Arizona Cardinals · S (DB) · 8 games through Nov 1, 2026 · Washington (2017 Round 2, Pick 36)

Budda Baker

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73.6

Downfield Score v7.0Ranked #31 of 218 qualified DBs

Combined tackles: 5126 solo · 25 ast
Sacks & QB hits: 3.55 QB hits
Tackles for loss: 41 forced fumble
Coverage: 4 PD · 1 INTPasses defended & picks
Defensive snaps: 50262.8 snaps/G
Team def. EPA / play: +0.179Schedule-adjusted · What is EPA?

Budda Baker among the 218 qualified defensive backs: each 2026 Downfield Score, 0 to 100.

Lake94.1
Hooker92.2
Williams91.1
Robertson89.2
Battle88.4
Reed87.6
Lassiter86.2
Jones85.2
Parrish84.6
Baker#3173.6

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Downfield Score v7.0 breakdown

Each component is shrunk toward the 2026 positional mean before percentile ranking across 218 qualified DBs. Read score check & methodology · What Raw and Shrunk mean

Defensive snaps per game, regressed30% weight · Raw 1.06 → Shrunk 53.58

79thpercentile

Coverage disruptions per game16% weight · Raw 0.02 → Shrunk 0.41

41thpercentile

Weighted defensive disruption per game22% weight · Raw 0.17 → Shrunk 8.13

98thpercentile

Coverage disruption rate, regressed9% weight · Raw 1.9% → Shrunk 1.2%

48thpercentile

Solo tackle rate, regressed9% weight · Raw 5.5% → Shrunk 4.6%

84thpercentile

Combined tackle rate, regressed10% weight · Raw 10.8% → Shrunk 9.3%

95thpercentile

Schedule-adjusted team defensive EPA / play, regressed4% weight · Raw +0.179 → Shrunk +0.070

10thpercentile

2026 game log

Every 2026 regular-season game line for Budda Baker. Click any game to open its drive-by-drive chart and box score.

Week	Date	Matchup	Result	Tackles	Solo	Sacks	TFL	QB hits	PD	INT	Def. snaps
Week 1	Sep 13, 2026	@ LAC	W 26-14	5	4	0.5	0	1	0	0	55
Week 2	Sep 20, 2026	vs SEA	L 7-31	11	7	1	1	1	1	0	70
Week 3	Sep 27, 2026	@ SF	L 30-36	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	54
Week 4	Oct 4, 2026	@ NYG	L 24-36	5	2	0	0	0	2	1	67
Week 5	Oct 11, 2026	vs DET	L 21-45	11	6	1	1	1	0	0	65
Week 6	Oct 18, 2026	@ LA	W 18-16	6	4	1	2	2	1	0	58
Week 7	Oct 25, 2026	vs DEN	L 16-30	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	59
Week 8	Nov 1, 2026	@ DAL	W 33-30	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	74

College to the NFL: Washington to Arizona Cardinals

Verified identity bridge linking Budda Baker's college regular-season tackles at Washington to official NFL game lines.

Washington (College tackles)

642016

3636th pick
2017 Draft

ARI (NFL tackles)

722017

952018

1342019

1122020

952021

962022

762023

1542024

1172025

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Career NFL seasons

Regular-season totals from official NFL game lines across 10 seasons.

Season	Club	G	Tackles	Solo	Ast	Sacks	TFL	QBH	PD	INT	FF	Def. snaps
2017	ARI	16	72	56	16	1	3	2	7	0	2	513
2018	ARI	14	95	71	24	2	7	3	1	0	1	938
2019	ARI	16	134	91	43	0.5	4	2	6	0	1	1,120
2020	ARI	15	112	84	28	2	7	3	6	2	1	1,005
2021	ARI	17	95	60	35	2	6	3	7	3	0	1,037
2022	ARI	15	96	60	36	0	1	2	7	2	1	968
2023	ARI	12	76	47	29	0	5	0	0	0	0	764
2024	ARI	17	154	85	69	2	10	3	5	0	1	1,067
2025	ARI	16	117	54	63	0.5	4	1	5	1	0	1,042
2026 (so far)	ARI	8	51	26	25	3.5	4	5	4	1	1	502

Compare Budda Baker with top defensive backs

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Budda Baker vs. Quentin Lake (LA)Score 73.6 vs. 94.1 Budda Baker vs. Amani Hooker (TEN)Score 73.6 vs. 92.2 Budda Baker vs. Evan Williams (GB)Score 73.6 vs. 91.1 Budda Baker vs. Amik Robertson (WAS)Score 73.6 vs. 89.2 Budda Baker vs. Jordan Battle (CIN)Score 73.6 vs. 88.4 Budda Baker vs. D.J. Reed (DET)Score 73.6 vs. 87.6