Usage / Role
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Rotational offensive role
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Player Dossier
2016-2017Western Kentucky
Quinton Baker
RB • 5'9" • 185 lbs • Ashland, KY, USA
Balanced backfield optionSteady chain mover
Quinton Baker leans balanced backfield option traits and 34.4 efficiency.
Impact Production
39
Developing production for a back
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Reliability
42
Sporadic game-to-game production
lowhigh
Star Power
47
Limited ceiling signals so far
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2016 Postseason · Western Kentucky
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 2
- Program Path
- Western Kentucky
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Miami (OH)
Player Story
Quinton Baker built his college career from 2016 through 2017 as a running back from Ashland, KY wearing No. 3, spending time with Western Kentucky. The clearest part of Quinton Baker's career was his backfield work:...
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- Committed To
- Western Kentucky
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2016
Quinton Baker, RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2016 Postseason · Western Kentucky. Quinton Baker leans balanced backfield option traits and 34.4 efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Scrimmage yards
- 909
- Rushing yards
- 775
- Receiving yards
- 134
- Touchdowns
- 6
Quick Answers
Quinton Baker quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Western Kentucky · RB
- Career Scrimmage Yards
- 909
- Tracked sample
- 2 unique seasons · 3 entries · 20 games
- Best season
- 2016 Postseason · Western Kentucky
- Top game
- Miami (OH)
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Paul G Blazer · Western Kentucky
- High school pipeline
- Paul G Blazer · 2 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 3 · Class 2017
- 2017 Scrimmage yards rank
- 324 scrimmage yards · RB 274th (top 46%) · Conference USA 79th (top 30%) · National 745th (top 31%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Scrimmage | Rush Yds | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 Postseason | Western Kentucky | 13 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 62.4 |
| 2016 Regular Season | Western Kentucky | 13 | 576 | 533 | 43 | 4 | 62.4 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Western Kentucky | 7 | 324 | 233 | 91 | 2 | 50.8 |
Related Context
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Quinton Baker played RB for Western Kentucky. Across 2 tracked seasons, Quinton Baker recorded 775 rushing yards, 134 receiving yards, and 6 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2016 with Western Kentucky.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2016 Postseason
Western Kentucky paired 585 primary output with 49.6 efficiency.
Supporting note
2017 Regular Season role shape
backfield-heavy usage with 34.4 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value cooled off
2017 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Charlotte
Win with 88 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2017 Regular Season · Western Kentucky
Games
7
Scrimmage Yards / G
46.3
Efficiency
34.4
Usage
16.9
Consistency
65.1
Best Game by takeover score
Charlotte
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Illinois: 29. Louisiana Tech: 79. Ball State: 2. Charlotte: 88. Old Dominion: 48. Florida Atlantic: 56. Vanderbilt: 22
Volume vs Efficiency
Each dot is a game. Farther right means the player carried more of the workload, and higher means they were more efficient with those chances.
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Illinois: 8 by 28.9. Louisiana Tech: 19 by 43.3. Ball State: 1 by 20.8. Charlotte: 16 by 56. Old Dominion: 14 by 35.7. Florida Atlantic: 10 by 40.5. Vanderbilt: 6 by 15.3
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins46 · Games = 3 · -0.5 vs Losses
Losses46.5 · Games = 4 · +0.5 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
7 games
Featured metric
Scrimmage Yards
Top game by takeover score
Charlotte
Best efficiency game
56 vs Charlotte
| Result | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/4 | @ Vanderbilt | L 17-31 | 4 | -3 | -0.80 | 0 | 2 | 25 | 3.7 |
| Sat 10/28 | vs Florida Atlantic | L 28-42 | 8 | 22 | 2.80 | 0 | 2 | 34 | 5.6 |
| Fri 10/20 | @ Old Dominion | W 35-31 | 14 | 48 | 3.40 | 0 | — | — | 3.4 |
| Sat 10/14 | vs Charlotte | W 45-14 | 14 | 74 | 5.30 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 5.5 |
| Sat 9/23 | vs Ball State | W 33-21 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 2 |
| Sat 9/16 | vs Louisiana Tech | L 22-23 | 19 | 79 | 4.20 | 1 | — | — | 4.2 |
| Sun 9/10 | @ Illinois | L 7-20 | 5 | 11 | 2.20 | 0 | 3 | 18 | 3.6 |
Player Story
Quinton Baker story
Quinton Baker built his college career from 2016 through 2017 as a running back from Ashland, KY wearing No. 3, spending time with Western Kentucky. The clearest part of Quinton Baker's career was his backfield work: 775 rushing yards, 164 carries, 5 rushing touchdowns, and 134 receiving yards across 20 career games in the available record. His career also includes 134 receiving yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Quinton Baker's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.
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Western Kentucky
2016-2017
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
201620162017
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 Postseason | Western Kentucky | 585 | 49.6 | 15.1 | — |
| 2016 Regular Season | Western Kentucky | 585 | 49.6 | 15.1 | 0 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Western Kentucky | 324 | 34.4 | 16.9 | -261 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Miami (OH)
Week 3 · W 31-24
Win driven by a workhorse rushing load.
115
Scrimmage Yards
84.1 takeover
115 scrimmage yards and 44.4 usage.
#2
@ Marshall
Week 13 · W 60-6 · Conference game
104
Scrimmage Yards
81.9 takeover
Win with 104 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
104 scrimmage yards and 21.7 usage.
#3
vs Charlotte
Week 7 · W 45-14 · Conference game
88
Scrimmage Yards
71.8 takeover
Win with 88 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
88 scrimmage yards and 20.8 usage.
#4
vs Louisiana Tech
Week 3 · L 22-23 · Conference game
79
Scrimmage Yards
71.8 takeover
Loss with 79 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
79 scrimmage yards and 28.8 usage.
#5
vs Houston Christian
Week 5 · W 50-3
69
Scrimmage Yards
64.6 takeover
Win with 69 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
69 scrimmage yards and 21.7 usage.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2016 Postseason · Western Kentucky
585 primary output · 49.6 efficiency · 15.1 usage
62.4
#2
2016 Regular Season · Western Kentucky
62.4
585 primary · 49.6 efficiency · 15.1 usage
#3
2017 Regular Season · Western Kentucky
50.8
324 primary · 34.4 efficiency · 16.9 usage
Milestones
2
100+ rush yards
0
150+ scrimmage yards
0
2+ TD games
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