Baum at ISU:  Awards and Honors ... Second-team pre-season all-Big 12 (The Sporting News) ... Shared ISU’s 2004 Jim Doran Award (outstanding special teams player) ... Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll (F05, S06) ... 2005 ... Sure-handed punt returner and outstanding gunner on punt and kickoff coverage who made 30 special teams tackles in just 17 career games before being lost for the season with a knee injury in the Baylor game ... averaged 11.8 yards on nine punt returns ... 2004 ... A great special teams player who can also spot as a wide receiver ... his performance at the gunner position on the punt squad helped that Cyclone unit earn a top 50 NCAA ranking ... earned special teams MVP honors for his efforts against Northern Iowa, Nebraska and Missouri ... had 25 tackles, all on special teams ... caught five balls for 58 yards in the spring game ... 2003 ... Played 11 games, mainly on punt coverage duty ... recorded 16 tackles (12 solo) ... 2002 ... Redshirted initial collegiate season.

High School: Lettered four times in football, basketball, track and baseball ... coached by Chad Cook.

Personal: Born March 30, 1983, in Ames, Iowa ... son of David and Sandi Baum ... communications major ... last name is pronounced BOMB.