W 41–10 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Dec 31 ✦ | vs. Alabama | L 7–24 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2015 Washington 3 games, 2 INT
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 12 | vs. Sacramento State | W 49–0 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Oct 24 | atStanford | L 14–31 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – |
| Oct 31 | vs.Arizona | W 49–3 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – |
2014 Washington 1 game, 1 INT
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 2 ✦ | vs. Oklahoma State | L 22–30 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – |
Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.
Before the draft
| Drill | Combine 2017 |
|---|---|
| Height | 5′9⅝″ |
| Weight | 195 lb |
| Arm length | 30¾″ |
| Hand size | 9″ |
| Wingspan | 71¾″W |
| 40-yard dash | 4.45 s |
| 10-yard split | 1.52 sW |
| Vertical jump | 32½″ |
| Broad jump | 9′7″ |
| Bench press | 15 reps |
| 3-cone drill | 6.76 s |
| 20-yard shuttle | 4.08 s |
Unmarked: Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data); W: Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).
In the NFL
10 seasons, 143 games with a stat; latest team: Arizona Cardinals.
Pro Bowls: 8 (2017, 2019–25) · First-team All-Pro (AP): 2 (2017, 2020) · Second-team All-Pro (AP): 2 (2021, 2024)
All-Pro teams: AP first team 2017, 2020; AP second team 2021, 2024; Pro Football Writers first team 2017.
| Season | Team | G | Tkl | Sacks | Int |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Arizona Cardinals | 16 | 72 | 1 | 0 |
| 2018 | Arizona Cardinals | 14 | 95 | 2 | 0 |
| 2019 | Arizona Cardinals | 16 | 134 | 0.5 | 0 |
| 2020 | Arizona Cardinals | 15 | 112 | 2 | 2 |
| 2021 | Arizona Cardinals | 17 | 95 | 2 | 3 |
| 2022 | Arizona Cardinals | 15 | 96 | 0 | 2 |
| 2023 | Arizona Cardinals | 12 | 76 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | Arizona Cardinals | 17 | 154 | 2 | 0 |
| 2025 | Arizona Cardinals | 16 | 117 | 0.5 | 1 |
| 2026 (so far) | Arizona Cardinals | 5 | 36 | 2.5 | 1 |
| NFL career | 143 | 987 | 12.5 | 9 | |
Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat. Pro Bowls and All-Pro teams by NFL season: rosters and honors, Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).
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