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Markus Bailey

LB · 6′1″ 235 lb · Born 1997-03-07 · College: Purdue · Played 2020–2024 · Drafted 2020 round 7, pick 215 by Cincinnati Bengals ·

IDs

ESPN=3917992, NFLVERSE=00-0036314, NFLVERSE=BAI557328, OTC=8955, PFR=BailMa01

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Defense

Year	Team	Pos	G	Tkl	Sacks	Int	PD	FF	TD
2021	CIN	LB	10		0.5	0	3	0	0
Total			10	0	0.5	0	3	0	0

Teams

Year	Team	Pos	#
2020	Cincinnati Bengals	LB	51
2021	Cincinnati Bengals	LB	51
2022	Cincinnati Bengals	LB	51
2023	Cincinnati Bengals	LB	51
2024	Arizona Cardinals	LB	41

Advanced stats

Coverage & pass rush

Year	Team	Pos	G	Tgt	Cmp	Cmp%	Yds	Y/Tgt	TD	Rat	ADOT	Blitz	Hurry	Sk	Prs	Tkl	MTkl	MTkl%
2020	CIN	LB	11	2	1	50.0%	2	1.0	1	95.8	6.5	0	0	0.0	0	1	0	0.0%
2021	CIN	LB	16	18	12	66.7%	94	5.2	0	79.4	3.4	8	1	0.5	2	38	1	2.6%
2022	CIN	LB	16	2	2	100.0%	22	11.0	0	112.5	2.5	0	0	0.0	0	24	0	0.0%
2023	CIN	LB	17	1	1	100.0%	22	22.0	0	118.7	21.0	1	0	0.0	0	10	0	0.0%

Pro Football Reference advanced statistics (2018 on), via nflverse.

Snap counts

Year	Team	G	Off%	Def	Def%	ST	ST%
2020	CIN	11	0%	44	6%	136	43%
2021	CIN	1	0%	4	6%	19	70%
2021	CIN	1	0%	6	11%	16	61%
2021	CIN	16	0%	256	25%	228	52%
2021	CIN	1	0%	2	3%	24	80%
2021	CIN	1	0%	5	6%	18	64%
2022	CIN	1	0%	0	0%	17	63%
2022	CIN	1	0%	0	0%	15	68%
2022	CIN	16	0%	58	7%	277	64%
2022	CIN	1	0%	4	6%	16	73%
2023	CIN	17	0%	29	3%	309	68%
2024	ARZ	1	0%	0	0%	16	73%

Games with a snap count on file (2012 on); percentages are the average share per game.

Depth chart history

Year	Team	Listed at	Weeks as starter	Weeks listed
2020	CIN	LB	0	18
2021	CIN	LB	2	19
2022	CIN	LB	0	19
2023	CIN	LB	0	19

Regular-season depth charts (2001 on). A starter is a first-string listing that week.

Contracts

Signed	Team	Yrs	Value	Per year	Guaranteed	Cap%
2020	Cincinnati Bengals	4	$3.4M	$852,174	$113,696	0.4%	current

Career contract value $3.4M (Over The Cap, via nflverse). Cap% is the average per year against that season's salary cap.

Combine

Year	Pos	School	Ht	Wt	40	Bench	Vert	Broad	3-cone	Shuttle
2020	LB	Purdue	6′0″	235		15

All of the 2020 combine →

Injury reports (11)

Year	Wk	Team	Injury	Game status	Practice
2020	5	CIN	Neck		Full Participation in Practice
2020	7	CIN	Neck		Full Participation in Practice
2020	8	CIN	Neck		Full Participation in Practice
2020	12	CIN	Hamstring	Questionable	Full Participation in Practice
2021	2	CIN	Knee	Questionable	Limited Participation in Practice
2021	4	CIN	Hamstring		Full Participation in Practice
2021	11	CIN	Not injury related - resting player		Full Participation in Practice
2021	14	CIN	Neck	Doubtful	Limited Participation in Practice
2021	15	CIN	Neck	Questionable	Full Participation in Practice
2022	7	CIN	Shoulder		Full Participation in Practice
2023	2	CIN	Knee	Questionable	Did Not Participate In Practice

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