Josh Bailey

Height:
6-6
Weight:
275
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Gilbert, W.Va.
High School:
Gilbert HS

Experienced performer with starting experience at tight end ... strong blocker who possesses good hands ... well-rounded skills for the position ... runs great routes ... limited during spring drills ... had shoulder surgery following the Rutgers game to correct a recurring injury and missed rest of 2004 season ... one of three tight ends in the 2003 starting rotation ... made WVU’s first tight end reception of the season with a 10-yard catch in the Virginia Tech win ... re-injured shoulder in the Pitt game ... eight catches for 110 yards in 2002 ... starter vs. UTC, catching a 16-yard TD from Rasheed Marshall in second quarter ... eight-yard catch in win at Cincinnati ... eight-yard catch at Rutgers ... 24-yard reception in win over Syracuse ... leading receiver against Miami with catches of 20 and 15 yards ... six-yard catch in the Boston College win ... named to The Sporting News BIG EAST all-freshman team ... Hammer Award: Maryland ... won the 2001 Danny Van Etten Award as the offensive player of the year on the Mountaineer scout teams, but did not see varsity action that season ... first team all-state tight end at Gilbert High, catching 28 passes for 597 yards and 10 TDs ... three years all-Coalfield conference for Coach Gordon Carter ... three times Logan Banner player of week ... also a basketball and baseball letterman ... birthday is September 29 ... son of Zachary and Beverly Bailey ... majoring in sociology and anthropology