Javon Baker
#1JUNIOR (2022)
- Appeared in 14 games, starting 13
- Second-team All-AAC by Pro Football Focus and fourth-team selection by Phil Steele
- Second-leading receiver with 56 catches for a team-high 796 (ninth in AAC) with five TDs;
- Scored first UCF TD in ’22 on 12-yd. TD catch from John Rhys Plumlee on way to team-high five catches for a team-high 84 yards in ’22 opener vs. South Carolina St. in his first career start
- Exactly matched his stats from opener with 5 receptions for 84 yards (both game highs) vs. Louisville
- Made career- and team-high seven rec. for 83 vs. FAU including 20-yd TD catch for final UCF pts.
- Grabbed a team-high-tying six catches for a career-high 138 yards vs. SMU including 51-yd. catch;
- Caught a team-high-tying seven passes for 55 yards vs. Cincinnati
- Reeled in three catches for 38 yards vs. Memphis, including fourth-quarter TD catch for 24 yards that proved to be winning pts.
- Caught five passes for 54 yards and 1 TD at Tulane
- Recorded a team-high-tying six receptions for 101 yards vs. Navy including 28-yd. TD grab
- Caught three passes for 51 yards vs. USF including an amazing 41-yd- grab on final winning TD drive
PRIOR TO UCF
--Announced decision to transfer to UCF from Alabama in June 2022
--Played in 21 games for Tide in 2020-21, including CFP games vs. Cincinnati and Georgia
--Recorded seven catches for 101 yards and a touchdown in 12 games in 2021 at Alabama and also saw extensive time on special teams
--Totaled 21 yards on three catches against Miami
--Finished with two catches for 59 yards vs. Southern Miss and caught his first career TD pass from 24 yards out for final Tide score
--Caught two passes for 21 yards vs. New Mexico State
--Saw playing time in final nine games of his first season at Alabama in 2020 following injury to standout Jaylen Waddle
--Posted his first career stats in 2020 by catching a pair of passes for 15 yards vs. Arkansas
--One of top-ranked wide receiver prospects in 2019 class as four-star prospect by all major outlets
--No. 109 overall player on Rivals250 and No. 20 wideout nationally
--Participated in Nike's "The Opening" Finals in Frisco, Texas, and in "The Opening" Regionals in Atlanta where he earned MVP honors at wide receiver
--Selected to participate in All-American Bowl in San Antonio, Texas
--Named to Marietta Daily Journal Dynamite Dozen as one of top 12 players in Georgia
--As senior in 2019 caught 58 passes for 629 yards and 11 TDs for 12-1 McEachern team
--Racked up 1,105 receiving yards and eight TDs as junior in 2018 at McEachern High School in Powder Springs, Georgia
--Coached by Franklin Stephens
PERSONAL
--Majoring in pre-real estate in College of Business Administration