Starting wide receiver … earned the starting position heading into last season and continues to showcase his abilities … coaching staff is counting on him for on and off the field leadership … one of the Mountaineers’ top receivers …big-play ability … has excellent size and speed …awarded the Whitey Gwynne Award by the coaching staff … previous bowl trips: 2008 Fiesta, 2008 Car Care Bowl.
2008 (r-Jr.): Started all 13 games at wide receiver … saw action on more than 775 plays, including a season-high 86 against Cincinnati … used in 50 or more plays in all 13 games … led the team in receiving yards (466), average (13.3), was second in receiving touchdowns (6) and tied for second in catches (35) … long catch of 52 yards … season-high seven catches for 93 yards and two touchdowns against North Carolina in the Meineke Car Care Bowl … finished with a one-hand touchdown reception over the right shoulder and caught the game-winning touchdown from 20 yards out in the fourth quarter … four catches for a season-high 70 yards with two touchdown and a long catch of 34 yards against Villanova … five catches for 54 yards with a long of 15 yards against Marshall … season-long 52-yard catch at Louisville … three catches for 36 yards with a long of 16 yards at Pitt … three catches for 31 yards with a long of 15 yards against USF … three catches for 59 yards, a touchdown and a season-long catch of 44 yards against Auburn … two catches for 28 yards and a touchdown against Cincinnati … three catches for 18 yards, including a long reception of 12 yards against Rutgers … two catches for 16 yards at Connecticut.
2007 (Jr.): Redshirted last year due to thumb injury that kept him out for most of the season … had surgery in Oct. 2007.
2006 (So.): Appeared in nine games … eight catches for 100 yards and two touchdowns at Scottsdale (Ariz.) Community College … selected as an NJCAA All-Star.
2005 (Fr.): Made 14 catches for 212 yards and three scores at Butler (Kan.) Community College … long catch of 35 yards … ran a 48.89 400-meter dash at the 2007 NJCAA region championships, for a seventh-place finish.
Prep: Graduate of Glades Central (Fla.) High, where as a senior team captain for Coach Larry Coffey had 24 catches for 573 yards and seven touchdowns ... Palm Beach Post’s most versatile player in the county … selected to play in the Outback Bowl all-star game … competed in the 400-meter state champion as a junior and senior ... finished third in the 400-meter dash in the 2005 Florida High School Athletic Association 2A outdoor state finals … also a part of the state champion 4x400 relay team both years.
Personal: Birthday is June 26 … son of James Bailey and Annie Arnett ... one of seven children … majoring in athletic coaching education.
