Shalon Baker
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Shalon Baker, born August 22, 1973, and a resident of Vancouver, Washington, was an award winning Canadian Football League player and has played in theArena Football League for many years.
Playing with the University of Montana Grizzly's between 1991 and 1994, Baker caught passes for 2,561 yards (third best in school history) and 26 touchdown receptions (a team record.)
He went to Canada, playing with the Edmonton Eskimos. In his first season, 1995, he had 79 catches gaining 1,156 yards and 5 touchdowns, and won the CFL's Most Outstanding Rookie Award. He played in the CFL for 2 more years, but did not enjoy the same success, and after one season with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers in 1997, he left the CFL.
Baker started playing with the San Jose Sabercats of the Arena Football League in 1998. This was the beginning of a 7 year career, in which Baker would catch 261 passes for 3551 yards and 61 touchdowns. He would also make 128 tackles and 7 interceptions.
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