2023 Football Roster
Roster
Bailey, Cordarrius

Jersey Number 1
Cordarrius Bailey
- Position:
- Defensive Line
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- Hometown:
- Clarksdale, Miss.
- High School:
- Clarksdale HS
Bio
2023: Phil Steele All-MVFC Second Team ... All-MVFC Honorable Mention ... Preseason All-MVFC Honorable Mention ... Phil Steele Preseason Fourth Team All-MVFC ... The Bluebloods Preseason Second Team All-MVFC... Played in all 11 games... had 33 total tackles... Tied for team lead in TFL with 10... Led team in sacks with 6.0.
2022: MVFC All-Newcomer Team... Played in all 11 games... Recorded 31 tackles, including a season-high six tackles at Southern Illinois ... Finished the season with two forced fumbles, 4.5 TFLs for 19 yards and two sacks.
2021 (AT IOWA STATE): Played in five games, recording three total tackles.
2020 (AT IOWA STATE): Saw action in two games on special teams ... Second Team Academic All-Big 12.
2019 (AT IOWA STATE): Sat out season with an injury.
2018 (AT IOWA STATE): Played in all 13 games, primarily on special teams … registered three tackles.
2017 (AT IOWA STATE): Redshirted.
HIGH SCHOOL: Three-star recruit by Rivals, 247Sports, ESPN and Scout … rated as the 36th-best weakside defensive end and ninth-best player in Mississippi by Rivals …ranked as the No. 107 overall defensive end by Scout … nominated for the U.S. Army All-America Bowl … selected to play in the Bernard Blackwell All-Star game, earning defensive MVP honors … named MHSAA Class 5A first-team all-state and was an all-conference selection as a senior … posted 145 tackles, 22.0 TFL, 13.0 sacks and three forced fumbles as a senior for a team that went 9-5 … played for Lincoln High School in Lincoln, Neb., before moving to Mississippi … named first-team all-state and was a Lincoln Journal Star Super State selection as a junior when he posted 79 tackles, 11.0 TFL, 9.0 sacks and one forced fumble … had 58 tackles, 9.0 TFL and 3.0 sacks as a sophomore … three-year starter … coached by Henry Johnson.
PERSONAL: Son of Felicia and Columbus Palmer ... liberal studies major ... native of Clarksdale, Mississippi.
2022: MVFC All-Newcomer Team... Played in all 11 games... Recorded 31 tackles, including a season-high six tackles at Southern Illinois ... Finished the season with two forced fumbles, 4.5 TFLs for 19 yards and two sacks.
2021 (AT IOWA STATE): Played in five games, recording three total tackles.
2020 (AT IOWA STATE): Saw action in two games on special teams ... Second Team Academic All-Big 12.
2019 (AT IOWA STATE): Sat out season with an injury.
2018 (AT IOWA STATE): Played in all 13 games, primarily on special teams … registered three tackles.
2017 (AT IOWA STATE): Redshirted.
HIGH SCHOOL: Three-star recruit by Rivals, 247Sports, ESPN and Scout … rated as the 36th-best weakside defensive end and ninth-best player in Mississippi by Rivals …ranked as the No. 107 overall defensive end by Scout … nominated for the U.S. Army All-America Bowl … selected to play in the Bernard Blackwell All-Star game, earning defensive MVP honors … named MHSAA Class 5A first-team all-state and was an all-conference selection as a senior … posted 145 tackles, 22.0 TFL, 13.0 sacks and three forced fumbles as a senior for a team that went 9-5 … played for Lincoln High School in Lincoln, Neb., before moving to Mississippi … named first-team all-state and was a Lincoln Journal Star Super State selection as a junior when he posted 79 tackles, 11.0 TFL, 9.0 sacks and one forced fumble … had 58 tackles, 9.0 TFL and 3.0 sacks as a sophomore … three-year starter … coached by Henry Johnson.
PERSONAL: Son of Felicia and Columbus Palmer ... liberal studies major ... native of Clarksdale, Mississippi.
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