Eugene Baker

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Eugene Baker
Date of birth: March 18, 1976 (1976-03-18) (age 32)
Place of birth: Flag of the United States Monroeville, PA
Career information
Position(s): Wide receiver
College: Kent State
NFL Draft: 1999 / Round: 5 / Pick 164
Organizations
 As player:
1999-2000
2003-2004		 Atlanta Falcons
Carolina Panthers
Stats at DatabaseFootball.com

Eugene Keith Baker (born March 18, 1976 in Monroeville, Pennsylvania) is a former American football wide receiver who was drafted from Kent State University in the 1999 NFL Draft by the Atlanta Falcons. He spent four seasons with the Falcons on their active roster and practice squad. He also spent time on the practice squads of the Buffalo Bills and the St. Louis Rams before signing with the Carolina Panthers in 2003. He was in the New England Patriots preseason training camp last year, but was released before the regular season. Eugene was also allocated to play in NFL Europe, playing wide receiver for the Berlin Thunder.

Baker is listed at 6ft 1in. and 167 pounds.

Eugene Baker is an alumnus of Shady Side Academy, an independent private K-12 school in Pittsburgh. At Shady Side Academy, he lettered four times in football and three times in both baseball and basketball.

The Pittsburgh Steelers signed Baker to a one year deal on April 6th, 2006, but was released on August 14th of that year.

On February 16, 2007, Baker signed with the Toronto Argonauts of the Canadian Football League. Baker was a subsequent training camp cut on June 18, 2007.

On June 3, 2008, he joined the Erie RiverRats of the AIFA.

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