The Tennessee Titans continue to remake their secondary. In the offseason, the Titans traded for L’Jarius Sneed and signed Chidobe Awuzie in free agency, giving them one of the NFL’s better cornerback tandems for 2024.
Tennessee didn’t stop there, selecting Jarvis Brownlee Jr. in the fifth round of the 2024 NFL draft. Brownlee was one of the Titans’ defensive standouts in training camp.
On Thursday, the Titans added more help to their secondary, claiming former Colts cornerback Darrell Baker Jr. off waivers. In a corresponding move, Tennessee placed rookie linebacker Cedric Gray on injured reserve.
Baker is the third player the Titans claimed off waivers since Wednesday, joining linebacker Ali Gaye and defensive back Julius Wood.
The @Titans have claimed former @Colts CB Darrell Baker Jr. (@12_darrell) off waivers.
The Titans officially placed LB Cedric Gray on Injured Reserve.
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— Jim Wyatt (@jwyattsports) August 29, 2024
Baker, 26, was undrafted out of Georgia Southern in 2022. After initially signing with the Arizona Cardinals as an undrafted free agent, he was waived during final cuts that summer. He signed with the Colts’ practice squad in September of that year and was activated to the 53-man roster later that season.
Baker made the Colts’ roster last summer, appearing in 14 games with six starts. He signed a one-year extension in January, but was waived this week.
Baker has played in 17 games in two NFL seasons, making six starts, and has recorded 35 tackles and seven passes defended.
Baker joins a Tennessee cornerback depth chart featuring Sneed, Awuzie, Roger McCreary and Brownlee. That’s a much-improved unit for the Titans.