Markus Bailey
LB
#51
Experience: 4 years
Height: 6-0
Age: 26
Weight: 235 lbs
College: Purdue
2022 SEASON
- Solo16
- SCK0
- FF0
- INT--
Recent Games
| WK | OPP | RESULT | TKL | AST | COMBINED | SOLO | SCK | SFTY | PDEF | INT | YDS | AVG | LNG | TDS | FF | OPP FR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Steelers | L 20 - 23 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 2 | @Cowboys | L 17 - 20 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 3 | @Jets | W 27 - 12 | ||||||||||||||
| 4 | Dolphins | W 27 - 15 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 5 | @Ravens | L 17 - 19 | ||||||||||||||
| 6 | @Saints | W 30 - 26 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 7 | Falcons | W 35 - 17 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 8 | @Browns | L 13 - 32 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 9 | Panthers | W 42 - 21 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 11 | @Steelers | W 37 - 30 | ||||||||||||||
| 12 | @Titans | W 20 - 16 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 13 | Chiefs | W 27 - 24 | ||||||||||||||
| 14 | Browns | W 23 - 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 15 | @Buccaneers | W 34 - 23 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 16 | @Patriots | W 22 - 18 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 18 | Ravens | W 27 - 16 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Career Stats
Defense Career
| SEASON | TEAM | G | GS | TKL | AST | COMBINED | SOLO | SCK | SFTY | PDEF | INT | YDS | AVG | LNG | TDS | FF | OPP FR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Cincinnati Bengals | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| 2021 | Cincinnati Bengals | 16 | 3 | 21 | 17 | 38 | 17 | 0.5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||||||
| 2022 | Cincinnati Bengals | 16 | 1 | 18 | 6 | 24 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| TOTAL | 43 | 4 | 40 | 23 | 63 | 34 | 0.5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Biography
A 2020 seventh-round Bengals draft pick, Bailey has grown into a key reserve role on defense and valuable contributor on special teams ... In 16 games played during the 2022 regular season (one start), his 277 special teams snaps (63.97 percent) were the fourth most on the team, while he also added two TFLs defensively ... Also played in three postseason games, and provided a key block for DE Sam Hubbard during his 98-yard FR return for a TD in the Wild Card Playoff vs. Baltimore ... Played all 16 games with three starts in the 2021 regular season, amassing a career-best 37 tackles, a half sack and three PDs ... Played in all four of Cincinnati's postseason games in 2021, including Super Bowl LVI ... Suffered knee injury his final year at Purdue, so the Bengals brought him along slowly as a rookie in 2020, but he played in 11 games including each of the final 10 that season ... Native of Hilliard, Ohio (outside Columbus), and spent five seasons (2015-20) at Purdue.
