Jaguar Highlights: Should contribute in the offensive backfield for the second straight season ... Had 22 yards on five carries to lead the Blue Team in the annual spring game, adding a pair of receptions for another 17 yards ... Rushed nine times for a team-high 42 yards, scoring on consecutive carries, in team’s first spring scrimmage ... Also led the Jaguars with 32 yards on the ground in second scrimmage five days later ... Selected the team’s most improved running back at the end of spring practice.
As A Redshirt Freshman (2011): Played in nine of 10 contests, making three starts ... Led the team with 644 all-purpose yards, and was second in rushing and scoring ... Carried 102 times for 491 yards and nine touchdowns ... Also ran back seven kicks for 156 yards, a 22.3 average per return ... Tied for 74th nationally at the NCAA Football Championship Subdivision level with six points per game, and was fifth among all FCS Independent players with 71.67 all-purpose yards per outing ... Had a game-high 111 yards and two touchdowns on 20 attempts in win over Henderson (Ark.) State, one of two 100-yard performances by a USA running back on the season ... Also led the Jag ground attack with 82 yards and a score in Lamar victory and with 87 yards and two touchdowns in win at Texas-San Antonio ... That included scoring the game-winning touchdown on a 25-yard run on the first play of the second overtime period against the Roadrunners; he finished with a season-best 122 all-purpose yards in the game ... Scored two touchdowns at Kent State, also finding the end zone at North Carolina State and in win over Tennessee-Martin ... Returned three kicks for a season-high 72 yards at N.C. State ... Advanced to the East Region preliminary round of the NCAA Championships in both the discus and the shot put during the outdoor track & field season ... Earned all-Sun Belt Conference honors in the shot put after coming in third at the league championships, also scoring a point at the meet with an eighth-place finish in the discus.
As A Freshman (Spring 2010): As a member of the USA track & field team, qualified to compete at the East Region preliminary round of the NCAA Championships in both the discus and the shot put ... Finished third in the discus at the Sun Belt Conference Championships with a mark of 50.75m/166-06 to earn all-league honors ... Broke the school’s shot put record at Troy’s Coach O Invitational, posting a 17.17m/56-04 toss.
Georgia Highlights (Fall 2010): Sat out as a redshirt while the Bulldogs earned an invitation to the Liberty Bowl.
High School Highlights: Named a High School All-American by both SuperPrep and PrepStar magazines ... Earned four stars from Scout.com, ranking among the organization’s top 35 players in Florida and top 100 in the South; group also had him No. 23 in the country among outside linebackers ... Rivals.com three-star recruit, including ranking 25th among all OLBs nationally ... Played in the USA National Junior vs. The World All-Star Game ... Carried 113 times for 1,040 yards and 13 touchdowns as a senior at Orange Park HS, scoring twice more on receptions and once on a kickoff return ... Had over 70 total tackles, including 19 for loss with 11 sacks, forced five fumbles and recorded two interceptions on defense ... Was selected the Florida Times-Union Boys Athlete of the Year and was an all-state honoree at linebacker ... Efforts helped the Raiders qualify for the state 6A playoffs his final fall ... Scored 22 touchdowns his junior season, leading OPHS to the quarterfinals of the state 5A playoffs and a final record of 10-3 ... Lettered as a sophomore too ... Two-time champion in the shot put at the state 4A meet, and was also voted all-conference in weightlifting and track.
Personal: Full name is Demetre F. Allen Baker ... Born Nov. 30, 1990, in Orange Park, Fla. ... Son of Bob Jackson and Priscella Meyers ... Favorite movie is “Scarface” ... Favorite book is the Bible ... Favorite team is the Baltimore Ravens ... Favorite food is hot wings ... Favorite subject is math ... Likes to lift weights in his free time ... Also recruited by Florida, South Carolina and Miami (Fla.) out of high school ... An interdisciplinary studies major.
