C.J. Baskerville: DB · Texas Tech · #9.
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C.J. Baskerville
Hits like a linebacker and still takes the ball away. The four seasons span two programs and two head coaches: Brady Hoke and Joey McGuire. One game to point at: 10 tackles against Arkansas — Bowl, 2024.
Play style
Hits like a linebacker and still takes the ball away.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
70 tackles. 4 passes defended. 4 interceptions. 2.5 TFL.
Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
Yahoo Sports Nov 3
On3 Oct 28
Heartland College Sports Oct 24Swipe the table sideways for more columns.
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Texas Tech | 70 | 49 | 2.5 | 0.0 | 4 | 4 | 1 |
| 2023 | Texas Tech | 77 | 54 | 4.5 | 0.0 | 5 | 2 | -- |
| 2022 | San Diego State | 36 | 20 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 3 | -- | -- |
| 2021 | San Diego State | 38 | 22 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Career | 221 | 145 | 9.5 | 0.0 | 14 | 7 | 2 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2024 season · 13 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 52-51vs Abilene Christian | 9 | 7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 16-37@ Washington State | 5 | 4 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 66-21vs North Texas | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 30-22vs Arizona State | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 44-41vs Cincinnati | 9 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 6 | W 28-22@ Arizona | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | |
| Wk 8 | L 35-59vs Baylor | 5 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 9 | L 34-35@ TCU | 4 | 2 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 23-22@ No. 11 Iowa State | 6 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 11 | L 27-41vs No. 21 Colorado | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 56-48@ Oklahoma State | 7 | 7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | W 52-15vs West Virginia | 8 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
 Bowl | L 26-39vs Arkansas | 10 | 7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Total | 70 | 49 | 2.5 | 0.0 | 4 | 4 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
6%4 pass breakupsInterceptions
4interceptionsTackle volume
70tackles this seasonTFL rate
4%2 TFL70 tackles · 2.5 for loss · 4 pass breakups · 4 interceptions.
Splits · Per-game
2024 season · 13 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home7g | 5.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
| Road5g | 4.4 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 5.3 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 5.5 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Joey McGuire
Pass share
53.6%
536 pass / 464 run
Plays / game
76.9
13 games
Team sack rate
4.0%
551 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced, fast tempo.
Player standing · 2024
70 tackles in 13 games, about as many tackles a game as a typical FBS defensive back who plays every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #33 at the position.
How it ended
Four seasons, at San Diego State and Texas Tech, 221 tackles — the college career is complete.
A stat line in 39 games over four seasons.
Coaching lineage · 2021–2024
2 coachesPlayed for 2 head coaches at 2 schools: Brady Hoke and Joey McGuire.
