No. 6 – New England Patriots | |
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Position: | Wide receiver |
Personal information | |
Born: | Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. | February 18, 2002
Height: | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) |
Weight: | 202 lb (92 kg) |
Career information | |
High school: | McEachern (Powder Springs, Georgia) |
College: | Alabama (2020–2021) UCF (2022–2023) |
NFL draft: | 2024 / round: 4 / pick: 110 |
Career history | |
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Roster status: | Active |
Career highlights and awards | |
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Stats at Pro Football Reference |
Javon Baker (born February 18, 2002) is an American professional football wide receiver for the New England Patriots of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Alabama Crimson Tide and UCF Knights.
Baker attended McEachern High School in Powder Springs, Georgia. He had 58 receptions for 629 yards and 11 touchdowns as a senior and had 1,105 receiving yards and eight touchdowns as a junior. He was selected to play in the 2020 All-American Bowl. Baker committed to the University of Alabama to play college football. [1]
Baker played at Alabama in 2020 and 2021. Over 21 games in two seasons he had nine receptions for 116 yards and one touchdown. After the 2021 season, Baker entered the transfer portal. He originally committed to transfer to the University of Kentucky before switching to the University of Central Florida (UCF). [2] [3] [4] In his first season at UCF in 2022, Baker started 13 of 14 games and had 56 receptions for 796 yards and five touchdowns. As a senior in 2023, he was named first team All-Big 12 after recording 52 receptions for 1,139 yards and seven touchdowns. [5] After the season, Baker entered the 2024 NFL draft. [6]
Height | Weight | Arm length | Hand span | 40-yard dash | 10-yard split | 20-yard split | Vertical jump | Broad jump | ||||
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6 ft 1+1⁄4 in (1.86 m) | 202 lb (92 kg) | 32+1⁄4 in (0.82 m) | 9+5⁄8 in (0.24 m) | 4.54 s | 1.58 s | 2.65 s | 37.0 in (0.94 m) | 10 ft 1 in (3.07 m) | ||||
All values from NFL Combine [7] [8] |
Baker was selected by the New England Patriots with the 110th overall pick in the fourth round of the 2024 NFL draft. [9] He signed his rookie contract on May 24, 2024. [10]
On September 1, 2024, Baker was given a ticket by the Massachusetts State Police following his refusal to move his vehicle that was blocking traffic at Logan Airport. The incident was made public when Baker posted on his Instagram account a video describing the event. Baker was disciplined by Patriot head coach Jerod Mayo after the video surfaced. The details of the discipline were not made public. [11] [12]
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