Kawaan Baker

#15 · WR · Sr. · South Alabama6′1″ · 215 lb · Atlanta, GA · Hapeville Charter

Kawaan Baker: WR · South Alabama · #15.

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Kawaan Baker

WR · South Alabama · Sr · #15

Wins the 50-50 ball at the goal line. Played for two head coaches at South Alabama: Joey Jones and Steve Campbell. The first career honor came in 2020: All-Sun Belt. A game that shows it: 154 receiving yards and 6 receptions against UL Monroe — Week 8, 2020.

Style of play

Play style

Wins contested catches at the goal line. Size and catch radius are the weapons.

Fans

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

Where to follow

Career stats

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Season	Team
2020	South Alabama	50	656	13.1	8	80
2019	South Alabama	35	574	16.4	3	75
2018	South Alabama	33	494	15.0	4	51
2017	South Alabama	7	102	14.6	1	20
Career		125	1,826	14.6	16	80

Season	Team
2020	South Alabama	13	42	264
2019	South Alabama	20	83	35
2018	South Alabama	60	258	94
2017	South Alabama	--	--	150
Career		93	383	543

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2020 season · 10 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 32-21@ Southern Miss	4	82	20.5	1	52
Wk 2	L 24-27vs Tulane	7	129	18.4	1	34
Wk 4	L 10-42vs UAB	4	32	8.0	0	17
Wk 7	W 30-20vs Texas State	5	43	8.6	1	15
Wk 8	W 38-14vs UL Monroe	6	154	25.7	3	80	Season-high 154 yds
Wk 9	L 17-24@ Georgia Southern	5	65	13.0	0	24
Wk 10	L 6-23@ No. 15 Coastal Carolina	3	20	6.7	0	11
Wk 11	L 10-38@ No. 25 Louisiana	6	43	7.2	1	15
Wk 12	L 14-31vs Georgia State	5	37	7.4	0	11
Wk 13	W 38-31@ Arkansas State	5	51	10.2	1	26
Total		50	656	13.1	8	80

Signature game

Week 2 · 2020

L 24-27

vs Tulane

7 rec · 129 yds · 1 TD

With J. Brooks — 38 yards per punt · 7 punts · 2 inside the 20 · C. Lovertich — 249 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 8 · UL Monroe · 2nd and 8 · Q1 · EPA +6.82Desmond Trotter pass complete to Kawaan Baker for 80 yds for a TD (Diego Guajardo KICK)
Week 1 · Southern Miss · 3rd and 3 · Q4 · EPA +5.26Chance Lovertich pass complete to Kawaan Baker for 52 yds for a TD (Diego Guajardo PAT MISSED)
Week 2 · Tulane · 3rd and 10 · Q2 · EPA +4.49Chance Lovertich pass complete to Kawaan Baker for 34 yds for a TD (Diego Guajardo KICK)
Week 10 · Coastal Carolina · 4th and 1 · Q3 · EPA −4.21Kawaan Baker run for no gain to the CCaro 1
Week 2 · Tulane · 3rd and 5 · Q2 · EPA +3.38Chance Lovertich pass complete to Kawaan Baker for 27 yds to the Tulan 43 for a
Week 11 · Louisiana · 4th and 7 · Q3 · EPA −3.37Desmond Trotter pass complete to Kawaan Baker for 6 yds to the LaLaf 10

4 more plays

Week 9 · Georgia Southern · 1st and 10 · Q3 · EPA −3.16Kawaan Baker run for 1 yd to the SAlab 49 SOUTH ALABAMA Penalty, Personal Foul (-15 Yards) to the SAlab 34
Week 8 · UL Monroe · 2nd and 7 · Q3 · EPA +3.15Desmond Trotter pass complete to Kawaan Baker for 32 yds to the LaMon 45 for a
Week 1 · Southern Miss · 4th and 3 · Q3 · EPA −3.13Desmond Trotter pass complete to Kawaan Baker for 12 yds to the SoMis 25 SOUTH ALABAMA Penalty, Offensive Holding (Jalen Tolbert) to the SoMis 35
Week 8 · UL Monroe · 4th and 5 · Q4 · EPA +3.05Desmond Trotter pass complete to Kawaan Baker for 5 yds for a TD (Diego Guajardo KICK)

Teams and coaches

2017South Alabama4-8HC: Joey Jones · Balanced

2018South Alabama3-9HC: Steve Campbell · Run-heavy

2019South Alabama2-10HC: Steve Campbell · Run-heavy

2020South Alabama4-7HC: Steve Campbell · Run-leaning

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Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles · 2020 season

13 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: td rate (87th percentile). Strength: rec tds (95th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

TD rate#9 / 65 · 87th pct

11.4%

Catch rate#22 / 65 · 67th pct

72.9%

EPA / target#26 / 65 · 61st pct

0.68

Explosive rate#29 / 65 · 56th pct

15.7%

Yards / catch#34 / 65 · 48th pct

12.9

Box-score rates (8)

Rec TDs#14 / 421 · 95th pct

Long catch#25 / 421 · 94th pct

Receptions#42 / 421 · 90th pct

Rec yards#49 / 421 · 88th pct

656

Fumbles lost#1 / 146 · 80th pct

Rush yards#42 / 202 · 79th pct

Yards / catch#210 / 421 · 49th pct

13.1

Rush TDs#38 / 202 · 41st pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

17th → 61st percentile

Explosive rate

62nd → 56th percentile

Catch rate

5th → 67th percentile

TD rate

27th → 87th percentile

Yards / catch

76th → 48th percentile

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps in 2020. 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

2020 season · 10 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home5g	5.4	79.0	13.6	1.0
Road5g	4.6	52.2	11.5	0.6

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-74g	5.0	71.5	13.9	0.8
Weeks 8+6g	5.0	61.7	11.7	0.8

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2020 season

Head Coach

Steve Campbell

Pass share

45.7%

350 pass / 416 run

Plays / game

69.6

11 games

Team sack rate

9.8%

407 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Run-leaning.

Awards

Player standing · 2020

All-Conference

Picked for an all-conference team by at least one selector.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Kawaan Baker

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Awards

All-Conference

Four seasons at South Alabama, drafted

2016

2020 10 games

2021