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Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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2019 MIT Football Roster

44 Cole Baker

  • Position RB
  • Height 5-8
  • Weight 180
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Austin, Texas
  • High School St. Andrew's Episcopal

Biography

2019: [SEASON STATS]
- Appeared in eight games
- Finished with 181 rushing yards on 62 carries and one touchdown
- Had a season-high 56 yards vs. Norwich on 11/9
- Scored a touchdown in a home win over WPI on 11/2

2018: [SEASON STATS]
- Appeared in all 11 games with 123 yards and one touchdown on 43 rushing attempts
- At Maine Maritime on 10/6, he had a season-high 14 rushes and 39 yards
- Picked up nine tackles on special teams, including a season-high three in a road win at Norwich

2017: [SEASON STATS] 
- Appeared in nine games
- Had an 18-yard kick return vs. Curry on 9/8 and finished with six total tackles, including five solo stops

2016: [SEASON STATS] 
- Appeared in all 10 games as a rookie
- Ranked second on the team in rushing yards with 153 on 51 carries
- Averaged three yards per rush and had two kick returns for 23 yards
- Recorded 176 all-purpose yards

Favorite Sports Memory:
- Every time Christian Moroney catches a football

Favorite Memory as an MIT Student-Athlete:
- Beating Springfield to win the NEWMAC on 100 yards rushing from John Robertson

Off the Field at MIT:
- Majoring in computer science
- Software engineer at Home Depot for his internship
- MIT Energy Initiative researching US Oil Pipelines
- Interned as a data analyst with Vista Consulting
- Research assistant with MIT Energy Initiative on hydraulic fracking
- Intern at Aptiv Technologies
- Research on Automated Chest X-Ray Diagnosis

High School:
- Played football and baseball at St. Andrew's Episcopal High School
- Three-time Team MVP
- Four-year letterwinner in both sports
- Three-year football captain
- 2013 Southwest Prep All-Conference linebacker
- Southwest Prep Conference All-Zone outfielder
- Set the single-season school records for both rushing touchdowns and rushing yards with 26 touchdowns and 1,580 yards
- National Merit finalist and an AP Scholar

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 44

    2016First Year

    RB
    5'7" 175 lbs
    44
  • 44

    2017Sophomore

    RB
    5'7" 170 lbs
    44
  • 44

    2018Junior

    RB
    5'8" 175 lbs
    44
  • 44

    2019Senior

    RB
    5'8" 180 lbs
    44