Stedman Bailey

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Stedman Bailey
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Bailey with the Rams in 2013
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Position: Wide receiver
Personal information
Born: (1990-11-11) November 11, 1990 (age 33)
Miramar, Florida, U.S.
Height:5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Weight:193 lb (88 kg)
Career information
High school: Miramar
College: West Virginia (2010–2012)
NFL draft: 2013  / Round: 3 / Pick: 92
Career history
Career highlights and awards
Career NFL statistics
Receptions:59
Receiving yards:843
Rushing yards:46
Return yards:127
Total touchdowns:4
Player stats at NFL.com

Stedman D. Bailey (born November 11, 1990) is an American former professional football player who was a wide receiver in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the West Virginia Mountaineers, earning first-team All-American honors in 2012. Bailey was selected by the St. Louis Rams in the third round of the 2013 NFL draft. He retired in 2015 following life-threatening injuries he sustained from being shot in the head.

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Early years

Bailey was born in Miramar, Florida. He attended Miramar High School, and played wide receiver for the Miramar Patriots high school football team. [1] He was a teammate of former Mountaineer quarterback Geno Smith. [2] Bailey caught 68 passes for 1,163 yards and 14 touchdowns in his Miramar career, and was a Class 6A first-team all-state selection as a senior. [3]

College career

Bailey enrolled in West Virginia University, where he played for the West Virginia Mountaineers football team from 2010 to 2012. [4] As a freshman in 2010, he started in nine games for the Mountaineers, playing in 13 total. Earning All-Big East freshman honors from ESPN.com, Bailey was the team's fourth-leading receiver with 24 receptions for 317 yards and four touchdowns. His collegiate debut in week two against Marshall culminated in a season high five receptions for 72 yards, while he produced two touchdown receptions against Maryland in week three. Bailey also produced four catches for 61 yards receiving, including a 32-yard touchdown, against North Carolina State in the Champs Sports Bowl. [3]

Bailey started in all 13 games for the Mountaineers during the 2011 season. He set the Mountaineer single season record for receiving yardage (1,279 yards) and tied the school record for most touchdown receptions (12) in a single season. Bailey's receiving yards ranked 13th in the Division I FBS overall. Bailey's most prolific game of the season came in week six against UConn when he recorded seven receptions for 178 yards and two touchdowns, including a career long 84-yard touchdown reception. [5] Bailey also set a school record with five consecutive 100-yard receiving games, producing seven such performances throughout the season. His season culminated with a five reception, 82 yard and one touchdown performance in the Orange Bowl. Bailey's production in 2011 earned him second-team All-Big East honors from the conference coaches, as well as first-team all-conference honors from Phil Steele and ESPN.com. [3]

College statistics

Stedman BaileyReceiving
SeasonGPRecYdsAvgTD
2010 132431713.24
2011 13721,27917.812
2012 131141,62214.225
Total392103,21815.341

Professional career

2013 NFL Combine

Pre-draft measurables
HeightWeightArm lengthHand span 40-yard dash 10-yard split20-yard split 20-yard shuttle Three-cone drill Vertical jump Broad jump Bench press
5 ft 10+1⁄4 in
(1.78 m)		193 lb
(88 kg)		32+3⁄4 in
(0.83 m)		9+7⁄8 in
(0.25 m)		4.52 s1.59 s2.64 s4.09 s6.81 s34.5 in
(0.88 m)		9 ft 9 in
(2.97 m)		11 reps
All values from NFL Scouting Combine [6] [7]

2013 NFL Draft

Bailey decided to forgo his senior season at West Virginia and enter the 2013 NFL draft. [6] He was drafted in the third round, with the 92nd overall pick, by the then St. Louis Rams. He was drafted along with his college teammate Tavon Austin, uniting the two on the Rams. [8]

2014

In May 2014, Stedman was suspended for the first six games of the 2014 season for a violation of the NFL policy on performance-enhancing substances program. [9]

Bailey earned NFC Special Teams Player of the Week for Week 7 of the 2014 season on the strength of a punt return for touchdown against the Seattle Seahawks. The play was notable in that Bailey's return was assisted by the Rams' special team selling the punt to one side of the field, while Bailey fielded the ball on the opposite side and returned the ball untouched. [10]

2015

In the 2015 season, Bailey appeared in eight games and had 12 receptions for 182 receiving yards and one receiving touchdown. [11]

2016

On June 7, 2016, Bailey was placed on the reserve/non-football injury list to recover from surgery from a serious gunshot wound suffered in November 2015. [12] Bailey worked with the Rams' assistant coaches during the 2016 offseason and later joined the coaching staff of his alma mater West Virginia as a student assistant coach for their football team. [13]

Shooting

On November 24, 2015, Bailey was shot multiple times while sitting in his car with three of his family members in Miami Gardens, Florida. The unknown assailants pulled up alongside them and opened fire before driving off. He survived two gunshot wounds to the head and was in critical condition while his cousin, the driver of the vehicle, sustained life-threatening injuries. Bailey underwent surgery on November 25. At the time of the shooting, Bailey was serving a four-game suspension for violating the league's substance abuse policy on November 9, 2015, and was reinstated by the league on December 7. [14] [15]

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References

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  2. ↑ Corbett, Jim (April 14, 2013). "Geno Smith, Stedman Bailey make NFL quest together". USA TODAY. Retrieved July 31, 2019.
  3. 1 2 3 "Stedman Bailey – Player Profile and Biography". West Virginia University Department of Intercollegiate Athletics. Retrieved August 18, 2012.
  4. ↑ "Stedman Bailey College Stats". College Football at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved July 31, 2019.
  5. ↑ "UConn crushed by No. 16 West Virginia and quarterback Geno Smith (450 yards, 4 TDs), 43-16". masslive.com. October 9, 2011. Retrieved July 31, 2019.
  6. 1 2 "Stedman Bailey Draft and Combine Prospect Profile". National Football League . Retrieved March 20, 2013.
  7. ↑ "Stedman Bailey, West Virginia, WR, 2013 NFL Draft Scout, NCAA College Football". draftscout.com. Retrieved November 17, 2021.
  8. ↑ "2013 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved July 31, 2019.
  9. ↑ Wagoner, Nick (May 12, 2014). "Steadman Bailey suspended 4 games". ESPN. Retrieved May 12, 2014.
  10. ↑ "Stedman Bailey wins special teams player of the week". ESPN.com. October 22, 2014. Retrieved July 31, 2019.
  11. ↑ "Stedman Bailey 2015 Game Log". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved July 31, 2019.
  12. ↑ Simmons, Myles. "Rams Add Depth with Four Free Agents". therams.com. Retrieved June 8, 2016.
  13. ↑ "Rams' Stedman Bailey recovers after shooting, hopes to play again". ESPN.com. Associated Press. June 10, 2016. Retrieved February 13, 2017.
  14. ↑ "Rams wide receiver Stedman Bailey in stable condition after Florida shooting". Fox News. November 25, 2015. Retrieved July 31, 2019.
  15. ↑ Wagoner, Nick (December 7, 2015). "Suspension ends for Rams' Stedman Bailey; unclear when he'll play". ESPN. Retrieved December 8, 2015.
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