Baylen Buchanan

Photo by: Tim Smith

Position:
Defensive Back
Height:
5-11
Weight:
188
Class:
Graduate Student
Hometown:
Lawrenceville, Ga.
High School:
Peachtree Ridge HS
Prev School:
Tennessee

CAREER HONORS & AWARDS
• All-Conference USA Honorable Mention (2021)

GRADUATE (2021)
• Appeared in all 12 games, including 11 starts during the 2021 season.
• Tied for fourth on the team with 48 total tackles, including a third-best 36 solo tackles and one for loss.
• Registered tackles in all 12 games including multiple tackles in nine games.
• Recorded two fumble recoveries and a pass break up.
• Had a season-high eight tackles (five solo, three assists) and recovered a fumble in the season-opener at Mississippi State (Sept. 4).

TENNESSEE (2016-20)
• Appeared in 31 games, including 13 starts for Tennessee between the 2016-18 seasons...
• Registered 73 tackles, including 51 solo and 3.0 for loss, five pass break ups, one forced and one fumble recovery.
• Started in all 12 games as a junior in 2018, recording 49 tackles, four pass break ups, one forced fumble and one recovery.
• Made seven tackles against No. 21 Auburn (Oct. 13, 2018).
• Appeared in six games as a sophomore in 2017, finishing the season with four tackles.
• Appeared in all 13 games with one start as a true freshman in 2016, tallying 20 tackles and one pass breakup. • Had eight tackles against Alabama, including six solo stops (Oct. 15, 2016).
• Missed the 2019 and 2020 seasons due to injury.

HIGH SCHOOL
• Graduated from Peachtree Ridge High School in 2016.
• Never was scored on as a senior in 2015.
• Coached by Mark Fleetwood.

PERSONAL
Son of Ray Buchanan and Sheree Buchanan Jones... Father, Ray, played collegiate football at Louisville and in the NFL... Has three siblings... Born on June 19, 1998.