Class Junior Place of birth Bellevue, Washington Weight 87 kg Position Safety | College Washington (2014–2016) Height 1.78 m High school Bellevue High School Siblings Robert Baker | |
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Bowl games 2015 Cactus Bowl
2015 Heart of Dallas Bowl
2016 Peach Bowl (CFP Semifinal) Date of birth (1996-01-10) January 10, 1996 (age 21) Similar Sidney Jones, John Ross, Jake Browning, Myles Gaskin, Chris Petersen Profiles | ||
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Bishard "Budda" Baker (born January 10, 1996) is an American football safety for the Washington Huskies.
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Early years
Baker attended Bellevue High School in Bellevue, Washington. He played safety and running back in football and also ran track. As a senior, he was named the Seattle Times High School Athlete of the Year. Baker was rated as a four-star recruit and was ranked among the top safeties in his class. He originally committed to the University of Oregon to play college football, but flipped to the University of Washington the night before National Signing Day.
College career
As a true freshman at Washington in 2014, Baker started all 14 games, recording 80 tackles, one interception and one sack. Following his freshman campaign, Baker was named a Freshman All-American by USA Today. As a sophomore in 2015 he started 12 of 13 games and was named All-Pac-12 after recording 49 tackles and two interceptions. Baker was named a pre-season All-American prior to the 2016 season. Following the 2016 season, Baker earned consensus all-American honors as a result of being named a first-team all-American by The Sporting News and the Football Writers Association of America, and a second-team all-American by the American Football Coaches Association and The Associated Press. On January 3, 2017 Baker announced his decision to forego his senior season and enter the NFL Draft.
