 All-ACC Candidate
Kory Bailey
North Carolina
Wide Receiver
6-1 * 190 * Jr.
Durham, N.C. (Northern)
Kory Bailey, a junior wideout from Durham, N.C., has caught a pass in 30 of 31 career regular-season games. Last week against Maryland, Bailey’s streak of 30-consecutive games with at least one catch was snapped.
Bailey had a career-high 129 yards receiving in the Tar Heels’ 38-24 loss to Clemson. Bailey caught several big passes in the game, including 31 and 41-yard receptions that each set up Carolina touchdowns.
Bailey caught the longest touchdown pass by a Tar Heel in Kenan Stadium history with a 78-yard grab against Georgia Tech on Sept. 30. After catching the ball around the 10-yard line, Bailey pulled his right hamstring, but still was able to make it to the end zone for the score. He did not play the rest of the game and was thought to be sidelined for the NC State game. Bailey's recovery was quicker than expected and although he did not start against the Wolfpack, Bailey came off the bench to lead the Tar Heels with three catches for 47 yards, including a 21-yard catch on fourth down which kept a touchdown drive alive.
Against Marshall, Bailey made six receptions for a then-career-high 101 yards. It was the first 100-yard receiving game of his career. Bailey had a 16-yard gain in the first quarter, a 30-yard catch-and-run to open the third quarter, a 25-yarder to start a drive later in the third quarter, a 4-yarder, a 10-yarder on 3rd-and-3 to keep a scoring drive alive, and the 16-yard touchdown catch. That reception came on a 3rd-and-10 play and gave UNC a 13-9 advantage.
The Tar Heels leading receiver with 30 catches, Bailey has 522 yards receiving, is averaging 17.4 yards per catch and has scored two touchdowns. He came into the year with an average of 12.4 yards over his first two seasons.
Bailey Moves Up The Charts
Wide Receiver Kory Bailey is tied for 10th all-time at Carolina with 93 receptions. Charlie Carr (1965-67) is ninth with 94 and Bob Lacey (1961-63) is eighth with 102. Only eight Tar Heels have ever caught 100 passes in their careers.
UNC Career Receptions
1. Na Brown, 1995-98 165
2. Corey Holliday, 1989-93 155
3. Leon Johnson, 1993-96 151
4. Octavus Barnes, 1994-97 129
5. L.C. Stevens, 1995-98 120
6. Earl Winfield, 1982-85 107
7. Art Weiner, 1946-49 106
8. Bob Lacey, 1961-63 102
9. Charlie Carr, 1965-67 94
10. Kory Bailey, 1998-present 93
Jimmy Jerome, 1972-74 93
12. Mark Smith, 1980-83 87
Bailey's Statistics
Game Rec Yds Avg. TD LP
1998 38 363 9.6 4 45
1999 25 418 16.7 2 45
2000 30 522 17.4 2 78
Totals 93 1,303 14.0 8 78
Game-by-Game Statistics
Game Rec Yds TD LP
Tulsa 5 49 0 13
at Wake Forest 1 6 0 6
at Florida State 5 82 0 30
Marshall 6 101 1 30
Georgia Tech 1 78 1 78
NC State 3 47 0 21
Clemson 7 129 0 41
at Virginia 1 19 0 19
at Pittsburgh 1 11 0 11
Totals 30 522 2 78
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