2019 Football Roster
Jersey Number 24
Hakeem Bailey
- Position:
- Cornerback
- Height:
- 6-0
- Weight:
- 188
- Class:
- Redshirt Senior
- Hometown:
- Atlanta, Ga.
- High School:
- Pebblebrook HS
- Played in 35 career games at cornerback, including 21 starts
2019 (r-Sr.)
- Academic All-Big 12 First Team
- Fourth-leading tackler for WVU with 58 tackles, including 43 unassisted tackles, with one sack, one interception, one forced fumble and nine pass breakups
- Tied for No. 9 in the Big 12 in passes defended (0.83)
- Finished with 134 career tackles
- Logged five tackles - four solos - at TCU to go along with a pass breakup
- Finished with four solo tackles against Oklahoma State
- Registered his first interception of the season at Kansas State to seal the game for the Mountaineers
- Logged three tackles and a pass breakup against Texas Tech
- Forced a fumble to go along with five tackles (two solos) at Baylor
- Finished with three tackles at Oklahoma
- Totaled four tackles against Iowa State
- Recorded eight tackles against Texas, as well as a pass breakup
- Finished with five tackles, including one for a loss, at Kansas; also added a pass breakup to his day
- Tallied a season-best nine tackles, including eight solos against NC State
- Finished with four tackles at Missouri
- Matched his career best with three pass breakups against James Madison; also finished with four tackles
2018 (r-Jr.)
- Academic All-Big 12 First Team
- Has played in 23 career games, including nine starts
- Finished with 42 tackles, including 31 solo stops, 1.5 tackles for loss, one interception and a forced fumble
- Registered five tackles against Syracuse in the Camping World Bowl
- Tallied two solo stops vs. TCU
- Had a season-high seven solo stops against Texas
- WVU Special Teams Champion: Baylor
- Registered six solo stops against Baylor, also tallied his first career forced fumble
- Finished with two assisted stops vs. Iowa State
- Hauled in his first career interception vs. Kansas, also tied his season-high mark in TFLs (1.5)
- Recorded four total tackles, including two solo stops against Texas Tech
- Tallied two solo tackles against Kansas State and Youngstown State
- Had eight tackles against Tennessee, including a career-high four assisted tackles
2017 (r-So.)
- Played in 11 games at cornerback, including three starts
- Finished with 35 tackles, including 32 solo stops, two tackles for loss and six pass breakups
- Notched a pair of pass breakups vs. Utah to go along with two tackles
- Finished with a career-best 10 tackles vs. Iowa State, becoming one of four Mountaineers to tally double-digit stops in one game
- Also registered a career-high three pass breakups vs. the Cyclones
- Tallied first pass breakup of the season vs. Oklahoma State to go along with a pair of tackles
- Recovered onside kick in fourth quarter at Baylor
- Recorded five tackles - all unassisted - against East Carolina
- Made first career start and shared team lead in tackles (8) vs. Virginia Tech
- Led the team with two tackles for loss vs. Virginia Tech
- Enrolled at WVU in January
2016 (r-Fr.) - Iowa Western CC
- Played for coach Scott Strohmeier at Iowa Western Community College
- Team finished with a 6-6 record in 2016
- Recorded 40 total tackles, including 27 solo stops and 1.5 tackles for loss in 2016
- Also had a team-leading five interceptions and nine pass breakups
- NJCAA All-Region 11 First Team (2016)
- All-Iowa Community College Athletic Conference First Team (2016)
- Three-star recruit by Rivals
- Also offered by Cincinnati
2015 (Fr.) - Iowa Western CC
- Redshirted as a freshman in 2015
- Originally signed with Marshall out of high school
High School
- Played for coach Tommy Macon at Pebblebrook High
- Recorded four interceptions and two forced fumbles as a senior (2014)
- Also scored one touchdown on special teams and three touchdowns on offense
Personal
- Son of Winston Bailey and Sharlene Green
- One of three children
- Graduated in August 2019 with his bachelor's degree in multidisciplinary studies
- Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll
- Garrett Ford Academic Honor Roll
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