Omar Bayless
{{Short description|American football player (born 1996)}}
{{Use American English|date=April 2023}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2024}}
{{Infobox CFL biography
| name = Omar Bayless
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1996|12|15|mf=y}}
| birth_place = Laurel, Mississippi, U.S.
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| import = Yes
| position = Wide receiver
| height_ft = 6
| height_in = 1
| weight_lb = 210
| college = Arkansas State (2015–2019)
| high_school = Laurel
| NFLDraftedYear = 2020
| NFLDraftedRound = Undrafted
| playing_years1 = {{NFL Year|2020|2021}}
| playing_team1 = Carolina Panthers*
| playing_years2 = {{NFL Year|2022}}
| playing_team2 = Kansas City Chiefs*
| playing_years3 = {{CFL Year|2023}}
| playing_team3 = Hamilton Tiger-Cats
| career_footnotes =
| career_highlights =
- Sun Belt Player of the Year (2019)
- First-team All-Sun Belt (2019)
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| statlabel1 = Receptions
| statvalue1 = 17
| statlabel2 = Receiving yards
| statvalue2 = 214
| statlabel3 = Receiving touchdowns
| statvalue3 = 2
| CFL = omar-bayless/166658/
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Omar Bayless (born December 15, 1996) is an American professional football player who is a free agent. He played college football for the Arkansas State Red Wolves.
College career
Bayless played college football at Arkansas State University.{{Cite web|url=https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2019/oct/03/bayless-catches-on-as-top-wr-20191003-1/|title=Bayless catches on as top WR | Arkansas Democrat Gazette|first=Jeff|last=Gammons|date=October 3, 2019|website=www.arkansasonline.com}} As a senior in 2019, he finished second in the nation in receiving yards behind Ja'Marr Chase with 1,653 and was named the Sun Belt Conference Player of the Year.{{Cite web|url=https://www.leader-call.com/sports/best-in-the-sun-belt/article_36726f0a-1857-11ea-a0ac-63c71620636b.html|title=Best in the Sun Belt|first=Brad|last=Crowe|date=December 6, 2019|website=Laurel Leader-Call}} During his career he had 177 receptions for 2,775 yards and 26 touchdowns.
Professional career
Bayless signed with the Carolina Panthers as an undrafted free agent in 2020.[https://www.charlotteobserver.com/sports/nfl/carolina-panthers/article242354771.html How tragedy, triumph and the Andersons got Omar Bayless his chance with the Panthers] He spent 2022 with the Kansas City Chiefs and was released before the season.{{Cite web|url=https://www.cbssports.com/fantasy/football/news/omar-bayless-let-go-by-kansas-city/|title=Omar Bayless: Let go by Kansas City|date=August 15, 2022|website=CBSSports.com}}
Bayless signed with the Hamilton Tiger-Cats of the Canadian Football League in 2023. He was released by the Tiger-Cats on June 1, 2024.{{cite web | url=https://www.footballdb.com/teams/cfl/hamilton-tiger-cats/transactions | title=Hamilton Tiger-Cats Transactions | publisher=Footballdb.com | accessdate=12 August 2024}}
References
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External links
- [https://astateredwolves.com/sports/football/roster/omar-bayless/4158 Arkansas State Red Wolves bio]
- [https://www.cfl.ca/players/omar-bayless/166658/ Hamilton Tiger-Cats bio]
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Category:Players of Canadian football from Mississippi
Category:Players of American football from Laurel, Mississippi
Category:American football wide receivers
Category:Canadian football wide receivers
Category:Arkansas State Red Wolves football players
Category:Carolina Panthers players