Cedric "CJ" Baxter Jr. (born June 28, 2005)[1] is an American football running back for the Texas Longhorns.
| Texas Longhorns – No. 4 | |
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| Position | Running back |
| Class | Sophomore |
| Personal information | |
| Born: | June 28, 2005[1] |
| Height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) |
| Weight | 218 lb (99 kg) |
| Career history | |
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| High school | Edgewater (Orlando, Florida) |
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Early years edit
Baxter attended Edgewater High School in Orlando, Florida. During his high school career, he had 3,826 rushing yards and 57 touchdowns.[2] Brooks played in the 2023 Under Armour All-America Game. A five-star recruit, he committed to the University of Texas at Austin to play college football.[3][4][5]
College career edit
Baxter entered his true freshman year at Texas in 2023 as the starting running back becoming the first true freshman since Ricky Williams in 1995 to start the opener. He started the first two games of the season before missing the next two games due to a foot injury, which allowed Jonathon Brooks to take over as the starter.[6] After Brooks suffered a season ending torn ACL, Baxter reclaimed the starting job.[7][8] Overall, he played in 12 games with six starts and had 659 yards on 138 carries with five touchdowns.
References edit
- ^ a b "Cedric Baxter, RB Texas". dynastyleaguefootball.com. Retrieved March 25, 2024.
- ^ "Eyes of Texas on Edgewater's CJ Baxter". Orlando Sentinel. 22 November 2023.
- ^ "Edgewater RB Cedric Baxter commits to Texas over Miami, UCF, UF and Texas A&M". Orlando Sentinel. 11 August 2022.
- ^ "Running back Cedric Baxter, No. 58 overall recruit for 2023 chooses Texas". ESPN. 10 August 2022.
- ^ "Texas lands commitment from Orlando Edgewater 4-star RB Cedric Baxter Jr". The Daytona Beach News-Journal.
- ^ "Texas freshman CJ Baxter stepped into Jonathon Brooks' cleats quite well, it turned out". Austin-American Statesman.
- ^ "Losing Brooks opens the door for freshman Baxter as No. 1 running back for No. 7 Texas". Associated Press. 13 November 2023.
- ^ "Texas' Steve Sarkisian: the show must go on, only now with CJ Baxter pacing the run game". Austin-American Statesman.