Player Dossier

2021-2024

Southern Miss

Desmyn Baker

LB • 6'2" • 230 lbs • Clinton, MS, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Desmyn Baker shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 21.8 disruption score.

Usage Score

4.2

Efficiency

21.8

Consistency

9.1

Season Value

26.8

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2021 Regular Season · Rice

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Snapshot

Career Teams
3
Seasons Tracked
5
Program Path
Rice • Western Kentucky • Southern Miss
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Western Kentucky

Scouting Read

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Desmyn Baker, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2021 Regular Season · Rice. Desmyn Baker shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 21.8 disruption score.

Desmyn Baker played LB for Rice, Western Kentucky, and Southern Miss. Across 4 tracked seasons, Desmyn Baker recorded 127 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2021 with Rice.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2021 Regular Season

Rice paired 8 primary output with 25.9 efficiency.

Supporting note

2024 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 21.8 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value cooled off

2024 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Multi-stop career journey

Production spans 3 team stops, with role shifts visible across Rice, Western Kentucky, Southern Miss.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: SE Louisiana

Win with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

Season Workbench

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2024 Regular Season · Southern Miss

Games

11

Havoc Plays / G

0.6

Efficiency

21.8

Usage

4.2

Consistency

9.1

Best Game by takeover score

SE Louisiana

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Kentucky: 0. SE Louisiana: 2.5. South Florida: 2. Jacksonville State: 0. Louisiana: 0. Arkansas State: 0. James Madison: 2. Marshall: 0. Texas State: 0. South Alabama: 0. Troy: 0

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Kentucky: 4 by 16.7. SE Louisiana: 2 by 33.3. South Florida: 2 by 28.3. Jacksonville State: 6 by 25. Louisiana: 9 by 37.5. Arkansas State: 4 by 16.7. James Madison: 3 by 32.5. Marshall: 1 by 4.2. Texas State: 5 by 20.8. South Alabama: 2 by 8.3. Troy: 4 by 16.7

Split Comparison

Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.

Wins2.5 · Games = 1 · +2.1 vs Losses
Losses0.4 · Games = 10 · -2.1 vs Wins

Game Log

Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.

11 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

SE Louisiana

Best efficiency game

37.5 vs Louisiana

Result
Sat 11/30@ TroyL 20-5241000
Sat 11/23vs South AlabamaL 14-3522000
Sun 11/17@ Texas StateL 3-5853000
Sat 11/9vs MarshallL 3-3710000
Sat 10/26@ James MadisonSplash gameL 15-3232110
Sat 10/19vs Arkansas StateL 28-4443000
Sat 10/5vs LouisianaL 13-2394000
Sat 9/21@ Jacksonville StateL 7-4462000
Sat 9/14vs South FloridaSplash gameL 24-49200.500.501
Sat 9/7vs SE LouisianaSplash gameW 35-10210.5001
Sat 8/31@ KentuckyL 0-3141000

Career Arc

Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.

  1. 1

    Rice

    2021

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Western Kentucky

    2022-2023

    Peak year stop

  3. 3

    Southern Miss

    2024

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

20212022202320232024
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2021 Regular SeasonRice825.98.4
2022 Regular SeasonWestern Kentucky04.20.6-8
2023 PostseasonWestern Kentucky924.69.29
2023 Regular SeasonWestern Kentucky924.69.20
2024 Regular SeasonSouthern Miss6.521.84.2-2.5

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

Western Kentucky

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2

Primary metric

2 disruption/tackle impact with 59.8 takeover score.

#2

Liberty

2

Primary metric

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 54 takeover score.

#3

South Florida

2

Primary metric

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 51.8 takeover score.

#4

Jacksonville State

2

Primary metric

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 51.3 takeover score.

#5

SE Louisiana

2.5

Primary metric

Win with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 46.5 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2021 Regular Season · Rice

8 primary output · 25.9 efficiency · 8.4 usage

45.8

#2

2023 Postseason · Western Kentucky

42.3

9 primary · 24.6 efficiency · 9.2 usage

#3

2023 Regular Season · Western Kentucky

42.3

9 primary · 24.6 efficiency · 9.2 usage

Milestones

0

Impact games

7

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games

Bio, Recruit, and Data Context

Recruit context is not available for this player in the current dataset.

Career Facts

3

Career teams

5

Seasons tracked

127

Career Tackles

Data Context

Coverage spans 5 tracked seasons, 33 games, and base opponent context only. Derived metrics fall back to raw production when share or rating context is missing.

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