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2019 Football Roster

Darrell James
Darrell James

9 Bailey Hale

  • Position Kicker
  • Height 5-11
  • Weight 196
  • Class Redshirt Senior
  • Hometown Iowa Park, Texas
  • Highschool Iowa Park HS

Biography

CAREER HONORS & AWARDS
• NFF Honor Society (2020)
• C-USA Commissioner's Honor Roll (2020)
• C-USA Academic Medalist (2020)
• C-USA Commissioner's Honor Roll (2019)
• Second Team All-Conference USA (2019)

• Second Team All-Louisiana (2019)
• Conference USA All-Academic Team (2019)
• CoSIDA Academic All-District (2019)

• All-Conference USA Honorable Mention (2018)

REDSHIRT SENIOR (2019)
• Served as the Bulldogs placekicker in all 13 games.
• Converted all 53 PAT attempts on the season while connecting on 15-of-18 field goals.
• Made 12 consecutive field goals from Sept. 7 through Nov. 9.
• Earned C-USA Kicker of the Week honors after going 5-for-5 on field goals against FIU (9/20), tying his career record and the program record for a single game.
• Also went 4-for-4 on PATs against FIU (9/20), giving him 19 points which are the most scored by a kicker in program history and the most by a C-USA kicker since 2014.
• Nailed a career-long 50-yard field goal versus Southern Miss (10/19).
• Registered nine touchbacks.

REDSHIRT JUNIOR (2018)
• Served as LA Tech’s placekicker in all 13 games in his first season with the Bulldogs.
• Converted 38-of-39 PAT attempts on the season, while connecting on 15-of-22 field goals in 2018.
• Earned C-USA Kicker of the Week honors after a 17-point performance (5-for-5 FG; 2-2 PAT) at North Texas (9/29).
• Hit a season-long 46-yard field goal twice in 2018 with makes at UTSA (10/13) and at #18 Mississippi State (11/3).

EASTERN NEW MEXICO (2016-17)
• Spent two seasons as a placekicker at Eastern New Mexico University where he played in 22 games, connecting on 23 of 34 field goals in 2016 and 2017 combined with a long field goal of 48.
• Successfully converted 73 PATs in two seasons.
• Served as Eastern New Mexico’s punter in 2016 when he had 42 punts for 1,519 yards, an average of 36.2 yards per punt and booted nine punts inside the 20-yard line.
• In two seasons, he had 127 kickoffs for 7,607 yards, an average of 59.9 yards per kickoff and 57 touchbacks.
• Was ENMU’s second-leading scorer with 70 points in 2016 and 72 in 2017.
 
ABILENE CHRISTIAN (2015)
• Spent his freshman season at Abilene Christian where he redshirted for the Wildcats.
 
HIGH SCHOOL
• Graduated from Iowa Park High School in 2015.
• Lettered in football, basketball and baseball.
• Earned first team all-district honors as both a kicker and wide receiver in high school.
• Named the district’s Offensive MVP and first team all-region in basketball.
• Coached by Aubrey Sims and Peyton Jackson.
 
PERSONAL
Bailey R. Hale … Son of Brett and Kristy Hale … Born on Jan. 31, 1997 in Wichita Falls, Texas … Has one sibling, Bethany.

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 34

    2018Redshirt Junior

    Kicker
    5'11" 196 lbs
    34
  • 9

    2019Redshirt Senior

    Kicker
    5'11" 196 lbs
    9