2019: Appeared in all 12 games for the fourth-straight season ... Was the punter and also the holder on all field goals and extra points ... His 66 punts tied the single-season record he set in 2017 ... His 39.9 yard average is 10th best in ODU single-season history ... Led Conference USA with 23 punts downs inside the 20 ... Graduates as ODU's all-time leader in punts inside the 20 with 84 ... Also holds ODU career record for punts with 244 and in yards with 9,648.
2018: Played in all 12 games for the third-straight year ... Punted 55 times for a 39.7 average ... Had seven punts of 50-yards or longer, including a season long 63-yarder in the win at WKU ... Had four punts pinned inside the 20 against FIU.
2017: Punted 66 times for a 40.5 yard average ... The 66 punts is an ODU single-season record ... Longest punt of the season was a 68-yarder against Florida Atlantic ... Had nine punts of 50 yards or longer, doubling his total of four from his freshman campaign ... 25 of his punts were fair caught.
2016: Conference USA All-Freshman Team ... Punted 57 times for an average of 37.8 yards per punt with a long of 70 yards at NC State ... Forced opponents to fair catch 23 times ... Downted a punt inside the 20-yardline 25 times ... Had four punts of 50-yards or longer ... Also kicked two extra points and was 1-for-1 on field goals, a 21-yarder at NC State ... Had two kickoffs on the season.
High School: Rated a five star punter by one-on-one kicking … Ranked the No. 1 punter in Florida and No. 17 in the country by Kohls Kicking … Averaged 44 yards per punt as a senior and had 21 punts downed inside the 20.
Personal: Son of Kelly Cate and Shirley Neidermeier ... One brother, Justen ... Earned his degree in finance.
BAILEY CATE CAREER PUNTING STATS
Year | No. | Avg. | Long | TB | FC | i20 | 50+ |
2016 | 57 | 37.8 | 70 | 3 | 23 | 25 | 4 |
2017 | 66 | 40.5 | 68 | 3 | 25 | 17 | 9 |
2018 | 55 | 39.7 | 63 | 5 | 26 | 19 | 7 |
2019 | 66 | 39.9 | 59 | 2 | 18 | 23 | 7 |
TOTAL | 244 | 39.50 | 70 | 13 | 92 | 84 | 27 |