Budda Baker is a career quality starter — a defensive back whose body of work places Baker in the top quarter of all players at the position historically. The Knox model values sustained contribution over flash, and Baker's career arc reflects exactly that kind of reliable professional-grade performance.

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Budda Baker

8× Pro Bowl2× All-ProTop 20% all-time defensive backsElite Playmaker

Height5'10"

Weight195 lb

BornJan 10, 1996

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Career Value · VORP

70 career value over replacement — #1652 all-time of 4,695. 7.8/season above a replacement-level S.

Draft OutcomeValue ↑

Pick #36 (Rd 2) · ARI · 2017 · +8.2 vs expected KV-H

63actual

54.8 expected · Δ+8.2

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Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Defense													Snap Counts						Advanced Defense & Coverage (2018+)
Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	TD	Sfty	Off	Off%	Def	Def%	ST	ST%	Tgt	Cmp	Cmp%	RateAll	ADOT	Prss	Hrry	QBKD	Bltz	MissTkl	Miss%
2017	21–22	ARI	16	—	56	43	13	3	2	1.0	6.0	0	7	2	1	0	0	—	0.0%	513	51.5%	307	64.4%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2018	22–23	ARI	14	—	93	70	23	8	3	2.0	13.0	0	1	1	2	1	0	—	0.0%	938	95.7%	72	20.1%	71	55	0.8	106.2	3.5	12	8	1	58	10	0.1
2019	23–24	ARI	16	—	134	91	43	7	2	0.5	9.5	0	6	1	1	0	0	—	0.0%	1,120	98.8%	67	14.3%	55	40	0.7	125.3	8.1	5	3	1	44	11	0.1
2020	24–25	ARI	15	—	112	84	28	7	3	2.0	12.0	2	6	1	—	0	0	—	0.0%	1,005	97.3%	21	5.4%	42	30	0.7	115.0	7.8	8	5	1	70	13	0.1
2021	25–26	ARI	17	—	95	60	35	6	3	2.0	11.0	3	7	0	1	0	0	—	0.0%	1,037	95.5%	34	7.5%	32	22	0.7	73.4	10.8	6	3	1	35	12	0.1
2022	26–27	ARI	15	—	96	60	36	1	2	0.0	3.0	2	7	1	—	0	0	—	0.0%	968	98.0%	58	14.4%	40	30	0.8	98.1	5.0	6	5	1	55	14	0.1
2023	27–28	ARI	12	—	76	47	29	5	0	0.0	5.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	764	99.8%	16	5.3%	30	19	0.6	106.8	12.2	1	1	0	14	6	0.1
2024	28–29	ARI	17	—	153	85	68	10	3	2.0	15.0	0	5	1	—	0	0	—	0.0%	1,067	98.1%	43	9.9%	74	55	0.7	129.8	7.4	5	2	1	31	18	0.1
2025	29–30	ARI	16	—	117	54	63	4	1	0.5	5.5	1	5	0	1	0	0	—	0.0%	1,042	97.6%	93	21.4%	61	42	0.7	99.8	8.6	5	4	0	33	12	0.1
2026	30–31	ARI	5	—	36	20	16	2	3	2.5	7.5	1	3	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	311	99.6%	1	0.8%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Career		—	143	—	968	614	354	53	22	12.5	87.5	9	47	7	6	1	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	405	293	—	—	—	48	31	6	340	96	—

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A top 20% all-time defensive back who consistently made an impact across multiple seasons. Average per-snap value reinforces the playmaking ability.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 70 · #1652 · Above Average

Worth 70 points of value above a freely-available replacement safety — top 36% of all 4,695 ranked at the position. 7 of 9 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +10 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

7 cleared

2 replaced

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Replacement

the KC-H bar

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Seasons over

cleared the bar

+10

Avg surplus

peak +21

7 seasons × ~10 surplus ≈