Chris Baker was a basketball player in high school. Standing 6-feet tall by the age of 11, Baker had every intention of a career in the NBA similar to that of Shaquille O’Neal. But as years passed, his growth stagnated and his weight rose. As his dreams started to dwindle in one sport, another activity arose: Football.
Baker became enamored with football in his junior year of high school through lifelong friend Terrance Knighton. Knighton — who was a senior on the football team at Windsor High School in Connecticut — saw Baker’s size, and recruited him to join the team.