Budda Baker
 Budda Baker (2017) |
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| Arizona Cardinals - No. 32 | |
| Safety | |
| Date of birth: January 10, 1996 | |
| Place of birth: Bellevue , Washington | |
| Height: 1.78 m | Weight: 88 kg |
| NFL debut | |
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| 2017 for the Arizona Cardinals | |
| Career | |
| College : Washington | |
| NFL Draft : 2017 / Round: 2 / Pick: 36 | |
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| Current status: Active | |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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Selected NFL stats as of week 17 of the 2019 season |
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| Tackles | 323 |
| Sacks | 3.5 |
| Interceptions | 0 |
| Forced fumbles | 4th |
| Passes defended | 14th |
| Statistics at NFL.com | |
| Statistics at pro-football-reference.com | |
Bishard "Budda" Baker (* 10. January 1996 in Bellevue , Washington ) is an American American Footballer in the National Football League (NFL). He plays for the Arizona Cardinals as safety .
college
Bishard Baker, nicknamed Budda he has already received as a baby by his mother from him a Buddha felt reminded, attended the University of Washington and played for their team, the Huskies, successful college football , where from 2014 to 2016 he total Put 199 tackles and scored 4.0 sacks . He also got five interceptions .
NFL
In the 2017 NFL Draft , he was selected in the second round as the 36th overall by the Arizona Cardinals and signed a four-year contract worth $ 6.83 million . Since the Cardinals safety corps was very strong with Tyrann Mathieu , Antoine Bethea and Tyvon Branch, among others , Baker was initially called up in his rookie season primarily in the special teams , where he was able to distinguish himself as a gunner . Due to his consistently good performance, he also received more and more playing time in the defensive backfield and was finally able to win a place as a starter .
As a special teamer, he was appointed to the Pro Bowl as one of only four rookies .
In the following two seasons, Baker blossomed into a reliable performer in the defensive backfield. So he was able to set 102 tackles in 2018 and 147 in 2019, for which he was again called to the Pro Bowl, this time as Strong Safety.
In August 2020, the Cardinals provided Baker with a four-year contract extension for $ 59 million, making him the highest-paid safety in the NFL.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Draft Profile on nfl.com, accessed on February 26, 2018
- ^ College statistics on sports-reference.com, accessed February 26, 2018
- ↑ Contract details on spotrac.com, accessed on February 26, 2018
- ↑ NFL: Arizona Cardinals make Budda Baker the highest-paid safety in history on spox.com. August 25, 2020, accessed on August 28, 2020.
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| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Baker, Budda |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Baker, Bishard (real name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American football player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 10, 1996 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bellevue , Washington , United States |