But Baldwin doesn't have the same view of Harbaugh now that he did five years ago.
“Jim and I did not have the best relationship while I was at Stanford,” Baldwin said. “I was immature, a young athlete who thought I knew everything. We clashed at times. I was dealing with injuries and that also prevented me from performing the way I wanted to on the field. So a lot of things went into it.
“But I actually thank him now for the adversity he helped me through, so to speak. He made me who I am today, a better person and a better football player. It's nothing against him personally. I just want to show him I'm as good as I think I am.”
Baldwin says the years have helped mellow his feelings about Harbaugh.
“We actually have a pretty decent relationship right now,'' Baldwin said. “He has texted me a few times.”
Harbaugh has praised Baldwin many times since Baldwin became a starter at Seattle, even saying he should have drafted him.
“I'm kicking myself for not doing that,” Harbaugh said in a Tacoma News Tribune story two years ago. “At the same time, I'm really, really happy for Doug.”