Jerome Baker

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#17

Experience: 7 years

Height: 6-2

Age: 27

Weight: 232 lbs

College: Ohio State

2024 SEASON

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WK	OPP	RESULT	TKL	AST	COMBINED	SOLO	SCK	SFTY	PDEF	FF	OPP FR
1	Broncos	W 26 - 20	3	2	5	3	0	0	0	0	1
2	@Patriots	W 23 - 20	2	2	4	2	0	0	1	0
3	Dolphins	W 24 - 3
4	@Lions	L 29 - 42

Career Stats

Defense Career

SEASON	TEAM	G	GS	TKL	AST	COMBINED	SOLO	SCK	PDEF	INT	YDS	AVG	LNG	TDS	FF	OPP FR
2018	Miami Dolphins	16	11	57	22	79	53	3	3	1	25	25	25	1	0
2019	Miami Dolphins	16	15	76	50	126	72	1.5	4	1	34	34	34	0	2
2020	Miami Dolphins	16	11	70	42	112	64	7	3						2
2021	Miami Dolphins	16	16	62	30	92	54	5.5	4	1	0	0	0	0	1
2022	Miami Dolphins	17	17	66	34	100	54	4	4						1
2023	Miami Dolphins	13	12	51	27	78	38	1.5	3	2	23	11.5	22	1	0
2024	Seattle Seahawks	2	2	5	4	9	5	0	1						0	1
TOTAL		96	84	387	209	596	340	22.5	22	5	82	16.4	34	2	6	1

Biography

Signed by Seattle as a FA on March 16, 2024.

TRANSACTIONS:

04/27/18: Drafted by Miami (3rd round, 73rd overall)
06/14/21: Re-signed with Miami
12/09/23: Placed on IR (knee)
01/06/24: Activated from reserve
01/09/24: Placed on IR (knee)
03/05/24: Released by Miami
03/16/24: Signed by Seattle as a FA

NFL CAREER HIGHLIGHTS:

• Led the Dolphins in tackles for three consecutive seasons from 2019-21, and became the first Dolphins player since 2000 to record 500-plus tackles in the first five years of his career. His 581 career tackles are seventh among his draft class entering the 2024 season.

• In 2021, named the AFC Defensive Player of the Month for December. In three games, Baker recorded 16 tackles, with six tackles for loss, six quarterback hits, and 3.5 sacks.

• Named Miami's Man of the Year in 2021.

COLLEGE: Played in 33 games with 25 starts at Ohio State, collecting 158 tackles (90 solo), 7.0 sacks, two interceptions, five passes defensed, one forced fumble and three fumble recoveries. As a junior (2017), he started 13 games, with 72 tackles (42 solo), 3.5 sacks, three passes defensed, one forced fumble and two fumble recoveries, and was named an All-Big Ten honorable mention.

PERSONAL: Attended Benedictine High. Was a Top 10 linebacker prospect nationally whose last high school game was a state championship game win. Baker scored twice, including the winning score early in the fourth quarter, to cap a 14-1 season and give Benedictine its seventh state title. Baker also had 11 stops on defense to earn game MVP honors. Named first-team Division IV all-state by the Associated Press and earned co-defensive player of the year honors. Baker was a consensus four-star prospect who was ranked as the No. 41 player nationally by Rivals and the No. 67 player on the ESPN 300. Majored in Criminology.