Bailey Zappe

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Bailey Zappe
Western Kentucky Hilltoppers – No. 4
PositionQuarterback
ClassGraduate student
Personal information
Born: (1999-04-26) April 26, 1999 (age 22)
Victoria, Texas
Height6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Weight220 lb (100 kg)
Career history
College
Bowl games
High schoolVictoria East
(Victoria, Texas)
Career highlights and awards

Bailey Michael Zappe (born April 26, 1999) is an American football quarterback for the Western Kentucky Hilltoppers. He previously played for the Houston Baptist Huskies.

Early life and high school[]

Zappe grew up in Victoria, Texas and attended Victoria East High School. As a senior, he passed for 3,770 yards and 37 touchdowns, while rushing for 633 yards and scoring 15 touchdowns.[1] Zappe was not heavily recruited and committed to play college football at Houston Baptist University, which was his only scholarship offer.[2]

College career[]

Houston Baptist[]

Zappe started nine games in his first year at Houston Baptist, passing for 1,548 yards with five touchdowns and 10 interceptions while rushing for two more touchdowns.[3] As a junior he completed 357-of-560 passes for 3,811 yards with 35 touchdowns and 15 interceptions.[4][5] As a senior he passed for 1,833 yards and 15 touchdowns against one interception in four games in a shortened season after the Southland Conference fall football season was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Following the end of the season, Zappe entered the transfer portal.[6]

Western Kentucky[]

Zappe committed to transfer to Western Kentucky, following former HBU offensive coordinator Zach Kittley.[7][8] He was named the Hilltoppers' starting quarterback going into the 2021 season.[9] In his first start for Western Kentucky, he passed for 424 yards and seven touchdowns in a 59-21 win over Tennessee-Martin.[10][11]

During the 2021 regular season, Zappe led the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) in passing yards, with 5,545, and touchdowns, with 56. Before the 2021 Boca Raton Bowl, he had thrown for nearly 1,100 yards more than the second-ranked FBS quarterback (Will Rogers of Mississippi State), and was within striking distance of the FBS records for passing yardage and touchdowns, respectively set by B. J. Symons of Texas Tech in 2003 and Joe Burrow of LSU in 2019. In the 2021 Boca Raton Bowl against the Appalachian State Mountaineers, he completed his 61st touchdown pass of the year to Wide Receiver Mitchell Tinsley and beat the record.

Statistics[]

Legend
FCS/FBS record
Led the Southland/C-USA
Bold Career high
Italics Led FCS/FBS
Year Team Passing Rushing
Cmp Att Pct Yds TD Int Rate Att Yds Avg TD
2017 Houston Baptist Redshirt Redshirt
2018 252 436 57.8 2,822 23 13 123.6 118 179 1.5 1
2019 357 560 63.8 3,811 35 15 136.2 53 0 0.0 0
2020 141 215 65.6 1,833 15 1 159.3 19 14 0.7 0
2021 Western Kentucky 476 687 69.3 5,967 62 11 167.5 51 17 0.3 3
Total 1,225 1,897 64.6 14,433 135 40 146.7 241 210 0.9 4

Professional career[]

Pre-draft measurables
Height Weight Arm length Hand span 40-yard dash 20-yard shuttle Three-cone drill Vertical jump Broad jump
6 ft 0+1⁄2 in
(1.84 m) 		215 lb
(98 kg) 		31+3⁄8 in
(0.80 m) 		9+3⁄4 in
(0.25 m)		 4.88 s 4.40 s 7.19 s 30.0 in
(0.76 m)		 9 ft 1 in
(2.77 m)
All values from NFL Combine[12][13][14]

References[]

  1. ^ Castillo, Rey (May 23, 2020). "Former East QB thankful for college success at HBU". Victoria Advocate.
  2. ^ Jeyarajah, Shehan (September 24, 2020). "Houston Baptist's Bailey Zappe is America's most underrated quarterback". Dave Campbell's Texas Football.
  3. ^ "Bailey Zappe named HBU's starting quarterback". Houston Chronicle. August 24, 2018.
  4. ^ Olson, Max (October 1, 2020). "Why Bailey Zappe and Houston Baptist are putting up 2020's wildest passing stats". The Athletic.
  5. ^ "5 things Texas Tech fans need to know about Houston Baptist: Prolific QB play leads the Husky offense". The Dallas Morning News. September 9, 2020.
  6. ^ Haley, Craig (December 14, 2020). "Houston Baptist QB Zappe enters NCAA transfer portal". Yahoo Sports. Associated Press.
  7. ^ "QB Zappe signs with Hilltoppers". The Daily News. December 27, 2020.
  8. ^ "Western Kentucky football recruiting added transfers to 2021 class". The Courier-Journal. February 3, 2021.
  9. ^ "Zappe named Tops' starting QB entering fall". The Daily News. August 3, 2021.
  10. ^ "Zappe's 7 TDs lead Western Kentucky rout of UT Martin, 59-21". Associated Press. September 3, 2021. Retrieved September 7, 2021.
  11. ^ Hale, David M. (September 4, 2021). "The fans, the bands, the drama - Week 1 in college football reminds us of what we missed in 2020". ESPN.com. Retrieved September 7, 2021.
  12. ^ "Bailey Zappe Draft and Combine Prospect Profile". NFL.com. Retrieved March 9, 2022.
  13. ^ "NFL Combine: Official measurements for every NFL Draft prospect in Indianapolis". theathletic.com. Retrieved March 9, 2022.
  14. ^ "Bailey Zappe, Western Kentucky, QB, 2022 NFL Draft Scout, NCAA College Football". draftscout.com. Retrieved March 9, 2022.

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