Last confirmed: Ohio State, 2017. No 2026 box-score games on record.
6′1″ · 225 lb · Cleveland, OH · Benedictine
Jerome Baker: LB · Ohio State · #17.
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Jerome Baker
Is steady in every phase without a signature trait. Second year in the Ohio State linebacker corps. One game to point at: 16 tackles and 2 tackles for loss against Wisconsin — Week 14, 2017.
Play style
Solid in every phase without a signature dimension.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
72 tackles. 3 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 8 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 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Ohio State | 72 | 42 | 8.0 | 3.5 | 3 | -- |
| 2016 | Ohio State | 83 | 45 | 9.5 | 3.5 | -- | 2 |
| Career | 155 | 87 | 17.5 | 7.0 | 3 | 2 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2017 season · 13 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 49-21@ Indiana | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
| Wk 2 | L 16-31vs No. 5 Oklahoma | 7 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 38-7vs Army | 9 | 4 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 54-21vs UNLV | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 56-0@ Rutgers | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 62-14vs Maryland | 3 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 56-14@ Nebraska | 3 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 39-38vs No. 2 Penn State | 7 | 4 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 24-55@ Iowa | 8 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 52-14vs Illinois | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 31-20@ Michigan | 5 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 14 | W 27-21@ No. 3 Wisconsin | 16 | 12 | 2.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 16 tackles |
 Bowl | W 24-7vs No. 8 USC | 5 | 3 | 1.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 72 | 42 | 8.0 | 3.5 | — | 3 |
Week 14 · 2017
W 27-21
vs Wisconsin · neutral site
1 sack · 2 tackles for loss · 16 tackles
A wire-to-wire battle — won by 6 at a neutral site.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
72tackles this seasonTFL rate
11%8 TFLSack rate
5%4 sacksPD rate
4%3 pass breakups72 tackles · 8 for loss · 3.5 sacks.
2 seasons under Urban Meyer — 23-4 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2017 season · 13 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 5.0 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
| Road5g | 4.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.6 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-78g | 4.2 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 7.6 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Urban Meyer
Pass share
43.3%
439 pass / 575 run
Plays / game
72.4
14 games
Team sack rate
4.6%
477 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2017
About as many tackles a game as a typical FBS linebacker who plays every week.
How it ended
Two seasons at Ohio State, 155 tackles — drafted at #73 overall by the Miami Dolphins.
His career
Coaching lineage · 2015–2017
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Urban Meyer.
Where he ended up · NFL
Miami DolphinsEntering 9th NFL season
Miami DolphinsEntering 9th NFL season
