Stedman Bailey retired in 2015 following life-threatening injuries he sustained from being shot in the head.
19 Facts About Stedman Bailey
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Stedman Bailey was a teammate of former Mountaineer quarterback Geno Smith.
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Stedman Bailey enrolled in West Virginia University, where he played for the West Virginia Mountaineers football team from 2010 to 2012.
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Stedman Bailey produced four catches for 61 yards receiving, including a 32-yard touchdown, against North Carolina State in the Champs Sports Bowl.
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Stedman Bailey started in all 13 games for the Mountaineers during the 2011 season.
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Stedman Bailey set the Mountaineer single season record for receiving yardage and tied the school record for most touchdown receptions in a single season.
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Stedman Bailey's receiving yards ranked 13th in the Division I FBS overall.
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Stedman Bailey set a school record with five consecutive 100-yard receiving games, producing seven such performances throughout the season.
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Stedman Bailey's season culminated with a five reception, 82 yard and one touchdown performance in the Orange Bowl.
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Stedman Bailey decided to forgo his senior season at West Virginia and enter the 2013 NFL Draft.
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Stedman Bailey was drafted in the third round, with the 92nd overall pick, by the then St Louis Rams.
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Stedman Bailey was drafted along with his college teammate Tavon Austin, uniting the two on the Rams.
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In May 2014, Stedman Bailey was suspended for the first six games of the 2014 season for a violation of the NFL policy on performance-enhancing substances program.
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Stedman Bailey earned NFC Special Teams Player of the Week for Week 7 of the 2014 season on the strength of a punt return for touchdown against the Seattle Seahawks.
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The play was notable in that Stedman Bailey's return was assisted by the Rams' special team selling the punt to one side of the field, while Stedman Bailey fielded the ball on the opposite side and returned the ball untouched.
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Stedman Bailey worked with the Rams' assistant coaches during the 2016 offseason and later joined the coaching staff of his alma mater West Virginia as a student assistant coach for their football team.
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On November 24,2015, Stedman Bailey was shot multiple times while sitting in his car with three of his family members in Miami Gardens, Florida.
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Stedman Bailey survived two gunshot wounds to the head and was in critical condition while his cousin, the driver of the vehicle, sustained life-threatening injuries.
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At the time of the shooting, Stedman Bailey was serving a four-game suspension for violating the league's substance abuse policy on November 9,2015, and was reinstated by the league on December 7.