Omar Bayless

Senior wide receiver for Arkansas State. 2019: 93 catches, 1,661 receiving yards, 17 TD.

WR · Arkansas State · Sr. · #7

6′3″ · 207 lb · Laurel, MS

Arkansas State 2019 alumnus

The story

4 wide receiver for Arkansas State. 2019: 93 catches, 1,661 receiving yards, 17 TD.

The record fills in as he plays.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at Arkansas State, 2,783 receiving yards — his college career is complete.

His career

He was on the field for 4 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

The week the volume broke through — put up 213 yds at Troy.Troy · W 50-432019

Career arc

Recruit

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No recruit profile

CFB

College

Arkansas State

2016–2019

NFL

NFL Draft

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Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2016–2019

1 coach

2016–2019

Blake Anderson

Arkansas State

Played his entire career under Blake Anderson.

2019 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

4 seasons under Blake Anderson — 31-20 over that span.

2016Arkansas State8-5HC: Blake Anderson · Run-leaning

2017Arkansas State7-5HC: Blake Anderson · Balanced, fast tempo

2018Arkansas State8-5HC: Blake Anderson · Balanced, fast tempo

2019Arkansas State8-5HC: Blake Anderson · Balanced

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score percentiles

6 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: rec yards (100th percentile). Strength: rec tds (100th percentile).

Box-score rates (6)

Rec yards#2 / 556 · 100th pct

1661

Rec TDs#3 / 556 · 100th pct

Long catch#8 / 556 · 99th pct

Receptions#9 / 556 · 98th pct

Yards / catch#58 / 556 · 89th pct

17.9

Fumbles lost#80 / 223 · 40th pct

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2019 season · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home7g	7.4	128	19.8	1.4
Road6g	6.8	128	19.0	1.2

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-77g	7.6	146	21.9	1.6
Weeks 8+6g	6.7	106	16.5	1.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Butch Jones

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2019

Part-time starter

Splitting first-team reps — starts some weeks, rotates others.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2019	Arkansas State	93	1,661	17.9	17	--
2018	Arkansas State	39	566	14.5	2	--
2017	Arkansas State	32	439	13.7	6	--
2016	Arkansas State	13	117	9.0	1	--
Career		177	2,783	15.7	26	--

Season	Team
2019	Arkansas State	--	--	--	--	--
2018	Arkansas State	--	--	--	--	--
2017	Arkansas State	2	-3	--	--	--
2016	Arkansas State	--	--	--	--	--
Career		2	-3	--	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 4 · 2019

W 41–28

vs Southern Illinois

37 yds · 0 TD · 0 INT · QBR 92.1

Edged out Southern Illinois at home in a shootout.

With L. Bonner — 320 yds · 4 TD · 0 INT · QBR 70.4 · -9 rush yds (7 car) · C. Grace — 50 AVG · 57 LONG · 4 NO

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2019 season · 13 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	L 30-37vs SMU	10	132	13.2	4	34	180-yard receiving day
Wk 2	W 43-17@ UNLV	6	149	24.8	1	71	149-yard receiving day
Wk 3	L 0-55@ Georgia	7	54	7.7	0	17
Wk 4	W 41-28vs Southern Illinois	3	141	47.0	1	89	141-yard receiving day
Wk 5	W 50-43@ Troy	10	213	21.3	1	92	Season-high 213 yds
Wk 6	L 38-52@ Georgia State	8	154	19.3	3	46	3 TD catches
Wk 8	L 20-37vs Louisiana	9	150	16.7	0	49	150-yard receiving day
Wk 9	W 38-14vs Texas State	7	77	11.0	2	19	2 TD catches
Wk 10	W 48-41@ UL Monroe	6	98	16.3	1	46
Wk 12	W 28-27vs Coastal Carolina	7	102	14.6	1	30
Wk 13	W 38-33vs Georgia Southern	7	113	16.1	1	32
Wk 14	L 30-34@ South Alabama	4	98	24.5	1	53
Bowl	W 34-26vs Florida International	9	180	20.0	1	52
Total		93	1661	19.4	17	92

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology