[UK Fan 1988]

Baker is getting an awesome opportunity and whether he plays running back, returns kicks, catches passes or whatever I believe that he will make the most out of his opportunity. And I too, like so many others on here, am very disappointed how this thread has went from simply congratulating a young man on getting a scholarship to comparing him to Jude, Beach or whoever. Arlis has had his career and had some moments during his career at UK, Jude is still in progress at EKU and Baker still has another year of high school to go, he will have an incredible year next year. He will only get stronger and faster, just like Arlis did during his career at Paul Blazer. People forget that he started out as a skinny 9th grader and built himself up to a very strong runner who could take a hit and give one as well by the time he left Blazer. Baker already has speed in excess of what Beach had, he just needs to continue getting bigger and stronger and here is to hoping he might be able to have an improved offensive line his senior year because you can be fast, strong and agile too, but if the defense is in the backfield waiting on you in in groups of two or more when you get the ball handed to you then it is very tough to make anything good happen for the offense, whether you are Arlis Beach, Quinton Baker or even Juan Thomas.