2020 - All-Sun Belt Conference Third Team (Pro Football Focus)
2016-17 - Sun Belt Conference Academic Honor Roll
2021-22: Played in 10 games, starting eight … Played 499 total snaps (478 on defense, 21 on special teams) … Had 32 tackles, including two for loss, and a forced fumble on the season … Had three stops in the opener against Gardner-Webb … Had six tackles, including two for loss, and a forced fumble against Florida Atlantic … Had two tackles and a pass breakup at Arkansas … Posted three tackles against Louisiana … Had a tackle and two pass break-ups against Arkansas State … Missed the Troy game with an injury and played just two snaps against South Alabama before exiting that game … Had a pass break up against Coastal Carolina … Got the start in the win at Texas State, posting eight tackles and two pass breakups … Had five tackles and a pass breakup against BYU … Posted four tackles and a pass breakup at App State.
2020-21: Played in and started 12 games … Saw action on 731 total snaps (670 on defense, 61 on special teams) … A third-team All-Sun Belt Conference selection by Pro Football Focus … Tallied 34 total tackles, including 1.5 for loss, along with seven pass break ups and an interception … Missed the opener against Campbell but returned to start against Louisiana … Played 41 defensive snaps in that game, recording four tackles, including half a tackle for loss … Had five tackles, including one for loss, and a pass breakup at ULM … Saw action at both corner and safety against UMass, recording a key interception in the second half to keep the shutout alive … Had two pass breakups against Coastal Carolina … Made four tackles and had a pass breakup against South Alabama … Was credited with two tackles and two pass break ups against Troy … Had five tackles at Army West Point … Had two tackles at Georgia State … Had three tackles and a pass break up against App State … Had two tackles against Louisiana Tech in the R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl … Took advantage of the NCAA’s COVID-19 eligibility waiver and came back for a sixth year of competition.
2019-20: Played in all 13 games, starting three … Saw action on 280 total plays (246 defensive) … Had 23 tackles and two pass break ups … Got the start at LSU , playing 47 defensive snaps … Had eight tackles and a pass breakup in the game … Recorded three tackles against Maine … Had two tackles at South Alabama … Had three stops against New Mexico State … Was in for five defensive snaps against No. 20 App State … Had three tackles against Troy … Had one stop against ULM … Was on the field for two plays at Arkansas State … Had a tackle against Georgia State … Had a pass break up against Liberty in the Cure Bowl.
2018-19: Played in nine games … Was on the field for 231 snaps (156 defensive, 75 special teams) … Had five solo tackles, an assist and an interception … Saw first game action against Clemson, tallying 13 total plays … Had a tackle and an interception against App State … Played 78 defensive snaps at New Mexico State … Made the Dean’s List in the fall.Â
2017-18: Played in all 12 games … Was on the field for 377 snaps (259 defensive, 118 special teams) … Had five tackles and a forced fumble against Indiana … Had four tackles and an interception against Arkansas State … Had four tackles and one tackle for a loss against New Mexico State … Made the Honor Roll in the spring.
2016-17: Redshirted … Made the Dean’s List in the fall … Named to the Sun Belt Conference’s Academic Honor Roll for maintaining a 3.0-3.49 GPA for the year.
HIGH SCHOOL: Played football for four years at Hephzibah High for Coach William Wardell Harrell … Also ran track & field … The 2016 state champion in the long jump … Also ran the 4x100m relay, the 100m and the 200m, as well as competed in the triple jump.
PERSONAL: Born Darrell Megail Baker Jr., on March 27 in Panama City, Panama … Son of Darrell Baker Sr., and Johnetta Dixon … Both parents are retired Army veterans.
MAJOR: Interdisciplinary Studies (graduated); Management
