Last confirmed: Arizona, 2015. No 2026 box-score games on record.
5′8″ · Los Angeles, CA · Loyola
Jared Baker: RB · Arizona · #23.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Jared Baker
Hits the crease and outruns the angle. He has spent two seasons in the Arizona backfield. One game to point at: 207 rushing yards and 40 receiving yards against Colorado — Week 7, 2015.
Play style
Cuts upfield fast. Designed to find the crease, not run through the line.
Boom vs consistent · carry-yardage shape
Feast or famine
32.3% of his season rushing yards came on his 5 best carries — and he's stuffed on 16.0% of his carries. 3 carries for 2 yds vs Arizona State; 23 for 207 vs Colorado.
Counted from the play-by-play, so a carry or two can differ from the box score.
Short-yardage / goal-line · enumeration
Who gets the tough yard
11 of the team's 33 inside-the-5 carries (33.3%).
No outlet on our list has written about him by name this season.
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Game log · Week-by-week
2015 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 42-32vs UTSA | 9 | 35 | 3.9 | 0 | 6 | 3 rushing TDs |
| Wk 2 | W 44-20@ Nevada | 3 | 5 | 1.7 | 0 | 6 | |
| Wk 3 | W 77-13vs Northern Arizona | 5 | 42 | 8.4 | 0 | 25 | |
| Wk 4 | L 30-56vs No. 9 UCLA | 10 | 58 | 5.8 | 1 | 29 | |
| Wk 6 | W 44-7vs Oregon State | 10 | 123 | 12.3 | 0 | 73 | |
| Wk 7 | W 38-31@ Colorado | 23 | 207 | 9.0 | 2 | 79 | Season-high 207 yds |
| Wk 8 | L 42-45vs Washington State | 11 | 22 | 2.0 | 3 | 7 | 3 rushing TDs |
| Wk 9 | L 3-49@ Washington | 19 | 67 | 3.5 | 0 | 13 | |
| Wk 10 | L 30-38@ USC | 13 | 63 | 4.8 | 0 | 18 | |
| Wk 11 | W 37-30vs No. 10 Utah | 13 | 67 | 5.2 | 0 | 19 | |
| Wk 12 | L 37-52@ Arizona State | 3 | 2 | 0.7 | 0 | 3 | |
 Bowl | W 45-37@ New Mexico | 12 | 107 | 8.9 | 3 | 32 | |
| Total | 131 | 798 | 6.1 | 9 | 79 |
Week 7 · 2015
W 38-31
at Colorado
207 rush yds (23 car) · 2 TD · 3 rec · 40 yds · 1 TD
Edged out Colorado on the road in a shootout.
With A. Solomon — 283 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 54.4 · D. Riggleman — 34.6 yards per punt · 7 punts · 47 long
The plays that mattered most
Rush profile · Shape, efficiency, and ball security
How he gets his yards, and how often it works
Success rate
44%119 carriesStuffed
0 or fewer ydsGrind
1–3 ydsChunk
4–9 ydsExplosive
10+ yds6.1 yds/carry on 131 carries · 13% explosive (10+ yds) · 44% success rate.
Situational · Carry shape (PBP, full season)
Yardage DNA
Stuffed (≤0)
Grind (1–3)
Chunk (4–9)
Explosive (10+)
2 seasons under Rich Rodriguez, all balanced, fast tempo offenses — 17-10 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2015 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 57.8 | 6.3 | 0.7 |
| Road5g | 68.8 | 3.9 | 0.4 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 82.4 | 7.1 | 0.9 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 44.2 | 3.2 | 0.6 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Rich Rodriguez
Pass share
47.4%
464 pass / 514 run
Plays / game
75.2
13 games
Team sack rate
6.0%
503 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced, fast tempo.
Player standing · 2015
131 carries and 11 catches in 12 games, about as many touches a game as a typical FBS running back who plays every week.
How it ended
Two seasons at Arizona, 897 rushing yards — his college career is complete.
His career
Coaching lineage · 2011–2015
3 coachesPlayed under 3 different head coaches: Mike Stoops, Tim Kish, and Rich Rodriguez. Multi-era developmental context.
