Jake Bailey (American football)

Jake Bailey (born June 18, 1997) is an American football punter for the New England Patriots of the National Football League (NFL).[1] He played college football for Stanford.[2] Bailey was a 3rd Team All-American Punter in 2017 by GPR Punt Rating system.[3]

Jake Bailey
Bailey with the New England Patriots in 2019
No. 7 – New England Patriots
Position:Punter
Personal information
Born: (1997-06-18) June 18, 1997
Phoenix, Arizona
Height:6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Weight:205 lb (93 kg)
Career information
High school:Santa Fe Christian
(Solana Beach, California)
College:Stanford
NFL Draft:2019 / Round: 5 / Pick: 163
Career history
Roster status:Active
Career highlights and awards
  • 2x AFC Special Teams Player of the Week (Weeks 3 and 11, 2019)
  • Second-team All-Pac-12 (2017, 2018)
Career NFL statistics as of 2019
Punts:81
Punting yards:3,638
Punting average:44.9
Longest punt:65
Inside 20:36
Player stats at NFL.com

Professional career
Pre-draft measurables
Height Weight Arm length Hand size 40-yard dash 10-yard split 20-yard split 20-yard shuttle Three-cone drill Vertical jump Broad jump
6 ft 1 3⁄8 in
(1.86 m)		 200 lb
(91 kg)		 30 in
(0.76 m)		 8 3⁄4 in
(0.22 m)		 4.72 s 33.0 in
(0.84 m)		 9 ft 9 in
(2.97 m)
All values from NFL Combine[4]

Bailey was drafted by the New England Patriots in the fifth round (163rd overall) of the 2019 NFL Draft.[5]

New England Patriots

2019 season

Upon joining the roster, Bailey competed with incumbent punter Ryan Allen, who had been with the Patriots for 6 seasons. Bailey won the competition, and Allen was released on August 19, 2019, after the Patriots' second preseason game. Bailey serves as the Patriots' holder on field goals, as Allen did.[6] After Patriots kicker Stephen Gostkowski was placed on injured reserve, Bailey took over kickoff duties as well.[7]

On September 25, 2019, he was named AFC Special Teams Player of the Week for his efforts against the New York Jets in Week 3.[8] He again won AFC Special Teams Player of the Week in Week 11 versus the Philadelphia Eagles, when he had five punts of 50+ yards and six landing inside the 20.[9]

References
  1. O'Malley, Nick (April 27, 2019). "NFL Draft 2019: New England Patriots trade up to take punter Jake Bailey in Round 5". masslive.com. Retrieved April 27, 2019.
  2. "Jake Bailey - Football". Stanford University Athletics. Retrieved April 27, 2019.
  3. "GPR Punt Rating". Gpr2017. Retrieved September 26, 2019.
  4. "Jacob Bailey Combine Profile". NFL.com. Retrieved October 2, 2019.
  5. Buchmasser, Bernd (April 27, 2019). "NFL draft 2019: Patriots trade up, draft P Jake Bailey with the 163rd pick". Pats Pulpit. Retrieved October 1, 2019.
  6. Buchmasser, Bernd (August 19, 2019). "The Patriots' punter competition is over: Ryan Allen has been released". PatsPulpit.com. Retrieved August 19, 2019.
  7. Vautour, Matt (November 19, 2019). "Patriots' Jake Bailey, Nick Folk have suddenly made kicking a strength in New England". masslive. Retrieved November 20, 2019.
  8. Hartwell, Darren (September 24, 2019). "Patriots' Jake Bailey named AFC Special Teams Player of the Week, joins rare company". NBCSports.com. NBC Sports. Retrieved September 24, 2019.
  9. "Jake Bailey wins another award". WEEI. November 20, 2019. Retrieved November 20, 2019.


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