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2019 Football Roster

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  • DE
    Position
  • Senior
    Class
  • Payson, Utah
    Hometown
  • 6'5
    Height
  • 245
    Weight
  • Payson
    High School
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Dalton Baker
#24
Dalton Baker
DE
Position
Senior
Class
Payson, Utah
Hometown

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Biography

2019 (SR): Played in all 13 games, making three starts... Finished the season with 20 tackles (10-solo, 10-assist), which included 1.5 tackles for loss, while adding two pass breakups, two quarterback hurries and one fumble recovery... Had a season-high five tackles against Kent State (12/20) in the Tropical Smoothie Cafe Frisco Bowl... Had three tackles, including his first-career fumble recovery against Colorado State (9/28)... Also had three tackles against Air Force (10/26)... Had 1.0 tackles for loss against BYU (11/2) and 0.5 tackles for loss against Wake Forest (8/30)... His pass breakups were against Stony Brook (9/7) and CSU.  

2018 (JR): Played in all 13 games, making one start… Finished the season with 27 tackles (7-solo, 20-assist), which included 1.0. tackles for loss, while adding three quarterback hurries and one forced fumble… Had a career-high eight tackles, including a career-high-tying 1.0 tackles for loss, in his only start against Air Force (9/22)… Recorded three tackles and forced his only fumble of the season a week earlier against Tennessee Tech (9/13)… Had multiple tackles in six games and recorded at least one stop in 12 games… Also had one kickoff return for 11 yards at Hawai’i (11/3) during the season. 

2017 (SO): Played in all 13 games, making four starts… Finished the season with 30 tackles (10-solo, 20-assist), which included 1.0 tackles for loss, while adding one quarterback hurry… Had a season-high seven tackles against Colorado State (10/7) and added six stops at New Mexico (11/4)… Had his first-career tackle for loss against Wyoming (10/14) as part of his three tackles… Lone quarterback hurry on the season was against Idaho State (9/7)… Recorded at least one tackle in 11 of the 13 games he played in. 

2016 (RS FR): Played in eight games, but did not record any stats.

2015 (RS): Redshirted during his first season at Utah State.

HIGH SCHOOL: Earned Utah Class 3AA second-team all-state honors at defensive end from the Salt Lake Tribune and honorable mention all-state honors as a tight end from the Deseret News as a prep senior at Payson (Utah) High School as he recorded 72 tackles (7.2 pg), including 3.0 sacks, to go along with one interception and one fumble recovery, while adding 44 receptions for 588 yards (13.4 ypc/58.8 ypg) with three touchdowns and nine carries for 37 yards (4.1 ypc)... Recorded 46 tackles (7.7 pg), including 3.5 sacks, to go along with two interceptions and one fumble recovery during his junior season, while adding five receptions for 99 yards (19.8 ypc). 

PERSONAL: One of three children of Cameron and Liz Baker... Married USU women’s basketball player Lindsey Jensen in June of 2018... Graduated from Utah State University in the fall of 2019 with a degree in agriculture with a minor in entrepreneurship.

DEFENSE G/GS UA-AT-TT TFL Sack INT PB FF FR
2016 (R-Fr.) 8/0 0-0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0-0 0 0 0
2017 (So.) 13/4 10-20-30 1.0-3 0.0-0 0-0 0 0 0
2018 (Jr.) 13/1 7-20-27 1.0-2 0.0-0 0-0 0 1 0
2019 (Sr.) 13/3 10-10-20 1.5-4 0.0-0 0-0 2 0 1
TOTAL 47/8 27-50-77 3.5-9 0.0-0 0-0 2 1 1

CAREER HIGHS - Tackles: 8, vs. Air Force (9/22/18); TFL: 1.0, vs. three opponents; FF: 1, vs. Tennessee Tech (9/13/18); FR: 1, vs. Colorado State (9/28/19); PBU: 1, vs. two opponents; QBH: 1, vs. six opponents.

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