Linebacker, Purdue, 2016–19
Markus Bailey
- Number
- No. 21
- Height
- 6′1″
- Weight
- 240 lb
- Class (2019)
- Senior
- Hometown
- Columbus, OH
- Born
- Mar 7, 1997
Markus Bailey played linebacker at Purdue (2016–19). The Cincinnati Bengals took Bailey in round 7, No. 215 overall in the 2020 NFL Draft.
At a glance
Career highs
15tackles, career highvs. Ohio State, 20182sacks, career highvs. Michigan, 20172interceptions, career highat Indiana, 2016Honors
Defense
Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. A dash: the source has no number for that season (often an FCS season), and career totals count only the numbers on file.
Defense before 2016
| Season | G | Solo | Tkl |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 8 of 12 | 3 | 3 |
Our box scores carry tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from 2016 only, so these come from other sources: ESPN play-by-play participants, via SportsDataverse: tackles only, counted in the games whose play-by-play names tacklers (G: those games, of his team’s), so part of the season, not its total. A dash: the source has no number for it.
On the roster
| Season | Team | No. | Pos | Class | Ht | Wt |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Purdue | 21 | LB | Fr. | ||
| 2017 | Purdue | 21 | LB | So. | ||
| 2018 | Purdue | 21 | LB | Jr. | ||
| 2019 | Purdue | 21 | LB | Sr. | 6′1″ | 240 |
As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.
Game by game
2019 Purdue 2 games, 14 tackles, 1 sack
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 30 | at Nevada | L 31–34 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 7 | vs. Vanderbilt | W 42–24 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
2018 Purdue 11 games, 95 tackles, 4.5 sacks, 1 INT
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 30 | vs. Northwestern | L 27–31 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 8 | vs. Eastern Michigan | L 19–20 | 5 | 3 | 2.5 | 1.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 15 | vs. Missouri | L 37–40 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 22 | vs. Boston College | W 30–13 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Sep 29 | at Nebraska | W 42–28 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 13 | at Illinois | W 46–7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 20 | vs. Ohio State | W 49–20 | 15 | 8 | 0.5 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Oct 27 | at Michigan State | L 13–23 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Nov 3 | vs. Iowa | W 38–36 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 17 | vs. Wisconsin | L 44–47 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 24 | at Indiana | W 28–21 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
2017 Purdue 13 games, 89 tackles, 7 sacks, 1 INT
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2 | vs. Louisville | L 28–35 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 8 | vs. Ohio | W 44–21 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 16 | atMissouri | W 35–3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Sep 23 | vs. Michigan | L 10–28 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 7 | vs. Minnesota | W 31–17 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 14 | atWisconsin | L 9–17 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 21 | at Rutgers | L 12–14 | 8 | 4 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 28 | vs.Nebraska | L 24–25 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Nov 4 | vs.Illinois | W 29–10 | 4 | 3 | 1.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 11 | atNorthwestern | L 13–23 | 5 | 3 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Nov 18 | atIowa | W 24–15 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 25 | vs.Indiana | W 31–24 | 11 | 9 | 1.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Dec 27 ✦ | vs. Arizona | W 38–35 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2016 Purdue 12 games, 97 tackles, 4 INT
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 3 | vs. Eastern Kentucky | W 45–24 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 10 | vs. Cincinnati | L 20–38 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 24 | vs.Nevada | W 24–14 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Oct 1 | at Maryland | L 7–50 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Oct 8 | atIllinois | W 34–31 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Oct 15 | vs.Iowa | L 35–49 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 22 | atNebraska | L 14–27 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 29 | vs. Penn State | L 24–62 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 5 | atMinnesota | L 31–44 | 12 | 6 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 12 | vs.Northwestern | L 17–45 | 12 | 8 | 2.5 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Nov 19 | vs.Wisconsin | L 20–49 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 26 | atIndiana | L 24–26 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.
Before the draft
| Drill | Combine 2020 |
|---|---|
| Height | 6′0⅛″ |
| Weight | 235 lb |
| Arm length | 31½″ |
| Hand size | 9⅜″ |
| Bench press | 15 reps |
Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data).
In the NFL
4 seasons, 33 games with a stat; latest team: Arizona Cardinals.
| Season | Team | G | Tkl | Sacks | Int |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Cincinnati Bengals | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | Cincinnati Bengals | 10 | 34 | 0.5 | 0 |
| 2022 | Cincinnati Bengals | 12 | 22 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | Cincinnati Bengals | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| NFL career | 33 | 66 | 0.5 | 0 | |
Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat.
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