Bailey Zappe
Bailey Michael Zappe (born April 26, 1999) is an American football quarterback for the Western Kentucky Hilltoppers. He previously played for the Houston Baptist Huskies.
| Western Kentucky Hilltoppers – No. 4 | |
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| Position | Quarterback |
| Class | Graduate student |
| Personal information | |
| Born: | April 26, 1999 |
| Height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) |
| Weight | 215 lb (98 kg) |
| Career history | |
| College |
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| High school | Victoria East (Victoria, Texas) |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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Early life and high school
Zappe grew up in Victoria, Texas and attended Victoria East High School. As a senior, he passed for 3,770 yards and 37 touchdowns, while rushing for 633 yards and scoring 15 touchdowns.[1] Zappe was not heavily recruited and committed to play college football at Houston Baptist University, which was his only scholarship offer.[2]
College career
Zappe started nine games in his first year at Houston Baptist, passing for 1,548 yards with five touchdowns and 10 interceptions while rushing for two more touchdowns.[3] As a junior he completed 357-of-560 passes for 3,811 yards with 35 touchdowns and 15 interceptions.[4][5] As a senior he passed for 1,833 yards and 15 touchdowns against one interception in four games in a shortened season after the Southland Conference fall football season was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Following the end of the season, Zappe entered the transfer portal.[6]
Zappe committed to transfer to Western Kentucky, following former HBU offensive coordinator Zach Kittley.[7][8] He was named the Hilltoppers' starting quarterback going into the 2021 season.[9] In his first start for Western Kentucky, he passed for 424 yards and seven touchdowns in a 59-21 win over Tennessee-Martin.[10][11]
Statistics
| Legend | |
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| Led the Southland/C-USA | |
| Southland/C-USA record | |
| Bold | Career high |
| Year | Team | Passing | Rushing | |||||||||
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| Cmp | Att | Pct | Yds | TD | Int | Rate | Att | Yds | Avg | TD | ||
| 2017 | [[Houston Baptist Huskies football|Houston Baptist]] | Redshirt  | ||||||||||
| 2018 | 252 | 436 | 57.8 | 2,822 | 23 | 13 | 123.6 | 118 | 179 | 1.5 | 1 | |
| 2019 | 357 | 560 | 63.8 | 3,811 | 35 | 15 | 136.2 | 53 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| 2020 | 141 | 215 | 65.6 | 1,833 | 15 | 1 | 159.3 | 19 | 14 | 0.7 | 0 | |
| 2021 | [[Western Kentucky Hilltoppers football|Western Kentucky]] | 407 | 591 | 70.1 | 4,968 | 52 | 9 | 168.3 | 42 | 17 | 0.4 | 3 |
| Total | 1,157 | 1,802 | 64.2 | 13,434 | 125 | 38 | 143.3 | 232 | 210 | 0.9 | 4 | |
References
- Castillo, Rey (May 23, 2020). "Former East QB thankful for college success at HBU". Victoria Advocate.
- Jeyarajah, Shehan (September 24, 2020). "Houston Baptist's Bailey Zappe is America's most underrated quarterback". Dave Campbell's Texas Football.
- "Bailey Zappe named HBU's starting quarterback". Houston Chronicle. August 24, 2018.
- Olson, Max (October 1, 2020). "Why Bailey Zappe and Houston Baptist are putting up 2020's wildest passing stats". The Athletic.
- "5 things Texas Tech fans need to know about Houston Baptist: Prolific QB play leads the Husky offense". The Dallas Morning News. September 9, 2020.
- Haley, Craig (December 14, 2020). "Houston Baptist QB Zappe enters NCAA transfer portal". Yahoo Sports. Associated Press.
- "QB Zappe signs with Hilltoppers". The Daily News. December 27, 2020.
- "Western Kentucky football recruiting added transfers to 2021 class". The Courier-Journal. February 3, 2021.
- "Zappe named Tops' starting QB entering fall". The Daily News. August 3, 2021.
- "Zappe's 7 TDs lead Western Kentucky rout of UT Martin, 59-21". Associated Press. September 3, 2021. Retrieved September 7, 2021.
- Hale, David M. (September 4, 2021). "The fans, the bands, the drama - Week 1 in college football reminds us of what we missed in 2020". ESPN.com. Retrieved September 7, 2021.