Jake Bailey (American football)

Jacob 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 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
Career NFL statistics as of 2020
Punts:136
Punting yards:6,316
Punting average:46.4
Longest punt:71
Inside 20:67
Player stats at NFL.com

College career

While at Stanford he had the longest punt in the schools history at 84 yards. In four years he punted 185 times and is the all time team leader in career punt average with 43.8.[4]

Professional career

2019 season
Bailey in a game against the Washington Redskins
Pre-draft measurables
HeightWeightArm lengthHand size40-yard dashVertical jumpBroad 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 s33.0 in
(0.84 m)		9 ft 9 in
(2.97 m)
All values from NFL Combine[5]

Bailey was drafted by the New England Patriots in the fifth round (163rd overall) of the 2019 NFL Draft.[6]

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.[4] Bailey serves as the Patriots' holder on field goals, as Allen did.[7] After Patriots kicker Stephen Gostkowski was placed on injured reserve, Bailey took over kickoff duties as well.[8]

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.[9] 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.[10]

2020 season

He averaged 48.7 gross yards per punt, had a long of 71, and landed 31 punts inside the 20 yard line.[11]

Bailey was one of three Patriots players, along with special teamer Matt Slater and cornerback Stephon Gilmore, named to the 2020 Pro Bowl.[12]

In January 2021, Bailey was named to the 2020 AP All-Pro first team at punter, making him the first Patriots punter so honored.[13] He received 26 of 50 votes.[14] Bailey was one of three Patriots special teamers named to the team; Gunner Olszewski was named first team punt returner, and Matthew Slater was named second team special teamer.

NFL career statistics

Regular season
Year Team GP Punting
PuntsYardsAvgLngBlk
2019NE 16813,63844.9650
2020NE 16552,67848.7710
Career321366,31646.8710

Postseason
Year Team GP Punting
PuntsYardsAvgLngBlk
2019NE 1523046610
Career1523046610

Personal life

His parents are Brand and Susan Baily and he has one sister named Aly.[4] While at Stanford, he got his pilots license.[4]

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. "Patriots.com Draft Profile: P Jake Bailey". patriots.com. May 9, 2019. Retrieved January 7, 2021.
  5. "Jacob Bailey Combine Profile". NFL.com. Retrieved October 2, 2019.
  6. 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.
  7. Buchmasser, Bernd (August 19, 2019). "The Patriots' punter competition is over: Ryan Allen has been released". PatsPulpit.com. Retrieved August 19, 2019.
  8. Vautour, Matt (November 19, 2019). "Patriots' Jake Bailey, Nick Folk have suddenly made kicking a strength in New England". masslive. Retrieved November 20, 2019.
  9. 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.
  10. "Jake Bailey wins another award". WEEI. November 20, 2019. Retrieved November 20, 2019.
  11. https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/3931395/jake-bailey
  12. "Stephon Gilmore among three Patriots selected to 2021 Pro Bowl". Boston Herald. December 22, 2020. Retrieved December 22, 2020.
  13. "How Jake Bailey, Gunner Olszewski made Patriots history with All-Pro honors". sports.yahoo.com. Retrieved January 9, 2021.
  14. "2020 NFL All-Pro Team Voting". AP NEWS. January 8, 2021. Retrieved January 9, 2021.
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