Last season, Jerome Baker got thrown into the fire against Oklahoma.
Baker was not even supposed to be a starter in 2016, but after Dante Booker injured his knee in the team's opener against Bowling Green, he was the next man up.
After getting his feet wet against Bowling Green and starting his first game against Tulsa, Baker faced probably the biggest game of his life, on the road against a top-15 opponent and a Heisman candidate at quarterback.
"What people don’t know, my biggest motivation that game was that his name is Baker. It was like, ‘I’m the real Baker.