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2024 Football Roster

8 Khalil Baker

8 Khalil Baker

  • Position:
    Defensive Back
  • Class:
    Redshirt Senior
  • Hometown:
    Winston-Salem, N.C.
  • Highschool:
    East Forsyth
  • Ht./Wt.:
    6-0 / 182

Summary

Biography

2024 (RS Senior):
  • Phil Steele preseason second team All-CAA
  • Named one of the ten best returning safeties in FCS Football by FCS Football Central
  • Ranked No. 12 on FCS Football Central's list of the 25 most impactful FCS transfers ahead of the 2024 season
  • Named to the East-West Shrine Bowl 1000 watch list
  • Started all 12 games at free safety
  • Ranked second on the team with 71 tackles, including 48 solo. Added two tackles for loss, 0.5 sack, six passes defended and a forced fumble
  • Twice had double-digit tackle totals, including a season-best 12 at Hampton
  • Recorded six tackles, a forced fumble and a TFL against Richmond
  • Had two pass break-ups in a game twice – at Duke and at North Carolina A&T

Prior To Elon: 
  • Played from 2019-23 at North Carolina Central
  • 2022 AFCA All-American, Associated Press First Team All-American
  • First player from NC Central to earn those distinctions at the FCS level
  • 2022 Aeneas Williams Award winner, given to the nation's best defensive back in HBCU Division I college football
  • 2022 MEAC Defensive Player of the Year
  • 2022 Cricket Celebration Bowl Defensive MVP after posting 10 tackles in an overtime victory over Jackson State
  • 111 career tackles, 3.5 for loss, and 14 passes defended
  • Five career interceptions, including a return for a touchdown in 2022 against New Hampshire
  • 37 career games played at NC Central
 
High School: 
  • Two-time all-conference and all-county selection at East Forsyth High School
  • Two-time sportsmanship award recipient
  • Posted 61 tackles and three interceptions as a senior
  • Team captain on 2018 state championship team
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