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CJ Baxter
American football player (born 2005) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Cedric "CJ" Baxter Jr. (born June 28, 2005)[1] is an American college football running back for the Texas Longhorns.
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Early years
Baxter attended Edgewater High School in Orlando, Florida. During his high school career, he had 3,826 rushing yards and 57 touchdowns.[2] Brooks played in the 2023 Under Armour All-America Game. A five-star recruit, he committed to the University of Texas at Austin to play college football.[3][4][5]
College career
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2023 Season
Baxter entered his true freshman year at Texas in 2023 as the starting running back becoming the first true freshman since Ricky Williams in 1995 to start the opener. He started the first two games of the season before missing the next two games due to a foot injury, which allowed Jonathon Brooks to take over as the starter.[6] After Brooks suffered a season ending torn ACL, Baxter reclaimed the starting job.[7][8] Overall, he played in 12 games with six starts and had 659 yards on 138 carries with five touchdowns.
2024 Season
Before Week 1 started, Baxter suffered a knee injury during practice that required season-ending surgery.[9] Because Baxter was projected to be the starting running back, this allowed Jaydon Blue and Quintrevon Wisner to playing a larger role.[10]
2025 Season
In 2025, Baxter returned for his redshirt sophomore season. Prior to the season, he was named to the Doak Walker Award, Comeback Player of the Year Award, and Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Award watchlists.[11] In his first game back, Baxter logged 40 rushing yards and 25 receiving yards in the loss against Ohio State.[12] In Week 3, Baxter suffered a hamstring injury against UTEP and was ruled out for the next two weeks.[13][14]
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