Jon Baldwin

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Jon Baldwin
Aliquippa (PA)
College:Pittsburgh (2008–2010)
NFL draft:2011 / Round: 1 / Pick: 26
Career history
 * Offseason and/or practice squad member only
Career highlights and awards
  • 2009 Rivals All-American (third team)
  • 2009 First Team All-Big East
  • 2009 ECAC All-Star Team
  • 2009 Columbus Touchdown Club Player of Distinction Award
  • 2009 Big East All-Academic Football Team
Career NFL statistics
Receiving yards:
607
Receiving average:13.8
Receiving touchdowns:2
Player stats at NFL.com

Jonathan Dupree Baldwin (born August 10, 1989) is a former

2011 NFL Draft. He played college football at Pittsburgh. Baldwin also played for the San Francisco 49ers
.

Early years

Baldwin attended

2008 U.S. Army All-American Bowl.[1]

In addition to being a national football recruit, Baldwin also had several Division I scholarship offers in basketball, including Marquette. He was an All-state performer, averaging 21.9 points, 8.6 rebounds and two blocks a game his senior year. He was teammates with fellow Pitt wide receiver Mike Shanahan.

Also a standout

4 × 100 m relay
teams, that recorded a school-record of 42.47 seconds.

Recruiting

Regarded as a five-star recruit by Rivals.com, Baldwin was ranked as the No. 5 wide receiver in the nation, the No. 26 prospect in the nation and the No. 2 best player in the state of Pennsylvania. He was rated one of the country's top 40 overall prospects by Scout.com (No. 20) and PrepStar.com (No. 38). Among national receiver prospects, he was rated No. 3 by SuperPrep, No. 5 by Rivals and No. 6 by Scout. He was named to The Associated Press Pennsylvania Class AA All-State Team (first-team), and was No. 3 on Scout's East Top 100 list.

College career

Baldwin played for the

touchdowns
.

During his sophomore season in 2009 he made 54 receptions for 1,080 yards and eight touchdowns in the regular season.[5] including six catches for 113 yards and two touchdowns against Cincinnati in the final game with the conference championship on the line, but Pittsburgh lost by one point.[6]

Heading into the 2010 season, Lindy's listed him as the nation's No. 3 wide receiver and a second-team All-American while the Sporting News listed Baldwin as a third-team preseason All-American.[7] In 2010, he had 55 receptions, 822 yard and five touchdowns in 13 games.

Professional career

2011 NFL Combine

Pre-draft measurables
Height Weight Arm length Hand span 40-yard dash 10-yard split 20-yard split
20-yard shuttle
 Three-cone drill Vertical jump Broad jump Bench press
6 ft 4+3⁄8 in
(1.94 m) 		228 lb
(103 kg) 		33+5⁄8 in
(0.85 m) 		10+1⁄8 in
(0.26 m)		 4.50 s 1.59 s 2.66 s 4.34 s 7.07 s 42 in
(1.07 m)		 10 ft 9 in
(3.28 m)		 20 reps
All values from
NFL Combine[8][9]

Kansas City Chiefs

Baldwin was selected with the 26th overall pick in the

2011 NFL Draft by the Kansas City Chiefs.[10] He was expected to be the second WR on the roster behind Dwayne Bowe. On July 29, 2011, he signed a 4-year deal with the Chiefs. In week 2 of the 2011 NFL preseason Baldwin suffered a wrist injury after a locker room fight with teammate Thomas Jones that sidelined him for the rest of the 2011 preseason.[11] Baldwin caught his first NFL catch against the Raiders on week 7 for 14 yards. On October 31, 2011, Baldwin played in his first game at Arrowhead Stadium as he played a key role in the Chiefs 23-20 victory over the San Diego Chargers. Baldwin caught 5 passes for 82 yards as well as catching his first career NFL touchdown on a 39-yard pass from Matt Cassel
. Baldwin would finish the year with 254 receiving yards and one touchdown.

San Francisco 49ers

On August 19, 2013, Baldwin was traded to the San Francisco 49ers in exchange for WR A. J. Jenkins.[12] He was waived on August 3, 2014.[13]

Detroit Lions

On August 4, 2014, Baldwin was claimed by the Detroit Lions,[14] but was waived the following day after failing a physical.[15]

Personal life

Baldwin has two sisters, and is the son of Jeffrey Baldwin. His father was a defensive lineman at Pitt from 1981 to 1984.[16] His cousin, Charles Fisher, played cornerback in the NFL for the Cincinnati Bengals.[16]

References

  1. ^ "Jon Baldwin Bio - Pitt Football - PittsburghPanthers.com - Official Athletic Site of the University of Pittsburgh". Archived from the original on March 5, 2016. Retrieved June 29, 2014.
  2. ^ "Midwestern Athletic Conference 2008 - Boys - Track Events (Raw)".
  3. ^ "WPIAL AA/AAA Qualifiers 2008 - AAA Northern Boys (Raw)".
  4. ^ "PIAA T&F State Championships 2008 - AAA Boys - Complete Results (Raw)".
  5. ^ ESPN.com stats
  6. ^ Cincinnati 45, Pittsburgh 44 Box Score ESPN
  7. ^ "Pitt's Lewis, Pinkston and Penn State's Wisniewski garner All-American honors". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Pittsburgh, PA. June 10, 2010. Retrieved June 10, 2010.
  8. NFL.com
    .
  9. ^ "2011 NFL Draft Scout Jon Baldwin College Football Profile". DraftScout.com. Retrieved March 29, 2024.
  10. ^ Teicher, Adam (April 28, 2011). "Chiefs Select Receiver Jonathan Baldwin". The Kansas City Star. Retrieved April 29, 2011.
  11. ^ "Source: Jonathan Baldwin hurt in fight". ESPN.com. August 20, 2011. Retrieved March 6, 2012.
  12. ^ Rapp, Timothy (August 19, 2013). "San Francisco 49ers Trade A.J. Jenkins to Kansas City Chiefs for Jon Baldwin". Bleacher Report. Retrieved August 19, 2013.
  13. ^ Florio, Mike (August 3, 2014). "49ers give up on receiver Jon Baldwin". Pro Football Talk. Retrieved August 3, 2014.
  14. ^ Wesseling, Chris (August 4, 2014). "Jon Baldwin reportedly claimed by Detroit Lions". NFL.com. Retrieved August 4, 2014.
  15. ^ "Lions waive WR Jonathan Baldwin". ESPN.com. August 6, 2014.
  16. ^ a b Johnathan Baldwin Pittsburgh Panthers

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