AT SAN JOSÉ STATE: Finished six seasons with the Spartans... Dynamic wide receiver and special teams player... Played in 44 games with 27 starts... Two-time All-Mountain West honoree... On the San Jose State career lists for touchdown receptions (tied for second with 18), receiving yards (fourth with 2,227), and total receptions (11th with 135)... 22 of his 42 career pass receptions are for 20 yards or more... Eight games with 100 or more receiving yards as a Spartan... Single-game bests of 10 catcjes for 208 yards in the 2020 win over New Mexico... Set a school record for consecutive games with a touchdown reception in 2019 with six... Three games with two TDs... Single-game receiving high of eight catches twice in a Spartan uniform... Has two blocked punts to his credit at the major college level... Capable of serving as a kickoff and punt returner... Signed a National Letter-of-Intent with the program in February 2015.
2020: First-team All-Mountain West... Played and started seven games... Led the team in receiving yards with 725 and average yards per catch with a single-season career best 17.7... Second on the Spartans with 41 receptions and tied for second on the squad with four TD catches... His 10 receptions in the New Mexico victory (10/31) was a single-game personal best and team-high for the season... 208 receiving yards in the same game ranks #7 on the single-game San Jose State list... Also had 100-plus yard receiving games in the season-opener vs. Air Force (110 yards on eight catches) and Nevada (156 yards on seven receptions)... One of three Spartans with two TD catches in one game in his six catches for 94 yards against UNLV (11/14).
2019: Had his best season at the major college level... Honorable mention All-Mountain West... A starter in all 12 games... Career bests of 52 receptions for 812 yards and six touchdowns... Team leader in touchdown receptions... Five of his six TD catches came in Mountain West action - matching second best in the conference... 11 catches of 20 or more yards... Matched his single game high of eight receptions vs. #21-Boise State (11/2)... Had 100-plus yard receiving games with a season-high 131 yards and a touchdown on five catches at Nevada (10/12) and 110 yards vs. #21-Boise State... Career-long 80-yard touchdown reception in the New Mexico victory (10/4)... Ranked eighth in the Mountain West for receiving yards per game (67.7yards/game)... 80-yard TD catch vs. New Mexico was the third longest by a Mountain West player during the season... 21-yard fourth quarter TD reception in the Army West Point win (10/26) was one of ESPN Sports Center's top "Plays of the Day"... Notched his second blocked punt of his career when he deflected a punt in the New Mexico contest.
2018: Played in the first four games of the season and was a starter in the opening three games... Second on the team in yards per catch with his 20.4 average... Tied for third on the squad with three touchdown receptions... Finished the season with 16 receptions for 327 yards and three TDs... Was the team leader in TD receptions, second on the squad in receiving yards and overall receptions when his season ended in the Hawai'i game (9/29)... On the receiving end of the team's longest pass play of the season - a 79-yard strike in the UC Davis season opener (8/28)... Personal single-game career best 137 receiving yards for two touchdowns on six catches vs. UC Davis... Other TD catches were 17 yards in the UC Davis game and a 55-yard sprint against Hawai'i... Also saw action as a kickoff and punt returner... Career-long 21-yard run came in the UC Davis encounter.
2017: Saw action in nine games and was a starter in four of the first six contests... Led the team with four touchdown receptions... One of two Spartans with two games of 100 or more receiving yards... Explosive start of the season with six receptions for 100 yards and two TDs and blocked a punt that resulted in a Spartan return for a touchdown against USF (South Florida - 8/26) in the season opener.... Blocked punt was the team's only blocked kick of the season... Single-game career highs of eight receptions for 125 yards and one touchdown at Utah (9/16)... Had his career-long 49-yard touchdown pass reception in the Cal Poly victory (9/2)... Averaged 19.7 yards on kickoff returns and had a career-long 39-yard return at Texas (9/9)... Credited with four punt returns for no yards.
2016: Played in all 12 games... Was a starting wide receiver against Iowa State (9/24)... Four pass receptions for 43 yards and a touchdown for the season... First major college touchdown was a 25-yard pass play to open the scoring in the Air Force game (11/19)... Rushed three times for 19 yards... Returned seven kickoffs for an 18.3 average and one punt for no yards.
2015: Completed a redshirt season.
HIGH SCHOOL: A 2014 CalHiSports.com first-team all-state selection as a multi-purpose player for medium-sized schools for Paso Robles (Calif.)?High (Coach Rich Schimke)... Helped his team reach the 2014 semifinal round of the California Division III playoffs... 167 receptions for 3,277 yards, a 19.6 yards per catch average and 41 TD receptions in three varsity seasons... The 2014 C.I.F. Northern Division Player of the Year, the San Luis Obispo Tribune's County Player of the Year and the Pac-5 League's Most Valuable Player after hauling in 73 passes for 1,480 yards and 20 touchdowns as a senior... Two-sport athlete also was a shortstop on the baseball team... Named the 2015 All-North County Offensive Player of the Year... Batted .506 with 32 stolen bases as a junior... Was a 2014 first-team All-C.I.F. Northern Division choice, second-team CalHiSports.com all-state underclass pick and the San Luis Obispo County Player of the Year... Had 90 career stolen bases in four seasons.
MORE ON BAILEY: Earned his bachelor's degree majoring in communication studies... Named his school's 2015 Male Athlete of the Year... Favorite baseball players are Carlos Gomez, Robinson Cano, Giancarlo Stanton and Josh Donaldson... He is a native of Chico, Calif.
CAREER STATISTICS
RECEIVING | G/S | NO. | YDS. | AVG. | TD | LG |
2015...Redshirt | ||||||
2016...FR | 12/1 | 4 | 43 | 10.8 | 1 | 25TD |
2017...SO | 9/4 | 22 | 320 | 14.5 | 4 | 49TD |
2018 | 4/3 | 16 | 327 | 20.4 | 3 | 79TD |
2019...JR | 12/12 | 52 | 812 | 15.9 | 6 | 80TD |
2020...SR | 7/7 | 41 | 725 | 17.7 | 4 | 69TD |
CAREER | 44/27 | 135 | 2,227 | 16.5 | 18 | 80TD |
RUSHING | NO. | YDS. | AVG. | TD | LG | |
2016...FR | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | 2 | |
2018 | 3 | 28 | 9.3 | 0 | 21 | |
CAREER | 4 | 30 | 7.5 | 0 | 21 | |
KICKOFF RETURNS | NO. | YDS. | AVG. | TD | LG | |
2016...FR | 7 | 128 | 18.3 | 0 | 26 | |
2017...SO | 13 | 256 | 19.7 | 0 | 39 | |
2018 | 3 | 50 | 16.8 | 0 | 22 | |
CAREER | 23 | 434 | 18.9 | 0 | 39 | |
PUNT RETURNS | NO. | YDS. | AVG. | TD | LG | |
2016...FR | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
2018 | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 0 | 9 | |
2019...JR | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 0 | 10 | |
2020...SR | 5 | 37 | 7.4 | 0 | 19 | |
CAREER | 8 | 56 | 7.0 | 0 | 19 | |
TACKLES | UT | AT | TOTAL | |||
2016...FR | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
2017...SO | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
CAREER | 2 | 0 | 2 |