Jearld Baylis

{{Short description|American gridiron football player (born 1962)}}

{{distinguish|text=American basketball player Jerryd Bayless}}

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{{Infobox Canadian Football League biography

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| name = Jearld Baylis

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1962|8|12}}

| birth_place = Jackson, Mississippi, U.S.

| death_date = {{death date and age|2024|12|30|1962|8|12|mf=yes}}

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| position1 = Defensive tackle

| high_school = Jackson (MS) Callaway{{Cite web|title=Allman calls Callaway-Wingfield contest 'the worst'|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/181122717/?match=1&terms=%22Jearld%20Baylis%22|access-date=2024-12-26|website=Clarion-Ledger|language=en-US}}

| College = Southern Mississippi

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• Grey Cup champion (1995)
• Norm Fieldgate Trophy ({{CFL Year|1993}})
• First-team All-South (1982, 1983)

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| CFLAllStar = {{CFL Year|1987}}, {{CFL Year|1992}}, {{CFL Year|1993}}, {{CFL Year|1995}}

| CFLEastAllStar = {{CFL Year|1987}}, {{CFL Year|1992}}

| CFLWestAllStar = {{CFL Year|1993}}

| playing_years1 = {{CFL Year|1986}}–{{CFL Year|1989}}

| playing_team1 = Toronto Argonauts

| playing_years2 = {{CFL Year|1991}}

| playing_team2 = BC Lions

| playing_years3 = {{CFL Year|1992}}–{{CFL Year|1993}}

| playing_team3 = Saskatchewan Roughriders

| playing_years4 = {{CFL Year|1994}}–{{CFL Year|1995}}

| playing_team4 = Baltimore Stallions

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Jearld Baylis (August 12, 1962 – December 30, 2024) was a star defensive lineman in the Canadian Football League (CFL).

Baylis played college football at University of Southern Mississippi.,{{cite book|last1=Cox|first1=John W.|last2=Bennett|first2=Gregg|title=Rock solid: Southern Miss football|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Lj1M6wAI1DAC&pg=PA178|access-date=29 May 2011|date=2004-10-04|publisher=Univ. Press of Mississippi|isbn=978-1-57806-709-1|pages=178–183, etc.}} where he was known as the Space Ghost. He had a 10-year career from 1986 to 1995 for four teams. He won the CFL's Most Outstanding Defensive Player Award in 1993 and was a CFL All-Star four times. He was a part of the Baltimore Stallions 1995 Grey Cup winning team.

The native of Jackson, Miss. was supposed to be inducted into the Canadian Football Hall of Fame in 2020, but the organization was unable to contact him, deferring his induction indefinitely. He is now expected to be posthumously inducted in 2025 or 2026.

Bayliss died on December 30, 2024.{{cite web|author=|date=February 26, 2025|title=Argos mourn death of former CFL defensive tackle Jearld Baylis Sr., a four-time all-star|url=https://torontosun.com/sports/football/cfl/toronto-argonauts/argos-mourn-death-baylis|website=Toronto Sun|access-date=February 26, 2025}}