Javon Baker

#1 · WR · Sr. · UCF6′1″ · 208 lb · Atlanta, GA · McEachern

Javon Baker: WR · UCF · #1.

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Javon Baker

WR · UCF · Sr · #1

Beats you over the top. The four seasons span two programs and two head coaches: Nick Saban and Gus Malzahn. The first career honor came in 2023: All-Big 12. A game that shows it: 173 receiving yards and 9 receptions against Georgia Tech — Bowl, 2023.

Style of play

Play style

Stretches the field vertically. Every snap is a potential big play.

Fans

No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.

UCF in the news

Big 12 addresses UCF fan chants930 WFMD Free Talk Oct 29
UCF beats BYU for first timeYahoo Sports Oct 29
Baylor fires Dave ArandaOct 26
UCF names QB vs BaylorYahoo Sports Oct 26

Where to follow

Career stats

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Season	Team
2023	UCF	52	1,139	21.9	7	86
2022	UCF	56	796	14.2	5	53
2021	Alabama	7	101	14.4	1	35
2020	Alabama	2	15	7.5	0	15
Career		117	2,051	17.5	13	86

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2023 season · 13 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 56-6vs Kent State	4	59	14.8	0	22	173-yard receiving day
Wk 2	W 18-16@ Boise State	4	73	18.3	0	29
Wk 3	W 48-14vs Villanova	5	77	15.4	1	25
Wk 4	L 31-44@ Kansas State	1	10	10.0	0	10
Wk 5	L 35-36vs Baylor	3	113	37.7	1	65
Wk 6	L 22-51@ Kansas	4	85	21.3	0	41
Wk 8	L 29-31@ No. 6 Oklahoma	5	134	26.8	2	86	2 TD catches
Wk 9	L 28-41vs West Virginia	3	34	11.3	1	16
Wk 10	W 28-26@ Cincinnati	4	93	23.3	0	40
Wk 11	W 45-3vs No. 15 Oklahoma State	4	112	28.0	0	38
Wk 12	L 23-24@ Texas Tech	4	117	29.3	1	71
Wk 13	W 27-13vs Houston	2	59	29.5	0	57
Bowl	L 17-30vs Georgia Tech	9	173	19.2	1	57
Total		52	1139	21.9	7	86

Signature game

Week 8 · 2023

L 29-31

at Oklahoma

5 rec · 134 yds · 2 TD

With M. McCarthy — 39 yards per punt · 7 punts · 1 inside the 20 · J. Rhys Plumlee — 248 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 66.6

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 8 · Oklahoma · 2nd and 10 · Q2 · EPA +7.08John Rhys Plumlee pass complete to Javon Baker for 86 yds for a TD (Colton Boomer KICK)
Week 12 · Texas Tech · 2nd and 6 · Q4 · EPA +6.19John Rhys Plumlee pass complete to Javon Baker for 71 yds for a TD (Colton Boomer PAT BLOCKED)
Week 5 · Baylor · 1st and 10 · Q1 · EPA +5.24Timmy McClain pass complete to Javon Baker for 65 yds for a TD (Colton Boomer KICK)
Week 1 · Georgia Tech · 2nd and 14 · Q4 · EPA +4.45Timmy McClain pass complete to Javon Baker for 57 yds to the GT 22 for a
Week 13 · Houston · 1st and 10 · Q3 · EPA +3.76John Rhys Plumlee pass complete to Javon Baker for 57 yds to the HOU 24 for a
Week 8 · Oklahoma · 4th and 10 · Q4 · EPA +3.62John Rhys Plumlee pass complete to Javon Baker for 12 yds for a TD (Two-Point Conversion failed)

4 more plays

Week 5 · Baylor · 3rd and 12 · Q3 · EPA +3.26Timmy McClain pass complete to Javon Baker for 35 yds to the BAY 9 for a
Week 1 · Kent State · 3rd and 5 · Q2 · EPA +3.11John Rhys Plumlee pass complete to Javon Baker for 22 yds to the KENT 46 for a
Week 12 · Texas Tech · 3rd and 8 · Q1 · EPA +3.03John Rhys Plumlee pass complete to Javon Baker for 18 yds to the TTU 35 for a
Week 10 · Cincinnati · 2nd and 7 · Q4 · EPA +3.00John Rhys Plumlee pass complete to Javon Baker for 40 yds to the CIN 22 for a

Teams and coaches

2020Alabama13-0HC: Nick Saban · Balanced, fast tempo

2021Alabama13-2HC: Nick Saban · Balanced, fast tempo

2022UCF9-5HC: Gus Malzahn · Run-leaning, fast tempo

2023UCF6-7HC: Gus Malzahn · Run-leaning

Our ratings

CFB Zeitgeist Score 84 (#24 of 497). Show the ratings

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles · 2023 season

84All-Conference level #24 of 497 · 2023?

10 metrics · season cumulative

2023 score: the 2026 sample is not big enough yet. The rows below are 2026 so far. Elite: yards / catch (100th percentile). Strength: explosive rate (100th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Yards / catch#2 / 639 · 100th pct

22.5

Explosive rate#3 / 639 · 100th pct

36.2%

EPA / target#8 / 639 · 99th pct

1.68

TD rate#55 / 639 · 91st pct

12.8%

Catch rate#181 / 639 · 72nd pct

89.4%

Box-score rates (5)

Yards / catch#6 / 566 · 99th pct

21.9

Long catch#9 / 566 · 98th pct

Rec yards#17 / 566 · 97th pct

1139

Rec TDs#52 / 566 · 89th pct

Receptions#98 / 566 · 82nd pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

60th → 99th percentile

Explosive rate

64th → 100th percentile

Catch rate

32nd → 72nd percentile

TD rate

45th → 91st percentile

Yards / catch

71st → 100th percentile

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps in 2023. Most bars are box-score rates; EPA / success-rate bars are computed from real play-by-play (offense only — no defensive EPA model exists yet).

Splits

Home and road splits, scheme and staff

Splits · Per-game

2023 season · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home6g	3.5	75.7	22.8	0.5
Road6g	3.7	85.3	21.5	0.5

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-77g	4.3	84.3	19.5	0.4
Weeks 8+6g	3.7	91.5	24.7	0.7

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2023 season

Head Coach

Gus Malzahn

Pass share

41.0%

365 pass / 526 run

Plays / game

68.5

13 games

Team sack rate

6.6%

376 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Run-leaning.

Awards

Player standing · 2023

All-Conference 1st team

First team in his league at the position.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score

84 · #24 of 497 WRs · 2023

Former four-star. Now #24 at the position.

Javon Baker

Similar players

Style of play

Fans

UCF in the news

Where to follow

Career stats

Game log

Signature game

Signature plays

Teams and coaches

Our ratings

Splits

Awards

All-Conference 1st team

Four seasons, two schools, drafted

Moves

2020

2022 14 games

2023 13 games

2024