The Thundering Word: Baxter, Heater build more than trust at corner

– Marshall cornerback Keith Baxter will play his final college football game in the St. Petersburg Bowl.HUNTINGTON

There was a time, however, when he wondered if he’d even get there.

Against Connecticut (6-6) at Tropicana Field on Saturday, where the Herd (9-3) is trying to get is to 10 victories for a third straight season — becoming the first team in Conference USA’s 20-season history to achieve that feat.

Baxter, a redshirt senior, will be a significant part of that effort as a cover corner, making his 26th career start. He came into the MU program in 2011 in a recruiting class that included fellow south Floridians Rakeem Cato and Tommy Shuler. They finished that season in “The Trop” with a…