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Budda Baker

Safety, Arizona Cardinals · #3.

Player facts

Team: Arizona Cardinals
Position: Safety
Number: 3
Born: Jan 10, 1996 (age 30)
Birthplace: Bellevue, WA, USA
Height: 5' 10"
Weight: 195 lbs
College: Washington
Experience: 10 seasons
Status: Active

Stats

2026 Defense

	TOT	SOLO	AST	SACK	FF	FR	YDS	INT	YDS	AVG	LNG	PD	STF	STFYDS
Regular Season	36	20	16	2.5	0	0	0	1	15	15.0	15	3	1	0
Last 5 Games	36	20	16	2.5	0	0	0	1	15	15.0	0	3	1	0
Career	1057	698	359	12.5	7	6	40	9	260	28.9	90	47	65.5	97

Recent games

			Tackles				Fumbles		Interceptions
Date	Opponent	Result	TOT	SOLO	AST	SACK	FF	FR	INT	YDS	AVG	TD	LNG	PD	KB
Sun, Oct 11	vs DET	L 45-21	11	6	5	1	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
Sun, Oct 4	@ NYG	L 36-24	5	2	3	0	0	0	1	15	15.0	0	0	2	0
Sun, Sep 27	@ SF	L 36-30	4	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
Sun, Sep 20	vs SEA	L 31-7	11	7	4	1	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	1	0
Sun, Sep 13	@ LAC	W 26-14	5	4	1	0.5	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0

Last 5 games. Click a game for its box score.

About

Bishard "Budda" Baker (born January 10, 1996) is an American professional football strong safety for the Arizona Cardinals of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Washington Huskies, and was selected by the Cardinals in the second round of the 2017 NFL draft. Baker is an eight-time Pro Bowler and a four-time All-Pro member.

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Background

Early life

Baker's mother started calling him Budda as a baby since she thought he looked like a Buddha doll. Baker attended Bellevue High School in Bellevue, Washington. He played safety and running back in football, and also ran track. As a senior, he was named the Seattle Times High School Athlete of the Year. Baker was rated as a four-star recruit and was ranked among the top safeties in his class. He originally committed to the University of Oregon to play college football, but flipped to the University of Washington the night before National Signing Day.

College career

As a true freshman at Washington in 2014, Baker started all 14 games, recording 80 tackles, one interception, and one sack. Following his freshman campaign, Baker was named a Freshman All-American by USA Today. As a sophomore in 2015 he started 12 of 13 games and was named All-Pac-12 Conference after recording 49 tackles and two interceptions. Baker was named a pre-season All-American prior to the 2016 season. Following the 2016 season, Baker earned consensus all-American honors as a result of being named a first-team all-American by The Sporting News and the Football Writers Association of America, and a second-team all-American by the American Football Coaches Association and The Associated Press. On January 3, 2017, Baker announced his decision to forgo his senior season and enter the 2017 NFL draft.