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Jersey Number 3
L. C. Baker
- Position:
- Wide Receiver
- Height:
- 5-7
- Weight:
- 150
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Richmond, Va.
- High School:
- Armstrong
Bio
At JMU: Two-year returning WR starter and one of the nation's more-explosive kick returners... has outstanding speed and is expected to fill a leadership role and provide a "big-play" spark in various ways, said WR coach Clayton Matthews... in team history enters 2007 No. 2 in punt return average (11.4), tied for No. 2 in punt returns for TDs (2), No. 4 in punt return yards (682), No. 5 in punt returns (60), tied for No. 9 in TD catches (10), 12th in receptions (80), 13th in receiving yards (1,037), and 22nd in all-purpose yards (2,001).
2006: Played in all 12 games and led JMU in catches, receiving yards (631), TD catches, punt returns (19), punt return yards and punt return average (13.6)... No. 2 in all-purpose yards (1,014)... his eight TD catches matched JMU's No. 2 season mark and were its best since 1996... his 46 catches matched JMU's No. 8 season mark, and his 259 punt return yards are JMU's No. 9 season mark... first team All-A-10 punt returner and second-team WR... first team All-ECAC return specialist... first team All-Virginia WR by VaSID and second team by the Roanoke Times... won the team's Challace McMillin Special Teams MVP and academic award for juniors... caught a career-high seven passes for 134 yards and two TDs (season-long 71 yards, 14 yards) vs. Northeastern... had five catches for 67 yards (47-yarder for a TD) at Appalachian State and five for 67 yards at Virginia Military... caught five passes for 37 yards and returned four punts for 100 yards at Villanova... had TD catches of 23 and 21 yards among three receptions for 78 yards at Towson... caught TD passes vs. Bloomsburg (52 yards), Delaware (14) and Richmond (43)...put JMU up to stay with his fourth-quarter TD grab vs. Bloomsburg... had a 63-yard kickoff return at New Hampshire, a 56-yard punt return at Villanova and a 20-yard run at Richmond... averaged 13.6 yards per punt return and 84.5 all purpose yards per game.
2005: Started the first eight games before missing the final three because of injuries... No. 5 on the team in receptions (16), including two for TDs... averaged 11.6 yards on 11 punt returns and tied Gary Clark's (1980-83) team-season record of two punt returns for TDs, set in 1983... first-team All-A-10 punt returner and second-team all-state return specialist by VaSID... honorable mention All-ECAC RS and JMU's special teams player of the year... had three catches at Coastal Carolina (26 yards), Massachusetts (39 yards) and Delaware (42 yards)... had a 37-yard TD catch at Hofstra and a 13-yarder at Delaware... had two receptions and a season-high 50 receiving yards vs. Lock Haven... scored on punt returns of 62 yards vs. Lock Haven and 57 yards vs. Maine... A-10 special teams co-player of the week after the Maine game.
2004: Played in each game and was fifth on the team in receptions and its leader in punt returns (23) and punt return yards (214)... averaged 9.3 yards per punt return and 24.3 yards on three kickoff returns... set a team game record with eight punt returns vs. Lock Haven in his first JMU game... had 116 punt return yards vs. Lock Haven, the No. 4 game mark in team history... had a 45-yard return vs. Lock Haven and a 35-yarder with less than two minutes left to set up JMU’s winning TD drive at Maine... had a 32-yard kickoff return at Richmond... had a season-high four catches (25 yards), including a 15-yarder during JMU’s decisive TD drive, at Furman... had three catches (17 yards) vs. Montana in the national title game... had two catches, including a season-long 17-yarder, vs. Virginia Military (31 yards) and Hofstra (9 yards)... ran four times for 25 yards vs. Delaware.
High School: All-district and all-region WR and KR as an Armstrong senior... all-metro WR and all-state KR... led the Central Region with 71 catches for 1,367 yards and six TDs... state all-star game participant.
Personal: Accounting major.
2006: Played in all 12 games and led JMU in catches, receiving yards (631), TD catches, punt returns (19), punt return yards and punt return average (13.6)... No. 2 in all-purpose yards (1,014)... his eight TD catches matched JMU's No. 2 season mark and were its best since 1996... his 46 catches matched JMU's No. 8 season mark, and his 259 punt return yards are JMU's No. 9 season mark... first team All-A-10 punt returner and second-team WR... first team All-ECAC return specialist... first team All-Virginia WR by VaSID and second team by the Roanoke Times... won the team's Challace McMillin Special Teams MVP and academic award for juniors... caught a career-high seven passes for 134 yards and two TDs (season-long 71 yards, 14 yards) vs. Northeastern... had five catches for 67 yards (47-yarder for a TD) at Appalachian State and five for 67 yards at Virginia Military... caught five passes for 37 yards and returned four punts for 100 yards at Villanova... had TD catches of 23 and 21 yards among three receptions for 78 yards at Towson... caught TD passes vs. Bloomsburg (52 yards), Delaware (14) and Richmond (43)...put JMU up to stay with his fourth-quarter TD grab vs. Bloomsburg... had a 63-yard kickoff return at New Hampshire, a 56-yard punt return at Villanova and a 20-yard run at Richmond... averaged 13.6 yards per punt return and 84.5 all purpose yards per game.
2005: Started the first eight games before missing the final three because of injuries... No. 5 on the team in receptions (16), including two for TDs... averaged 11.6 yards on 11 punt returns and tied Gary Clark's (1980-83) team-season record of two punt returns for TDs, set in 1983... first-team All-A-10 punt returner and second-team all-state return specialist by VaSID... honorable mention All-ECAC RS and JMU's special teams player of the year... had three catches at Coastal Carolina (26 yards), Massachusetts (39 yards) and Delaware (42 yards)... had a 37-yard TD catch at Hofstra and a 13-yarder at Delaware... had two receptions and a season-high 50 receiving yards vs. Lock Haven... scored on punt returns of 62 yards vs. Lock Haven and 57 yards vs. Maine... A-10 special teams co-player of the week after the Maine game.
2004: Played in each game and was fifth on the team in receptions and its leader in punt returns (23) and punt return yards (214)... averaged 9.3 yards per punt return and 24.3 yards on three kickoff returns... set a team game record with eight punt returns vs. Lock Haven in his first JMU game... had 116 punt return yards vs. Lock Haven, the No. 4 game mark in team history... had a 45-yard return vs. Lock Haven and a 35-yarder with less than two minutes left to set up JMU’s winning TD drive at Maine... had a 32-yard kickoff return at Richmond... had a season-high four catches (25 yards), including a 15-yarder during JMU’s decisive TD drive, at Furman... had three catches (17 yards) vs. Montana in the national title game... had two catches, including a season-long 17-yarder, vs. Virginia Military (31 yards) and Hofstra (9 yards)... ran four times for 25 yards vs. Delaware.
High School: All-district and all-region WR and KR as an Armstrong senior... all-metro WR and all-state KR... led the Central Region with 71 catches for 1,367 yards and six TDs... state all-star game participant.
Personal: Accounting major.
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