Bailey Cate: P · Old Dominion · #96.
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Old Dominion’s specialists
Bailey Cate
Handles the punting job without giving the return man a lane. Arrived as a two-star recruit; four seasons of production at Old Dominion since.
Play style
Handles the punting job without giving the return man a lane.
Punter archetype · season enumeration
Leg vs placement
39.9 gross, but 9 of 66 inside the 20 (13.6%) — a flipper. flipper
Net average is unavailable — no per-punt return-yardage linkage exists in the source data.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
Game log · Week-by-week
2019 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | PUNT | YDS | AVG | LONG | IN20 | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 24-21vs Norfolk State | 3 | 116 | 38.7 | 43 | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 17-31@ Virginia Tech | 5 | 205 | 41.0 | 49 | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 17-28@ No. 21 Virginia | 6 | 250 | 41.7 | 50 | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 21-24vs East Carolina | 6 | 252 | 42.0 | 49 | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 3-20vs Western Kentucky | 5 | 174 | 34.8 | 41 | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 17-31@ Marshall | 8 | 346 | 43.3 | 55 | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 14-38@ UAB | 7 | 288 | 41.1 | 50 | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 3-41vs Florida Atlantic | 8 | 274 | 34.3 | 47 | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 17-24@ Florida International | 7 | 305 | 43.6 | 59 | 4 | |
| Wk 11 | L 23-24vs UTSA | 3 | 111 | 37.0 | 45 | 1 | |
| Wk 13 | L 17-38@ Middle Tennessee | 3 | 107 | 35.7 | 41 | 1 | |
| Wk 14 | L 22-38vs Charlotte | 5 | 203 | 40.6 | 46 | 3 | |
| Total | 66 | 2631 | 39.9 | 59 | 9 |
Season context: team record and system
4 seasons under Bobby Wilder — 20-29 over that span.
Punter profile · Distance and placement
Where his punts land, not just how far
Inside the 20
14%9 of 66Touchback rate
2%1 of 66Yards / punt
39.966 puntsLong
59yards39.9 yards/punt on 66 punts · 14% placed inside the 20 · 1 touchback.
Player standing · 2019
Fewer touches a game than most FBS offensive players who play every week.
Old Dominion carries two punters; Cate has taken 66 of the 67.
How it ended
Four seasons at Old Dominion — the college career is complete.
A stat line in 49 games over four seasons.
Coaching lineage · 2016–2019
1 coachPlayed every college season under Bobby Wilder.
