Last month, the Miami Dolphins drafted Jerome Baker in the third round of the NFL Draft, making Baker the 15th Ohio State linebacker to be drafted in the past 13 drafts. Baker will now join Raekwon McMillan, who was drafted last year by the Dolphins but missed the season due to injury, in Miami’s linebacking corps.
Baker has been fighting a bit of an uphill battle of late, which means he has even more to prove once he hits the field for the Dolphins. Not only are there questions about Baker’s role because he doesn’t quite possess the prototypical size for an NFL linebacker, but he also left the NFL Combine without showing just how fast he really is.