Defensive back, Georgia, 2015–18
Deandre Baker
- Number
- No. 18
- Height
- 5′11″
- Weight
- 185 lb
- Class (2018)
- Senior
- Hometown
- Miami, FL
- Born
- Sep 4, 1997, in Miami, Florida
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Deandre Baker played defensive back at Georgia (2015–18). He won the 2018 Jim Thorpe Award. He was a consensus All‑American in 2018. The New York Giants took Baker in the first round, No. 30 overall in the 2019 NFL Draft.
At a glance
Career highs
10tackles, career highvs. Florida, 2016Honors
Team titles: SEC champions, 2017
Season by season, from Wikipedia
| Season | Team | Tackles | Interceptions | Fumbles | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solo | Ast | Tot | Sacks | Int | Yds | TD | PD | FR | FF | ||
| 2015 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 8 | 21 | 10 | 31 | 1 | 2 | 27 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 |
| 2017 | 15 | 30 | 14 | 44 | 0 | 3 | 37 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 12 | 31 | 9 | 40 | 0 | 2 | 81 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 1 |
| Career | 83 | 33 | 116 | 1 | 7 | 145 | 0 | 23 | 1 | 2 | |
From the college statistics table in Baker’s Wikipedia article (Deandre Baker, CC BY-SA), season by season as the article gives them, bowls included where it counts them. Our own records come from box scores, which start in 2004 (tackles in 2016, kickoff returns in 2009).
On the roster
| Season | Team | No. | Pos | Class | Ht | Wt |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Georgia | 18 | DB | Fr. | ||
| 2016 | Georgia | 18 | DB | So. | ||
| 2017 | Georgia | 18 | DB | Jr. | ||
| 2018 | Georgia | 18 | DB | Sr. | 5′11″ | 185 |
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
2018 Georgia 12 games, 40 tackles, 2 INT
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 8 | at South Carolina | W 41–17 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Sep 15 | vs. Middle Tennessee | W 49–7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Sep 22 | at Missouri | W 43–29 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Sep 29 | vs. Tennessee | W 38–12 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Oct 6 | vs. Vanderbilt | W 41–13 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Oct 13 | at LSU | L 16–36 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Oct 27 | vs. Florida | W 36–17 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 3 | at Kentucky | W 34–17 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 10 | vs. Auburn | W 27–10 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Nov 17 | vs. Massachusetts | W 66–27 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 24 | vs. Georgia Tech | W 45–21 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dec 1 | vs. Alabama | L 28–35 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2017 Georgia 14 games, 43 tackles, 3 INT
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2 | vs. App State | W 31–10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 9 | at Notre Dame | W 20–19 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Sep 16 | vs. Samford | W 42–14 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 23 | vs. Mississippi State | W 31–3 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Sep 30 | atTennessee | W 41–0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 7 | atVanderbilt | W 45–14 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Oct 14 | vs.Missouri | W 53–28 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Oct 28 | vs.Florida | W 42–7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 4 | vs.South Carolina | W 24–10 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Nov 18 | vs.Kentucky | W 42–13 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 25 | atGeorgia Tech | W 38–7 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – |
| Dec 2 | vs.Auburn | W 28–7 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jan 1 ✦ | vs. Oklahoma | W 54–48 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jan 8 ✦ | vs.Alabama | L 23–26 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
2016 Georgia 8 games, 31 tackles, 1 sack, 2 INT
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Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.
Before the draft
| Drill | Combine 2019 | Combine or pro day 2019 |
|---|---|---|
| Height | 5′11″ | |
| Weight | 193 lb | |
| Arm length | 32″ | |
| Hand size | 9″ | |
| Wingspan | 77⅛″W | |
| 40-yard dash | 4.52 s | |
| 10-yard split | 1.51 s | |
| Vertical jump | 31½″ | |
| Broad jump | 9′10″ | |
| Bench press | 14 reps | |
| 3-cone drill | 6.95 s | |
| 20-yard shuttle | 4.27 s |
Combine or pro day: the source doesn’t say which. Unmarked: Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data); W: Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).
In the NFL
3 seasons, 23 games with a stat; latest team: Kansas City Chiefs.
| Season | Team | G | Tkl | Sacks | Int |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | New York Giants | 16 | 55 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | Kansas City Chiefs | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| 2021 | Kansas City Chiefs | 6 | 16 | 0 | 0 |
| NFL career | 23 | 76 | 1 | 0 | |
Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat.
Other pro football
| Years | League | Team |
|---|---|---|
| 2024– | UFL | DC Defenders |
Leagues other than the NFL, from the infobox of his Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA), as it names the teams.
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