Senior defensive lineman on Louisiana Tech's 2021 roster.
6′3″ · 250 lb · New Roads, LA
CFB Index
A single number blending on-field production (an EPA-based value lane) with box-score output for this player's position.
0-100, scaled within each position's own cohort — not directly comparable across positions.
Recruiting
WDE recruit
No. 780 nationally · Signed with Louisiana Tech
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 defensive lineman on Louisiana Tech's roster.
Willie Baker
Wins his gap play after play. He has spent four seasons in the Louisiana Tech defensive front. 2020 brought the first one: All-Conference USA. One game to point at: 3 tackles, 0.5 TFL against Rice — Week 13, 2021.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Four seasons at Louisiana Tech, 3 sacks — his college career is complete.
His career
Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.
Career arc
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-CONFERENCE USA
All-Conference USA mention (2020)
Coaching lineage · 2017–2021
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Skip Holtz.
Season context · Team result + system
4 seasons under Skip Holtz — 28-23 over that span.
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: solo tackles (9th percentile).
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 · Per-game
2021 season · 8 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 1.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road4g | 2.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-73g | 2.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 1.6 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Sonny Cumbie
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2021
Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.
Recognition
Production · CFB Index Score
Three-star recruit. Now #239 at the position.
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Louisiana Tech | 15 | 6 | 1.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2019 | Louisiana Tech | 51 | 32 | 10.0 | 1.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2018 | Louisiana Tech | 25 | 14 | 6.0 | 2.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2017 | Louisiana Tech | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 94 | 54 | 17.0 | 3.0 | -- | -- | -- |
Game log · Week-by-week
2021 season · 8 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 3 | L 37-39vs SMU | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 24-17vs North Texas | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 3 tackles |
| Wk 7 | L 3-19@ UTEP | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 16-45vs UTSA | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 20-23@ Old Dominion | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 38-52@ UAB | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 42-32vs Charlotte | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 31-35@ Rice | 3 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 15 | 6 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 |
Play style
Stout at the point of attack — steady tackle-for-loss production without a standout pass-rush number.
CFB Index positional classification
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
15 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 1 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.
Player DNA
Stout at the point of attack — steady tackle-for-loss production without a standout pass-rush number.
His 2021 production profile sits closest to Mike Tverdov’s 2021 season.
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Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a junior, his production profile tracks closest to Toby Ndukwe's junior season at SMU (2020).
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Player DNA