Bailey Zappe

Bailey Michael Zappe (/ˈzæpiː/, ZAP-ee)[1] (born April 26, 1999) is an American football quarterback for the New England Patriots of the National Football League (NFL). He played his first three seasons of college football at Houston Baptist and set the FBS season records for passing yards and touchdowns during his final year at Western Kentucky. Zappe was selected by the Patriots in the fourth round of the 2022 NFL Draft.

Bailey Zappe
New England Patriots
Position:Quarterback
Personal information
Born: (1999-04-26) April 26, 1999
Victoria, Texas
Height:6 ft 0.5 in (1.84 m)
Weight:215 lb (98 kg)
Career information
High school:Victoria East
(Victoria, Texas)
College:Houston Baptist (2017–2020)
Western Kentucky (2021)
NFL Draft:2022 / Round: 4 / Pick: 137
Career history
Roster status:Unsigned draft pick
Career highlights and awards
NCAA RECORDS
  • Most passing touchdowns in a season
  • Most passing yards in a season

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.[2] Zappe was not heavily recruited and committed to play college football at Houston Baptist, which was his only scholarship offer.[3]

College career

Houston Baptist

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.[4] As a junior he completed 357-of-560 passes for 3,811 yards with 35 touchdowns and 15 interceptions.[5][6] 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.[7]

Western Kentucky

Zappe committed to transfer to Western Kentucky, following former HBU offensive coordinator Zach Kittley.[8][9] He was named the Hilltoppers' starting quarterback going into the 2021 season.[10] In his first start for Western Kentucky, he passed for 424 yards and seven touchdowns in a 59–21 win over Tennessee-Martin.[11][12]

During the 2021 regular season, Zappe led the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) in passing yards, with 5,545, and touchdowns, with 56. Before the 2021 Boca Raton Bowl, he had thrown for nearly 1,100 yards more than the second-ranked FBS quarterback (Will Rogers of Mississippi State), and was within striking distance of the FBS records for passing yardage and touchdowns, set by B. J. Symons of Texas Tech in 2003 and Joe Burrow of LSU in 2019, respectively. In the 2021 Boca Raton Bowl against the Appalachian State Mountaineers, he broke both records, finishing the season with 5,967 passing yards and 62 touchdowns.[13]

Statistics
Legend
FCS/FBS record
Led the Southland/C-USA
Bold Career best
Italics Led FCS/FBS
Season Team Passing Rushing
CmpAttPctYdsTDIntRtgAttYdsAvgTD
2017[[Houston Baptist Huskies football|Houston Baptist]] Redshirt
2018 25243657.82,8222313123.61181791.51
2019 35756063.83,8113515136.25300.00
2020 14121565.61,833151159.319140.70
2021[[Western Kentucky Hilltoppers football|Western Kentucky]] 47668769.35,9676211167.551170.33
Total1,2251,89764.614,43313540146.72412100.94

Professional career
Pre-draft measurables
HeightWeightArm lengthHand span40-yard dash10-yard split20-yard split20-yard shuttleThree-cone drillVertical jumpBroad jump
6 ft 0+1⁄2 in
(1.84 m)		 215 lb
(98 kg)		 31+3⁄8 in
(0.80 m)		 9+3⁄4 in
(0.25 m)		4.88 s1.60 s2.74 s4.40 s7.19 s30.0 in
(0.76 m)		9 ft 1 in
(2.77 m)
All values from NFL Combine[14][15]

The New England Patriots selected Zappe in the fourth round of the 2022 NFL Draft, with the 137th overall pick.[13]

References
  1. "Record-Setting Transfer Quarterback Bailey Zappe Signs With WKU Football". Western Kentucky University Athletics. Retrieved 2022-05-01.
  2. Castillo, Rey (May 23, 2020). "Former East QB thankful for college success at HBU". Victoria Advocate.
  3. Jeyarajah, Shehan (September 24, 2020). "Houston Baptist's Bailey Zappe is America's most underrated quarterback". Dave Campbell's Texas Football.
  4. "Bailey Zappe named HBU's starting quarterback". Houston Chronicle. August 24, 2018.
  5. Olson, Max (October 1, 2020). "Why Bailey Zappe and Houston Baptist are putting up 2020's wildest passing stats". The Athletic.
  6. "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.
  7. Haley, Craig (December 14, 2020). "Houston Baptist QB Zappe enters NCAA transfer portal". Yahoo Sports. Associated Press.
  8. "QB Zappe signs with Hilltoppers". The Daily News. December 27, 2020.
  9. "Western Kentucky football recruiting added transfers to 2021 class". The Courier-Journal. February 3, 2021.
  10. MacDonald, Jared (August 3, 2021). "Zappe named Tops' starting QB entering fall". The Daily News.
  11. "Zappe's 7 TDs lead Western Kentucky rout of UT Martin, 59-21". Associated Press. September 3, 2021. Retrieved September 7, 2021.
  12. 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.
  13. "4 things to know about Patriots draft pick Bailey Zappe, a record-setting QB". www.boston.com. Retrieved 2022-05-01.
  14. "Bailey Zappe Draft and Combine Prospect Profile". NFL.com. Retrieved March 9, 2022.
  15. "Bailey Zappe, Western Kentucky, QB, 2022 NFL Draft Scout, NCAA College Football". draftscout.com. Retrieved March 9, 2022.
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