Boss Bailey

Tackles:	305
Sacks:	7.0
Interceptions:	2
Defensive touchdowns:	1
	Player stats at NFL.com

Boss Bailey
	Bailey in 2008 with the Broncos
No. 97
Position:	Linebacker
Personal information
Born:	October 14, 1979; Folkston, Georgia
Height:	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Weight:	232 lb (105 kg)
Career information
High school:	Charlton County; (Folkston, Georgia)
College:	Georgia
NFL Draft:	2003 / Round: 2 / Pick: 34
Career history
	Detroit Lions (2003–2007); Denver Broncos (2008);
Career highlights and awards
	First-team All-American (2002); First-team All-SEC (2002); Second-team All-SEC (2001);
Career NFL statistics
Tackles:	305
Sacks:	7.0
Interceptions:	2
Defensive touchdowns:	1
	Player stats at NFL.com

Rodney "Boss" Bailey (born October 14, 1979) is a former American football linebacker who played in the National Football League. He was originally drafted by the Detroit Lions in the second round of the 2003 NFL Draft. He played college football at the University of Georgia. He is the brother of former NFL cornerback Champ Bailey.

Early life

Bailey was born in Folkston, Georgia.[1] He received honorable mention All-America honors from USA Today at Charlton County High School in Folkston Georgia.

College career

Bailey was a three-year starter at Georgia. As a senior, he was a first-team All-SEC selection as well as a semifinalist for the Butkus and Lombardi Awards.

Professional career

Bailey appeared in 58 career games (51 starts), posting 265 tackles (204 solo), seven sacks (40.5 yds.) and two interceptions (32 yds.). He also registered 13 pass breakups, one forced fumble, one fumble recovery and seven special-teams tackles for his career.

Detroit Lions

He was named All-Rookie by ESPN.com and Football Digest with Detroit in 2003 when he set a career-high with 88 tackles (77 solo) as a 16-game starter. After missing the 2004 season with a knee injury, Bailey started all 11 games played in 2005 and had 58 tackles, one sack and one interception, which he returned 34 yards for a touchdown. He started eight games at strongside linebacker and four contests at middle linebacker for the Lions in 2006, appearing in all 16 games and totaling 67 tackles (51 solo) with one sack that year. In 2007, Bailey posted a career-high 3.5 sacks (16.0 yds.) while adding 51 tackles (37 solo), two pass breakups and one forced fumble in 15 games (12 starts) at strongside linebacker for Detroit.

Denver Broncos

On March 6, 2008, Boss signed a five-year contract worth $17.5 million that included $8 million in guarantees over the first two seasons.[2] Bailey was released on June 17, 2009.

Career statistics

Year	Team	GP	COMB	TOTAL	AST	SACK	FF	FR	INT	IR YDS	AVG IR	LNG	TD	PD
2003	DET	16	88	68	20	1.5	0	1	1	-2	-2	-2	0	6
2005	DET	11	59	39	20	1.0	0	0	1	34	34	34	1	3
2006	DET	16	67	51	16	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
2007	DET	15	51	37	14	3.5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
2008	DEN	6	40	31	9	0.0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Career		64	305	226	79	7.0	2	2	2	32	16	34	1	13

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References

"Boss Bailey". NFL Enterprises LLC. Retrieved September 6, 2012.
"Archived copy". Archived from the original on May 27, 2014. Retrieved May 26, 2014.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
"Boss Bailey Stats". ESPN. ESPN Internet Ventures. Retrieved September 22, 2014.

External links

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[1] "Boss Bailey". NFL Enterprises LLC. Retrieved September 6, 2012.

[2] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on May 27, 2014. Retrieved May 26, 2014.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[ESPN-3] "Boss Bailey Stats". ESPN. ESPN Internet Ventures. Retrieved September 22, 2014.