Baker Pritchard is a 6-foot-3, 274-pound senior defensive end for the Beavers. The former three-star recruit originally committed to BYU and redshirted his only season with the Cougars back in 2011. Pritchard then spent the next two years serving a church mission and afterwards decided to transfer to Oregon State because the Beavers defensive schemes highlighted his skills more fully.
Pritchard plays an aggressive style and loves to break into opposing backfields. Although he is considered an undersized defensive lineman in Oregon State's defensive scheme, the former high school power lifting champion is said to have deceptive strength according to his coaches and teammates.