ASU #29 
Cedric Baker
Running Back - RB
Height: 5-9 Weight: 175
Junior
Previous Affiliations
New Hanover
Previous Experience
Wilmington, N.C.
Former walk-on gained the second-most yards of any running back on ASU’s roster a year ago ... will battle sophomore Rod Chisholm and senior Devin Radford for carries behind starter Devon Moore ... makes up for relative lack of size with above average speed and athleticism ... one of the team’s hardest workers.
2009: Rushed for 233 yards in 11 games ... 233 rushing yards were good for fourth on the team and second by a running back ... carried the ball just 45 times, good for a 5.2 yards-per-rush average, which was tied for second on the team among players with 30 or more carries ... also caught the ball five times for 39 yards ... scored first career touchdown in home opener versus No. 16 McNeese State, a two-yard plunge that tied the game at 35-35 with 2:05 to play ... notched season highs for rushing (50) and receiving (16) yards in win over Samford ... in the rain-drenched win over Samford, he was on the receiving end of one of the most amazing plays in ASU history, when on a second-and-11 play, quarterback Armanti Edwards escaped a sack, lost control of the slick ball, corralled the loose pigskin, escaped another sack and while being dragged to the ground, completed a pass to Baker — who never gave up on the play — for a 16-yard gain ... the effort set up a field goal that gave ASU a 10-0 lead and became a signature play for the 2009 college football season ... it was ranked as the No. 2 play of the weekend in all of sports by ESPN’s SportsCenter, behind only Brett Favre’s 32-yard touchdown pass to Greg Lewis on the final play of the Minnesota Vikings’ 27-24 win over the San Francisco 49ers ... Baker rushed for 24 and 36 yards over the next two weeks in wins over The Citadel and North Carolina Central, respectively, giving him 106 yards on just 16 carries over a three-week span ... after a sub-par performance at Wofford (a total of minus-five yards on a rush and a reception), bounced back for 69 yards on 10 carries over the next three weeks (two carries for 27 yards vs. Georgia Southern, 6-19 at Furman, 2-23 vs. Chattanooga) ... rushed just once for seven yards over the next two weeks but returned to tote the ball nine times for 20 hard-fought yards and an 11-yard reception in a playoff win over South Carolina State ... suffered a knee injury versus S.C. State and missed the final two games of the season.
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