Under-the-Radar Illinois LB with SEC-Caliber Recruiting Pedigree
Easton Baker entered Illinois as a former three-star linebacker from Stansbury (Utah) with offers from programs like Oklahoma, Arkansas, and BYU, which tells you the upside was real even before he arrived in Champaign. He’s built like a modern stack-and-fill LB at about 6'0" and 220 pounds, and the appeal is his toughness, downhill mentality, and developmental ceiling rather than a flashy stat sheet. As of the most recently available team listings, he remained on the Illinois roster, but there was no public game-log production available, so he profiles more as a traits-and-potential fit than a proven impact starter.
