Dallas Leon Baker was born on November 10,1982 and is an American former professional football wide receiver.
19 Facts About Dallas Baker
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Dallas Baker played college football for the University of Florida, and thereafter played professionally for the Pittsburgh Steelers of the National Football League, the Montreal Alouettes and Saskatchewan Roughriders of the Canadian Football League, and the Jacksonville Sharks and San Antonio Talons of the Arena Football League.
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Dallas Baker was born in New Smyrna Beach, Florida, and attended New Smyrna Beach High School, where he was a star wide receiver for the New Smyrna Beach Barracudas high school football team.
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Dallas Baker accepted an athletic scholarship to attend the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida, and played for coach Ron Zook and coach Urban Meyer's Florida Gators football teams from 2003 to 2006.
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Dallas Baker originally signed to play for the Gators in February 2001 as a member of what would become coach Steve Spurrier's final recruiting class at Florida, but due to NCAA academic eligibility issues, Baker instead enrolled at Northfield Mount Hermon School, an elite preparatory school in Massachusetts, for one year.
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Hermon, Dallas Baker led his team to the New England Championship game.
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Dallas Baker graduated from the University of Florida in December 2006 with a bachelor's degree in health and human performance.
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Dallas Baker played for the Steelers from 2007 to 2009.
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Dallas Baker was cut by the Steelers on September 1,2007, but quickly re-joined the organization as a member of the practice squad on September 2.
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Dallas Baker made the Steelers' 53-man roster out of training camp in 2008.
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Dallas Baker signed a future contract with the Steelers in February 2009.
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Dallas Baker was released in final cuts on September 5,2009.
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Dallas Baker joined the Jacksonville Sharks of the Arena Football League in the early part of the 2010 season, making his AFL debut in the third game of the season against the Orlando Predators.
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Dallas Baker signed with the Montreal Alouettes of the Canadian Football League on April 5,2011.
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Dallas Baker was the wide receivers coach at Warner University, a Christian college in Lake Wales, Florida.
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On March 10,2017, Dallas Baker accepted the position of wide receivers coach at Marshall University in Huntington, WV.
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In January 2022, Dallas Baker was hired as the wide receivers coach by Dave Aranda at Baylor.
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Dallas Baker is the nephew of Wes Chandler, who is a former All-American Gator wide receiver, NFL standout and professional football coach.
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Dallas Baker's younger brother Perry Dallas Baker is a former professional rugby sevens player and represented the USA in the 2016 and 2024 Olympics.