CJ Baxter
Kentucky Wildcats
87
Great

CJ Baxter

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RBOffenseGreatTRANSFER · Texas
Projected Starter

Is CJ Baxter starting?

CJ Baxter is the projected starter at RB for Kentucky Wildcats.

Redshirt junior · #1 · 6'1", 230 lbs

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Depth at RB · Kentucky Wildcats

  1. 1187CJ BaxterStarter
  2. 22679Jason Patterson
  3. 3272Jovantae Barnes
  4. 42862Ahmir Smith
  5. 52958Jordan Colbert

Kentucky Starting Lineup

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The Story

A Five-Star Talent

A 5-star recruit out of Edgewater, ranked #23 nationally coming out of high school. This season: 196 rushing yards, 0 rush TD. That's 12% of the team's production at his spot — good for a 87 overall (Great tier).

Recruit5★ · #23 NatlTeam Share12%
Boynton Beach, FL
Jersey
#1
Class
RS JR/TR
Height
6'1"
Weight
230 lbs
Transfer
Texas

Stats

SeasonRush YdsRush TD
—1960

Regular-season totals from public sources. Derived splits (completion %, yards per carry, catch rate) aren't available in our current dataset.

Recruiting Profile

Stars
★★★★★5-star
Composite
0.9889
National Rank
#23
High School
Edgewater
Hometown
Orlando, FL

Why this rating?

On a 91-rated offense; 46th-percentile production at transfer origin (×0.99 for competition level) put them -3 vs unit starters → 87.

Team offense (SP+)
91
Rating basis
On-field stats
Production (prior school)
Outperforms 46% of peers
Recruiting pedigree
Top 12% recruit
Strength of schedule
Faces easier competition — rating adjusted down (×0.99)
Depth-chart adjustment
-3 for role

2026 projection — based on SP+ (a respected team-efficiency metric; 2026 not published yet, using 2025), 2025 production, recruiting, and the 2026 transfer portal; capped to depth-chart order.

2026 Game Log

Oct 10WLSUYDS 123
CAR
19
YDS
123
AVG
6.5
TD
2
REC
0
YDS
0
AVG
0.0
TD
0

Final W 35-34 OT

Oct 3WSCYDS 48
CAR
13
YDS
48
AVG
3.7
TD
1
REC
3
YDS
20
AVG
6.7
TD
0

Final W 35-34 OT

Sep 26WUSAYDS 149
CAR
16
YDS
149
AVG
9.3
TD
1
REC
1
YDS
-1
AVG
-1.0
TD
0

Final W 45-21

Sep 19WTA&MYDS 87
CAR
19
YDS
87
AVG
4.6
TD
2
REC
1
YDS
28
AVG
28.0
TD
0

Final W 31-21

Sep 12LALAYDS 29
CAR
11
YDS
29
AVG
2.6
TD
0
REC
2
YDS
15
AVG
7.5
TD
0

Final L 45-17

Sep 5WYSUYDS 48
CAR
9
YDS
48
AVG
5.3
TD
2
REC
0
YDS
0
AVG
0.0
TD
0

Final W 45-13

CJ Baxter's 2026 game-by-game stat log.

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Team Role

196 rush yds · 0 TD · 13% of carries
Usage / Involvement92%
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