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Boss Bailey

{{Short description|American football player (born 1979)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2019}}

{{Infobox NFL biography

| image = Boss bailey.jpg

| caption = Bailey with the Denver Broncos in 2008

| number = 97

| position = Linebacker

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1979|10|14}}

| birth_place = Folkston, Georgia, U.S.

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 3

| weight_lbs = 232

| highlights =

| high_school = Charlton County
(Folkston, Georgia)

| college = Georgia

| draftyear = 2003

| draftround = 2

| draftpick = 34

| pastteams =

| statlabel1 = Total tackles

| statvalue1 = 305

| statlabel2 = Sacks

| statvalue2 = 7.0

| statlabel3 = Forced fumbles

| statvalue3 = 2

| statlabel4 = Fumble recoveries

| statvalue4 = 2

| statlabel5 = Interceptions

| statvalue5 = 2

| statlabel6 = Defensive touchdowns

| statvalue6 = 2

|pfr=BailBo20

}}

Rodney "Boss" Bailey (born October 14, 1979) is an American former professional football player who was a linebacker in the National Football League (NFL). He was originally selected by the Detroit Lions in the second round of the 2003 NFL draft. He played college football at the University of Georgia. He is the brother of Hall of Fame NFL cornerback Champ Bailey.

Early life

Bailey was born in Folkston, Georgia.{{cite web|url= http://www.nfl.com/player/bossbailey/2505555/profile| title= Boss Bailey |publisher= NFL Enterprises LLC |accessdate= September 6, 2012}} He received honorable mention All-America honors from USA Today at Charlton County High School in Folkston Georgia.

College career

Bailey was a three-year starter at Georgia. As a senior, he was a first-team All-SEC selection as well as a semifinalist for the Butkus and Lombardi Awards.

Professional career

{{nfl predraft

| height ft = 6

| height in = 3+1/8

| weight = 233

| dash = 4.58

| ten split =

| twenty split =

| shuttle =

| cone drill =

| vertical = 42.0

| broad ft = 11

| broad in = 3

| bench =

| wonderlic =

| arm span = 32+1/2

| hand span = 9+3/4

| note = All values from NFL Combine{{Cite web |url=http://draftscout.com/dsprofile.php?PlayerId=79&DraftYear=2003 |title=Boss Bailey, Georgia, OLB, 2003 NFL Draft Scout, NCAA College Football |website=draftscout.com |access-date=August 27, 2021}}{{Cite web |url=https://nflcombineresults.com/playerpage.php?i=6483 |title=Boss Bailey, Combine Results, OLB - Georgia |website=nflcombineresults.com |access-date=August 27, 2021}}{{Cite web |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/B/BailBo20.htm#all_combine |title=Boss Bailey Stats |website=pro-football-reference.com |access-date=August 27, 2021}}

}}

Bailey appeared in 58 career games (51 starts), posting 265 tackles (204 solo), seven sacks (40.5 yds.) and two interceptions (32 yds.). He also registered 13 pass breakups, one forced fumble, one fumble recovery and seven special-teams tackles for his career.

=Detroit Lions=

He was named All-Rookie by ESPN.com and Football Digest with Detroit in 2003 when he set a career-high with 88 tackles (77 solo) as a 16-game starter. After missing the 2004 season with a knee injury, Bailey started all 11 games played in 2005 and had 58 tackles, one sack and one interception, which he returned 34 yards for a touchdown. He started eight games at strongside linebacker and four contests at middle linebacker for the Lions in 2006, appearing in all 16 games and totaling 67 tackles (51 solo) with one sack that year. In 2007, Bailey posted a career-high 3.5 sacks (16.0 yds.) while adding 51 tackles (37 solo), two pass breakups and one forced fumble in 15 games (12 starts) at strongside linebacker for Detroit.

=Denver Broncos=

On March 6, 2008, Boss signed a five-year contract worth $17.5 million that included $8 million in guarantees over the first two seasons.{{cite web|url=http://www.nfl.com/freeagency/story?id%3D09000d5d80711686 |title=Archived copy |accessdate=May 26, 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140527215947/http://www.nfl.com/freeagency/story?id=09000d5d80711686 |archivedate=May 27, 2014 }} Bailey was released on June 17, 2009.{{Cite web |last=Jones |first=Lindsay H. |date=2009-06-17 |title=Broncos release linebacker Boss Bailey |url=https://www.denverpost.com/2009/06/17/broncos-release-linebacker-boss-bailey/ |access-date=2025-05-09 |website=The Denver Post |language=en-US}}

NFL career statistics

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
rowspan="2"| Year

! rowspan="2"| Team

! rowspan="2"| GP

! colspan="4"| Tackles

! colspan="3"| Fumbles

! colspan="6"| Interceptions

CombSoloAstSckFFFRYdsIntYdsAvgLngTDPD
2003 || DET

| 16 || 88 || 68 || 20 || 1.5 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 1 || -2 || -2 || -2 || 0 || 6

2005 || DET

| 11 || 59 || 39 || 20 || 1.0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 34 || 34 || 34 || 1 || 3

2006 || DET

| 16 || 67 || 51 || 16 || 1.0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 2

2007 || DET

| 15 || 51 || 37 || 14 || 3.5 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 2

2008 || DEN

| 6 || 40 || 31 || 9 || 0.0 || 1 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0

colspan="2"| Career{{cite web|title=Boss Bailey Stats|url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/stats/_/id/4492/boss-bailey|website=ESPN|publisher=ESPN Internet Ventures|access-date=September 22, 2014}} || 64 || 305 || 226 || 79 || 7.0 || 2 || 2 || 0 || 2 || 32 || 16 || 34 || 1 || 13

References

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==External links==

  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20080610172005/http://www.detroitlions.com/bio.cfm?bio_id=7&season=10 Detroit Lions bio] (archived)
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20040708141354/http://georgiadogs.collegesports.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/bailey_boss00.html Georgia Bulldogs bio] (archived)
  • [https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/stats/_/id/4492/boss-bailey Player card] at ESPN.com

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Category:1979 births

Category:Living people

Category:American football linebackers

Category:Detroit Lions players

Category:Denver Broncos players

Category:Georgia Bulldogs football players

Category:Players of American football from Charlton County, Georgia