Stedman Bailey
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| No. 12 St. Louis Rams | |
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| Position: | Wide receiver |
Personal information | |
| Date of birth: | November 11, 1990 |
| Place of birth: | Miramar, Florida |
| Height: | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) |
| Weight: | 194 lb (88 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school: | Miramar (FL) |
| College: | West Virginia |
| NFL draft: | 2013 / Round: 3 / Pick: 92 |
Career history | |
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| Roster status: | Active |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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Career NFL statistics as of Week 17, 2014 | |
| Receptions: | 47 |
| Receiving yards: | 661 |
| Receiving TDs: | 1 |
| Stats at NFL.com | |
Stedman Bailey (born November 11, 1990) is an American football wide receiver for the St. Louis Rams of the National Football League (NFL). He was drafted by the Rams in the third round of the 2013 NFL Draft. He played college football at West Virginia, where he received All-American honors.
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. He was a teammate of former Mountaineer quarterback Geno Smith. 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.[1]
College career
Bailey enrolled in West Virginia University, where he played for the West Virginia Mountaineers football team from 2010 to 2012. 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.[1]
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. 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.[1]
Statistics
Regular and postseason
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Professional career
2013 NFL Combine
| Ht | Wt | 40-yd dash | 10-yd split | 20-yd split | 20-ss | 3-cone | Vert | Broad | BP | ||||||||||
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| 5 ft 10 in | 193 lb | 4.52 s | 4.09 s | 6.81 s | 34.5 in | 9 ft 9 in | 11 reps | ||||||||||||
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2013 NFL Draft
Bailey decided to forgo his senior season at West Virginia and enter the 2013 NFL Draft.[2] He was drafted in the third round, with the 92nd overall pick, by the St. Louis Rams. He would be drafted along with his college teammate Tavon Austin, reuniting the two on the Rams.
2014
In May 2014, Stedman was suspended for the first 4 games of the 2014 season for a violation of the NFL policy on performance-enhancing substances program.[3]
Bailey earned the NFL's 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.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Stedman Bailey - Player Profile and Biography". West Virginia University Department of Intercollegiate Athletics. Retrieved August 18, 2012.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Stedman Bailey Draft Profile". National Football League. Retrieved March 20, 2013.
- ↑ Wagoner, Nick (May 12, 2014), "Steadman Bailey suspended 4 games", ESPN, retrieved May 12, 2014
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