Last confirmed: Washington, 2016. No 2026 box-score games on record.
5′10″ · Bellevue, WA
Budda Baker: DB · Washington · #32.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Budda Baker
Plays like an extra linebacker near the line. He has spent three seasons in the Washington secondary. On tape: 10 tackles against Arizona, Week 4, 2016.
Play style
Lives near the line of scrimmage as a de facto extra linebacker.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
70 tackles. 5 passes defended. 2 interceptions. 10 TFL.
Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.
No outlet on our list has written about him by name this season.
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| Season | Team | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Washington | 70 | 48 | 10.0 | 3.0 | 5 | 2 |
| 2015 | Washington | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 2 |
| 2014 | Washington | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 1 |
| Career | 70 | 48 | 10.0 | 3.0 | 5 | 5 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2016 season · 14 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 48-13vs Rutgers | 2 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 59-14vs Idaho | 6 | 4 | 1.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 41-3vs Portland State | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 35-28@ Arizona | 10 | 9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 10 tackles |
| Wk 5 | W 44-6vs No. 7 Stanford | 6 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 6 | W 70-21@ Oregon | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 41-17vs Oregon State | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 31-24@ No. 17 Utah | 6 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 10 | W 66-27@ California | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 13-26vs USC | 7 | 6 | 2.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 44-18vs Arizona State | 5 | 4 | 1.5 | 1.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 45-17@ No. 23 Washington State | 8 | 5 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | W 41-10vs No. 9 Colorado | 4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
 Bowl | L 7-24@ No. 1 Alabama | 6 | 3 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 1 | |
| Total | 70 | 48 | 10.0 | 3.0 | 2 | 5 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
7%5 pass breakupsInterceptions
2interceptionsTackle volume
70tackles this seasonTFL rate
14%10 TFL70 tackles · 10 for loss · 3 sacks · 5 pass breakups · 2 interceptions.
3 seasons under Chris Petersen, all run-leaning offenses — 27-14 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2016 season · 14 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home7g | 4.3 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 0.1 |
| Road5g | 6.0 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 5.0 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.3 |
| Weeks 8+7g | 5.0 | 0.9 | 0.2 | 0.4 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Chris Petersen
Pass share
44.3%
408 pass / 514 run
Plays / game
65.9
14 games
Team sack rate
5.9%
444 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2016
70 tackles in 14 games, about as many tackles a game as a typical FBS defensive back who plays every week.
How it ended
Three seasons at Washington, 70 tackles — drafted at #36 overall by the Arizona Cardinals.
His career
He barely played early on. Then he did not come off the field.
Coaching lineage · 2014–2016
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Chris Petersen.
Where he ended up · NFL
Arizona CardinalsEntering 10th NFL season
Arizona CardinalsEntering 10th NFL season
