Dan Bailey
Kicker
Mustang, OK (Southwest Covenant)
Oklahoma State
6-0, 197, Senior 3L
The Big 12 Special Teams Player of the Year and the Lou Groza Award winner as the nation’s top kicker … Entered the program as a
walkon and leaves OSU as the school’s all-time leading scorer with 370 points … Ends his career as the fifth leading scorer in Big 12 history
… The previous all-time leading scorer at OSU was Barry Sanders … Also set a school record with 27 field goals in 2010 … Handled
placekicking duties from midway through the 2007 season through 2010 and was also responsible for kickoff duties prior to 2009 … Has
three of the top 16 scoring seasons in OSU history, including 149 points as a senior to rank second, 110 points in 2008 to rank fifth and 85
points in 2009 to rank No. 16 … Was No. 2 in America in scoring as a senior with 11.6 points per game … Set a school record by hitting his
first 182 extra-point attempts before having a kick blocked at Texas … Holds the school record for most conversions and consecutive
conversions.
2010 (Senior): Hit his first 17 field-goal tries of the season before missing against Baylor … Hit two field goals against Troy and Oklahoma and
was 3-for-3 on three-pointers against Tulsa and in the bowl win against Arizona … Hit a game-winning walk-off field goal from 40 yards out
vs. Texas A&M … Became the first Cowboy since 2001 to hit two 52-yard field goals in the same game as part of his 4-for-4 night at
Louisiana-Lafayette and earned Big 12 player of the week honors for his efforts … Was 8-for-8 beyond 40 yards this season leading into the
KU game … Ended the season with 27 field goals on 31 attempts with one of the misses from beyond 50 yards ... Hit a 50-yarder against
Arizona when he was 3-for-3, all from at least 40 yards out.
2009 (Junior): Hit all 46 of his extra-point tries and 13 of his 18 field-goal attempts … Was 4-of-4 on three-pointers against Missouri, including a
career-long 51-yarder … Started the season slowly and was just 3-of-6 on field-goal attempts after four games … Hit 10 of his last 12 and
one of the misses came from 53 yards … Along with his 51-yarder, he also converted from 48 and 42 yards at Iowa State … Had a 28-yarder
vs. Georgia and converted from 28 and 42 yards against Rice … Was 2-of-2 on field goal tries at Baylor (24, 33) … Hit from 26 yards vs.
Texas Tech and from 30 against Colorado … Led OSU with 85 points and was fifth among Big 12 kickers in that category.
2008 (Sophomore): Finished second on the roster (to Dez Bryant) and fifth in the Big 12 with his 110 points … Had a string of 10 straight
converted field goals snapped in the Holiday Bowl … Finished second in the Big 12 with a 78.9 conversion percentage on field-goal attempts
(15-of-19) … Was perfect on 65 extra point attempts … Had a career-long 45-yard field-goal against Oregon … Was perfect on three fieldgoal attempts in the season opener at Washington State … Booted 39-yard field goals at Texas and at home against Iowa State … Hit a pair
of three-pointers from inside the 30 against Troy … Was 3-of-3 on field-goal tries at Colorado … Had a 28-yarder and a then-career-long 44yarder in the season finale against Oklahoma … Was 15-of-17 inside the 50.
2007 (Freshman): Ended the season by connecting on two of his four field-goal attempts with both misses coming from beyond 40 yards …
Connected on a 27-yarder at Baylor and a 28-yarder at OU … Was perfect on 20 extra-point attempts.
High School: An all-state and all-conference kicker and a first-team all-city punter (as selected by The Oklahoman) … Had 51 touchbacks in
61 kickoffs as a senior … Holds high school’s records for longest field goal (50 yards), most field goals in a season (seven) and career (14)
… Was also an individual state champion golfer … Class valedictorian and a member of the National Honor Society.
Personal: Born Jan. 26, 1988, in Oklahoma City … Son of Gary and Ann Bailey … Has one sister, Sarah … Business management major.
BAILEY’S CAREER STATS
Year
2007
2008
2009
2010
Career
XP-A
20-20
65-65
46-46
68-70
199-201
FGM-A
2-4
15-19
13-18
27-31
57-72
1-19
0-0
2-2
0-0
0-0
2-2
20-29
2-2
9-10
5-5
9-9
25-26
30-39
0-0
2-2
4-5
7-9
13-16
40-49
0-2
2-3
3-6
8-9
13-20
50-99
0-0
0-2
1-2
3-4
4-8
Lg
28
45
51
52
52
Blk
0
0
1
0
1