#53

Cody Baker

Senior defensive lineman for New Mexico. 2018: 2 sacks, 3.5 tackles for loss, 23 tackles.

DL · New Mexico · Sr. · #53

6′3″ · 274 lb · Issaquah, WA

New Mexico 2018 alumnus

The story

4 defensive lineman for New Mexico. 2018: 2 sacks, 3.5 tackles for loss, 23 tackles.

Signed as a 2-star recruit to New Mexico in 2015.

His career, year by year

Recruiting

2★

SDE recruit

No. 2463 nationally · Signed with New Mexico

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

How it ended

Three seasons at New Mexico, 4 sacks — his college career is complete.

His career

He was on the field for 3 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

2015

Signed with New Mexico2-star out of Eastside Catholic

Career arc

Recruit

★★

#2463 national

CFB

College

New Mexico

2016–2018

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2016–2018

1 coach

2016–2018

Bob Davie

New Mexico

Played his entire career under Bob Davie.

2018 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

3 seasons under Bob Davie, all run-heavy offenses — 15-22 over that span.

2016New Mexico9-4HC: Bob Davie · Run-heavy

2017New Mexico3-9HC: Bob Davie · Run-heavy

2018New Mexico3-9HC: Bob Davie · Run-heavy

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: qb hurries (86th percentile).

Box-score production (7)

QB hurries#287 / 2662 · 86th pct

Sacks#489 / 2662 · 78th pct

2.0

Tackles for loss#906 / 2662 · 64th pct

3.5

Passes defended#1093 / 2662 · 48th pct

Forced fumbles#63 / 722 · 46th pct

Solo tackles#1570 / 2662 · 39th pct

Tackles#1731 / 2662 · 34th pct

Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2018 season · 10 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home4g	2.2	0.1	0.0	0.2
Road6g	2.3	0.5	0.3	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-76g	2.3	0.4	0.3	0.0
Weeks 8+4g	2.2	0.2	0.0	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Jason Eck

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2018

Rotational

Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2018	New Mexico	23	14	3.5	2.0	1	--	--
2017	New Mexico	24	11	2.0	1.5	1	--	--
2016	New Mexico	16	3	1.0	0.0	1	--	--
Career		63	28	6.5	3.5	3	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2018

W 62–30

vs Incarnate Word

1 TOT · 1 SOLO

Dominant 32-point win at home against Incarnate Word.

With T. Tuioti — 327 yds · 4 TD · 1 INT · QBR 84.0 · 54 rush yds (11 car) · 1 TD · E. Lilly — 14 rush yds (1 car)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week