1. Jason Michael Baker was born on May 17,1978 and is an American former professional football player who was a punter in the National Football League.
16 Facts About Jason Baker
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Jason Baker was signed by the San Francisco 49ers as an undrafted free agent in 2001.
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Jason Baker has played for the Philadelphia Eagles, Kansas City Chiefs, Indianapolis Colts, Denver Broncos, and Carolina Panthers.
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Jason Baker was named special teams MVP of the 1997 Sun Bowl for his performance in Iowa's loss against Arizona State University, after registering eight punts for 391 yards.
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Jason Baker made honorable mention All-Big Ten honors as a senior in 2000.
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Jason Baker was not drafted by any team, and was signed as a free agent by the Philadelphia Eagles in April 2001 before being waived a short while later, not having appeared in any regular season games for them.
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Jason Baker was then picked up by the San Francisco 49ers, and was their regular punter during the 2001 NFL season.
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Jason Baker played several games for them before being released again at the end of the season.
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Jason Baker was signed by the Kansas City Chiefs before the 2003 season, and was their regular punter for the whole season, averaging a respectable 39.5 yards per punt.
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Jason Baker was waived by Kansas City, then re-signed two weeks later, then waived a week after that.
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Jason Baker was then picked up by the Indianapolis Colts, played with them for 5 weeks, then Indianapolis waived him and he was picked up by the Denver Broncos, who he finished the season with.
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Jason Baker played for Denver in the AFC wild card game against his former team, Indianapolis.
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Jason Baker eventually won the punting job, after battling with Tom Rouen and Steve Cheek during training camp and the preseason.
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Jason Baker played the rest of his seven seasons in Carolina, where he averaged 44.0 yards per punt in 112 games, set most of the franchise records, twice led the league in punts, and was a Pro Bowl alternate multiple times but never attended.
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Jason Baker is one of the fastest running punters in the NFL.
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Jason Baker managed to surprise the Seahawks' Leon Washington in a game on December 5,2010, tripping up the prematurely celebrating Washington to save a touchdown.