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2023 Football Roster

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9 Chad Bailey

  • Position Linebacker
  • Ht./Wt. 6-0 / 234
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Missouri City, Texas
  • High School Ridge Point

Biography

Eligibility Remaining: 2023

2023 (Graduate): Saw his final season cut short due to injury, appearing in five contests, including three starts, for the Tigers ... logged 17 tackles, including seven solo stops, and one sack to go along with a pass break-up and a forced fumble ... recorded a season-high eight tackles vs. No. 23 LSU (Oct. 7) ... registered his lone sack of the season against Memphis (Sept. 23).

2022 (Redshirt Senior): Started in 11 games, finishing the season with 57 tackles, 8.5 tackles-for-loss, and 2.5 sacks … registered 5+ tackles on seven occasions … registered four total tackles and one pass-breakup against LA Tech in the opener … recorded six total tackles at Kansas State  … did a little bit of everything against Abilene Christian, making four tackles as well as forcing/recovering a fumble, and registered one pass breakup … led the team with eight tackles against Vanderbilt … recorded seven tackles and a TFL against Kentucky … had six tackles, a TFL and a sack at Tennessee … recorded five tackles and 1.5 TFL’s against New Mexico State … registered five tackles against Arkansas … had a dominant outing in the Gasparilla Bowl, registering nine tackles, 2.5 tackles-for-loss, 1.5 sacks and a pass-breakup against Wake Forest.

2021 (Redshirt Junior): Played in all 13 games, making eight starts at linebacker … produced a career-best 55 tackles including 5.5 for loss … made a career-high 10 tackles against No. 1 Georgia … record three of his TFL in the win over Florida … earned his first career sack in the victory at Vanderbilt … recovered a pair of fumbles and added three QB hurries.

2020 (Redshirt Sophomore): Tallied two tackles at Mississippi State (12/19) … made a TFL vs. No. 10/12 Georgia (12/12) on a fourth-quarter stop … had a career-high four tackles vs. Arkansas (12/5) … posted three tackles and first career TFL against Vanderbilt (11/28) … made first career tackle at No. 21/20 Tennessee (10/3).

2019 (Redshirt Freshman): Played in six games as a redshirt freshman, seeing time at linebacker and on special teams.

2018 (Freshman): Saw action in the final three games of the season and was able to preserve a year of eligibility.

High School: Rated a four-star prospect and the nation’s No. 8 inside linebacker prospect by Rivals … Rivals also rated him as the No. 17 prospect at any position to come out of Texas … member of the Rivals Top 250 at No. 174 overall … rated as a three-star prospect by 247Sports and ESPN … Class 23-5A First-Team All-District as a sophomore after leading his team with 120 tackles … as a junior, he posted 99 tackles with 20 tackles for loss, 5.0 sacks, two interceptions and three forced fumbles …. No. 31 on the Austin American-Statesman’s Fabulous 55 … broke Ridge Point High School’s career tackle record by the end of his junior season … guided Ridge Point to an 11-1 record, including a perfect 7-0 mark in district play as a junior in 2016 … named district MVP as a junior … finalist for the Houston Touchdown Club’s Defensive Player of the Year Award as a senior in 2017 …  earned 20-6A District MVP honors … earned Defensive Player of the Week honors on Nov. 12 after tallying 13 tackles with four TFLs while scoring four TDs as a running back on offense (11/12/17).


Personal: Majoring in sport management.

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Historical Player Information

  • 33

    2018Freshman

    Linebacker
    6'0" 240 lbs
    33
  • 33

    2019Redshirt Freshman

    Linebacker
    6'0" 240 lbs
    33
  • 33

    2020Redshirt Sophomore

    Linebacker
    6'0" 230 lbs
    33
  • 33

    2021Redshirt Junior

    Linebacker
    6'0" 229 lbs
    33
  • 33

    2022Senior

    Linebacker
    6'0" 234 lbs
    33
  • 9

    2023Senior

    Linebacker
    6'0" 234 lbs
    9