Football

CJBaxter

  • position Running Back
  • height 6-1
  • Weight 227
  • class Junior
  • Hometown Orlando, Fla.
  • High school Edgewater
  • Previous School Texas

2026- Junior
• Transferred to Kentucky after three seasons at Texas
• Has played in 14 career games with eight starts

2025- Redshirt Sophomore (Texas)
• Saw action in eight games in 2025 with two starting assignments
• Totaled 54 rushes for 196 yards
• Also charted 12 receptions for 41 yards and a score
• Did not play vs. Sam Houston (9/20), Florida (10/4), Oklahoma (10/11) and Kentucky (10/18) due to injury

2024- Sophomore (Texas)
• Missed the 2024 season with a season-ending injury suffered during fall camp

2023- Freshman (Texas)
• Appeared in 12 games with six starts as a true freshman
• Rushed 138 times for 659 yards (4.8 ypc) and five touchdowns
• The 659 rushing yards are the 12th-most for a Longhorn freshman in program history
• Also caught 24 passes for 156 yards
• Named honorable mention All-Big 12
• Selected honorable mention Big 12 Offensive Newcomer of the Year
• A second-team Freshman All-American honoree by The Athletic
• Tabbed Freshman All-America Honorable Mention by College Football Network
• Started at running back in the season-opening victory over Rice, rushing five times for 38 yards including a 32-yard run
• Became the first true freshman running back to start for the Longhorns since Ricky Williams in 1995
• Had a career day at Iowa State establishing bests with 20 carries for 117 yards, his first 100-yard rushing game
• Named to the Shaun Alexander Freshman of the Year Award preseason watch

High School
• An All-America and all-state honoree
• Selected to participate in the 2023 Under Armour All-America Game
• Rated No. 24 nationally, No. 1 among running backs and No. 5 overall in the state of Florida by On3
• Rushed for 3,826 yards and 57 touchdowns on 495 carries (7.7 ypc), while catching 17 passes for 246 yards (14.5 ypr) and one touchdown and compiling over 4,000 all-purpose yards during 39 career games
• Played in 10 games as a senior, rushing for 1,375 yards and 15 touchdowns on 174 carries (7.9 ypc) despite injury issues in the second half of the season
• Opened the year with six-straight 100-yard rushing games, including four of 200-plus
• Tabbed as the lone running back on the 2022 preseason all-state team by The Palm Beach Post
• Named first-team 7A All-State by the Florida Athletics Coaches Association in 2021
• Tabbed Orlando Offensive Player of the Year and All-Area by the Orlando Sentinel

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