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4 Bailey Zappe

  • Position Quarterback
  • Height 6-2
  • Weight 215
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Victoria, Texas
  • Highschool Victoria East

Biography

2019: Zappe started all 12 games, completing 357-of-560 passes for 3,811 yards, 35 touchdowns and 15 interceptions…led the nation with 35 regular-season touchdown passes…led the Southland Conference and ranked second nationally with 317.6 passing yards per game…led the nation in completions (29.75) and attempts (46.67) per game…went 27-for-37 for 300 yards and two touchdowns at UTEP (8/31)…completed 17-of-23 passes for 249 yards, three touchdowns and rushed five times for 47 yards against Texas Wesleyan (9/7)…completed 41-of-53 passes for a school-record 513 yards and five touchdowns in a 53-52 victory at South Dakota (9/14) to earn the Southland Conference Offensive Player of the Week honor and STATS FCS National Offensive Player of the Week honorable mention...went 22-for-37 for 257 yards and four touchdowns, including a season-long 66-yarder to Ben Ratzlaff, against Northwestern State (9/21)…earned his second SLC weekly honor of the season, completing 43-of-59 passes for 498 yards and a school-record seven touchdowns against Texas Southern (9/28)…set school records for completions and attempts, going 49-for-69 for 390 yards and three touchdowns against UIW (10/5)…completed 35-of-56 passes for 267 yards and a touchdown at Abilene Christian (10/12)…went 32-for-52 for 317 yards and four touchdowns at McNeese (10/19)…completed 22-of-42 passes for 156 yards, the only game he was held without a touchdown and under 245 passing yards…completed 26-of-41 passes for 246 yards and a touchdown at #25 Nicholls…completed 14-of-27 passes for 251 yards and three touchdowns against Lamar (11/16)…went 29-for-64 for 367 yards and two touchdowns at Sam Houston State (11/23)…named to the Southland Conference Commissioner’s Academic Honor Roll.

2018: Started all 11 games as a sophomore and earned All-Southland Conference honorable mention…completed 252-of-436 passes for 2,812 yards, tied for the conference lead and ranked 12th in the nation with 23 touchdowns and threw 13 interceptions, while rushing 118 times for 179 yards and a score…completed 18-of-35 passes for a school record 348 yardsand three touchdowns against McNeese (9/8)…set school records by going 32-for-54 for 346 yards and a career-high four touchdowns at Central Arkansas (10/6)…went 29-for-46 for 342 yards and three touchdowns at Southeastern Louisiana (10/13)…completed 25-of-38 passes for 251 yards and three touchdowns and rushed 13 times for 132 yards, including a 68-yard touchdown run at Northwestern State (10/27)…threw three touchdowns against Southwest Baptist (9/1)…named to the Southland Conference Commissioner’s Academic Honor Roll.

2017: Appeared in 10 games, including nine starts, as a true freshman… completed 150-of-266 passes for 1,548 yards, five touchdowns and 10 interceptions…also rushed for 50 yards and two touchdowns…completed 16-of-32 passes for a school record 248 yards and a touchdown in a 24-17 victory at Texas Southern (9/7)…set school records for completions and attempts, going 30-for-45 for 240 yards against Central Arkansas (10/7)…went 12-for-23 for 197 yards, two touchdowns and rushed for 25 yards and a touchdown in the season finale at fourth-ranked Sam Houston State (11/18)…completed 9-of-20 passes for 125 yards and a touchdown and rushed 12 times for 80 yards at Nicholls (11/14)…went 21-for-34 for 199 yards in his HBU debut in the season opener at Texas State (9/2)…named to the Southland Conference Commissioner’s Academic Honor Roll.

High School: Was a three-year letterwinner at Victoria East High School for coach Roland Gonzalez…as a senior, passed for 3,770 yards and 37 yards and rushed for 650 yards and 15 touchdowns...as a junior, passed for 3,241 yards and 42 touchdowns and rushed for 221 yards and three touchdowns…as a freshman, passed for 1,302 yards and 13 touchdowns…earned academic all-district honors as a freshman, junior and senior and was an academic all-state honoree as a senior.

Personal: Full name is Bailey Michael Zappe…born April 26, 1999, in Victoria, Texas…son of Michael and Sammie Zappe…has one brother, Trent…majoring in sports medicine.
 

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Historical Player Information

  • 11

    2017Freshman

    Quarterback
    6'2" 180 lbs
    11
  • 4

    2018Sophomore

    Quarterback
    6'2" 180 lbs
    4
  • 4

    2019Junior

    Quarterback
    6'2" 180 lbs
    4
  • 4

    2020Senior

    Quarterback
    6'2" 215 lbs
    4