Senior wide receiver for San José State. 2020: 41 catches, 725 receiving yards, 4 TD.
6′1″ · 182 lb · Paso Robles, CA
Recruiting
WR recruit
No. 1993 nationally · Signed with San José State
Statement game10 rec · 208 yds · 1 TDat New Mexico (FBS) · W 38-21
Top 1% receiving yards game since 2021.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 wide receiver for San José State. 2020: 41 catches, 725 receiving yards, 4 TD.
Bailey Gaither
Five seasons at San José State, two different head coaches: Ron Caragher and Brent Brennan. 2020 brought the first one: All-Mountain West. The receipt: 208 rec yds, 10 receptions against New Mexico — Week 9, 2020.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Five seasons at San José State, 2,227 receiving yards, a first-team All-Conference season (2020) — his college career is complete.
His career
Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.
Career arc
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-MOUNTAIN WEST · 1ST TEAM
All-Mountain West 1st team (2020)
Coaching lineage · 2016–2020
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Ron Caragher → Brent Brennan. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Season context · Team result + system
Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort
Box-score percentiles
Elite: rec yards (91st percentile). Strength: yards / catch (90th percentile).
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.
Splits · Per-game
2020 season · 7 games
Home vs Road
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 5.6 | 99.4 | 18.2 | 0.4 |
| Road2g | 6.5 | 114 | 13.8 | 1.0 |
First half vs Second half
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 8+7g | 5.9 | 104 | 16.9 | 0.6 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Ken Niumatalolo
Pass share
51.0%
106 pass / 102 run
Plays / game
69.3
3 games
Team sack rate
1.8%
110 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2020
First team in his league at the position.
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | San José State | 41 | 725 | 17.7 | 4 | -- |
| 2019 | San José State | 52 | 812 | 15.6 | 6 | -- |
| 2018 | San José State | 16 | 327 | 20.4 | 3 | -- |
| 2017 | San José State | 22 | 320 | 14.5 | 4 | -- |
| 2016 | San José State | 4 | 43 | 10.8 | 1 | -- |
| Career | 135 | 2,227 | 16.5 | 18 | -- |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | San José State | -- | -- | -- | 37 | -- |
| 2019 | San José State | -- | -- | -- | 10 | -- |
| 2018 | San José State | 3 | 28 | 50 | 9 | -- |
| 2017 | San José State | -- | -- | 256 | -- | -- |
| 2016 | San José State | 3 | 19 | 128 | -- | -- |
| Career | 6 | 47 | 434 | 56 | -- |
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 16 · 2020
W 34–20
vs Boise State
5 rec · 98 yds
With N. Starkel — 453 yds · 3 TD · 0 INT · -16 rush yds (4 car) · T. Walker — 7 rec · 137 yds · 1 TD
Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|
The plays that mattered most
Game log · Week-by-week
2020 season · 7 games
| Wk | Opp | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 8 | W 17-6vs Air Force | 8 | 110 | 13.8 | 0 | 52 | |
| Wk 9 | W 38-21@ New Mexico | 10 | 208 | 20.8 | 1 | 69 | Season-high 208 yds |
| Wk 10 | W 28-17@ San Diego State | 3 | 20 | 6.7 | 1 | 9 | |
| Wk 11 | W 34-17vs UNLV | 6 | 94 | 15.7 | 2 | 41 | 2 TD catches |
| Wk 14 | W 35-24vs Hawai'i | 2 | 39 | 19.5 | 0 | 20 | |
| Wk 15 | W 30-20vs Nevada | 7 | 156 | 22.3 | 0 | 57 | 156-yard receiving day |
| Wk 16 | W 34-20vs Boise State | 5 | 98 | 19.6 | 0 | 38 | |
| Total | 41 | 725 | 16.9 | 4 | 69 |