CJ Baxter

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CJ Baxter
Texas Longhorns–No. 4
Position Running back
Class
Redshirt Redshirt.svg
Redshirt
Sophomore
Major Communication & Leadership
Personal information
Born: (2005-06-28) June 28, 2005 (age 20) [1]
Height6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Weight227 lb (103 kg)
Career history
College
High school Edgewater
(Orlando, Florida)

Cedric "CJ" Baxter Jr. (born June 28, 2005) [1] is an American college football running back for the Texas Longhorns.

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Early years

Baxter attended Edgewater High School in Orlando, Florida. During his high school career, he had 3,826 rushing yards and 57 touchdowns. [2] Brooks played in the 2023 Under Armour All-America Game. A five-star recruit, he committed to the University of Texas at Austin to play college football. [3] [4] [5]

College career

2023 Season

Baxter entered his true freshman year at Texas in 2023 as the starting running back becoming the first true freshman since Ricky Williams in 1995 to start the opener. He started the first two games of the season before missing the next two games due to a foot injury, which allowed Jonathon Brooks to take over as the starter. [6] After Brooks suffered a season ending torn ACL, Baxter reclaimed the starting job. [7] [8] Overall, he played in 12 games with six starts and had 659 yards on 138 carries with five touchdowns.

2024 Season

Before Week 1 started, Baxter suffered a knee injury during practice that required season-ending surgery. [9] Because Baxter was projected to be the starting running back, this allowed Jaydon Blue and Quintrevon Wisner to playing a larger role. [10]

2025 Season

In 2025, Baxter returned for his redshirt sophomore season. Prior to the season, he was named to the Doak Walker Award, Comeback Player of the Year Award, and Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Award watchlists. [11] In his first game back, Baxter logged 40 rushing yards and 25 receiving yards in the loss against Ohio State. [12] In Week 3, Baxter suffered a hamstring injury against UTEP and was ruled out for Week 4 against Sam Houston. [13]

College statistics

SeasonGamesRushingReceiving
GPGSAttYardsAvgTDRecYardsAvgTD
Texas Longhorns
2023 1361386594.85241566.50
2024 10000.00000.00
2025 32241104.607223.10
Career 1791627694.75311786.50

References

  1. 1 2 "Cedric Baxter, RB Texas". dynastyleaguefootball.com. Retrieved March 25, 2024.
  2. ↑ Hays, Chris (November 22, 2023). "Eyes of Texas on Edgewater's CJ Baxter". Orlando Sentinel. Retrieved July 5, 2024.
  3. ↑ Hays, Chris (August 11, 2022). "Edgewater RB Cedric Baxter commits to Texas over Miami, UCF, UF and Texas A&M". Orlando Sentinel. Retrieved July 5, 2024.
  4. ↑ Baumgartner, Blake (August 10, 2022). "RB Baxter, No. 58 recruit for '23, chooses Texas". ESPN.com. Retrieved July 5, 2024.
  5. ↑ "Texas lands commitment from Orlando Edgewater 4-star RB Cedric Baxter Jr". The Daytona Beach News-Journal.
  6. ↑ "Texas freshman CJ Baxter stepped into Jonathon Brooks' cleats quite well, it turned out". Austin-American Statesman.
  7. ↑ "Losing Brooks opens the door for freshman Baxter as No. 1 running back for No. 7 Texas". Associated Press. November 13, 2023.
  8. ↑ Tijerina, Richard (November 13, 2023). "Texas football coach Steve Sarkisian has confidence in CJ Baxter". Austin American-Statesman. Retrieved February 3, 2025.
  9. ↑ Wilson, Dave (August 7, 2024). "Texas loses RB Baxter for season with knee injury". ESPN. Retrieved September 21, 2025.
  10. ↑ Salreno, Cameron (August 7, 2024). "CJ Baxter injury: Texas' projected starting RB lost for 2024 season; Longhorns could turn to youth in response". CBSSports.com. Retrieved September 22, 2025.
  11. ↑ Tafolla, Grace (August 20, 2025). "No. 1/1 Football trio named to Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Award watch list". University of Texas Athletics. Retrieved September 22, 2025.
  12. ↑ Dimmitt, Zach (August 31, 2025). "Texas Longhorns RB CJ Baxter 'Super Grateful' in Return From Injury". Texas Longhorns On SI. Retrieved September 21, 2025.
  13. ↑ Wilson, Matthew (September 19, 2025). "Who's in, who's out? Texas football injury report for week 4 against Sam Houston". Hook'em Headlines. Retrieved September 21, 2025.
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