Doug Baldwin (American football)
Encyclopedia
Doug Baldwin is an American football
wide receiver
for the Seattle Seahawks
of the National Football League
. He was signed by the Seahawks as an undrafted free agent in 2011. He played college football
at Stanford University
.
, and attended Gulf Breeze High School
.
as an undrafted free agent following the end of the NFL lockout in 2011.
Baldwin caught his first NFL touchdown in Week 1 of the 2011 NFL season against the San Fransisco 49ers.
American football
American football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. Known in the United States simply as football, it may also be referred to informally as gridiron football. The ball can be advanced by...
wide receiver
Wide receiver
A wide receiver is an offensive position in American and Canadian football, and is the key player in most of the passing plays. Only players in the backfield or the ends on the line are eligible to catch a forward pass. The two players who begin play at the ends of the offensive line are eligible...
for the Seattle Seahawks
Seattle Seahawks
The Seattle Seahawks are a professional American football team based in Seattle, Washington. They are currently members of the Western Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League . The team joined the NFL in 1976 as an expansion team...
of the National Football League
National Football League
The National Football League is the highest level of professional American football in the United States, and is considered the top professional American football league in the world. It was formed by eleven teams in 1920 as the American Professional Football Association, with the league changing...
. He was signed by the Seahawks as an undrafted free agent in 2011. He played college football
College football
College football refers to American football played by teams of student athletes fielded by American universities, colleges, and military academies, or Canadian football played by teams of student athletes fielded by Canadian universities...
at Stanford University
Stanford University
The Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly referred to as Stanford University or Stanford, is a private research university on an campus located near Palo Alto, California. It is situated in the northwestern Santa Clara Valley on the San Francisco Peninsula, approximately northwest of San...
.
Early years
Baldwin grew up in Gulf Breeze, FloridaGulf Breeze, Florida
Gulf Breeze is a city located on the Fairpoint Peninsula in Santa Rosa County, Florida, United States and is a suburb of Pensacola which lies to the north, across Pensacola Bay. The population was 5,665 at the 2000 census. As of 2005, the population estimated by the U.S. Census Bureau is 6,455. ...
, and attended Gulf Breeze High School
Gulf Breeze High School
Gulf Breeze High School is a public secondary school located at 675 Gulf Breeze Parkway in Gulf Breeze, Florida. It is one of six high schools of the Santa Rosa County School District and is the only high school in the city of Gulf Breeze....
.
High school football
As a senior, Baldwin had 42 receptions for 682 yards (16.2 avg.) with 6 touchdowns.Career statistics
| Collegiate Career Receiving Statistics | |||||||
| Year | Team | G | Rec | Yards | Y/R | TD | Long |
| 2007 | Stanford Cardinal Stanford Cardinal football The Stanford Cardinal football program represents Stanford University in college football at the NCAA Division I FBS level and is a member of the Pac-12 Conference's North Division. Stanford, the top-ranked academic institution with an FBS program, has a highly successful football tradition. The... |
12 | 11 | 93 | 8.5 | 0 | 20 |
| 2008 | Stanford Cardinal Stanford Cardinal football The Stanford Cardinal football program represents Stanford University in college football at the NCAA Division I FBS level and is a member of the Pac-12 Conference's North Division. Stanford, the top-ranked academic institution with an FBS program, has a highly successful football tradition. The... |
12 | 23 | 332 | 14.4 | 4 | 61 |
| 2009 | Stanford Cardinal Stanford Cardinal football The Stanford Cardinal football program represents Stanford University in college football at the NCAA Division I FBS level and is a member of the Pac-12 Conference's North Division. Stanford, the top-ranked academic institution with an FBS program, has a highly successful football tradition. The... |
7 | 4 | 78 | 19.5 | 0 | 36 |
| 2010 | Stanford Cardinal Stanford Cardinal football The Stanford Cardinal football program represents Stanford University in college football at the NCAA Division I FBS level and is a member of the Pac-12 Conference's North Division. Stanford, the top-ranked academic institution with an FBS program, has a highly successful football tradition. The... |
12 | 58 | 857 | 14.8 | 9 | 81 |
| Total | 43 | 96 | 1360 | 14.2 | 13 | 81 | |
| Collegiate Career Returning Statistics | ||||||||||
| Year | Team | PR | Yards | Long | TD | KR | Yards | Long | TD | |
| 2007 | Stanford Cardinal Stanford Cardinal football The Stanford Cardinal football program represents Stanford University in college football at the NCAA Division I FBS level and is a member of the Pac-12 Conference's North Division. Stanford, the top-ranked academic institution with an FBS program, has a highly successful football tradition. The... |
2 | 15 | 17 | 0 | 24 | 555 | 42 | 0 | |
| 2008 | Stanford Cardinal Stanford Cardinal football The Stanford Cardinal football program represents Stanford University in college football at the NCAA Division I FBS level and is a member of the Pac-12 Conference's North Division. Stanford, the top-ranked academic institution with an FBS program, has a highly successful football tradition. The... |
29 | 155 | 38 | 0 | 2 | 25 | 21 | 0 | |
| 2009 | Stanford Cardinal Stanford Cardinal football The Stanford Cardinal football program represents Stanford University in college football at the NCAA Division I FBS level and is a member of the Pac-12 Conference's North Division. Stanford, the top-ranked academic institution with an FBS program, has a highly successful football tradition. The... |
5 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 64 | 0 | |
| 2010 | Stanford Cardinal Stanford Cardinal football The Stanford Cardinal football program represents Stanford University in college football at the NCAA Division I FBS level and is a member of the Pac-12 Conference's North Division. Stanford, the top-ranked academic institution with an FBS program, has a highly successful football tradition. The... |
12 | 37 | 22 | 0 | 3 | 62 | 24 | 0 | |
| Total | 48 | 211 | 38 | 0 | 30 | 706 | 42 | 0 | ||
Professional career
Baldwin was signed by the Seattle SeahawksSeattle Seahawks
The Seattle Seahawks are a professional American football team based in Seattle, Washington. They are currently members of the Western Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League . The team joined the NFL in 1976 as an expansion team...
as an undrafted free agent following the end of the NFL lockout in 2011.
Career statistics
| Professional Career Receiving Statistics | |||||||
| Year | Team | G | Rec | Yards | Y/R | TD | Long |
| 2011 | Seattle Seahawks Seattle Seahawks The Seattle Seahawks are a professional American football team based in Seattle, Washington. They are currently members of the Western Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League . The team joined the NFL in 1976 as an expansion team... |
5 | 20 | 330 | 16.5 | 2 | 55 |
| Total | 5 | 20 | 330 | 16.5 | 2 | 55 | |
Baldwin caught his first NFL touchdown in Week 1 of the 2011 NFL season against the San Fransisco 49ers.