Class of 2027 · receiver
Laron Baker Jr.
WR
5-10, 172 lb · East St. Louis, IL
Committed to Kansas State since Jun 2382Model gradeiBetter offers than 89% of his classTop 1,000 board. Past boards here: 71% signed at a Power 4 school, 8% were drafted.
StarsiConsensus stars, as reported by CollegeFootballData.
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His offers, dated
His offers
29 offers · visited 1
Strongest program firstCommittedVisited
Kansas StateCommittedoffered Jan 17, 2025LSUcoldoffered Jun 22, 2025Oklahomacoldoffered May 14Texas Techcoldoffered Oct 26, 2025Ole Misscoldoffered Jul 3, 2025Michigancoldoffered Sep 15, 2025Illinoiscoldoffered Jun 22, 2025Iowa Statecoldoffered Feb 16Indianacoldoffered Apr 26, 2025Mississippi Statecoldoffered Aug 27, 2025Wisconsincoldoffered Apr 5, 2025Kentuckycoldoffered May 12, 2025Missouricoldoffered May 15, 2025Cincinnaticoldoffered May 14Arizona Statecoldoffered May 14Boston Collegecoldoffered May 7, 2025Nebraskacoldoffered Oct 27, 2025West Virginiacoldoffered May 7, 2025Marylandcoldoffered Jun 11, 2025Purduecoldoffered May 19, 2025Michigan Statecoldoffered May 6, 2025Washington Statecoldoffered Oct 9, 2025Toledocoldoffered Apr 26, 2025Eastern Michigancoldoffered Jun 22, 2025Missouri Statecoldoffered May 14Miami (OH)coldoffered Jun 22, 2025Kent Statecoldoffered May 9, 2024Sacramento Statecoldoffered Apr 3, 2025Western Illinoiscoldoffered Jun 1, 2024Strongest programs first (how strength is made). Warm: an offer, visit or camp in the last 60 days, or an official visit in the last 120. Cool: contact in the last 180. Cold: older, or a decommit. These are the offers on record, not every offer made.
His board on any day
May 2024 to todayMay 2024OctMarAugJan 2026JunNov 2026
Drag to any month: the offers, the timeline and the grade become what they were on the last day of it, on today's scale. How the grade is made.
Every dated move
31 dated moves since May 9, 2024Committed Kansas StateJun 23Official visit Kansas StateJun 19Offered Arizona StateMay 14Offered CincinnatiMay 14Offered Missouri StateMay 14Offered OklahomaMay 14Offered Iowa StateFeb 16Offered NebraskaOct 27, 2025Offered Texas TechOct 26, 2025Offered Washington StateOct 9, 2025Offered MichiganSep 15, 2025Offered Mississippi StateAug 27, 2025Offered Ole MissJul 3, 2025Offered Eastern MichiganJun 22, 2025Offered IllinoisJun 22, 2025Offered LSUJun 22, 2025Offered Miami (OH)Jun 22, 2025Offered MarylandJun 11, 2025Offered PurdueMay 19, 2025Offered MissouriMay 15, 2025Offered KentuckyMay 12, 2025Offered Boston CollegeMay 7, 2025Offered West VirginiaMay 7, 2025Offered Michigan StateMay 6, 2025Offered IndianaApr 26, 2025Offered ToledoApr 26, 2025Offered WisconsinApr 5, 2025Offered Sacramento StateApr 3, 2025Offered Kansas StateJan 17, 2025Offered Western IllinoisJun 1, 2024Offered Kent StateMay 9, 2024Newest first, from recruit posts and the national recruiting data. An offer with no posted date sits in the offers list only.
His testing numbers
Testing numbers
none yetNo testing numbers for Laron yet. His family can add his 40, shuttle, jumps, bench and track times below, with proof.
How we know each number. Verified: a testing company or state meet result we matched to his name, class and date. Coach-confirmed: his coach said yes from a school email. Video-evidenced: a clip of the timer or tape that we watched. Self-reported, in grey: his family's word. Testing numbers here come only through this form.
Where he fits
Best fits
best 3 of 29 offersKansas State CommittedA spot opens at receiver and they start players his size8 at receiver with 2+ years left · 2 leave after this season · 2 starters his size since 20222OklahomaA spot opens at receiver and they start players his size8 at receiver with 2+ years left · 2 leave after this season · 6 starters his size since 20223WisconsinA spot opens at receiver and they start players his size7 at receiver with 2+ years left · 2 leave after this season · 4 starters his size since 2022Ranked by how thin each program is at his spot, whether it starts players his size, who leaves after this season and, while he is uncommitted, our odds. How it is made.
His role
Slot receiver5-10, 172 lb. Built like Dominic Lovett (5-10, 175), a starter at Georgia in 2024.
- Fitsan offense that throws more than most
- His offers that doLSUOklahomaOle MissIllinoisMississippi StateMissouri+9 more
- The rest13 of his offers play it another way
Read off his size at his position; schemes from each program's season article on Wikipedia (base defense) and our play-by-play (how much it throws). A guide to where he would line up, not a scouting report. How it is made.
Compare his offers
any 4 of 29Fit for him
No. 1of 29 offers
No. 2of 29 offers
No. 3of 29 offers
Program strength
60of 100
88of 100
67of 100
Players like him who went there: drafted
-none with his board signed there
1 of 5Mims, round 2
-none with his board signed there
Players like him there: a real season by year two
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4 of 5
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Room at receiver
Average8 with 2+ years left
Thin8 with 2+ years left
Thin7 with 2+ years left
Leaving after this season
2
2
2
2027 commits at receiver
2Ashton Stark, David Rushing
1Malahn Green
2Jai Jones, Dontay Tyson
Starts players his size
2starters his size since 2022
6starters his size since 2022
4starters his size since 2022
Offense
Pro spreadthrows 49%, 79th most
Spread / air raidthrows 51%, 53rd most
Multiplethrows 46%, 99th most
Coaches receiver
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Emmett Jones
Cam Odom
From home
349 miKS
467 miOK
310 miWI
Where it stands
Committed
Coldoffered May 14
Coldoffered Apr 5, 2025
His best-fitting offers first; pick any 4 of Laron's 29 to compare. Green is the best in each row. Room counts the players at his spot with two or more years left. Players like him: up to five past recruits whose offer boards looked most like his and who signed at that school, from classes whose careers are over; a real season means 100+ passes, 50+ carries, 15+ catches, 25+ tackles, 3+ sacks or 2+ interceptions. Offensive linemen and defenders from classes before 2016 are not in that row: the box score does not count linemen's work and has no tackles before 2016. History, not a forecast for him. Green on the scheme row: it plays the front or the offense his role fits. How fit is made.
Schools that should be calling
10 that have not offered
Louisville Even at receiverOffered 7 of the 10 recruits most like himusually offers receivers by June of sophomore year · receivers coach Deion Branch2
Vanderbilt Even at receiverOffered 7 of the 10 recruits most like himusually offers receivers by June of sophomore year · receivers coach DJ Steward3
Kansas Stocked at receiverOffered 6 of the 10 recruits most like himusually offers receivers by May of sophomore year4
Penn State Even at receiverOffered 6 of the 10 recruits most like himusually offers receivers by June of sophomore year · receivers coach Kashif Moore5
Iowa Thin at receiverOffered 5 of the 10 recruits most like himusually offers receivers by June of sophomore year · receivers coach Jon Budmayr6
Notre Dame Stocked at receiverOffered 5 of the 10 recruits most like himusually offers receivers by March of sophomore year · receivers coach Mike Brown7
Oregon Even at receiverOffered 5 of the 10 recruits most like himusually offers receivers by March of sophomore year · receivers coach Donte Ellington8
Tennessee Even at receiverOffered 5 of the 10 recruits most like himusually offers receivers by February of sophomore year · receivers coach Kelsey Pope9
Miami Even at receiverOffered 5 of the 10 recruits most like himusually offers receivers by March of sophomore year · receivers coach Kevin Beard10
Texas A&M Stocked at receiverOffered 4 of the 10 recruits most like himusually offers receivers by February of sophomore year · receivers coach John Perry
Notre Dame Stocked at receiverOffered 5 of the 10 recruits most like himusually offers receivers by March of sophomore year · receivers coach Mike Brown7Oregon Even at receiverOffered 5 of the 10 recruits most like himusually offers receivers by March of sophomore year · receivers coach Donte Ellington8Tennessee Even at receiverOffered 5 of the 10 recruits most like himusually offers receivers by February of sophomore year · receivers coach Kelsey Pope9Miami Even at receiverOffered 5 of the 10 recruits most like himusually offers receivers by March of sophomore year · receivers coach Kevin Beard10Texas A&M Stocked at receiverOffered 4 of the 10 recruits most like himusually offers receivers by February of sophomore year · receivers coach John PerryPrograms that offered the recruits most like him (same position, size, home state and offers), have not offered him, and sit near the level of the offers he holds. How it is made.
Where his size starts
355of 1,600 FBS starters at receiver since 2022 were his size5-9 to 5-11, 160 to 184 lb
- Most inAmerican Athletic54
SEC52
ACC45 - Start his size most
Georgia Tech7Mississippi State7
Temple7 - His offers that doMississippi State7Oklahoma6Iowa State5Washington State5
Who needs him
Michigan State is thinnest at receiver of his 29 offersThin- 6 with 2+ years left of 13
- 2 leave after this season
- 17 portal exits in 3 seasons
- 1 commit this cycle
- Also thin thereBoston College6Purdue8Oklahoma8Wisconsin7
A starter is six or more games in one of the position's starting slots, 2022-2026 (college snap counts are not public). How it is made. Room is players with 2+ years left plus 2027 commits, against the 68 programs mapped (the power conferences and Notre Dame). How it is made.
Players like him, and how they turned out
How 50 boards like his turned out
classes 2010-202255%Produced by year two17 of 31 had a real season by his second year
19%Transferred6 of 32 played for a second school
16%Drafted8 of 50, 4 in rounds 1-3
10%NFL starter5 of 50 started an NFL season
The 50 past recruits with the boards closest to his, from classes 2010 to 2022, whose careers are over. A real season: 100+ passes, 50+ carries, 15+ catches, 25+ tackles, 3+ sacks or 2+ interceptions. College seasons from CFBD rosters, on record for 32 of 50. The stats can judge a real season for 31 of those, because the box score does not count offensive linemen's work and has no tackles before 2016. History, not a forecast for him.
Boards that looked like his
0 of 10 drafted
Alvin Bailey WRNot draftedmatch
Artavis Scott WRNot draftedmatch
Ryan Davis WRNot draftedmatch
Steven Mitchell Jr. WRNot draftedmatch
Randrecous Davis WRNot draftedmatch
Armanti Foreman WRNot draftedmatch
Derrick Dillon WRNot draftedmatchDionte Mullins WRNot draftedmatchPast recruits whose offer boards looked most like his: same position, about the same size, offers from programs of the same strength, about as many. Past boards are offers at signing day; his is the board he holds today (Nov 12, 2026). Classes 2016 to 2025 are thin in our record today, so most matches come from 2010 to 2026. 8 of these 10 have finished their draft window. History, not a forecast for him.
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